Demand Registration. (i) If the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f); (ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. (iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f). (iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period. (v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Samples: Stockholders Agreement (Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.), Stockholders Agreement (Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.), Stockholders Agreement (Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (i) If Subject to the Corporation receives restrictions of this Section 1.1, at any time after the earlier of thirty-six (636) months after the date of this Agreement or one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offeringa Qualified IPO, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five Investors holding not less than twenty percent (2520%) of the then outstanding Registrable Securities then outstanding shall have the right, by written notice to the Company, to request that the Corporation file a registration statement Company register the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Act. The Company shall, within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereofof such notice, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and shall, and effectsubject to the limitations of Section 1.1(b) below, use its best efforts to effect as soon as practicable, practicable the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. Any registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement in such registration, subject only to the limitations of accordance with this Section 5(f);1.1 is sometimes referred to herein as a “Demand Registration.”
(iia) If the Demand Holders initiating Holder(s) requesting the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof1.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. The managing underwriter or underwriters in such underwriting shall be selected by the Initiating Holders, subject to the approval of the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) and prior written acceptance of such underwriter or underwriters by the Initiating Holders. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for so selected; provided, however, that no such Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties except as they relate to such Holder’s ownership of Registrable Securities and authority to enter into the underwriting agreement and to such Holder’s intended method of distribution, and the liability of such Holder shall be limited to an amount equal to net proceeds from the offering received by the Corporationsuch Holder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Company or the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among all Holders thereof, including the Demand Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities being sold in the underwriting by each such Holder; provided, however, that no securities other than Registrable Securities shall be covered by such registration.
(b) Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according shall be entitled to the number an aggregate of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each only two (2) Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders)Registrations under this Agreement; provided, however, that the number of shares of Company shall be obligated to effect as many registrations as may be requested by the Holders in the event and so long as a registration pursuant to Form S-3 or any similar “short-form” registration statement is available, provided that (i) such request must cover Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all which, together with other securities of the Corporation Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, are proposed to be sold at an aggregate price to the public of not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000), and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from (ii) the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting Company shall not be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only any such registration until the next calendar year if the Company has effected two (2) such registrations on Form S-3 (or its then equivalent) pursuant to this Section 5(f)1.1(b) in a calendar year.
(ivc) Notwithstanding A registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the foregoingrelated Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission. The Registration Statement relating to the Demand Registration shall remain effective for up to six (6) months. In any registration initiated as a Demand Registration, the Company will pay all Registration Expenses (as defined in Section 1.6 hereof) in connection therewith, whether or not it becomes effective; provided that if the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement which has been filed (or which the Company notifies such Holders it is prepared to file within five days) but not yet become effective shall cause or request the Company to withdraw (or cease the preparation of) any such Registration Statement, the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may thereafter request the Company to reinstate (or recommence preparation of) such Registration Statement, if permitted under the Corporation furnishes Securities Act, or to file another Demand Holders requesting Registration, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein, only upon agreeing in writing to reimburse the Company for all Registration Expenses over and above those Registration Expenses which the Company would not have incurred had such initial Demand Registration not been withdrawn.
(d) The Company shall not be required to undergo or pay for any special audit to effect any Registration Statement under this Section 1.1, and if such a special audit would be required in order to file or effect a registration hereunder, the Company shall be entitled to delay the filing or effectiveness of such Registration Statement until a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by reasonable period of time following the President or Chief Executive Officer completion of an audit in the ordinary course of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would Company’s activities.
(e) The Company shall be seriously detrimental entitled to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing postpone for a reasonable period of time, but not more than one hundred and twenty in excess of ninety (12090) calendar days after receipt of the request of from the Initiating Holders, filing of any Registration Statement otherwise required to be prepared and filed by it if the Company, at the time it receives a request for registration, reasonably and in good faith believes that it would be materially disadvantageous to the Company for such filing to be made at the time requested; provided, however, that the Corporation may Company will not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(vf) All expenses incurred The Company shall not be obligated to file a Registration Statement during (i) the period ending one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the Company’s initial Registration Statement, or (ii) the ninety (90)-day period following the effectiveness of any other Registration Statement filed by the Company in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements an underwritten offering of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)securities.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement (Solid Biosciences, LLC), Registration Rights Agreement (Solid Biosciences, LLC)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from (i) BLUM Holders holding not less than 25% of the Demand Xxxxstrable Securities then outstanding held by the BLUM Holders, (ii) FS Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less xxxn 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) DLJ Holders holding not less than 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the DLJ Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Initiating Holders of Registrable Securities as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by BLUM Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), axxxx the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by BLUM Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a rxxxxtration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to such Section, and in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (x), (y) and (z), such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be prohibited from delivering additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Samples: Securityholders' Agreement (White W Brett), Securityholders' Agreement (Koll Donald M), Securityholders' Agreement (Wirta Raymond E)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding (so long as the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $40,000,000), then the Corporation shallCompany shall use its best efforts, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationHolders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) of the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Company’s Initial Offering (or such longer period as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof)., other than pursuant to a Special Registration Statement; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement, Investor Rights Agreement (Roku, Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (1) May 9, 2006, and (2) six (6) months following after the effective date of the Corporation’s Company's initial public offering, a written request notice from the Demand Preferred Holders constituting the holder(s) of at least twenty-five fifty percent (2550%) of the Outstanding Registrable Securities then outstanding held by Preferred Holders requesting that the Corporation file Company effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration with respect to all or a part of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities held by such Preferred Holder or Preferred Holders, then the Corporation Company shall, :
(i) within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Preferred Holders, and effect, ; and
(ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Preferred Holders request to be registered and included (by notice to the Company within thirty (30) days of the mailing of the notice sent by the Company in such registrationaccordance with Section 3.2(a)(i)), subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(fSubsection 3.2(b);.
(iib) If the Demand Preferred Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(fsubsection 3.2(a) and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofsubsection 3.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Demand Preferred Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Preferred Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Preferred Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Preferred Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Preferred Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 3.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Preferred Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand all Preferred Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (thereof, including the Initiating Holders), in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Preferred Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationunderwriting.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Preferred Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such a registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation . This deferral right may not utilize this right be exercised by the Company more than once in any twelve (12) -month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 3.2 after the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders Company has effected two (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration 2) registrations on Form S-1 pursuant to this Section 5(f3.2 and such registration statements have been declared or ordered effective and the sales of Registrable Securities under such registration statements have closed.
(e) No incidental right under this Section 3.2 shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable be construed to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of limit any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this required under Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, 3.3 or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.4 herein.
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Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement (Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives If, at any time after six (6) months following the Applicable Date, the Shelf Registration Statement is not effective date of or otherwise available, the Corporation’s initial public offering, Investor may request in a written request from notice to the Demand Holders Company (the “Request”) that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of at least twenty-five percent (25%) some or all of the Registrable Securities then outstanding owned by the Investor; provided, however, that the Corporation file Company will not be required to effect more than one registration pursuant to this Section. Following the receipt of a registration statement under Request, the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after subject to the receipt thereoflimitations of this Section 2, give written notice of such request use its commercially reasonable efforts to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request Investor requests to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend Investor intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their its request by means of an underwritingunderwritten offering, they it shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their its request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.3. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder the Investor to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holderthe Investor’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting The Investor shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationInvestor (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.3, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders)Investor; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall will not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company (including those that are entitled by contract or otherwise to be included therein) are first entirely excluded from the such underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of Company may postpone having a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f2.3 declared effective for a reasonable period not to exceed forty-five (45) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of consecutive trading days if the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period determined in good faith because of valid business reasons (not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt including avoidance of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(fCompany’s obligations hereunder), including without limitationlimitation the acquisition or divestiture of assets, all federal capital raising activities, pending corporate developments and “blue sky” registration and qualification feessimilar events, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements that postponing effectiveness is in the best interests of counsel for the CorporationCompany, and prior to postponing the effectiveness the Company provides the Investor with written notice of one counsel for such postponement, which notice need not specify the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request nature of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known event giving rise to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)postponement.
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Samples: Stockholders Agreement (Prides Capital Partners, LLC), Shareholder Agreements (Florida Gaming Corp)
Demand Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time not earlier than the earlier of (i) If four (4) years after the Corporation receives at any time after date of this Agreement and (ii) six (6) months following after the effective date of the Corporation’s initial first registration statement for a public offeringoffering of securities of the Company (other than a registration statement relating either to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or a transaction pursuant to Rule 145 under the Act) a written request from the Demand Series F Requisite Investors (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), that the Company register for sale under the Act all or any portion of the shares of Registrable Securities held by such Holders of at least twenty-five percent having an aggregate anticipated price to the public (25%before any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, not less than $5,000,000:
(i) within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, ; and
(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, practicable the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationregistered, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f1.2(b);.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f1.2(a) and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holders shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretoto this Agreement, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (all Holders, including the Initiating Holders), in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting underwriting. For purposes of the preceding sentence concerning allocation, for any Holder that is a partnership or corporation, the partners, retired partners and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded stockholders of such Holder, or the estates and withdrawn from family members of any such underwriting partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be withdrawn from deemed to be a single “Holder”, and any pro rata reduction with respect to such Holder shall be based upon the registrationaggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such “Holder”, as defined in this sentence.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statementstatement should therefore be delayed, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer delay taking action with respect to such filing for a period two periods of not more than one hundred and twenty sixty (12060) days each in any twelve (12) month period after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 1.2:
(i) After the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) shall bear its proportionate share During the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable reasonable efforts to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding cause the foregoing, Section 1.3 registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If the Corporation shall not Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration a request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights made pursuant to this Section 5(f)1.12 below.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Chimerix Inc), Investor Rights Agreement (Chimerix Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time conditions of this Section 2.2, if after six (6) months following the effective date of hereof, the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders 1818 Fund, acting on behalf of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the one or more 1818 Fund Securityholders holding Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of (i) at least twenty percent (20%) of the then outstanding Registrable SecuritiesSecurities held by the 1818 Fund Securityholders or (ii) Registrable Securities having an aggregate offering price to the public in excess of $5,000,000, then the Corporation shall, Company shall (x) within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and (y) subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, and use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, but not later than sixty (60) days, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and registered, provided that no Registrable Securities (other than those held by 1818 Fund Securityholders) shall be included in any such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend 1818 Fund intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.2(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders 1818 Fund and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by 1818 Fund (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the CorporationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders1818 Fund); providedprovided that, howeverin no event, that the number of shares of shall any Registrable Securities to (other than those held by 1818 Fund Securityholders) be included in such underwriting and any registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationpursuant to Section 2.2(a). Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to Section 2.2(a) for 1818 Fund, on behalf of the 1818 Fund Securityholders, and in each case such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; provided, however, that a registration requested pursuant to this Section 5(f).2.2 shall not be deemed to have been effected: (A) unless a registration statement with respect thereto has become effective and remained effective in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement until the earlier of (x) such time as all of such Registrable 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 and (y) 180 days after the effective date of such registration statement; (B) if after it has become effective, such registration is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other governmental agency or court for any reason not attributable to the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in such registration and has not thereafter become effective; or (C) if the conditions to closing specified in the underwriting agreement, if any, entered into in connection with such registration are not satisfied or waived, other than by reason of a failure on the part of the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in such registration;
(ivii) Notwithstanding during the foregoingperiod starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of 1818 Fund; provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (1818 Fund Lp Brown Brothers Harriman Co Long T Michael Et Al), Investor Rights Agreement (Psychiatric Solutions Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Initiating Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities resulting in net offering proceeds of at least $30,000,000, then the Corporation shall, within ten Company will (10x) business days after the receipt thereof, promptly give written notice of such request the requested registration to all Demand HoldersHolders and (y) prepare and file a registration statement and otherwise use its best efforts to cause such shares, and effectall Registrable Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such registration pursuant to a written request delivered to the Company within 30 days after receipt by such Holder or Holders of initial written notice from the Company, as soon as practicable, the registration to be registered under the Securities Act within 90 days of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);request.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they then the Initiating Holders shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their written request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.1 or any request pursuant to Section 2.3, and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.1(a) hereofor Section 2.3(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand The Company shall (together with all Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationCompany (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.1 or Section 2.3, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders), or in such other proportions as mutually agreed to by such selling Holders; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only two a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1:
(2i) such prior to the earlier of December 31, 2014 or six months after the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected three registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).2.1 and either (A) all such registrations have been declared or ordered effective or (B) the request for such registration statement has been subsequently withdrawn by the Initiating Holders and the Initiating Holders have not paid the Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date 180 days following, the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering; provided that the Company makes reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement for the Initial Offering to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within 30 days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.1(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within 90 days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand the Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) stating that that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once twice in any twelve (12) 12 month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below; or
(vii) if the Company has, within the six month period preceding the date of such request, already effected a demand registration for the Holders pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal 2.1 and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)has been declared or ordered effective.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Roka BioScience, Inc.), Investor Rights Agreement (Roka BioScience, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (a) Following the earlier of (i) If November 8, 2013, or (ii) six months after the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date initial listing or quotation of the CorporationCompany’s initial public offeringCommon Stock on any National Securities Exchange, and subject to the conditions of this Section 2.2, if (i) the Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five forty percent (2540%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities then outstanding, and (ii) if the anticipated gross aggregate offering price, without regard to any underwriting discounts and commissions of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities being registered, would exceed $1,000,000 (a “Qualified Public Offering”), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationHolders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ivii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.;
(viii) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(iv) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (HealthWarehouse.com, Inc.), Investor Rights Agreement (New Atlantic Venture Fund Iii L P)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) holding not less than a majority of the Preferred Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement with respect to all or part of the Preferred Registrable Securities under the Securities Act covering the registration with an anticipated aggregate offering price of the Registrable Securitiesat least US$7,000,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business calendar days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders of Registrable Securities, and and, subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use its reasonable best efforts to effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Preferred Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if no Preferred Registrable Securities held by Series A-2 Investors are included in an Initial Public Offering, whether as a consequence of their own election, a determination made by the managing underwriter of the Initial Public Offering or for any other reason, Holders holding not less than a majority of the Series A-2 Preferred then outstanding (the “Initiating A-2 Holders”) may by written notice to the Company request that the Company file a registration statement with respect to all or part of the Preferred Registrable Securities held by the Series A-2 Investors under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price of at least US$7,000,000. The Company shall, within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of such registrationnotice, give written notice of such request to all Holders of Registrable Securities, and, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating 2.2, use its reasonable best efforts to effect, as expeditiously as reasonably possible, the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Securities Act of all Preferred Registrable Securities covered by their that the Series A-2 Investors request by means of an underwriting, they to be registered pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement. The Company shall so advise the Corporation as not be required to effect or take any action to effect a part of their request made registration pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2(b): (i) after the Company has effected one (1) such registration and such registration has been declared and ordered effective (which, for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean that the Corporation registration shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(ihave been continuously effective for one hundred eighty (180) hereof. In such eventcalendar days, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s or until all Preferred Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting covered thereby have been sold, if earlier); or (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of ii) if the Initiating A-2 Holders and such Demand Holder) propose to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision dispose of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Preferred Registrable Securities that may be included in immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.4 below and the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders Company promptly takes all actions necessary to effect a registration of all requesting Series A-2 Investors’ Preferred Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according pursuant to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationSection 2.4 below.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoingprovisions of Section 2.2(a) and Section 2.2(b) above, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company (A) stating that in the Board’s good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such a registration statement to be filed in the near future, and it is therefore essential to defer (B) setting forth in reasonable detail the filing of reasons for such registration statementjudgment, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders or the Initiating A-2 Holders, as applicable; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation The Company shall not be required to pay for effect or take any expenses of any action to effect a registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2.2(a):
(i) after the Company has effected one (1) registration prior to January 20, 2009, pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and such registration has been declared and ordered effective (which, for purposes of this Section 5(f) if Agreement, shall mean that the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the shall have been continuously effective for one hundred eighty (180) calendar days, or until all Preferred Registrable Securities to be registered; providedcovered thereby have been sold, howeverif earlier), that if at in which case the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders Company shall not be required to pay effect or take any of such expenses and shall retain their rights action to effect another registration pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2(a) until on or after January 20, 2009;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations from and after January 20, 2009 pursuant to Section 2.2(a), if the Company effected one (1) registration prior to January 20, 2009 pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and all such registrations effected by the Company have been declared and ordered effective;
(iii) after the Company has effected three (3) registrations from and after January 20, 2009 pursuant to Section 2.2(a), if the Company did not effect any registrations prior to January 20, 2009 pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and all such registrations effected by the Company have been declared and ordered effective;
(iv) if the Company, within ten (10) days of its receipt of the request from the Initiating Holders provided for in Section 2.2(a), provides written notice to all Initiating Holders of its intent to file a registration statement for its Initial Public Offering within sixty (60) days (provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective); or
(v) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Preferred Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.4 below and the Company promptly takes all actions necessary to effect a registration of all requesting Holders’ Preferred Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.4 below; provided that any registration of a requesting Holder’s Preferred Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.4 shall not constitute a demand for registration pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.2(b).
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement (EPAM Systems, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand (i) XXXX Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the XXXX Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) DLJ Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the DLJ Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Initiating Holders of Registrable Securities as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to such Section;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall --------------- be prohibited from delivering additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings -------- pursuant to this right clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Samples: Securityholders' Agreement (Blum Capital Partners Lp), Securityholders' Agreement (Cbre Holding Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company ----------- shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Shares (determined on an as-if converted basis) (the "Initiating Holders") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities (a "Demand Registration"), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business 15 days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.1, ----------- use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities for which the Demand Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within 15 days after receipt by the Holders request of such Company notice. All registrations pursuant to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);------- 2.1 shall be underwritten registrations. ---
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of other than an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.1 or any request pursuant to Section 2.3 and the Corporation ----------- ----------- Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.1(a) hereofor Section 2.3(a), as applicable. In such eventthe event of an underwritten -------------- -------------- offering, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.1 or Section 2.3, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) ----------- ----------- underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(i) after the Company has effected two Demand Registrations pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 2.1, and such ----------- registrations have been declared or ordered effective, provided that if as a result of the managing underwriter's advice, less than two thirds of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration request are included in the registration at the effective date thereof, the request shall not be considered a Demand Registration which has been effected for purposes of this Section ------- 2.1
(c) (i). ---------
(ii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date 90 days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to a public offering; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if within 30 days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to effect only two (2) such registrations Section 2.1(a), the Company gives written notice -------------- to the Holders of the Company's intention to file a registration statement with respect to a public offering within 30 days; provided that a delay pursuant to this Section 5(f2.1(c)(iii)., subject to Section 2.1(c)(ii), shall be no longer than ------------------- ------------------ 90 days;
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.1 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer ----------- Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of effected at such time because such registration statementwould require premature public disclosure with respect to pending confidential matters, then in which event the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) -month period.; or
(vd) All expenses incurred The Company agrees (i) not to effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the seven days prior to and the 90-day period beginning on the effective date of the Registration Statement for a Demand Registration, unless the underwriters managing such offering otherwise agree, and (ii) to cause each holder of its Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, purchased from the Company at any time after the date of this Agreement (other than in connection with a registration registered public offering) to agree not to effect any public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to this Section 5(fRule 144) of any such securities during such period (except as part of such underwritten registration, if otherwise permitted), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for unless the Corporation, and of one counsel for underwriters managing the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)registered public offering otherwise agree.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Opinion Research Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (LLR Equity Partners Lp)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationHolders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to a public offering, other than pursuant to a Special Registration Statement; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoingCompany gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for a public offering, other than pursuant to a Special Registration Statement within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once twice in any twelve (12) month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement, Investor Rights Agreement (Snap Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding and for which the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use reasonable best efforts to effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationCompany, subject to the approval of the Holders of at least fifty-five percent (55%) of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering (or such longer period as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof).; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days after receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (LendingClub Corp), Investor Rights Agreement (LendingClub Corp)
Demand Registration. (a) If at any time the Company shall receive (i) If a written Purchaser Request or (ii) without limiting the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date rights of the Corporation’s initial public offeringPurchaser Holders under clause (i) to submit a Purchaser Request, a written request from after the Demand Holders earlier of at least twenty(A) the first date on which (1) the Ares Significant Investor owns less than one-five third of the Registrable Securities owned by Ares and its Affiliates on the Closing Date, (2) the PEP Significant Investor owns less than fifty percent (2550%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that owned by PEP and its Affiliates on the Corporation file a registration statement under Closing Date and (3) the Securities Act covering the registration Xxxxx Significant Investor owns less than fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities owned by Xxxxx and its Affiliates on the Closing Date or (B) a Qualified Public Offering, a written Registration Request, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and, subject to the limitations of Section 3(b) below, shall use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of file a Registration Statement with respect to all Registrable Securities which the Demand applicable Holders request to be registered within ten (10) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company, in accordance with Section 8(g) below, and included in use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration, subject only Registration Statement to be declared effective under the limitations of this Section 5(f);Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof.
(iib) If the Demand applicable Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritingunderwriting (whether it is on a firm commitment or best efforts (i.e., registered direct) basis), they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders participating in the underwriting and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. A majority in interest of the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the underwriting, in consultation with the Company, shall select the managing underwriter or underwriters in such underwriting. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 5(n)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters so selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of such Holders; provided, however, that no Holder (or any of their assignees) shall be required to make any representations, warranties or indemnities except as they relate to such Holder’s ownership of shares and authority to enter into the Corporationunderwriting agreement and to such Holder’s intended method of distribution, and the liability of such Holder shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing managing underwriter advises a Holder that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Holder shall also so advise the Company and the Company shall so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced allocated as required by follows: (i) first, among any such Holder(s) that have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders aggregate number of Registrable Securities on held by all such Holders, until such Holders have included in the underwriting all Registrable Securities requested by such Holders to be included and (ii) thereafter, among all other holders of Common Stock, if any, that have the right and have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the number of shares of Common Stock owned by such holders. Without the consent of a pro rata basis according majority in interest of the Holders participating in a registration referred to in Section 3(a), no securities other than Registrable Securities shall be covered by such registration if the inclusion of such other securities would result in a reduction of the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held covered by such registration or included in any underwriting or if, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, the inclusion of such other securities would adversely impact the marketing of such offering.
(c) The Company shall be obligated to effect not more than four (4) registrations for each Demand Holder requesting Significant Investor (and only if each such registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of would include Registrable Securities with an aggregate value of at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000), calculated using the closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the Purchaser Request) pursuant to be included in such underwriting and registration Purchaser Requests under this Section 3 (an offering which is not consummated shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to counted for this Section 5(fpurpose).
(ivd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall not be obligated to Demand Holders requesting the filing of file a registration statement Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 5(f3, (i) during the ninety (90) day period commencing on the effective date of any other registration statement filed by the Company relating to the public offering of its Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock (other than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or any successor thereto) or (ii) if the Company shall furnish to the applicable Holders a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer chief executive officer of the Corporation Company stating that that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental the Board has determined to file a registration statement relating to the Corporation public offering of its Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock (other than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or any successor thereto) within thirty (30) days of the Purchaser Request or the Registration Request, as the case may be, during the period commencing on the date of such notice and its stockholders for ending upon the earliest of (A) effectiveness of such registration statement, (B) a decision by the Company not to pursue effectiveness of such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer or (C) ninety (90) days after the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that in the Corporation case of clause (ii) the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (ii) shall be incremental to, and not in lieu of, the Company’s relief from its demand registration obligation under clause (i) above.
(ve) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at Company shall furnish to the request applicable Holders a certificate signed by the chief executive officer of the Demand Holders Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, maintaining a Registration Statement’s effectiveness would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders by reason of a majority material pending or imminently prospective transaction or development and therefore suspending such Registration Statement’s effectiveness is essential, the Company shall have the right to suspend such effectiveness for a period of not more than sixty (60) days in the aggregate after receipt of the Registrable Securities to be registeredPurchaser Request or the Registration Request, as the case may be; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change Company may not utilize this right more than twice in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)twelve (12) month period.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Stream Global Services, Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P.)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Purchaser Request that the Corporation Company file a registration statement Registration Statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable SecuritiesAct, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and, and effectsubject to the limitations of Section 3(b) below, shall file (as soon expeditiously as practicable, and in any event within thirty (30) days of the registration receipt of such request) and use its commercially reasonable commercially reasonable efforts to have declared effective, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of with respect to all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included within ten (10) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this accordance with Section 5(f);8(g) below.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders participating in the underwriting and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. A majority in interest of the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the underwriting, in consultation with the Company, shall select the managing underwriter or underwriters in such underwriting. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 5(l)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters so selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of such Holders; provided, however, that no Holder (or any of their assignees) shall be required to make any representations, warranties or indemnities except as they relate to such Holder’s ownership of shares and authority to enter into the Corporationunderwriting agreement and to such Holder’s intended method of distribution, and the liability of such Holder shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing underwriter advises a Holder that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Holder shall also so advise the Company and the Company shall so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced allocated as required follows: (i) first, among holders of Registrable Securities that have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities held by all such holders, until such holders have included in the underwriter(sunderwriting all shares requested by such holders to be included, and (ii) thereafter, among all other holders of Common Stock, if any, that have the right and allocated among have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the Demand amount of shares of Common Stock owned by such holders. Without the consent of a majority in interest of the Holders of Registrable Securities on participating in a pro rata basis according registration referred to in Section 3(a), no securities other than Registrable Securities shall be covered by such registration if the inclusion of such other securities would result in a reduction of the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held covered by each Demand Holder requesting such registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be or included in any underwriting or if, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, the inclusion of such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities would adversely impact the marketing of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationoffering.
(iiic) The Corporation is Company shall be obligated to effect only two (2) registrations (and only if such registrations registration would include Registrable Securities with an aggregate value of at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000), calculated using the closing price of the Company’s Common Shares on the Trading Market on the date preceding the date of the Purchaser Request) pursuant to Purchaser Requests under this Section 5(f3 (an offering which is not consummated shall not be counted for this purpose).
(ivd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall not be obligated to Demand Holders requesting the filing of file a registration statement Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 5(f3 (i) during the 90 day period commencing on the effective date of any other registration statement filed by the Company relating to the public offering of its Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock (other than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or any successor thereto) or (ii) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer chief executive officer of the Corporation Company stating that that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental the Board has determined to file a registration statement relating to the Corporation public offering of its Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock (other than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or any successor thereto) within 30 days of the Purchaser Request, during the period commencing on the date of such notice and its stockholders for ending upon the earliest of (i) effectiveness of such registration statement , (ii) a decision by the Company not to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer pursue effectiveness of such registration statement or (iii) 90 days after the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that in the Corporation case of clause (ii) the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (ii) shall be incremental to, and not in lieu of, the Company’s relief from its demand registration obligation under clause (i) above.
(ve) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at Company shall furnish to the request Holders a certificate signed by the chief executive officer of the Demand Holders Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, maintaining a Registration Statement’s effectiveness would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such Registration Statement to remain effective by reason of a majority material pending or imminently prospective transaction or development and it is therefore essential to suspend such Registration Statement’s effectiveness, the Company shall have the right to suspend such effectiveness for a period of not more than sixty (60) days in aggregate after receipt of the Registrable Securities to be registeredPurchaser Request; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change Company may not utilize this right more than twice in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)twelve (12) month period.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Wca Waste Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (Ares Management Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at At any time after six (6) months following the effective date Closing, members of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding an Initiating Group may demand that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the Company effect registration under the Securities Act of all or a portion of the Registrable Securities. The Initiating Group shall provide notice to the Company of such demand in writing, which notice shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationincluded, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) the names of the Selling Holders and the number of Securities to be sold by each such Selling Holder, and (iii) the proposed manner of sale. Upon receipt of such request, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or such other form as the Company may at such time be eligible to use) with the Commission not later than 30 days from the date of such request and, thereafter, to effect promptly such registration. There is no limit to the number of demand registrations that may be requested pursuant to this Section 1.2(a).
(b) If the Demand Holders initiating members of the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) Group intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and must be approved by the Corporation Initiating Group, and such approval shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofnot be unreasonably withheld. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Group and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Group in writing that marketing market factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Group shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among all Holders thereof, including members of the Demand Holders Initiating Group, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to of the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held Company owned by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders)Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationunderwriting.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand the Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that the board of directors of the Company has determined in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, that it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 60 days after its receipt of the request of the Initiating HoldersGroup; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) -month periodperiod nor more than twice during the term of this Agreement.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a In addition and without limitation of Section 1.14 hereof, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements 1.2 during the period starting with the date 60 days prior to the Company's good faith estimate of counsel for the Corporationdate of filing of, and of one counsel for ending on a date 180 days after the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions)effective date of, shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant subject to this Section 5(f) shall bear 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable best efforts to underwriters or brokers in connection with cause such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required Registration Statement to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)become effective.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Casey Rebecca Powell), Investor Rights Agreement (Harolds Stores Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation conditions of this Section 2.2, if the Company receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding shares of Common Stock originally issued to Ford (the "Initiating Ford Holders") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement statement, on Form S-1, under the Securities Act covering the registration of the such number shares of Registrable SecuritiesSecurities anticipated to have an aggregate offering price of not less than $5,000,000, then the Corporation shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, the Company shall give written notice of such request all holders of the shares of Common Stock originally issued to all Demand Ford (the "Ford Holders"), and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, the Company shall use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Ford Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);as soon as practicable.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Ford Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 and with respect to requests made by the Corporation Initiating Ford Holders the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.2(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Ford Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Ford Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Ford Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Ford Holders and such Ford Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Ford Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority of the Initiating Ford Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.2, if the underwriter advises the Company that marketing forces require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Company shall advise all Ford Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto that the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated to the Ford Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities requested by each such Ford Holder, and the Ford Holders to be included in the registration (including the Initiating Ford Holders). Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(c) Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.2, if the Company receives a written request from the Prior Holders of 40% of the Shares (or any Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof) (the "Initiating Holders") that the Company file a registration statement, on Form S-1, under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the aggregate Registrable Securities held by the Prior Holders or such number of shares of Registrable Securities anticipated to have an aggregate offering price of not less than $10,000,000, then within thirty (30) days of the receipt thereof, the Company shall give written notice of such request to all Prior Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, the Company shall use its best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities that the Prior Holders request to be registered as soon as practicable.
(d) If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.2 and with respect to requests made by the Initiating Holders the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Sections 2.2(c). In such event, the right of any Prior Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Prior Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Prior Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Prior Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Prior Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors forces require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation Company shall also advise all Demand Prior Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and hereto that the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Prior Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held requested by each Demand Holder requesting such Prior Holder, and the Prior Holders to be included in the registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiie) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to Section 2.2:
(i) with respect to Section 2.2(a) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2(a) and other than in accordance with the exceptions set forth in Section 2.6 such registrations have been declared or ordered effective or withdrawn by the Ford Holders, and with respect to Section 2.2(c) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to Section 2.2(c)., and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective or withdrawn by the Prior Holders;
(ii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date ninety (90) days following the effective date of, any registration statement on Form S-1;
(iii) if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Ford Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(c), as the case may be, the Company gives notice to the Ford Holders or the Prior Holders of the Company's intention to make its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days;
(iv) Notwithstanding if (A) at the foregoingtime the Company receives a request for registration in accordance with Sections 2.2(a) or (c) the Company shall then be engaged in any material transaction (such as, by way of example only, negotiating a merger, acquisition, joint-venture or introduction of a major new product) the disclosure of which in a Registration Statement, in the reasonable judgment of a majority of the Board of Directors, exercised in good faith, would be adverse to the Company's best interests, or (B) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand the Ford Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2(a) or the Prior Holders requesting a registration pursuant to Section 2.2(c), as the case may be, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment a majority of the Board of Directors stating that in the Board of Director's reasonable judgment, exercised in good faith, the CorporationCompany's earnings or the occurrence of some other material event are not at such time appropriate for disclosure, or, that it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing effected at such time, then, in either of such registration statementevents, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Ford Holders or the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such rights to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company in the aggregate not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.; or
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant prior to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements the earlier to occur of counsel for (a) one year from the Corporation, and of one counsel for date hereof or (b) six months after the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request Closing of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)Initial Offering.
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Samples: Stock Transfer Agreement (Vastera Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Vastera Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.2, if the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities having an aggregate offering price to the Registrable Securitiespublic of not less than $5,000,000, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Corporation in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this accordance with Section 5(f);6.7.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.2(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Corporation). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided) PROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such the underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationoffering. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier to occur of (A) 180 days after the Initial Offering and (B) the second anniversary of the date of this Agreement; or
(ii) after the Corporation has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date 180 days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering; or
(iv) Notwithstanding if within ten days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Corporation gives notice to the Holders of the Corporation's intention to make its Initial Offering within 90 days; or
(v) if the Corporation furnishes shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of effected at such registration statementtime, then in which event the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Samples: Series E Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Adesso Healthcare Technology Services Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Adesso Healthcare Technology Services Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from Stockholders that the Demand Holders of Company file a Form S-1 with respect to at least twenty-five fifty percent (2550%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that outstanding, then the Corporation Company shall as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days after the date such request is given by the Stockholders, file a registration statement Form S-1 under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request Stockholders requested to be registered and included in such registrationregistered, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(fSections 2.2(b) and 2.2(c);.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) Stockholders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred 2.2 or any request pursuant to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.4. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder the Stockholders to include such Demand Holder’s their Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s the Stockholders’ participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s the Stockholders’ Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting The Stockholders shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationStockholders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders the Stockholders, provided, no such reduction shall reduce the amount of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and of the number Stockholders below twenty percent (20%) of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders total amount of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be securities included in such underwriting registration, unless such offering is the IPO and such registration shall does not be reduced unless include shares of any other selling stockholders, in which event any or all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely Registrable Securities of the Stockholders may be excluded from in accordance with the underwriting and registrationimmediately preceding sentence. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the registration statement for an IPO;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared, have been ordered, or have become effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to a public offering (other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-1 or Form S-8 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a registration relating solely to a Rule 145 transaction on Form S-4 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future).; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from the foregoingStockholders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the Company gives notice to the Stockholders of the Company’s intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days; provided that, the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to make such public offering during such period; provided, however, except in the case of a DI/Longitude Transfer (as defined below) to a Permitted Transferee (as defined below) in which case the following proviso shall not apply, this clause (iv) shall not apply or have any effect in the period prior to December 23, 2018, or upon an Event of Default for so long as such Event of Default is continuing;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement Stockholders pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, stating that it would be seriously detrimental Seriously Detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating HoldersStockholders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, further, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects event of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time suspension of their request for such effectiveness of any registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights statement pursuant to this Agreement, the applicable time period during which such registration statement is to remain effective shall be extended by that number of days equal to the number of days the effectiveness of such registration statement was suspended pursuant to this Section; or
(vi) if the Stockholders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 5(f)2.4.
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Samples: Stockholders Agreement (Evolus, Inc.), Stockholders Agreement (Evolus, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation Company receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offeringtime, a written request from the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securitiesoutstanding, then the Corporation Company shall, :
(i) within ten (10) business 10 days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, ;
(ii) use all reasonable efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 60 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement for registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationregistered, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(fsubsection 1.2(b);; and
(iiiii) use all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.
(b) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) subsection 1.2(a), and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofsubsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Initiating Holders and shall be an underwriter of regional or national standing reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such the registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such the underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein). All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such the underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holders shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretoto this subsection, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (all Holders, including the Initiating Holders), in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such the underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationunderwriting.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation Company furnishes to Demand Initiating Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that the Company is engaged in an offering for itself or others or that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such a registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential necessary to defer the filing of such the registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such taking action with respect to the filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 1.2 (i) after the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective or (ii) shall bear its proportionate share if such demand registration would then be filed within six months of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses initial filing of any an earlier demand registration proceeding begun pursuant to under this Section 5(f) if the 1.2 or a registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this under Section 5(f)1.9.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (New World Coffee Manhattan Bagel Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Halpern Denny Iii Lp)
Demand Registration. (a) Request. With respect to (x) Registrable Securities for which the applicable Lock-up Period has expired pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (y) any Registrable Securities held by the Fund Investor, (i) If the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) Major Investor holding not less than 10% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that held by all VWE Investors, (ii) Sponsor, or (iii) the Corporation file Fund Investor (such Investor or Investors being, collectively, a registration statement “Demanding Investor”) may make a written request to Parent for the Registration with the SEC under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the U.S. Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a or part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand HolderDemanding Investor’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)Securities, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that request will specify the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in disposed of by such underwriting Demanding Investor and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities the proposed plan of distribution therefor. Upon the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations receipt of any request for Registration pursuant to this Section 5(f4.1(a)., Parent will promptly notify the other Investors of the receipt of such request. Upon the receipt of any request for Registration made in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.1(a), Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to effect, at the earliest practicable date, such Registration under the U.S. Securities Act of:
(ivi) Notwithstanding the foregoingRegistrable Securities that Parent has been so requested to Register by the Demanding Investor, if and
(ii) all Registrable Securities that Parent has been requested to Register by the Corporation furnishes other Investors pursuant to Demand Holders requesting a written request given to Parent within 15 days after the filing giving of written notice by Parent to such other Investors of the request by the Demanding Investor; all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with Section 4.1(b)) of the Registrable Securities so to be Registered; provided that,
(A) Parent will not be required to effect more than a registration statement total of six demand Registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f4.1(a) a certificate signed by for the President or Chief Executive Officer of VWE Investors and the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationFund Investor, it would collectively, and will not be seriously detrimental required to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not effect more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt a total of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration three demand Registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f)4.1(a) for Sponsor;
(B) if the intended method of distribution is an underwritten public offering, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall then Parent will not be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration required to effect such Registration pursuant to this Section 5(f4.1(a) shall bear its proportionate share unless such underwriting will be conducted on a “firm commitment” basis;
(C) if Parent has previously effected a Registration pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) or has previously effected a Registration of all discountswhich notice has been given to the Investors pursuant to Section 4.2 or Section 4.3, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall then Parent will not be required to pay for effect any expenses of any registration proceeding begun Registration pursuant to this Section 5(f4.1(a) if until a period of 180 days will have elapsed from the registration date on which such previous Registration ceased to be effective;
(D) any Investor whose Registrable Securities were to be included in any such Registration pursuant to this Section 4.1(a), by written notice to Parent, may withdraw such request is subsequently withdrawn at and, on Parent’s receipt of notice of such withdrawal with respect to a number of shares of Registrable Securities such that the request Investor that has not elected to withdraw does not hold, in the aggregate, the requisite amount of the Demand Holders shares of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of require or initiate a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning a Registration under clause (E) of such material adverse changethis Section 4.1(a), then the Demand Holders shall Parent will not be required to effect such Registration; provided that, if the Investor that has elected to withdraw its request for Registration agrees to pay any the Expenses related to such Registration, then the request for Registration will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of Registrations to which such expenses and shall retain their rights Investor is entitled pursuant to this Section 5(f4.1(a); and
(E) Parent will not be required to effect any Registration to be effected pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) unless the shares of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such Registration have an aggregate price (calculated based upon the Market Price of such shares of Registrable Securities as of the date of such request) of at least $10,000,000.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Vintage Wine Estates, Inc.), Investor Rights Agreement (Bespoke Capital Acquisition Corp)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of Investors holding at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by Investors that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities and the Registrable Securitiesaggregate offering price to the public of any such offering would exceed $10,000,000 (a “Qualified Public Offering”), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersInvestors, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.1, use its reasonable commercial efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders Investors request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only registered. The Investors requesting registration pursuant to the limitations of this Section 5(f);2.1 shall be referred to as the “Initiating Holders.”
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder Investor to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand HolderInvestor’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand HolderInvestor’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand HolderInvestor) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders Investors proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Investors whose Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities to such Investors on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Investors (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1:
(i) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date ninety (90) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iii) if, within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to this Section 5(f2.1(a)., the Company gives notice to the Investors of the Company’s intention to make a Qualified Public Offering within ninety (90) days;
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders the Investors requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.1 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that that, in the good faith judgment of a majority of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty sixty (12060) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.; or
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)Until the Company has completed its Initial Offering or August 24, including without limitation2009, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request whichever is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)sooner.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Grand Canyon Education, Inc.), Investor Rights Agreement (Grand Canyon Education, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at any time after six (6Registration Statement described in Section 2 above is not effective by the Due Date, Initiating Holders may notify the Company in writing and, subject to the terms of Section 5(d) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offeringbelow, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding demand that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act (a "Demand Registration Statement") covering the registration resale of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding. Upon receipt of such notice, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereofthereafter, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsections 3(b) and effect5(b), as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days after the receipt of such request, effect registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationrequest, subject only by notice given to the limitations Company within ten (10) days of this receipt of the Company's notice. The election of initiating Holders to demand the Company to file a Demand Registration Statement shall not impact the amount payable to investors pursuant to Section 5(f);2(c) herein.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofsubsection 3(a). In such event, the right of any Demand other Holder to include such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 6(f)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision a majority in interest of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that and reasonably acceptable to the number Company. The Holder will not be required to make any representation other than as to its ownership of shares of the Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities its intended method of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationdistribution.
(iiic) The Corporation Company is obligated to effect only two one (21) such registrations demand registration pursuant to Section 3 of this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Agreement. The Company agrees to Demand include all Registrable Securities held by all Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer without cutback or reduction. In the filing of such registration statement, then event the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt Company breaches its obligation of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedpreceding sentences, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities which were not included in such registration statement shall be entitled to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request second demand registration for such excluded securities and the Company shall keep such registration statement effective as required by Section 6.
(d) The Company represents that it is presently eligible to effect the registration contemplated hereby on Form S-1 and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of will use its best efforts to continue to take such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required actions as are necessary to pay any of maintain such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)eligibility.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Intercell Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (Intercell Corp)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business 30 days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablepossible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationHolders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the such underwriting and registrationregistration does not include shares of any other selling stockholders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date 180 days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering (or such longer period as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof).; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within 30 days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within 90 days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) 12 month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement, Investor Rights Agreement (Anaptysbio Inc)
Demand Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive, upon the later to occur of (i) If four years from the Corporation receives date hereof or (ii) at any time subsequent to six months after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s an initial public offeringoffering of the Company’s Ordinary Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form F-1 under the Securities Act, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) 33% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least such number of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding as would yield an aggregate offering price of at least $10,000,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business 30 days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and shall, and effectsubject to the limitations of Section 1.2(b), use its best efforts to effect as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. Registrations under this Section 1.2 shall be on such appropriate registration form of the SEC or other governmental entity as shall be selected by the Company and included as shall permit the disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition specified in their request for such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) 1.2 (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holders shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand all Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (thereof, including the Initiating Holders), in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities of the Initiating Holder to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting underwriting; and registration. Any provided further that the total number of Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from of the Initiating Holder included in such underwriting shall not be withdrawn from reduced below 25% of the registrationRegistrable Securities initially requested for registration by the Initiating Holders.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany (the “Board”), it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) -month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a In addition and without limitation of Section 1.15 hereof, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 1.2:
(i) After the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f1.2 (with ADSs and their underlying Ordinary Shares constituting a single registration) shall bear its proportionate share and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period commencing with the date 60 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of all discountsthe date of filing of, commissions or and ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of (subject to such extension as provided in Section 1.14), a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof (other amounts payable than a registration relating solely to underwriters or brokers the sale of securities to participants in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding a Company stock plan, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the foregoing, the Corporation shall not same information as would be required to pay for any expenses of any be included in a registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if statement covering the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority sale of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, businessSecurities, or prospects a registration in which the only Ordinary Shares being registered are Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered or an SEC Rule 145 transaction); provided that the Corporation not known Company is actively employing its best efforts to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for cause such registration and have withdrawn their request statement to become effective; or
(iii) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 or Form S-3 (or any successor form that provides for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse changeshort-form registration), then as the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)case may be.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Montage Technology Group LTD), Investor Rights Agreement (Montage Technology Group LTD)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Corporation shallCompany shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, within ten (10) business 30 days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationHolders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date 180 days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering (or such longer period as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof).; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within 30 days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within 90 days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) 12 month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Flexion Therapeutics Inc), Investor Rights Agreement (Flexion Therapeutics Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at any time after six the earliest of (6i) months following the effective date first anniversary of the Corporation’s initial public offeringClosing Date, (ii) the closing of a Qualified Public Offering, or (iii) the average daily trading volume of the shares of Common Stock exceeds 10,000 shares (as adjusted for stock splits, stock combinations or similar events) for ten consecutive Trading Days, the Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Investor Request that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable SecuritiesAct, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and, and effectsubject to the limitations of Section 3(b) below, shall file (as soon expeditiously as practicable, and in any event prior to the registration applicable Filing Date) and use its best efforts to cause to become effective no later than the applicable Required Effectiveness Date, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of with respect to all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this accordance with Section 5(f);13(g) below.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. A majority in interest of the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the underwriting, in consultation with the Company, shall select the managing underwriter or underwriters in such underwriting, which underwriter shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 5(m)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters so selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of such Holders; provided, however, that no Holder (or any of their assignees) shall be required to make any representations, warranties or indemnities except as they relate to such Holder’s ownership of shares and authority to enter into the Corporationunderwriting agreement and to such Holder’s intended method of distribution, and the liability of such Holder shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing underwriter advises a Holder that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Holder shall also so advise the Company and the Company shall so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced allocated as required follows: (i) first, among holders of Registrable Securities that have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities held by all such holders, until such holders have included in the underwriter(sunderwriting all shares requested by such holders to be included, and (ii) thereafter, among all other holders of Common Stock, if any, that have the right and allocated among have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the Demand amount of shares of Common Stock owned by such holders. Without the consent of a majority in interest of the Holders of Registrable Securities on participating in a pro rata basis according registration referred to in Section 3(a), no securities other than Registrable Securities shall be covered by such registration if the inclusion of such other securities would result in a reduction of the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held covered by each Demand Holder requesting such registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be or included in any underwriting or if, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, the inclusion of such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities would adversely impact the marketing of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationoffering.
(iiic) The Corporation is Company shall be obligated to effect only two (2) registrations (and, in each case, only if such registrations registration would include Registrable Securities with an aggregate value of at least five million dollars ($5,000,000), calculated using the stated offering price disclosed on the cover of the final prospectus covering such Registrable Securities) pursuant to an Investor Request under this Section 5(f3 (an offering which is not consummated shall not be counted for this purpose unless such offering is withdrawn at the request of a majority in interest of the Holders participating in such Investor Request).
(ivd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand the Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3, a certificate signed by the President chief executive officer or Chief Executive Officer chief financial officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed by reason of a material pending transaction and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating HoldersInvestor Request; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a . Likewise, the Company shall not be obligated to effect any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements 3 within one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration previous Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.
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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Boulangeat Philippe), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Tenby Pharma Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) holders of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities owned by such Holder and its Affiliates, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten fifteen (1015) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Initiating Holders request requests to be registered and all Registrable Securities owned by any other Holder which notifies the Company in writing, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the Company's notice contemplated by this paragraph, that it intends to participate in the demand registration contemplated herein (such notification to include the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included in and the intended method or methods of distribution for such registrationRegistrable Securities), subject only to and in accordance with the terms, conditions, procedures and limitations of contained in this Section 5(f);Agreement.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their its request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2, or any request pursuant to Section 2.4, and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated first among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that ) and then second to any other shareholders of the Company (other than the Holders) on a pro rata basis. The number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such any underwriting and registration covered by this Section 2.2 shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such any underwriting pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) within ninety (90) days following a previously effected registration pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 2.3;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations initiated by the Holders pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) if within thirty (30) days after receipt of a written request from the Holder pursuant to Section 2.2(a)., the Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering of its Common Stock within one hundred twenty (120) days; provided that such offering is, and remains, likely to be completed within such one hundred twenty (120) day period;
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand the Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board of Directors of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once twice in any twelve (12) month period.;
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a if the total Registrable Securities for which registration has been requested is for less than 500,000 shares of Common Stock or the reasonably anticipated aggregate price to the public of such offering would be less than $1,500,000;
(vi) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Safeguard Scientifics Inc Et Al), Investor Rights Agreement (Tangram Enterprise Solutions Inc)
Demand Registration. (i) If the Corporation receives at At any time after six (6) months following the effective date Closing and expiration or waiver of any lockup applicable to such Holders party hereto, the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written Initiating Holders may request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) in writing that all or part of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement held by them shall be registered under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within (a “Demand Registration”). Within ten (10) business days after receipt of any such request, the receipt thereof, Company shall give written notice of such request to the other Holders and shall include in such registration all Demand HoldersRegistrable Securities held by all such Holders who wish to participate in such demand registration and provide the Company with written requests for inclusion therein within seven (7) days after the receipt of the Company’s notice; provided that no Holder who is subject to a lockup with respect to such Holder’s Registrable Securities shall have any right to have such Registrable Securities participate in such registration or offering except to the extent such lockup has expired or been waived. Thereupon, and effect, the Company shall effect the registration of all Registrable Securities as to which it has received requests for registration as soon as practicable, ; provided that (i) the Company shall not be required to effect any registration under this Section 2.3 (x) within a period of ninety (90) days following the Securities Act effective date of all a previous registration and (y) with respect to Registrable Securities which with a total offering price not reasonably expected to exceed, in the Demand Holders request to be registered aggregate, $50 million, and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the this provision shall not apply if a shelf registration request on Form F-3 has been filed pursuant to Section 2.5 and is effective and available for use. The Company shall not be required to effect more than (A) one (1) registration under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute 2.3 requested by the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating ION Holders and such Demand Holder(B) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to under this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding 2.3 requested by the foregoing, if Major Shareholder Initiating Holders. If the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand the Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board board of Directors of directors (the Corporation, “Board”) it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and Company or its stockholders shareholders for such a registration statement under this Section 2.3 to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing registration for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedHolders under this Section 2.3, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration . The Initiating Holders may elect to withdraw from any offering pursuant to this Section 5(f)2.3 by giving written notice to the Company and the underwriter(s) of their request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the SEC with respect to such Demand Registration. If the Initiating Holders withdraw from a proposed offering relating to a Demand Registration then either the Initiating Holders shall reimburse the Company for the costs associated with the withdrawn Demand Registration (in which case such registration shall not count as a Demand Registration provided for in this Section 2.3) or such withdrawn registration shall count as a Demand Registration provided for in this Section 2.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.3, if the managing underwriter advises the Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the dollar amount or the number of shares to be underwritten, then the amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be registered shall be reduced pro rata to the respective number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders; provided that in any event all Registrable Securities held by the Initiating Holders, and any other Holders that elect to participate in any such registration must be included in such registration (pro rata based on the total amount of Registrable Securities held by each such Initiating Holder or other Holder, as applicable) prior to any other shares of the Company, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” shares held by persons other than Holders. The Company shall not register securities for sale for its own account in any registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration requested pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable 2.3 unless permitted to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding do so by the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request written consent of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)Initiating Holders.
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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Taboola.com Ltd.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Taboola.com Ltd.)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at At any time after six (6) months following 180 days after the effective date Qualified Public Offering, the holders of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding may notify the Company that they intend to offer or cause to be offered for public sale all or any portion of their Registrable Securities in the Corporation file a registration statement under manner specified in such request (the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten “Demand Request”). No later than five (105) business days after receipt of such Demand Request, the receipt thereof, give written Company shall promptly deliver notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Shareholders holding Registrable Securities which who shall then have thirty (30) days to notify the Demand Holders request Company in writing of their desire to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) . If the Demand Holders initiating Request contemplates an underwritten public offering, the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they Company shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include state such information in the written notice referred to and in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, event the right of any Demand Holder Person to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities participate in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand HolderPerson’s participation in such underwriting underwritten public offering and the inclusion of such Demand HolderPerson’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) underwritten public offering to the extent provided herein. All The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to expeditiously effect (but in any event no later than 180 days after the receipt of the Demand Holders proposing Request) the registration of all Registrable Securities whose holders request participation in such registration under the Securities Act, but only to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement the extent provided for in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders)2; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration Company shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated required to effect only two (2) such registrations registration pursuant to a request under this Section 5(f).
2 more than once. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no request may be made under this Section 2 within ninety (iv90) Notwithstanding days after the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing effective date of a registration statement pursuant filed by the Company covering a firm commitment underwritten public offering in which the holders of Registrable Securities shall have been entitled to join and in which there shall have been effectively registered a majority of the Registrable Securities as to which registration shall have been requested. A registration will not count as a requested registration under this Section 5(f2.1(a) a certificate signed unless and until the registration statement relating to such registration has been declared effective by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of Commission at the request of the Initiating Holdersinitiating Shareholders; provided, however, that a majority in interest of the Corporation participating holders of Registrable Securities may request, in writing, that the Company withdraw a registration statement which has been filed under this Section 2.1(a) but has not utilize yet been declared effective, and a majority in interest of such holders may thereafter request the Company to reinstate such registration statement, if permitted under the Securities Act, or to file another registration statement, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein and without reduction in the number of demand registrations permitted under this right more than once in any twelve (12) month periodSection 2.1(a).
(vb) All expenses incurred If a requested registration involves an underwritten public offering and the managing underwriter of such offering determines in connection with good faith that the number of securities sought to be offered should be limited due to market conditions, then the number of securities to be included in such underwritten public offering shall be reduced to a number deemed satisfactory by such managing underwriter; provided, that the shares to be excluded shall be determined in the following order of priority: (i) securities to be registered by the Company pursuant to such registration statement shall be the first to be reduced or excluded and (ii) Registrable Securities of the Shareholders requesting registration shall be the last to be reduced or excluded. If there is a reduction of the number of Registrable Securities pursuant to clause (ii), such reduction shall be made on a pro rata basis based upon the Registrable Securities sought to be included by the Shareholders requesting registration, and, if such reduction exceeds 25% of the Registrable Securities of Shareholders requested to be included in such offering, then the registration shall not cause a reduction in the number of demand registrations permitted under Section 2.1(a).
(c) With respect to a request for registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)2.1(a) which is for an underwritten public offering, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), managing underwriter shall be borne chosen by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share Board of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding Directors and approved by the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities (which approval will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The Company may not cause any other registration of securities for sale for its own account (other than a registration effected solely to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of implement an employee benefit plan or a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects transaction to which Rule 145 of the Corporation not known Securities Act is applicable) to become effective within ninety (90) days following the Demand Holders at the time effective date of their request for such any registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)2.1.
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Samples: Securities Subscription Agreement (Adecoagro S.A.), Registration Rights Agreement (Adecoagro S.A.)
Demand Registration. 2.1 Registration Other Than on Form F-3 or Form S-3. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, at any time or from time to time after the earlier of (i) If the Corporation receives at any time after third (3rd) anniversary of the Closing or (ii) the date that is six (6) months following after the effective date consummation of the Corporation’s initial public offeringIPO, a written request from any Holder of fifty percent (50%) of the Demand Registrable Securities or Holders of at least twenty-five fifty percent (2550%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding may request in writing that the Corporation file Company effect a registration statement under the Registration of Registrable Securities Act covering the registration of (together with the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities which the other Holders elect to include in such Registration) on any internationally recognized exchange that is reasonably acceptable to such Initiating Holders. Upon receipt of such a request, then the Corporation shall, within ten Company shall promptly (10x) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request the proposed Registration to all Demand Holders, other Holders (and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer join such filing Registration) and (y) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities specified in the request, together with any Registrable Securities of any Holder who requests in writing to join such Registration within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Company’s delivery of written notice, to be Registered and/or qualified for a period of not sale and distribution in such jurisdiction as the Initiating Holders may request. The Company shall be obligated to consummate no more than one hundred and twenty three (1203) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration Registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal 2.1 that have been declared and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for ordered effective; provided that if the Corporation, and of one counsel for Registrable Securities sought to be included in the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration Registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share 2.1 are not fully included in the Registration for any reason other than solely due to the action or inaction of all discountsthe Holders including Registrable Securities in such Registration, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation Registration shall not be required deemed to pay for any expenses constitute one of any registration proceeding begun the Registration rights granted pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)2.1.
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Samples: Shareholders Agreement (OneSmart International Education Group LTD), Shareholders Agreement (OneSmart International Education Group LTD)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand (i) BLUM Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the BLUM Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) Note Investor Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Note Investor Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities Initiating Holders, and, if any Initiating Holder is BLUM, CalPERS as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS, and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by BLUM Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i), after the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by BLUM Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registrations requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to such Section;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; PROVIDED that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be prohibited from delivering additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, PROVIDED that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Samples: Securityholders' Agreement (Cb Richard Ellis Services Inc), Securityholders' Agreement (Cb Richard Ellis Services Inc)
Demand Registration. (i) If the Corporation receives at At any time following a Public Offering, Investor may request the Company to register under the Securities Act not less than forty percent (40%) of all shares of Registrable Securities then held by Investor for sale in the manner specified in such notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no request may be made under this
Section 4.1 within six months after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under filed by the Securities Act Company covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request a firm commitment underwritten public offering in which Investor shall have been entitled to all Demand Holdersjoin pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of in which there shall have been effectively registered all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities as to be included in such underwriting and which registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities have been requested by Investor and permitted by the managing underwriter. If the Company receives a notice from Investor that imposes on the Company the registration obligations of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing4.1, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that and if, in the good faith judgment reasonable opinion of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany the general market conditions are not appropriate at the time for an offering, it would be seriously detrimental the Company may, at its option, delay the commencement of the performance of the Company's obligation pursuant to the Corporation and its stockholders this Section 4.1 for such registration statement up to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of days. If Investor specifies in the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, howevernotice, that the Corporation method of disposition of the Registrable Securities shall be an underwritten public offering, Investor may designate the managing underwriter of such offering, subject to the approval of the Company, which approval shall not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Company shall be obligated to prepare and file a registration statement with respect to Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 5(f4.1 on one occasion only PROVIDED HOWEVER, that such obligation shall be deemed satisfied only when a registration statement covering shares of Registrable Securities, for sale in accordance with the method of disposition specified by the requesting Investor, shall have become effective (or is in a position to be declared effective but for Investor's election not to proceed with the contemplated offering). The Company shall be entitled to include in any registration statement referred to in this Section 4.1 for sale in accordance with the method of disposition specified by Investor, shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Company for its own account and for the accounts of other holders of Common Stock, except as and to the extent that in the opinion of the managing underwriter (if such method of disposition shall be an underwritten public offering), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for such inclusion would adversely affect the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority marketing of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedsold. Except for registration statements on Forms S-4 or S-8, however, that if at the time of such withdrawalor any successor thereto, the Holders have learned Company will not file with the Commission any other registration statement with respect to its Common Stock, whether for its own account or that of other shareholders, from the date of receipt of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights notice from Investor pursuant to this Section 5(f4.1 until the completion of the period of distribution of the registration contemplated thereby (determined as provided in Section 4.3 hereof, but in no event to exceed ninety (90) days following the effective date of the applicable registration statement).
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Samples: Shareholder Agreement (Digital Insight Corp), Shareholder Agreement (Nfront Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand a Holder or Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities owned by such Initiating Holders, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business 30 days after the of receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationand, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);2.2, use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with the Commission covering all Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holders request to be registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.2(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationCompany (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated first to the underwriter(sHolders who are holders of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (or shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof) and allocated among the Demand Holders Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (or shares of Registrable Securities Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof) on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders)such Holders of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(1) prior to the earlier of (A) six months following a Qualified Offering, and (B) December 31, 2004;
(2) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2(a)., and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iv3) Notwithstanding during the foregoingperiod starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date 90 days following the effective date of, any registration statement (other than a Special Registration Statement) of the Company;
(4) if within 30 days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company's intention to make a Qualified Offering within 90 days;
(5) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) Initiating Holders, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board of Directors stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationDirectors, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.; or
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f6) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request Initiating Holders propose to dispose of the Demand Holders shares of a majority of the Registrable Securities to that may be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this a request made pursuant to Section 5(f)2.4 below.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (National Patent Development Corp), Investor Rights Agreement (Gp Strategies Corp)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives conditions of this Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) six (6) months following after the effective date of the Corporation’s initial Company's first registered public offeringoffering of its stock, or (ii) December 13, 2002, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five not less than thirty percent (2530%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, Securities which will have an aggregate offering price of at least $7,500,000 then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereofeffective date of such notice as defined in Section 6.7 of this Agreement, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effectand, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1(b), effect as soon as practicable, practicable the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included within twenty (20) days of the effective date of such notice by the Company in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this accordance with Section 5(f);6.7.
(iib) If In the Demand Holders initiating the event that a registration request under this pursuant to Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of 2.1 is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, they shall the Initiating Holders will so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their the written request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) given by such Initiating Holders and the Corporation Company shall include such information in turn so advise the Holders in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.1(a). In such event, the The right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s his or her Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriters. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated, first, to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); providedsecond, however, that the number of to shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting registered and registration shall not be reduced unless all sold for the Company's own account; and third, to the stockholders (other than the Holders) invoking contractual rights to have their securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationregistered, if any, on a pro rata basis.
(iiic) The Corporation Company is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.1. A registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 may be the first public offering of the Company's securities (the "Initial Offering").
(ivd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting Company may delay initiating the preparation and filing of a any registration statement requested pursuant to this Section 5(f2.1(a) if (i) the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer or President of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company's Board of Directors effecting the registration would adversely affect or would require the premature disclosure of any financing, acquisition, disposition or assets or stock, merger or other comparable transaction or would require the Corporation, it Company to make public disclosure of information the public disclosure of which would be seriously detrimental to have a material adverse effect on the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer Company in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such the filing of the registration statement for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the a request of the Initiating Holder or Holders under Section 2.1, provided, however, that such right may be exercised by the Company no more than once in any 12 month period or (ii) a request for registration is received during the period starting with the date thirty (30) days prior to the Company's good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred fifty (150) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.2 relating to the Initial Offering, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.
(e) All expenses incurred in connection with each registration by the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.1 (excluding underwriters' discounts and commissions, which shall be paid by the selling Holders pro rata and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the selling Holders), including without limitation all registration, filing, qualification, printers' and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be borne by the Company; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.1 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at by the request Initiating Holders, unless the withdrawal of the Demand Holders registration request results from either (i) intentional actions by the Company outside the normal course of a majority business, or (ii) the discovery of information about the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if Company which was not known at the time of such withdrawalthe Initiating Holders' request made pursuant to Section 2.1(a), that materially reduces the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects feasibility of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)proceeding.
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Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement (Rightnow Technologies Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Rightnow Technologies Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $7,500,000), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationHolders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) of the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date 180 days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering (or such longer period as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof).; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within 30 days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany (the “Board”), it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) 12 month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement, Investor Rights Agreement (Forty Seven, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (a) After the earlier of (i) If four (4) years after the Corporation receives at any time after date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months following after the effective date of the CorporationCompany’s initial public offering, if the Company receives a written request from the Demand Holders holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) not less than a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering (provided that the registration of the Registrable Securitiesanticipated aggregate offering price would exceed $5,000,000), then the Corporation Company shall, :
(i) within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and ; and
(ii) effect, as soon as practicablepracticable after receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act of all that number of Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request requested to be registered and included in such registrationregistered, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f1.2(b);, within thirty (30) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) hereunder (the “Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f1.2(a) and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i1.2(a). The underwriter(s) hereofwill be selected by the Board of Directors (including a majority of the Preferred Directors) and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 1.5(f)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting; provided, however, that no Holder (or any of their assignees) shall be required to make any representations, warranties or indemnities, except as they relate to such Holder’s ownership of shares and authority to enter into the underwriting agreement and to such Holder’s intended method of distribution, and the liability of such Holder shall be several and not joint, and limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds from the offering received by the Corporationsuch Holder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holders shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand all Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (thereof, including the Initiating Holders), in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder or in such proportion as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationunderwriting.
(iiic) The Corporation is Company shall not be obligated to effect only effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities ordered effective requested to be registered; provided, however, that if any registration that is withdrawn or closed at the time request of such withdrawal, the Initiating Holders have learned (other than as a result of a material adverse change in affecting the condition, business, or prospects Company) shall count as one (1) of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be two (2) required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f1.2(c)(i); or
(ii) If the Company delivers notice to the Initiating Holders within thirty (30) days of such Initiating Holders’ registration request that the Company intends to file the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company (other than a registration statement relating either to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or a transaction pursuant to Rule 145 of the Securities Act (“SEC Rule 145”)) within sixty (60) days from the date of such notice; provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.
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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Janux Therapeutics, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Janux Therapeutics, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationHolders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) of the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to a public offering, other than pursuant to a Special Registration Statement; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoingCompany gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for a public offering, other than pursuant to a Special Registration Statement within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once twice in any twelve (12) month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement, Investor Rights Agreement (Avalanche Biotechnologies, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationHolders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) of the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering (or such longer period as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof).; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Cirius Therapeutics, Inc.), Investor Rights Agreement (Cirius Therapeutics, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation Company receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offeringtime, a written request from the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of at least twenty-five fifty percent (2550%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securitiesoutstanding, then the Corporation Company shall, :
(i) within ten (10) business 10 days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, ;
(ii) use all reasonable efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 60 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement for registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationregistered, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(fsubsection 1.2(b);; and
(iiiii) use all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.
(b) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) subsection 1.2(a), and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofsubsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Initiating Holders and shall be an underwriter of regional or national standing reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such the registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such the underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein). All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such the underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holders shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretoto this subsection, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (all Holders, including the Initiating Holders), in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such the underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationunderwriting.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation Company furnishes to Demand Initiating Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that the Company is actively engaged in an offering for itself or others or that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such a registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential necessary to defer the filing of such the registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such taking action with respect to the filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 1.2 (i) after the Corporation, and of Company has effected one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions 1.2 and such registration has been declared or other amounts payable to underwriters ordered effective or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f(ii) if the such demand registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request would then be filed within six months of the Demand Holders initial filing of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this under Section 5(f)1.9.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (New World Coffee Manhattan Bagel Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives conditions of this Section 5.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after six the later of April 1, 2000 and one hundred twenty (6120) months following days after the effective date closing of the Corporation’s initial public offering, IPO a written request from the Demand Initiating Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 50% of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities held by such Initiating Holders, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of Section 5.2(b), effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);Act.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 5.2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof5.2(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)5.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is Company shall not be obligated to effect only more than two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f)5.2.
(ivd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 5.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).the
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Samples: Warrant Purchase Agreement (Air South Airlines Inc)
Demand Registration. (i) If the Corporation receives Company shall receive at any time six months or more after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s Company's initial public offering, offering of its securities pursuant to a registration filed under the Securities Act a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding CBS that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities pursuant to this Section 3.2, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and Company shall effect, as soon as practicablepracticable and in any event within sixty (60) days of the 3 61 receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request CBS requests to be registered and included in such registrationregistration by such written notice, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
3.2; provided that the Registrable Securities requested by CBS to be registered pursuant to such request must have an anticipated aggregate public offering price (iibefore any underwriting discounts and commissions) of not less than $5,000,000. If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend CBS intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their its request by means of an underwriting, they then CBS shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their its request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.2. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration The underwriter shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting selected by the Company with the consent of CBS, which consent will not unreasonably be withheld, and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting CBS shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationCompany. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretoCBS, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among first, to the Demand Company, second, to the Preferred Stock Holders, if and to the extent such Preferred Stock Holders have exercised their registration rights granted under the Investors' Rights Agreement, and third, if and only to the extent that the inclusion of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according will not reduce the amount of the shares that the Preferred Stock Holders may include in such registration and underwriting, to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders)CBS; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities managing underwriter(s) shall have the absolute right and discretion to be included in such exclude from a registration and underwriting relating to the Company's initial public offering any and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationRegistrable Securities. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) . The Corporation Company is obligated to effect only two one (21) such registrations registration pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) 3.2. The Company shall not be deemed to have effected a registration pursuant to this Section 3.2 unless a registration statement in respect thereof shall have been declared effective by the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) CBS a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating HoldersCBS; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at At any time after six (6) months following October 10, 1997, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Apollo Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) 50% of the Apollo Registrable Securities then outstanding and entitled to registration rights under this Section 2 (the "Initiating Apollo Holders") that the Corporation file a Company ------------------------- effect the registration statement under the 1933 Act of a number of Apollo Registrable Securities Act covering the registration constituting at least 500,000 shares of the Registrable SecuritiesCommon Stock, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business five days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, Holders and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationshall, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f2.1, use its best efforts to effect such a registration as soon as practicable and in any event to file within 75 days of the receipt of such request a registration statement under the 1933 Act covering all the Registrable Securities which the Holders shall in writing request (within 10 days of receipt of the notice given by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.1(a);) to be included in such registration and to use its reasonable best efforts to have such registration statement become effective within 120 days after receipt of such request.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Apollo Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Apollo Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 2.3(d)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Apollo Holders. The Initiating Apollo Holders shall consult with the Board of Directors regarding the selection of an underwriter or underwriters, but approval by the Board of Directors of any underwriter selected by the Initiating Apollo Holders shall not be required. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f2.1, if, in the case of a registration requested pursuant to Section 2.1(a), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Apollo Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Apollo Holders shall also so advise the Company and all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and all securities other than Registrable Securities sought to be included in the underwriting shall first be excluded. To the extent that further limitation is required, the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis among all Holders desiring to participate in such underwriting (according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holderssuch Holder); provided, however, that the number of shares of . No Registrable Securities requested by any Holder to be included in such underwriting and a registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any unless all securities other than Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationare first excluded.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoingforegoing provisions of this Section 2.1, if in the Corporation furnishes event that the Company is requested to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a file any registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f2.1:
(i) the Company shall not be obligated to effect the filing of such registration statement during the six months following the effective date of any other registration statement pertaining to an underwritten public offering of securities for the account of the Company; and
(ii) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting such registration statement a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer president of the Corporation Company (A) stating that that, in the good faith judgment of a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of Directors, (1) an undisclosed material event (x) has occurred and is continuing or (y) is likely to occur within 90 days and (2) the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing disclosure of such registration statementundisclosed material event would have a material adverse effect on the Company or on a proposed material transaction involving the Company or a substantial portion of its assets and (B) describing in reasonable detail such undisclosed material event, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the relevant Initiating Apollo Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize the right -------- ------- set forth in this right Section 2.1(c)(ii) more than once in any twelve (12) -month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Apollo Real Estate Investment Fund Ii L P)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand (i) XXXX Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the XXXX Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) DLJ Holders holding not less than 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the DLJ Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Initiating Holders of Registrable Securities as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to such Section, and in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (x), (y) and (z), such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be prohibited from delivering --------------- additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181/st/ day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right -------- clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives conditions of this Section 1.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%the "Initiating Holders") relating to Registrable Securities with an aggregate price (calculated based upon the Market Price of the Registrable Securities then outstanding on the date of such request) to the public of no less than $5,000,000 that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the such Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business five days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 1.1, use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only a written request received by the Company within 20 days of the mailing of the Company's notice pursuant to the limitations of this Section 5(f1.1(a);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in this Section 5(f)(i) hereof1.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationCompany (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of whose Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand to such Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to (as nearly as practicable) based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, PROVIDED that the number of shares of no Registrable Securities to shall be included in such underwriting excluded unless and registration shall not be reduced unless until all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationCompany have been excluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated In addition, the Company shall not be required to effect only two (2) such registrations a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f).1.1:
(i) More than one (1) time;
(ii) during the period starting with the date of the filing of, and ending on a date 180 days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 1.3, PROVIDED that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iii) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 1.2; or
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.1, a certificate signed by the President or Company's Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Corporation Board of Directors stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would (i) be seriously materially detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders shareholders for such registration statement to be filed effected at such time, (ii) require the disclosure of a material transaction or other matter and it is therefore essential such disclosure would be materially disadvantageous to defer the filing Company, or (iii) adversely effect a material financing, acquisition, disposition of such registration statementassets or stock, then merger or other comparable transaction; in which event the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 60 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, PROVIDED that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month period and PROVIDED FURTHER, that the Company shall not register any other of its shares during such twelve (12) -month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a No registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne initiated by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of Holders hereunder will count as a registration under Section 1.1 and Section 1.2 in the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, event that if at the time of such withdrawal, registration is withdrawn by the Holders have learned because of a material adverse change in information relating to the condition, business, operations, assets, condition (financial or other) or prospects of the Corporation not known to Company, (ii) if the Demand Holders at the time effect of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights cut-back pursuant to this Section 5(f)1.1(b) is to reduce the number of shares requested by the Holders to be included in the registration below 90%, or (iii) if the related registration statement filed with the SEC is not declared effective or is declared effective but is subject to a stop order or is withdrawn by the Company before at least 90% of the securities so registered are sold.
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Demand Registration. (i) If the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following after the effective date closing of the Corporation’s initial 's first underwritten public offeringoffering of shares pursuant to a registration statement, a written request from (A) the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five fifty percent (2550%) of shares of the Investor Registrable Securities then outstanding excluding Holders described in clause (B) or (C) hereof, (B) any Holder who purchased more than 650,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock (a "Series D Holder") or (C) any Holder who purchased more than 260,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (a "Series E Holder"), that the Corporation file a registration statement on Form S-1 (or similar successor forms) under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Investor Registrable SecuritiesSecurities having an aggregate offering price, before deduction of underwriter discounts and commissions, of at least $5,000,000, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Investor Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f6(d);.
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f6(d) (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Investor Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f6(d) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i6(d)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s 's Investor Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Investor Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, Investor Stockholders and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according reasonably acceptable to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationCorporation.
(iii) The Corporation is shall not be obligated to effect only two effect, or take any action to effect, any such registration pursuant to this Section 6(d):
(2A) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Corporation would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance except as may be required by the Securities Act;
(B) After the Corporation has initiated five (5) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f6(d)., two of which may only be initiated by a Series D Holder, one of which may only be initiated by a Series E Holder and two of which may only be initiated by Holders of Registrable Securities who are not Series D Holders or Series E Holders;
(ivC) Notwithstanding During the foregoingperiod starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Corporation's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, if and ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Corporation-initiated registration; provided that the Corporation furnishes is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to Demand cause such registration statement to become effective;
(D) If the Initiating Holders requesting propose to dispose of shares of Investor Registrable Securities which may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made under Section 6(f) hereof;
(E) If, (1) in the good faith judgement of the Board of Directors of the Corporation such registration would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and the Board of Directors of the Corporation concludes, as a result, that it is essential to defer the filing of a such registration statement pursuant at such time, and (2) the Corporation shall furnish to this Section 5(f) the Holders a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment judgement of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed in the near future and that it is therefore is, therefore, essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing (except as provided in clause (C) above) for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, howeverand, provided further, that the Corporation may shall not utilize defer its obligation in this right manner more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.
(viv) All expenses incurred in connection with a any demand registration effected pursuant to this Section 5(f6(d), including without limitation, limitation all federal and “"blue sky” " registration and qualification fees, printers’ ' and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders Corporation (but excluding underwriters’ ' discounts and commissions), commissions and expenses of special counsel of selling Holders)(the "Registration Expenses") shall be borne by the Corporation. Each In addition, each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f6(d) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Demand Registration. (iA) If Subject to the Corporation receives conditions of this Section 3.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of six (6) months following after the effective date of the Corporation’s initial first underwritten public offeringoffering of the Company's securities (the "INITIAL OFFERING") or June 30, 1998 a written request from the Demand New Holders of at least twenty-five not less than forty percent (2540%) of the outstanding Registrable Securities then outstanding owned by the New Holders (the "INITIATING HOLDERS") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities having an aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commission, in excess of $5,000,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of Section 3.2(b), effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand New Holders request to be registered and included in (a "DEMAND REGISTRATION"). Provided that such registrationrequest of the New Holders is satisfied, the Original Holders may, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f3.2(b);, participate in such Demand Registration.
(iiB) If the Demand Holders initiating the Any registration request under this Section 5(f) 3.2 must be a firmly underwritten offering with an underwriter or underwriters of nationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (“Initiating Holders”) intend which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofCompany). In such event, the The right of any Demand New Holder and Original Holder, if any, to include such Demand Holder’s his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand New Holder’s 's and Original Holder's, if any, participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand New Holder’s 's and Original Holder's, if any, Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand New Holders and Original Holders, if any, proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriters. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand New Holders and Original Holders, if any, of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated, first, to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand New Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such New Holders (including the Initiating Holders); providedsecond, howeverto the Original Holders, that if any, on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by all such Original Holders; and third, to shares to be included registered and sold for the Company's own account. In any event the New Holders shall be entitled to include in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless no less than fifty percent (50%) of all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationincluded by all Holders.
(iiiC) The Corporation Company is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.2. A registration pursuant to this Section 3.2 may be the Initial Offering.
(ivD) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.2 during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date ninety (90) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering, provided that the Company is making reasonable and good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective. In addition, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.2 if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.2(a), the Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company's intention to make its Initial Offering and files the registration statement with respect thereto within sixty days of such notice.
(E) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand the New Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may not utilize this right Company no more than once in any twelve (12) month one-year period.
(vF) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration the registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f3.2 (excluding underwriters' discounts and commissions, which shall be paid by the selling New Holders and Original Holders, if any, pro rata), including without limitationlimitation all registration, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification feesfiling, qualification, printers’ ' and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the CorporationCompany, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one a single counsel for the participating Demand selling New Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions)Original Holders, if any, shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discountsCompany; provided, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding however, that the foregoing, the Corporation Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.2 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at by the request Initiating Holders, unless the withdrawal of the Demand Holders registration request results from either (i) intentional actions by the Company outside the normal course of a majority business or (ii) the discovery of information about the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, Company that if is not known at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in Initiating Holders' request made pursuant to Section 3.2(a) that materially reduces the condition, business, or prospects feasibility of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)proceeding.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Evolving Systems Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives conditions of this Section 2.2, and as long as at least four million (4,000,000) (as adjusted for any time after six (6stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like) months following the effective date shares of Preferred Stock, including Common Stock issued upon conversion or exercise of the Corporation’s initial public offeringShares, are outstanding, if the Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five Investors holding more than fifty percent (2550%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”), that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of an aggregate offering price to the Registrable Securitiespublic of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting (after first eliminating all shares that are not Registrable Securities) shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held being offered by each Demand Holder requesting registration of such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of the third anniversary of the date of the Closing or the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to make its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.; or
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(fvi) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request Initiating Holders propose to dispose of the Demand Holders shares of a majority of the Registrable Securities to that may be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this a request made pursuant to Section 5(f)2.4 below.
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Demand Registration. (ia) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC, not later than the 90th day following the Closing Date, a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing Date and to remain effective until all Registrable Securities have been sold.
(b) If the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date holders of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders majority of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise Parent. The underwriter will be selected by Parent, subject to the Corporation as consent of a part majority in interest of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofHolders (which will not be unreasonably withheld). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided hereinin this Article 4. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with Parent as provided in Section 4.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary the form with requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)4.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held owned by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationHolder.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Parent shall have the right to defer such the filing for of the Registration Statement under this Section 2.1, or suspend the use of the related prospectus, during a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days Black-Out Period occurring after receipt of the request of the Initiating Note Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation Parent may not utilize this such deferral or suspension right more than once in any twelve (12) six-month period.
(vd) All expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)4.1, including without limitationall registration, all federal and “blue sky” registration filing and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for Parent and the Corporation, reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the participating Demand selling Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne not to exceed $50,000 per registration or underwriting) selected by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change included in the condition, business, or prospects offering shall be borne by Parent regardless of whether such Registration Statement is declared effective by the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)SEC.
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Samples: Governance Agreement (Equinix Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives Subject to Section 1(b) below, at any time after six the first to occur of: (6i) months following the first anniversary of the Effective Date; or (ii) the 180th day immediately succeeding the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of a Registration Statement for a Qualified Public Offering, upon the registration written request to register Registrable Stock under the Securities Act by the Holders of not less than 25% of the Registrable SecuritiesStock as of the Effective Date, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business 10 days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders of Registrable Stock. Thereafter, and effect, the Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to effect as soon as practicable, practicable the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which Stock that the Demand Holders request thereof requested to be registered pursuant to the original request to the Company and included from such other Holders of Registrable Stock as request inclusion in such registrationoffering within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of the Company’s notice to such other Holders. RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);INC. -1- FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) hereunder intend to distribute the Registrable Securities Stock covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they such Holders shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1(a), and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written Company’s notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof1(a). In The Holders of a majority of the Registrable Stock to be covered by such eventRegistration Statement shall have the right to select the investment banker or bankers who shall serve as the manager and/or co-managers for the offering of Securities covered by such Registration Statement; subject to the approval of the Company, the which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities Stock in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities Stock in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Registrable Stock and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Stock through such underwriting shall shall, together with the Company, enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Company and participating Holders of Registrable Stock in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which Stock that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities Stock that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among all Holders thereof in proportion to the Demand Holders amount of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according Stock requested to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held be registered by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders)Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities Stock to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationunderwriting.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement Registration Statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statementRegistration Statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request by the Holders of the Initiating HoldersRegistrable Stock; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 1:
(i) After the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders Company has effected two (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration 2) registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share 1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective, and such registrations have not been withdrawn by the Company before the earlier of 120 days from the filing of the Registration Statement or the sale of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the applicable Registrable Securities to be registeredStock thereunder; provided, however, that if a registration is withdrawn at the time request of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of Registrable Stock who demanded such registration, such registration shall count as a material adverse change in registration for Holders of Registrable Stock pursuant to Section 1; provided, further, however, that if the condition, business, or prospects Holders of Registrable Stock request the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time withdrawal of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request such Holders reimburse the Company for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such registration, such registration with reasonable promptness shall not count as a registration for Holders of Registrable Stock pursuant to Section 1; RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, INC. -2- FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
(ii) During the period beginning on the date the Company provides notice of a registration pursuant to Section 2 and ending on a date 90 days (or 180 days if such registration is an initial public offering) after learning the effective date of such material adverse change, then registration;
(iii) If the Demand Holders shall not of Registrable Stock propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Stock that may be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this a request made pursuant to Section 5(f)3.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Rubicon Technology, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (i) If 3.2.1 Subject to the Corporation receives conditions of this Section 3.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after six the earlier of (6i) months the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the Corporation’s registration statement pertaining to the initial public offeringoffering of the Company's common stock (the "Initial Offering"), or (ii) May 31, 1997, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twentyInvestors holding more than seventy-five percent (2575%) of the Registrable Securities Shares then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities having an aggregate offering price to the Registrable Securitiespublic in excess of $2,500,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of Section 3.2.2, effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(ii) 3.2.2 If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.2.1. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated, first, to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Initiating Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating all such Holders); providedand second, however, that to all other Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in held by all such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationHolders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) 3.2.3 The Corporation is Company shall not be obligated to effect only more than two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.2.
3.2.4 The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.2 during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (iv180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to its Initial Offering, provided that the Company is making reasonable and good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective. In addition, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.2 if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.2.1, the Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company's intention to make its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days.
3.2.5 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may not utilize this right Company no more than once twice in any twelve (12) month one-year period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement (Rouge Wave Software Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at At any time beginning after six (6) months following the effective date end of the Corporation’s initial public offeringRestricted Period (as defined in the Subscription Agreement), a written request from the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities of at least twenty-five twenty percent (2520%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding may notify the Company in writing that they demand that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of all of the Registrable Securities. Upon receipt of such notice, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereofdays, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and shall, and effectsubject to the limitations of subsection 2(b), effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request request, by notice given to the Company within ten (10) days of receipt of the Company's notice, to be registered and included in as expeditiously as reasonably possible after the mailing of such registration, subject only to notice by the limitations of this Section 5(fCompany (a "DEMAND REGISTRATION");.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) hereunder (“Initiating Holders”"INITIATING HOLDERS") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofsubsection 2(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 6(f)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision a majority in interest of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that and reasonably acceptable to the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationCompany.
(iiic) The Corporation Company is obligated to effect only two three (23) such demand registrations pursuant to Section 2 of this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Agreement. The Company agrees to Demand include all Registrable Securities held by all Holders requesting inclusion in such Registration Statement without cutback or reduction. In the filing of a registration statement pursuant event the Company is unable to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer fulfill its obligation of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporationpreceding sentence with respect to any registration, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to counted as a Demand Registration under this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)Agreement.
Appears in 1 contract
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (American Biomed Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation Company receives at any time after six (6) months following the date that is 180 days after the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offeringQualified Offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation Company file a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement ("Long-Form Registrations") under the Securities Act covering the registration of such Holder's or Holders' Registrable Securities (the Registrable Securities"Initiating Holders"), then the Corporation shallCompany will, within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and will, subject to the limitations set forth below and effectof subsection 2(b), effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect within sixty (60) days of the registration receipt of such request, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities then outstanding which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of such registrationnotice by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject only the Company's obligation to effect the limitations requested registration shall be conditioned upon the anticipated aggregate offering price of this Section 5(f);Registrable Securities equaling or exceeding $10,000,000.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall will so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2 and the Corporation shall Company will include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(isubsection 2(a). The underwriter (the "Underwriter") hereofwill be selected by a majority in interest of the selling stockholders (the "Selling Holders"), subject to approval by the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in such registration shall will be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Selling Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided hereinin this Agreement. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall will (together with the Company as provided in subsection 5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationUnderwriter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) Underwriter advises the Corporation Selling Holders and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also Company will so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretoto this Agreement, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting will be allocated pro rata among the Holders and the holders ("Series A Holders") of the Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), who have exercised piggyback registration rights to participate in such offering on the basis of the number or dollar amount of securities requested by such Holders and Series A Holders to be included in such offering.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Company shall not be obligated to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2 if such Registrable Securities may be, and the Company causes them to be, registered pursuant to Section 3, and (ii) the Company shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according obligated to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders)effect only three registrations pursuant to this Section 2; provided, however, that the Company shall be deemed to fulfill its obligations pursuant to this Section 2 only (x) if the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in the Registration Statement has not been reduced by more than 25% pursuant to subsection 2(b) (unless such underwriting and registration shall Registrable Securities are not be reduced unless all other securities so included due to the fault of the Corporation Holder), and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from (y) when such registration has become effective (unless such registration has not become effective due to the underwriting fault of the Holder) and registration. Any remained effective in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from covered by such underwriting shall be withdrawn from Registration Statement for a period of not less than 180 days, (unless such Registrable Securities are not disposed of due to the registration.
fault of the Holder); and, provided further, that the Company will pay all registration expenses in connection with any registration initiated at the request of a Holder to the extent provided below in Section 7 (iii) The Corporation unless such registration is obligated not consummated due to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(fthe fault of the Holder).
(ivd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company may postpone for up to Demand Holders requesting three (3) months the filing or the effectiveness of a Registration Statement for any registration statement if (i) the Company reasonably believes that such registration would have a material adverse effect on any proposal or plan by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to engage in any acquisition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any merger, consolidation, tender offer or other significant transaction pending at the time a request is made for a registration, (ii) such registration would require the Company to disclose contract negotiations pending at the time a request is made for a registration or other information, the disclosure of which would, in the reasonable belief of the Company, have a material adverse effect on the Company or (iii) the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have previously requested a registration. Such postponement may be effected by delivery of written notice to the Holders within fifteen (15) business days of the Company's receipt of a request for a registration. Failure to so notify the Holders of such a postponement within said 15 business day period shall constitute a waiver of the Company's right under this paragraph 2(d). During such period, the Company shall not be entitled to file any other Registration Statement relating to the Company's securities pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed any other outstanding registration rights agreement or for any other secondary offering, other than such demand registration previously requested by the President or Chief Executive Officer of Series A Holders; and provided further, that the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall not have the right to so defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right action more than once in any twelve three hundred sixty-five (12365) month day period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements . Upon the expiration of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for deferral period the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), Company shall be borne by required to file a Registration Statement covering the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant Registrable Securities requested to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offeringbe registered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the Corporation event that the Company has deferred the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iii) and a Registration Statement requested by the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock becomes effective, the deferral period shall not be required a period of up to pay for any expenses 120 days from the date of the request by the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock plus a period of 180 days after the effectiveness of such registration or the closing date of any registration proceeding begun pursuant underwritten offering.
(e) The Company shall have no obligation to any Holder under this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time then outstanding of such withdrawalHolder if the Company has obtained an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Holder, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the conditionform and substance satisfactory to such Holder, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for effect that all such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning Registrable Securities then outstanding of such material adverse changeHolder may be immediately sold to the public without registration thereof, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights whether pursuant to this Section 5(f)Rule 144 or otherwise.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Digital Entertainment Network Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding and for which the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use reasonable best efforts to effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationCompany, subject to the approval of the Holders of at least fifty five percent (55%) of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. Each Advised Holder shall each be deemed to be a single “Holder,” for purpose of any pro rata reduction under this Section 2.2(b) and any such pro rata reduction with respect to any such “Holder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such “Holder,” as defined in this sentence.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering (or such longer period as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof).; provided, however, that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days after receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives Company shall receive at any time after six the earlier to occur of (6I) months following the effective date 180 days after the initial registration of any series or class of the CorporationCompany’s initial public offeringsecurities, and (II) five years from the date hereof, a written request notice from the Demand Required Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding requesting that the Corporation file Company effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration with respect to all or a part of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities held by such Preferred Holders, then the Corporation Company shall, :
(i) within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Preferred Holders, and effect, ; and
(ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Preferred Holders request to be registered and included registered, by notice to the Company within thirty (30) days of the mailing’ of the notice sent by the Company in such registrationaccordance with Section 3.2(a)(i), subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f3.2(b);.
(iib) If the Demand Preferred Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) hereunder (the “Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f3.2(a) and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.2(a)(i). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Demand Preferred Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Preferred Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Preferred Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Preferred Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Preferred Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 3.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holders shall also so advise all Demand Preferred Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand all Preferred Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (thereof, including the Initiating Holders), in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Preferred Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationunderwriting.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Preferred Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such a registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 3.2 after the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders Company has effected two (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration 2) registrations on Form S-1 pursuant to this Section 5(f3.2 and such registration statements have been declared or ordered effective and the sales of Registrable Securities under such registration statements have closed.
(e) No incidental right under this Section 3.2 shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable be construed to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of limit any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this required under Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, 3.3 or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.4 herein.
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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Organovo Holdings, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 4.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders owners of at least twenty-five percent (255%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Stockholders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of the Registrable Securitiesunderwriting discounts and commissions, in excess of $50,000,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holdersthe Stockholders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 4.1, effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that such Stockholders request (within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such notice from the Demand Holders request Company) to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) Stockholders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 4.1 or any request pursuant to Section 4.3 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof4.1 or Section 4.3(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder Stockholder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand HolderStockholder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand HolderStockholder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders Stockholders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Stockholders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)4.1 or Section 4.3, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Stockholders that own Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders owners of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by all other securities of such Stockholders (including the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationInitiating Stockholders). Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only two a registration pursuant to this Section 4.1:
(2i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to a Qualified Public Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected nine (9) registrations under this Section 4.1 pursuant to requests by Investor and three (3) registrations under this Section 4.1 pursuant to requests by GMAC Mortgage Group, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; provided, however, that no registration made pursuant to this Section 4.1 shall count as one of the permitted registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).4.1(c)(ii) unless the holders of Registrable Securities are able to register and sell at least 90% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration;
(iviii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders Stockholders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 4.1 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board of Directors stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors effecting such a registration at such time would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any proposal or plan by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any acquisition of assets or stock (other than in the Corporationordinary course of business) or any merger, it would be seriously detrimental to consolidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction, in which event the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedStockholders, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.;
(iv) if the Initiating Stockholders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be registered in a shelf registration on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 4.3 below; or
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for any particular jurisdiction in which the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation Company receives at any time after six (6) months following the date that is 180 days after the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offeringQualified Offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation Company file a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement ("Long-Form Registrations") under the Securities Act covering the registration of such Holder's or Holders' Registrable Securities (the Registrable Securities"Initiating Holders"), then the Corporation shallCompany will, within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and will, subject to the limitations set forth below and effectof subsection 2(b), effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect within sixty (60) days of the registration receipt of such request, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities then outstanding which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of such registrationnotice by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject only the Company's obligation to effect the limitations requested registration shall be conditioned upon the anticipated aggregate offering price of this Section 5(f);Registrable Securities equaling or exceeding $10,000,000.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall will so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2 and the Corporation shall Company will include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(isubsection 2(a). The underwriter (the "Underwriter") hereofwill be selected by a majority in interest of the selling stockholders (the "Selling Holders"), subject to approval by the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in such registration shall will be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Selling Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided hereinin this Agreement. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall will (together with the Company as provided in subsection 5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationUnderwriter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) Underwriter advises the Corporation Selling Holders and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also Company will so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretoto this Agreement, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting will be allocated pro rata among the Holders and the holders ("Series A Holders") of the Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), and the holders ("Series B Holders") of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Series B Preferred Stock"), who have exercised piggyback registration rights to participate in such offering on the basis of the number or dollar amount of securities requested by such Holders and Series A Holders and the Series B Holders to be included in such offering.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Company shall not be obligated to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2 if such Registrable Securities may be, and the Company causes them to be, registered pursuant to Section 3, and (ii) the Company shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according obligated to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting effect only one registration (including the Initiating Holders)pursuant to this Section 2; provided, however, that the Company shall be deemed to fulfill its obligations pursuant to this Section 2 only (x) if the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in the Registration Statement has not been reduced by more than 33-1/3% pursuant to subsection 2(b) (unless such underwriting and registration shall Registrable Securities are not be reduced unless all other securities so included due to the fault of the Corporation Holder), and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from (y) when such registration has become effective (unless such registration has not become effective due to the underwriting fault of the Holder) and registration. Any remained effective in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from covered by such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing Registration Statement for a period of not more less than one hundred and twenty 180 days, (120) days after receipt unless such Registrable Securities are not disposed of due to the fault of the request of the Initiating HoldersHolder); providedand, howeverprovided further, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All Company will pay all registration expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn initiated at the request of a Holder to the Demand Holders of a majority extent provided below in Section 7 (unless such registration is not consummated due to the fault of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(fHolder).
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Digital Entertainment Network Inc)
Demand Registration. (i) If the Corporation receives at At any time after six (6) months following the effective date Closing and expiration or waiver of any lockup applicable to such Holders party hereto, the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written Initiating Holders may request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) in writing that all or part of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement held by them shall be registered under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within (a “Demand Registration”). Within ten (10) business days after receipt of any such request, the receipt thereof, Company shall give written notice of such request to the other Holders and shall include in such registration all Demand HoldersRegistrable Securities held by all such Holders who wish to participate in such demand registration and provide the Company with written requests for inclusion therein within seven (7) days after the receipt of the Company’s notice; provided that no Holder who is subject to a lockup with respect to such Holder’s Registrable Securities shall have any right to have such Registrable Securities participate in such registration or offering except to the extent such lockup has expired or been waived. Thereupon, and effect, the Company shall effect the registration of all Registrable Securities as to which it has received requests for registration as soon as practicable, ; provided that (i) the Company shall not be required to effect any registration under this Section 2.2 (x) within a period of ninety (90) days following the Securities Act effective date of all a previous registration and (y) with respect to Registrable Securities which with a total offering price not reasonably expected to exceed, in the Demand Holders request to be registered aggregate, $50 million, and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the this provision shall not apply if a shelf registration request on Form F-3 has been filed pursuant to Section 2.5 and is effective and available for use. The Company shall not be required to effect more than (A) one (1) registration under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute 2.3 requested by the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating ION Holders and such Demand Holder(B) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to under this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding 2.2 requested by the foregoing, if Major Shareholder Initiating Holders. If the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand the Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board board of Directors of directors (the Corporation, “Board”) it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and Company or its stockholders shareholders for such a registration statement under this Section 2.2 to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing registration for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedHolders under this Section 2.2, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration . The Initiating Holders may elect to withdraw from any offering pursuant to this Section 5(f)2.3 by giving written notice to the Company and the underwriter(s) of their request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the SEC with respect to such Demand Registration. If the Initiating Holders withdraw from a proposed offering relating to a Demand Registration then either the Initiating Holders shall reimburse the Company for the costs associated with the withdrawn Demand Registration (in which case such registration shall not count as a Demand Registration provided for in this Section 2.3) or such withdrawn registration shall count as a Demand Registration provided for in this Section 2.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.2, if the managing underwriter advises the Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the dollar amount or the number of shares to be underwritten, then the amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be registered shall be reduced pro rata to the respective number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders; provided that in any event all Registrable Securities held by the Initiating Holders, and any other Holders that elect to participate in any such registration must be included in such registration (pro rata based on the total amount of Registrable Securities held by each such Initiating Holder or other Holder, as applicable) prior to any other shares of the Company, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” shares held by persons other than Holders. The Company shall not register securities for sale for its own account in any registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration requested pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable 2.3 unless permitted to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding do so by the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request written consent of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)Initiating Holders.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from (i) BLUM Holders holding not less than 25% of the Demand Registrablx Xxcurities then outstanding held by the BLUM Holders, (ii) FS Holders of at least twenty-five percent holding not less than 25% xx xhe Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) DLJ Holders holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the DLJ Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Initiating Holders of Registrable Securities as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by BLUM Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Cxxxxny has effected six (6) registrations requested by BLUM Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registxxxxon requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to such Section;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90)days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be prohibited from delivering additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding and for which the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use reasonable best efforts to effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationCompany, subject to the approval of the Holders of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering (or such longer period as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof).; provided, however, that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days after receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Demand Registration. (i) 2.1 If the Corporation receives Company shall receive at any time after at least six (6) months following from the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offeringhereof, a written request from one or more Holders holding in the Demand Holders of aggregate at least twenty-25% of the total Registrable Securities as of the time of the request to register under the Act, a minimum of five percent (255%) of the Registrable Securities share capital of the Company then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration but not less than 500,000 Ordinary Shares of the Registrable SecuritiesCompany, then the Corporation Company shall, :
(a) within ten twenty (1020) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, ; and
(b) use its reasonable efforts to effect as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered as soon as reasonably practicable so as to permit the sale thereof and included in such registrationconnection therewith shall prepare and file a registration statement on Form F-3, subject only to the limitations of subsection 2.2 hereof. The written request referred to in this Section 5(f);
2.1 shall (i) specify the number of Registrable Securities intended to be offered and sold, (ii) express the present intent of the Holder or Holders to offer or cause the offering of such shares for distribution, (iii) describe the nature and method of the proposed offer and sale thereof, and (iv) contain an undertaking of the Holder or Holders to provide all such information and materials and take all such action as may be required in order to permit the Company to comply with all applicable requirements of the SEC.
2.2 If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) hereunder (“Initiating Holders”the "INITIATING HOLDERS") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they the underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall so advise be reasonably acceptable to Initiating Holders holding a majority of the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant Registrable Securities to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofbe registered. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by Initiating Holders holding a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Registrable Securities to be registered and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting and the Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holders shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among all Holders thereof, including the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities Initiating Holders, on a pro rata basis according to based upon the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationHolder.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) 2.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer an authorized officer of the Corporation Company of the Company stating that filing a registration statement in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany (i) would have a material adverse effect on the Company or its shareholders, it (2) would be seriously detrimental to require disclosure of material information that the Corporation and its stockholders for such Company has a valid business purpose of retaining as confidential or (3) would interfere with a registration statement of the Company contemplated to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer or filed with the filing of such registration statementSEC or declared effective by the SEC, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than to exceed one hundred and twenty eighty (120180) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a 2.4 In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 2:
(a) after the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders Company has effected three (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration 3) registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(b) shall bear its proportionate share within six (6) months after any other registration by the Company under the Act;
(c) if the Holders, together with the holders of all discountsany other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, commissions propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters' discounts or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers commissions) of less than $1,000,000; or
(d) in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Demand Registration. (i) If As of the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) Closing majority in interest of the holders of Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) may request in writing that the Corporation file a registration statement under the all or part of their Registrable Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten shall be registered for trading on any securities exchange on which Nexus’s shares are traded. Within twenty (1020) business days after the receipt thereofof any such request, Nexus shall give written notice of such request to the other holders of Registrable Securities and shall include in such registration all Demand Registrable Securities held by all such holders of Registrable Securities who wish to participate in such demand registration and provide Nexus with written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of the Nexus’s notice (the “Participating Holders”). Thereupon, and effect, as soon as practicable, Nexus shall effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities as to which it has received requests for registration (the Demand Holders “Participating Registrable Securities”) for trading on the securities exchange(s) specified in the request to be registered and included in such for registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) . If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so managing underwriters advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation Nexus in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of in their opinion the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not exceeds the number that can be reduced unless all other securities sold in such offering without adversely affecting such underwriters’ ability to effect an orderly distribution of such securities, Nexus will include in such registration the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall with priority upon any other shares that may be withdrawn from registered under the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such same registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel except for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), AMS Registrable Securities which shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection registered with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registeredSecurities; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change majority in the condition, business, or prospects interest of the Corporation not known Participating Holders then disapprove of the terms of the underwriting, they may elect to withdraw all Participating Registrable Securities therefrom by written notice to Nexus and the Demand Holders at the time of their request for underwriter, in which case such registration shall not be deemed a registration for the purposes of this Section 5.3 and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be counted as a demand registration. Nexus shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to effect more than two (2) registrations under this Section 5(f)5.3.
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Samples: Share Purchase Agreement (Nexus Telocation Systems LTD)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand (i) XXXX Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the XXXX Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) Note Investor Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Note Investor Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Initiating Holders of Registrable Securities as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i), after the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registrations requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to such Section;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be --------------- prohibited from delivering additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right -------- clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If If, after the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date closing price of the Corporation’s initial public offeringCommon Stock equals or exceeds $5.00 per sharefor thrity (30) consecutive business dxxx, a written request from the Demand xhe Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding obtained through and under the Merger Agreement with a market value of not less than $500,000 may notify the Company in writing that they demand that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of all of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding. Upon receipt of such notice, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereofdays, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and shall, and effectsubject to the limitations of subsection 2(b), effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationrequest, subject only by notice given to the limitations Company within (10) days of this Section 5(freceipt of the Company's notice (a "Demand Registration");.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofsubsection 2(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 6) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision a majority in interest of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that and reasonably acceptable to the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationCompany.
(iiic) The Corporation Company is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a demand registration pursuant to Section 2 of this Section 5(f), including Agreement. The Company agrees to include all Registrable Securities held by all Holders in such Registration Statement without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for cutback or reduction. In the Corporation, and of one counsel for event the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear Company breaches its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request obligation of the Demand preceding sentences, any Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities which were not included in such Registration Statement shall be entitled to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the second Demand Holders at the time of their request Registration for such registration excluded securities and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders Company shall not be keep the Registration Statement effective as required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to by this Section 5(f)Agreement.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Daleco Resources Corp)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand (i) XXXX Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the XXXX Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) DLJ Holders holding not less than 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the DLJ Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Initiating Holders of Registrable Securities as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to such Section, and in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (x), (y) and (z), such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be prohibited from delivering additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Samples: Securityholders' Agreement (Blum Capital Partners Lp)
Demand Registration. (i) If Upon the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date written request of one or more of the Corporation’s initial public offeringHolders after December 10, a written 2002, which request from shall state the Demand intended method or disposition by such Participating Holders and shall request that the Company effect the registration of at least twenty-five percent (25%) all or part of the Registrable Stock under the Securities then outstanding that Act, the Corporation Company shall use its best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement under and such other documents, including a prospectus, as may be necessary to permit a public offering and sale of such Registrable Stock in the United States in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act covering Act, all to the registration extent required to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) by the Participating Holders of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice Stock so to be registered. If such sale of such request Registrable Stock is to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicablebe pursuant to an underwritten offering, the registration under underwriter shall be selected by the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to and shall be registered and included in such registration, subject only reasonably acceptable to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) Company. If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, determines that the number of shares of Registrable Securities Stock so to be included is required to be limited due to market conditions or otherwise, the Holders of Registrable Stock proposing to sell their shares of Registrable Stock in such underwriting and underwritten registration shall not share pro rata (according to the number of shares of Registrable Stock requested to be reduced unless all other securities registered) in the number of the Corporation shares of Registrable Stock being underwritten (as determined by such underwriter) and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationregistered for their account. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting The Company shall only be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated required to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f7(b), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawalthe exercise of the rights of the Participating Holders under this Section 7(b), the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects Company is not permitted by law to register all of the Corporation not known Registrable Stock, the Company may be required to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such effect one additional registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders pursuant to this Section 7(b).
ii) The Company shall not be required to pay effect any registration under this Section 7(b) within nine months after the completion of such expenses and any public offering of its securities pursuant to which the Holders of Registrable Stock were afforded the right to register as many shares of their Registrable Stock as requested nor within six months after the effective date of any other public offering by the Company.
iii) The Company shall retain their rights have the right to include in any registration statement or post-effective amendment filed pursuant to this Section 5(f7(b) other securities of the Company then proposed to be distributed, except that, to the extent consistent with the rights of other holders of the Company's securities, if and to the extent that the underwriter or underwriters acting with respect of such public offering reasonably determine that the inclusion of such other securities may substantially prejudice or hinder the offering of Registrable Stock, the number of such other securities shall be reduced or eliminated prior to any reduction in the number of shares of Registrable Stock so to be registered.
iv) If the registration under this Section 7(b) is effected on Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto), and the effectiveness of such registration statement can be maintained without significant additional expense to the Company, then the Company agrees to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement for a period of two years after its initial effective date. Otherwise, the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement for a period in excess of six months after its initial effective date.
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Samples: Subscription Agreement (Leisure Time Casinos & Resorts Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand (i) XXXX Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the XXXX Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) Note Investor Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Note Investor Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities Initiating Holders, and, if any Initiating Holder is XXXX, CalPERS as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS, and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i), after the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registrations requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to such Section;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company’s intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the “Relevant Period”) the Company shall be prohibited from delivering additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Samples: Securityholders' Agreement (California Public Employees Retirement System)
Demand Registration. (i) If the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following after the effective date closing of the Corporation’s initial 's first underwritten public offeringoffering of shares pursuant to a registration statement, a written request from (A) the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five fifty percent (2550%) of shares of the Investor Registrable Securities then outstanding excluding Holders described in clause (B) or (C) hereof, (B) any Holder who purchased more than 650,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock (a "Series D Holder") or (C) any Holder who purchased more than 260,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (a "Series E Holder"), that the Corporation file a registration statement on Form S-1 (or similar successor forms) under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Investor Registrable SecuritiesSecurities having an aggregate offering price, before deduction of underwriter discounts and commissions, of at least $5,000,000, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Investor Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f6(d);.
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f6(d) (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Investor Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f6(d) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i6(d)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s 's Investor Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Investor Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.an
(iii) The Corporation is shall not be obligated to effect only two effect, or take any action to effect, any such registration pursuant to this Section 6(d):
(2A) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Corporation would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance except as may be required by the Securities Act;
(B) After the Corporation has initiated five (5) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f6(d)., two of which may only be initiated by a Series D Holder, one of which may only be initiated by a Series E Holder and two of which may only be initiated by Holders of Registrable Securities who are not Series D Holders or Series E Holders;
(ivC) Notwithstanding During the foregoingperiod starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Corporation's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, if and ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Corporation-initiated registration; provided that the Corporation furnishes is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to Demand cause such registration statement to become effective;
(D) If the Initiating Holders requesting propose to dispose of shares of Investor Registrable Securities which may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made under Section 6(f) hereof;
(E) If, (1) in the good faith judgement of the Board of Directors of the Corporation such registration would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and the Board of Directors of the Corporation concludes, as a result, that it is essential to defer the filing of a such registration statement pursuant at such time, and (2) the Corporation shall furnish to this Section 5(f) the Holders a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment judgement of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed in the near future and that it is therefore is, therefore, essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing (except as provided in clause (C) above) for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, howeverand, provided further, that the Corporation may shall not utilize defer its obligation in this right manner more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.
(viv) All expenses incurred in connection with a any demand registration effected pursuant to this Section 5(f6(d), including without limitation, limitation all federal and “"blue sky” " registration and qualification fees, printers’ ' and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders Corporation (but excluding underwriters’ ' discounts and commissions), commissions and expenses of special counsel of selling Holders)(the "Registration Expenses") shall be borne by the Corporation. Each In addition, each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f6(d) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Demand Registration. 2.1 If the Company shall receive at any time at least six months from the date hereof, (i) If a written request from one or more Holders holding in the Corporation receives aggregate at any time after six (6) months following the effective date least 25% of the Corporation’s initial public offeringtotal Registrable Securities as of the time of the request to register under the Act, a minimum of five percent (5%) of the share capital of the Company then outstanding but not less than 500,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company, or (ii) a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) Other Shareholder to register under the Act all, but not less than all, of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that held by the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration Other Shareholder at such time, but in any event not less than 500,000 Ordinary Shares of the Registrable SecuritiesCompany, then the Corporation Company shall, :
(a) within ten twenty (1020) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, ; and
(b) use its reasonable efforts to effect as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered as soon as reasonably practicable so as to permit the sale thereof and included in such registrationconnection therewith shall prepare and file a registration statement on Form F-3, subject only to the limitations of subsection 2.2 hereof. The written request referred to in this Section 5(f);
2.1 shall (i) specify the number of Registrable Securities intended to be offered and sold, (ii) express the present intent of the Holder or Holders to offer or cause the offering of such shares for distribution, (iii) describe the nature and method of the proposed offer and sale thereof, and (iv) contain an undertaking of the Holder or Holders to provide all such information and materials and take all such action as may be required in order to permit the Company to comply with all applicable requirements of the SEC.
2.2 If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) hereunder (“Initiating Holders”the "INITIATING HOLDERS") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they the underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall so advise be reasonably acceptable to Initiating Holders holding a majority of the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant Registrable Securities to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofbe registered. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by Initiating Holders holding a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Registrable Securities to be registered and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting and the Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holders shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among all Holders thereof, including the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities Initiating Holders, on a pro rata basis according to based upon the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationHolder.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) 2.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer an authorized officer of the Corporation Company of the Company stating that filing a registration statement in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany (i) would have a material adverse effect on the Company or its shareholders, it (2) would be seriously detrimental to require disclosure of material information that the Corporation and its stockholders for such Company has a valid business purpose of retaining as confidential or (3) would interfere with a registration statement of the Company contemplated to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer or filed with the filing of such registration statementSEC or declared effective by the SEC, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than to exceed one hundred and twenty eighty (120180) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a 2.4 In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 2:
(a) after the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders Company has effected three (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration 3) registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(b) shall bear its proportionate share within six (6) months after any other registration by the Company under the Act;
(c) if the Holders, together with the holders of all discountsany other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, commissions propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters' discounts or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers commissions) of less than $1,000,000; or
(d) in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand (i) XXXX Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the XXXX Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) Note Investor Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Note Investor Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities Initiating Holders, and, if any Initiating Holder is XXXX, CalPERS as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS, and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i), after the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registrations requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to such Section;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be prohibited from delivering additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at The Company hereby agrees to use its best efforts to register all or any time after six (6) months following the effective date portion of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Registrable Shares on two (2) occasions upon receipt of a written request from a holder (the Demand Holders "Holder" or "Holders") of record of the Registrable Shares that the Company file a registration statement under the 1933 Act covering the registration of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities Shares then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation outstanding. The Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) business days after the of its receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, holders of record of Registrable Shares. The Holders of said Registrable Shares shall then have fifteen (15) days from the registration under date of mailing of such notice by the Securities Act Company to request that all or a portion of all their respective Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to Shares be registered and included in such said registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities Shares covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) Agreement, and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice to the other Holders of Registrable Shares referred to in Section 5(f)(i1(a) hereofabove. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities Shares in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities Shares in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Company, the underwriter, the Initiating Holders Holder and such Demand Holder) is limited to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 4(e) below) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by mutual agreement of the CorporationCompany and the Initiating Holder, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holder and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holder shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities Shares which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities Shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according among all Holders that have requested to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included participate in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities registration. The rights of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting Holders shall be withdrawn from the registrationsenior to those of any Persons subsequently granted demand registration rights.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Each such registration shall remain effective for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days, unless the Initiating Holder requests that such registration be terminated prior to effect only two (2) the expiration of such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Holders' elect not to Demand Holders requesting sell all or any portion of the filing of Registrable Shares pursuant to a demand registration which has become effective, such demand registration right shall nonetheless be deemed satisfied.
(d) If, after a registration statement becomes effective, the Company advises the Holders that the registration statement is required to be amended under applicable federal securities laws, the Holders shall suspend any further sales of their Registrable Shares, until the Company advises them that the registration statements has been amended, but not more than thirty (30) days. The one hundred eighty (180)-day time period referred to in subsection (c) during which the registration statement must be kept current after its effective date shall be extended for an additional number of business days equal to the number of business days during which the right to sell the Registrable Shares was suspended pursuant to this Section 5(fthe preceding sentence.
(e) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of exclude an underwriter not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month periodreasonably acceptable to it.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Integrated Security Systems Inc)
Demand Registration. (i) If the Corporation receives Company shall receive at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offeringJune 30, 2001, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Investor that the Corporation Company file a registration statement Registration Statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten subject to the limitations of subsection (10d)(ii) business days after the receipt thereofbelow, give written notice of such request use commercially reasonable efforts to all Demand Holders, and effect, effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request Investor requests to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend Investor intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their its request by means of an underwriting, they the Investor shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their its request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2(d). The underwriter will be selected by the Investor and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) reasonably acceptable to the extent provided hereinCompany. All Demand Holders proposing If the Investor proposes to distribute their its securities through such underwriting an underwriting, then it shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 3(i)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f2(d), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Investor and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretothe Investor, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) underwriter, and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to Company shall include in such registration, the maximum number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationtherein. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting Company shall furnish the filing of Investor a registration statement Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2(d), a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement Registration Statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statementRegistration Statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt by the Company of the request of for registration from the Initiating HoldersInvestor; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.
(viv) All expenses incurred in connection with a In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 2(d) after the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders Company has effected two (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration 2) registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2(d) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for and each such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then has been declared or ordered effective by the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)SEC.
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Samples: Registration and Investor's Rights Agreement (Probex Corp)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Holder that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration registering shares with an aggregate public offering price that would, net of the Registrable Securitiesunderwriting discounts and commissions, exceed $100,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and shall, and effectsubject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its best efforts to effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 120 days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act on Form SB-2 or Form S-1 (or any comparable successor form) of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered registered. The Company and the Holder agree that the Registrable Securities will be included in such registration, subject only the Company's Form SB-2 Registration Statement now being prepared by counsel to the limitations Company, which filing will be made not later than 21 days from the date hereof and be declared effective not later than 111 days from the date hereof. The Company and the Holder have further agreed that such inclusion will constitute satisfaction of one of the two demand registration rights given to Holder pursuant to this Section 5(f);1.2; provided, however, that such inclusion satisfies one of the two demand registration rights only if it is declared effective not later than 111 days from the date hereof.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) hereunder (“Initiating Holders”"INITIATING HOLDERS") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofsubsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holders shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand all Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (thereof, including the Initiating Holders), in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationunderwriting. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from If any Holders would thus be entitled to include more securities than such underwriting Holder requested to be registered, the excess shall be withdrawn from allocated among the registrationother remaining requesting Holders in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed owing to a material pending transaction and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)1.2:
(i) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, including without limitationqualification or compliance, all federal unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall except as may be borne required by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration Act;
(ii) After the Company has effected two such (2) registrations on behalf of the Holders pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)1.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Scepter Holdings Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at At any time after six the fourth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, Holders of Registrable Shares shall have the right to request MBI to use its best efforts to effect a registration of the Holders' Registrable Shares under the Securities Act on the Commission's Form S-3, subject to the following limitations and conditions and the limitation in Section 8.02(c):
(61) months Each request for registration shall be in writing and shall specify the number and character of the Registrable Shares requested to be registered and the intended method of disposition of those shares.
(2) MBI shall not be required to effect more than three registrations under this Section 8.02.
(3) MBI shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 8.02 unless the number of Registrable Shares requested to be registered (taking into account Registrable Shares requested to be registered following MBI's notice to all Holders in accordance with Section 8.02(b)) constitute at least 10% of the outstanding Registrable Shares.
(4) MBI shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 8.02 within 180 days after the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a last registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f8.02.
(5) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration MBI shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated required to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(ffor the period (not exceeding 120 days) a specified in the certificate signed by the President president of MBI and delivered to the requesting Holder or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Holders stating that that, in the good faith judgment of the MBI's Board of Directors of the CorporationDirectors, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation MBI and its stockholders shareholders for such a registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential prior to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt expiration of the request specified period. MBI may not exercise this deferral right more frequently than once during any 12-month period. If for any reason MBI cannot qualify for registration on Form S-3, MBI shall effect the registration on Form S-1 or other appropriate form, in which case this Section 8.02(a) shall apply in all respects as if the term "Form S-3" were replaced by the term "Form S-1" or the designation of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month periodother form.
(vb) All expenses incurred in connection with MBI shall give written notice to all Holders of Registrable Shares of the receipt of a request for registration pursuant to Section 8.02(a) and shall provide a reasonable opportunity for all other Holders to participate in the registration.
(c) The sale or other disposition of Registrable Shares registered under this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), 8.02 shall be borne subject to the limitation that during each calendar month beginning with the calendar month in which the registration statement covering those Registrable Shares is declared effective by the Corporation. Each Commission, each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(fmay not sell or otherwise dispose of more than one-twelfth (1/12) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, Holder's Registrables Shares which were covered by that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)statement.
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Demand Registration. (i) If a. Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five more than thirty percent (2530%) of the Shares or the Registrable Securities (or a combination of such Shares and Registrable Securities) then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities having a reasonably anticipated aggregate offering price to the Registrable Securitiespublic, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, in excess of $5,000,000 (a "Qualified Public Offering"), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(ii) b. If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in this Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.2. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may May be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all Holders (including the Initiating initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) c. The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
i. After the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or
ii. During the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering, provided that the Company is making reasonable and good faith effects to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
iii. If within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2 the Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company's intention to make its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days; or
iv) Notwithstanding . If the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may not utilize this right Company no more than once in any twelve (12) month one-year period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives conditions of this Section 2.01, at any time from and after the date six (6) months following after the effective date of Closing Date, if the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities (a "Demand Registration"), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten fifteen (1015) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.01, use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities for which the Demand Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Holders request to be registered and included in of such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);Company notice.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.01 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.01(a). In such eventthe event of an underwritten offering, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.01, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only two (2) such registrations a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f2.01:
(i) after the Company has effected one (1) Demand Registration pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 2.01, and such registration has been declared or ordered effective and kept effective by the Company as required by Section 2.05(b) of this Agreement, provided that if as a result of the managing underwriter's advice, less than two thirds of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration request are included in the registration at the effective date thereof, the request shall not be considered a Demand Registration which has been effected for purposes of this Section 2.01(c)(i).;
(ii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date ninety (90) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration statement pertaining to a public offering; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iii) if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.01(a), the Company gives written notice to the Holders of the Company's intention to file a registration statement with respect to a public offering within thirty (30) days; provided that a delay pursuant to this Section 2.01(c)(iii), subject to Section 2.01(c)(ii), shall be no longer than ninety (90) days; or
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.01 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of effected at such time because such registration statementwould require premature public disclosure with respect to pending confidential matters, then in which event the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month 12)-month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred The Company agrees (i) not to effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the seven days prior to and the ninety (90)-day period beginning on the effective date of the Registration Statement for a Demand Registration, unless the underwriters managing such offering otherwise agree, and (ii) to cause each holder of its Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, purchased from the Company at any time after the date of this Agreement (other than in connection with a registration registered public offering) to agree not to effect any public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to this Section 5(fRule 144) of any such securities during such period (except as part of such underwritten registration, if otherwise permitted), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for unless the Corporation, and of one counsel for underwriters managing the participating Demand Holders registered public offering otherwise agree.
(but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by e) In the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses event of any registration proceeding begun of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 5(f) if 2.01 hereof, the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at Company shall not, without the request express written consent of the Demand Initiating Holders of owning a majority of such Registrable Securities, cause or permit any other securities of the Registrable Securities Company or of any other person (whether such securities are to be registered; providedissued by the Company, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change are held in the condition, business, Company's treasury or prospects of the Corporation not known are then outstanding and held by other persons) to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for be covered by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of statement or otherwise to be included in such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)registration.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp Inc)
Demand Registration. (i) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 30% of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding and having an aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, of at least $7,500,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business 30 days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) registered. If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (and reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)Agreement, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) . The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” 2.2: prior to 180 days following the effective date of the registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for statement pertaining to the Corporation, and of one counsel for Initial Offering; after the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share 2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; during the period starting with the date of all discountsfiling of, commissions or other amounts payable and ending on the date 180 days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to underwriters or brokers in connection with a public offering; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoingregistration statement to become effective; if within 30 days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the Corporation shall not be required Company gives notice to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request Holders of the Demand Holders of Company’s intention to make a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).public offering within 90 days;
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five more than fifty percent (2550%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities having an aggregate offering price to the Registrable Securitiespublic in excess of $10,000,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered registered. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, one hundred percent (100%) of the New Registrable Securities held by each Holder of New Registrable Securities, and each such Holder's permitted transferees or assignees, shall not be included in such registration, subject only to the limitations Registrable Securities then outstanding for the purposes of this Section 5(f);2.2(a) until the date six (6) months from the date hereof and thereafter fifty percent (50%) of the New Registrable Securities held by each Holder of New Registrable Securities, and each such Holder's permitted transferees or assignees, shall not be included in the Registrable Securities then outstanding until the date twelve (12) months from the date hereof.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.3 or 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.4(a) hereofor Section 2.6(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).interest
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Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time conditions of this Section 2.2, if after six twelve (612) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offeringCompany's Initial Offering, the Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-more than forty- five percent (2545%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act covering the registration of either (i) at least twenty percent (20%) of the then outstanding Registrable SecuritiesSecurities or (ii) Registrable Securities having an aggregate offering price to the public in excess of $5,000,000 (a "Qualified Public Offering"), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.2(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority minority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date, one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iii) if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a)., the Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company's intention to make its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days; or
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Britton & Koontz Capital Corp)
Demand Registration. (i) If the Corporation receives at At any time after six beginning one hundred and eighty (6180) months days following the effective date closing of the Corporation’s initial IPO, the Initiating Holder(s) shall be entitled to demand in writing that all or part of their Registrable Shares shall be registered for trading on any securities exchange. Any such demand must request the registration of shares in a minimum anticipated aggregate public offeringoffering price of five million United States dollars ($5,000,000) (after deduction of underwriter discounts and commissions, a share transfer taxes and expenses of sale). Within twenty (20) days after receipt of any such request, the Company shall give written notice of such request from to the Demand other Holders and shall use its commercially best efforts to include in such registration that number of at least twenty-five percent Registrable Shares held by all such Holders who wish to participate in such demand registration and provide the Company with written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen (25%15) days after the receipt of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that Company's notice. Thereupon, the Corporation file Company shall use its commercially best efforts to effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities Shares as to which it has received requests for registration; provided, however, that the Demand Holders request Company shall not be required to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the effect any registration request under this Section 5(f2.2 within a period of one hundred and eighty (180) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute days following the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means effective date of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part previous registration of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest securities of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationCompany. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may are entitled to be included in the underwriting such registration shall be reduced allocated as required by the underwriter(sfollows: (i) and allocated among the Demand Holders of first, Registrable Securities on a pro Shares requested to be registered thereunder, pro-rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held Shares owned by each Demand selling Holder requesting or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders; (iii) second, shares which the Company may wish to register for its own account; and (iii) any other shares registered thereunder. The Company shall be allowed to register securities for sale for its own account in any registration (including the Initiating Holders); providedrequested under this Section 2.2, however, provided however that the number of shares of in any event all Registrable Securities to must be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all prior to any other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationCompany. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting The Company shall not be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated required to effect only more than two (2) such registrations under this Section 2.2. If at the time of any request to register Registrable Shares by Initiating Holders pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding 2.2, the foregoingCompany is engaged or has plans to engage in a registered public offering or is engaged in any other activity which, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment determination of the Company’s Board of Directors of the CorporationDirectors, it would be seriously detrimental to adversely affected by the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statementrequested registration, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer Company may at its option direct that such filing request be delayed for a period not in excess of ninety (90) consecutive days from the date of such request, such right to delay a request to be exercised by the Company not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a -month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company shall not be obligated to effect any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for 2.3 in any particular jurisdiction in which the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, not already qualified or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration consented and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not except as may be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)under the Securities Act.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand (i) XXXX Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the XXXX Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) Note Investor Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Note Investor Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities Initiating Holders, and, if any Initiating Holder is XXXX, CalPERS as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS, and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i), after the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registrations requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to such Section;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be prohibited from delivering --------------- additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right -------- clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Samples: Securityholders' Agreement (Blum Capital Partners Lp)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000 (a “Demand Offering”)), then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationCompany (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the five (5) year anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following a Demand Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to a public offering, other than pursuant to a Special Registration Statement; provided that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoingCompany gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for a public offering, other than pursuant to a Special Registration Statement within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If At any time after the Corporation receives first (1st) anniversary of closing of the Company’s initial underwritten public offering of its common stock, if the Company shall receive at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request notice from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (25%“Initiating Holders”) requesting that the Company effect a registration under the Securities Act of all or a part of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securitiesheld by such Holders, then the Corporation Company shall, :
(i) within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, Holders of Registrable Securities; and
(ii) exercise commercially reasonable efforts to effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationregistered, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f2(b);, by notice to the Company within thirty (30) days after the giving of the Company’s notice under Section 2(a)(i).
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(fsubsection 2(a) and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofsubsection 2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Initiating Holders with the consent of the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the other Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting underwriting. If the underwriters provide written notice to the Company that the total amount of Registrable Securities requested by members to be included in such offering exceeds the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number amount of securities to be underwrittensold that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Corporation Company shall also advise all Demand Holders be required to include in the offering only that number of such Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretothat the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not materially and adversely affect such offering, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included shall be apportioned pro rata among the requesting Holders of Registrable Securities; provided that at least 50% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting registration must be included therein, and the anticipated aggregate offering price of such registration must exceed $15,000,000.
(c) The Company shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2 after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f)2 and such registration statements have been declared effective and the sales of all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statements have closed.
(ivd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to No demand right under this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), 2 shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant construed to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of limit any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this required under Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, 3 or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)4 herein.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Mira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Demand Registration. (i) If a. Upon the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date written request of the Corporation’s initial public offeringHolder, a written the Holder may request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a Company effect the registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-2 of all or part of its Registrable Stock under the Securities Act covering (provided that the number of Shares to be included in such registration is at least $1,000,000 in then current market value of such Shares) and in such request, the Holder shall state the then intended method of disposition by the Holder. The Company shall as soon as possible use diligent best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement and such other documents, including an amended or supplemented prospectus, as may be necessary to permit a public offering and sale of such Registrable Stock in the United States in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act, all to the extent required to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) by the Holder of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice Stock to be so registered. If such sale of such request Registrable Stock is to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicablebe pursuant to an underwritten public offering, the registration under underwriter shall be selected by the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request Holder. The Company shall only be required to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made effect two registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f3.
b. The Company shall not be required to effect any registration under Section 3(a): (i) and prior to six months following the Corporation shall include such information in date of this Agreement; or (ii) (A) within nine months after the written notice referred completion of any public offering of its securities pursuant to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, which the Holder was afforded the right to register as many shares of its Registrable Stock as requested or (B) within six months after any Demand Holder other public offering by the Company.
c. The Company shall have the right to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in a registration statement or post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to this Section 3 other securities of the Company then proposed to be distributed, except that, to the extent consistent with the rights of other holders of the Company's securities, if and to the extent that the underwriter or underwriters acting in connection with any public offering pursuant to such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and statement reasonably determine that the inclusion of any such Demand Holder’s other securities may substantially prejudice or hinder the offering of Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)Stock, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of such other securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according or eliminated prior to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that any reduction in the number of shares of Registrable Securities Stock to be included in such underwriting so registered and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities offered.
d. If, at any time prior to the effectiveness of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation Company furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) Holder a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for to effect such registration statement to be filed at such scheduled time and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have Company may, by delivery of written notice to the right Holder, delay the registration of such Registrable Stock for up to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of 90 days, provided the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation Company may not utilize use this right more than once in any twelve (12) 12 month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at The Company hereby agrees to use its best efforts to register all or any time after six (6) months following the effective date portion of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Registrable Shares on two (2) occasions upon receipt of a written request from a holder (the Demand Holders "Holder" or "Holders") of record of the Registrable Shares that the Company file a registration statement under the 1933 Act covering the registration of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities Shares then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation outstanding. The Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) business days after the of its receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, holders of record of Registrable Shares. The Holders of said Registrable Shares shall then have fifteen (15) days from the registration under date of mailing of such notice by the Securities Act Company to request that all or a portion of all their respective Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to Shares be registered and included in such said registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities Shares covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) Agreement, and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice to the other Holders of Registrable Shares referred to in Section 5(f)(i1(a) hereofabove. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities Shares in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities Shares in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Company, the underwriter, the Initiating Holders Holder and such Demand Holder) is limited to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 4(e) below) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by mutual agreement of the CorporationCompany and the Initiating Holder, which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holder and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holder shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities Shares which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities Shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according among all Holders that have requested to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included participate in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities registration. The rights of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting Holders shall be withdrawn from the registrationsenior to those of any Persons subsequently granted demand registration rights.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Each such registration shall remain effective for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days, unless the Initiating Holder requests that such registration be terminated prior to effect only two (2) the expiration of such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Holders' elect not to Demand Holders requesting sell all or any portion of the filing of Registrable Shares pursuant to a demand registration which has become effective, such demand registration right shall nonetheless be deemed satisfied.
(d) If, after a registration statement becomes effective, the Company advises the Holders that the registration statement is required to be amended under applicable federal securities laws, the Holders shall suspend any further sales of their Registrable Shares, until the Company advises them that the registration statements has been amended, but not more than thirty (30) days. The one hundred eighty (180)_day time period referred to in subsection (c) during which the registration statement must be kept current after its effective date shall be extended for an additional number of business days equal to the number of business days during which the right to sell the Registrable Shares was suspended pursuant to this Section 5(fthe preceding sentence.
(e) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of exclude an underwriter not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month periodreasonably acceptable to it.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Integrated Security Systems Inc)
Demand Registration. (i) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2, if the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders Investors of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities (the “Initiating Investors”) then outstanding (whether or not issued) that the Corporation file a registration statement under the 1933 Act or effect a registration for a public offering in the United States, covering the registration of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, promptly, and in any event within ten twenty (1020) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersInvestors, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2, use its reasonable best efforts to effect, as soon expeditiously as practicable, the registration under the Securities 1933 Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders Investors request to be registered and included in such registrationregistered. Such Registration Statement also shall cover, subject only to the limitations extent allowable under the 1933 Act (including Rule 415), such indeterminate number of this Section 5(f);
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by Securities. The Registration Statement (and each amendment or supplement thereto) shall be provided in accordance with Section 3(c) to the Investors and their request by means counsel prior to its filing. The Corporation must effect an unlimited number of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f2(a)(i), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, provided however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration Corporation shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only (A) more than two (2) such registrations in any 12-month period, or (B) any registration at a time when it is keeping three (3) such registrations effective.
(ii) The Corporation shall not identify any Investor as an underwriter in any Registration Statement or Prospectus filed pursuant to this Section 5(f).
Agreement without the prior written consent of such Investor and the Prospectus shall contain (iv) Notwithstanding except if otherwise directed by any Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in the foregoing, Registration Statement and except if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement otherwise required pursuant to this Section 5(f) written comments received from the SEC upon a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing review of such registration statement, then Registration Statement) the Corporation shall have “Plan of Distribution” section in substantially the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of include the Registrable Securities of any Investor in a Registration Statement if, in the event that the SEC requires an Investor to be registered; providednamed as an underwriter in a Registration Statement, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of Investor fails to furnish to the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)its consent.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Initiating Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in registered. Holders may request registration of all or part of the Registrable Securities held by such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);Holders.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof2.2(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s all or part of its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationunderwriting. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering; or
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).2.2, and each such registration has been declared or ordered effective; or
(iviii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand (i) XXXX Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the XXXX Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) Note Investor Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Note Investor Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities Initiating Holders, and, if any Initiating Holder is XXXX, CalPERS as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS, and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i), after the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registrations requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to such Section;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be --------------- prohibited from delivering additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right -------- clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Samples: Securityholders' Agreement (Fs Equity Partners Iii Lp)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from (i) BLUM Holders holding not less than 25% of the Demand Registrable Secuxxxxes then outstanding held by the BLUM Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of at least twenty-five percent the Xxxistrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) Note Investor Holders holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Note Investor Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities Initiating Holders, and, if any Initiating Holder is BLUM, CalPERS as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to the based xx xhe total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS, and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders and, if applicable, CalPERS), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by BLUM Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i), after thx Xxmpany has effected six (6) registrations requested by BLUM Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registrxxxxn requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registrations requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by Note Investor Holders pursuant to such Section;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; PROVIDED that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be prohibited from delivering additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181st day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, PROVIDED that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, The Majority Shareholders may make a written request from and, after Bxxx is eligible to use form S-3 for sales by selling Shareholders of Stock, or any successor form, the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent other Shareholders may make a written request (25%any such requesting Shareholder, a "Registering Shareholder") of that Bxxx effect the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of 1933, as amended (the registration "Securities Act"), of all or a portion of such Registering Shareholder's Registrable Stock (as defined below), which request shall specify the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt intended method of disposition thereof, . Bxxx will promptly give written notice of such request requested registration (a "Demand Registration") at least 30 days prior to all the anticipated filing date of the registration statement relating to such Demand Holders, Registration to the other Shareholders and thereupon will use its best efforts to effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablepossible, the registration under the Securities Act of all of:
(i) the Registrable Securities Stock which Bxxx has been so requested to register by the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationRegistering Shareholders, subject only to then held by the limitations of this Section 5(f);Registering Shareholders; and
(ii) If subject to Section 3.02, all other Registrable Stock which any other Shareholder entitled to request Bxxx to effect an Incidental Registration (as such term is defined in Section 3.02) pursuant to Section 3.02 (all such Shareholders, together with the Demand Registering Shareholders, the "Holders") has requested Bxxx to register by written request received by Bxxx within 15 days after the receipt by such Holders initiating of such written notice given by Bxxx, all to the registration request under this Section 5(fextent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute of the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritingStock so to be registered; PROVIDED that, they subject to Section 3.01(c) hereof, Bxxx shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made not be obligated (A) to effect more than two Demand Registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event3.01, the right of other than any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration Registrations effected on Form S-3, with respect to which there shall be conditioned upon such no limitation; (B) to effect a Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and Registration unless the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest fair market value of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) aggregate proceeds expected to be received from the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation sale of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities Stock requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities Demand Registration, in the reasonable opinion of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
Requesting Shareholders, equals at least $5,000,000 or (iiiC) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in Demand Registration within any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at At any time after six (6) months following the effective date Closing, members of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding an Initiating Group may demand that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the Company effect registration under the Securities Act of all or a portion of the Registrable Securities. The Initiating Group shall provide notice to the Company of such demand in writing, which notice shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registrationincluded, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);
(ii) the names of the Selling Holders and the number of Securities to be sold by each such Selling Holder, and (iii) the proposed manner of sale. Upon receipt of such request, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or such other form as the Company may at such time be eligible to use) with the Commission not later than 30 days from the date of such request and, thereafter, to effect promptly such registration. There is no limit to the number of demand registrations that may be requested pursuant to this Section 1.2(a).
(b) If the Demand Holders initiating members of the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) Group intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and must be approved by the Corporation Initiating Group, and such approval shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofnot be unreasonably withheld. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Group and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)1.2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Group in writing that marketing market factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Group shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among all Holders thereof, including members of the Demand Holders Initiating Group, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to of the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held Company owned by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders)Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationunderwriting.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand the Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 1.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Company stating that the board of directors of the Company has determined in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, that it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).for
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Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives at At any time beginning after six (6) months following the effective date end of the Corporation’s initial public offeringRestricted Period (as defined in the Subscription Agreement), a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) 20% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding may notify the Company in writing that they demand that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of all of the Registrable Securities. Upon receipt of such notice, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereofdays, give written notice of such request to all Demand HoldersHolders and shall, and effectsubject to the limitations of subsection 2(b), effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 60 days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request request, by notice given to the Company within (10) days of receipt of the Company's notice, to be registered and included in as expeditiously as reasonably possible after the mailing of such registration, subject only to notice by the limitations of this Section 5(fCompany (a "Demand Registration");.
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofsubsection 2(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 6(f)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision a majority in interest of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that and reasonably acceptable to the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationCompany.
(iiic) The Corporation Company is obligated to effect only two three (23) such demand registrations pursuant to Section 2 of this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding Agreement. The Company agrees to include all Registrable Securities held by all Holders in such Registration Statement without cutback or reduction. In the foregoing, if event the Corporation furnishes Company is unable to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer fulfill its obligation of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporationpreceding sentence with respect to any registration, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay counted as a Demand Registration under this Agreement for any expenses Holder of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of which were not included in such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)Registration Statement.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (American Biomed Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 3.1, if the Investor delivers to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file a registration statement under Registration Statement or file and obtain a receipt for a (final) Canadian Prospectus to qualify the Securities Act covering distribution of or register in the registration Jurisdictions the Common Shares held or to be held by the Investor (including, without limitation, the Common Shares issued or issuable on the conversion of the Preferred Share and the exercise of the Warrants, and, for the purposes of this Article III, shares that are issued or distributed to the Investor in respect of the Common Shares by way of conversion, stock dividends or stock split or other distribution, recapitalization or reclassification) (the "Registrable Securities, ") then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);3.1, use its best efforts to file, as soon as practicable and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days a preliminary Canadian Prospectus or a Registration Statement with respect to the subject Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such preliminary Canadian Prospectus to be cleared and a receipt for a final Canadian Prospectus to be obtained as soon as practicable thereafter. The qualification and/or registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Article III, as the case may be, is sometimes referred to in this Agreement as either a "qualification" or a "registration".
(iib) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend Investor intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their its request by means of an underwriting, they the Investor shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their its request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting The Investor shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Corporation). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretothe Investor, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders)accordingly; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationunderwriting. Any If the number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered pursuant to Section 3.1(a), but that are excluded from registration pursuant to this Section 3.1(b), is equal to or greater than thirty percent (30%) of the total number of Registrable Securities requested to be so registered, then such registration by the Corporation shall not count as a registration for the purposes of Section 3.l(c)(iii).
(c) The Corporation shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to that date that is the one year anniversary of the date hereof; or
(ii) unless the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such registration is not less than the greater of (the "Minimum Amount"):
(A) 25% of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities held by the Investor and withdrawn from its affiliates at the time of delivery of a request for registration of Registrable Securities; and
(B) such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.number of Registrable Securities as is required to effect a distribution of Common Shares pursuant to such registration of at least $2,500,000; or
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two if a registration has been completed within the preceding six (26) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).month period; or
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) Investor a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors Directors, in accordance with the advice of the Corporationapplicable counsel, it would be seriously materially detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders shareholders (including, without limitation, materially interfering with any material financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization or merger or other transaction involving the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries for which a letter of intent has been entered into and the disclosure of which would be required in any Canadian Prospectus or Registration Statement utilized in a registration) for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of effected at such registration statementtime, then in which event the Corporation shall have the right to defer such preparation and filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating HoldersInvestor; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their per request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)Registrable Securities.
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Samples: Investor's Rights Agreement (Points International LTD)
Demand Registration. (ia) If the Corporation receives If, at any time after the earlier off (x) December 1, 2000 or (y) the date six (6) months following after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Corporation’s initial public offering, the Corporation should receive from a Holder or Holders ("Initiating Holders") a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Corporation file effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration with respect to at least thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, :
(i) within ten (10) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and effect, ; and
(ii) use its best efforts to effect such registration as soon as practicable, practicable and in any event to file within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request a registration statement under the Securities Act of coveting all the Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request in writing to be registered within ten (10) days of receipt of the Corporation's written notice under clause (i) and included in to use its best efforts to have such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registration statement become effective.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(fsubsection 2B(a) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereofsubsection 2B(a)(i). The underwriter will be selected by the Corporation and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Corporation as provided in subsection 5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2B, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities shares to be underwritten, then the Corporation Initiating Holders shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand all Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (thereof, including the Initiating Holders), in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each such Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registrationunderwriting.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(ivc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes shall furnish to Demand the Initiating Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the Chairman or President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders shareholders for such a registration statement to be filed on or before the date filing would be required, and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) twelve-month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Corporation shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” 2B after the Corporation has effected one registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in on Form S-1 or a registration successor form pursuant to this Section 5(f2B and such registration statement has been declared or ordered effective and the sales of Registrable Securities under such registration statement have closed.
(e) No demand right under this Section 2B shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable be construed to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of limit any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this required under Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, 2A or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)3 hereof.
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Samples: Share Exchange Agreement (Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc)
Demand Registration. (a) At any time from and after the earlier of (i) If three (3) years after the Corporation receives at any time Closing Date or (ii) one hundred eighty (180) days after six (6) months following an initial public offering by the effective date Company of its Common Stock, upon the written demand of the Corporation’s initial public offering, a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that Securities, the Corporation Company shall prepare and file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering an offering of such number of Registrable Securities as shall have been requested by such Holders in such demand (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), and shall use reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, all in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall only be required to cause one Registration Statement to become effective under this Section 2(a).
(b) Whenever the Company shall have received a demand pursuant to Section 2(a) to effect the registration of the any Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall, within ten (10) business days after the receipt thereof, Company shall promptly give written notice of such request proposed registration to all Demand other Holders. Any such Holder may, within 30 days after receipt of such notice, request in writing that all of such Holder's Registrable Securities, or any portion thereof designated by such Holder, be included in the offering.
(c) The Company shall proceed as expeditiously as possible after receipt of a demand pursuant to Section 2(a) to file a Registration Statement, and in any event shall file such Registration Statement within 60 days after the giving of such written demand. The Company shall use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, within 120 days after the giving of such written demand the registration of an offering under the Securities Act of all Act. Such offering shall include:
(i) the Registrable Securities which specified in the Demand Holders request demand given pursuant to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f2(a);; and
(ii) If the Demand Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) and the Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Corporation. Notwithstanding any all other provision of this Section 5(f), if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Corporation shall also advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may the Holders thereof have requested be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as offering pursuant to Section 2(b); all to the extent required to permit the Holders to dispose of such Registrable Securities in compliance with applicable law. Unless otherwise recommended by the underwriter(s) managing underwriter, if any, to facilitate such offering, the Company shall have the right to include in such offering authorized but unissued shares of its Common Stock, shares of its Common Stock held in its treasury and allocated among other outstanding securities of the Demand Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders); Company, provided, however, that the Company's participation in the offering shall not reduce the number of shares the Holders may include in the offering. The Company shall select the representative, if any, of Registrable Securities the underwriters to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iii) The Corporation is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f).
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred engaged in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with any such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)registration.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Medical Device Alliance Inc)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from either (i) the Demand Holders holders of at least twenty-five more than forty percent (2540%) of the Registrable Securities Stockholder Shares or share equivalents then outstanding (the "SERIES A INITIATING HOLDERS"), or (ii) the holders of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the Series B Shares or share equivalents then outstanding (the "SERIES B INITIATING HOLDERS" and, together with the Series A Initiating Holders, the "INITIATING HOLDERS") that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of, Registrable Securities having an aggregate offering price to the public of the Registrable Securitiesat least $10,000,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 requesting inclusion in such registration and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities requesting inclusion in such registration on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if the number of Initiating Holders are the Series B Initiating Holders, any shares of Registrable Securities proposed to be included by the Series B Holders shall be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationbefore any such allocation takes place. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) one hundred eighty (180) days following the effectiveness of the Company's Initial Offering and (B) the third anniversary of the date hereof; or
(ii) with respect to the Series A Initiating Holders, after the Company has filed two (2) such registrations registration statements pursuant to this Section 5(f3.1, and: (A) such registration has been declared or ordered effective; or (B) the request for such registration has been subsequently withdrawn by the Series A Initiating Holders, unless the withdrawal is based upon material adverse information concerning the Company of which the Series A Initiating Holders were not aware at the time of such request; or (C) such registration includes at least eighty percent (80%) of the Registrable Securities of which the holders of Common Stock and Series A Holders have requested registration pursuant to Section 3.1(a).; or
(iii) with respect to the Series B Initiating Holders, after the Company has filed two (2) registration statements pursuant to this Section 3.1, and: (A) such registration has been declared or ordered effective; or (B) the request for such registration has been subsequently withdrawn by the Series B Initiating Holders, unless the withdrawal is based upon material adverse information concerning the Company of which the Series B Initiating Holders were not aware at the time of such request; or (C) such registration includes at least eighty percent (80%) of the Registrable Securities of which the Series B Holders have requested registration pursuant to Section 3.1(a); or
(iv) Notwithstanding if such registration is the foregoingfirst registration requested pursuant to this Section 3.1 and the Initiating Holders do not include holders of a majority of the Series B Shares then outstanding; or
(v) if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company's intention to make an Initial Offering within ninety (90) days and proceeds diligently and in good faith to see that such Initial Offering be declared effective; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this clause (v) shall not affect any request by Initiating Holdings in accordance with clause (i)(B) above; or
(vi) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board (or, if there is no Chairman, a majority of the Board of Directors) stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedPROVIDED, howeverTHAT, that the Corporation may right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(v) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f).
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Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement (Jato Communications Corp)
Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 2.2, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of a majority of the Registrable SecuritiesSecurities then outstanding and for which the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten thirty (1030) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, use reasonable best efforts to effect, as soon expeditiously as practicablereasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Demand that all Holders request to be registered and included in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);registered.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i2.2(a) hereofor Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the CorporationCompany, subject to the approval of the Holders of at least fifty five percent (55%) of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) underwriter advises the Corporation in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by allocated to the underwriter(s) and allocated among the Demand Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to based on the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(iiic) The Corporation is obligated Company shall not be required to effect only a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2:
(i) prior to the earlier of (A) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (B) the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.11 following the Initial Offering;
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 5(f2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Offering (or such longer period as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof).; provided, however, that the Company makes reasonable good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(iv) Notwithstanding if within thirty (30) days after receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the foregoing, Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within ninety (90) days;
(v) if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 2.2 a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationCompany, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Corporation may Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.;
(vvi) All expenses incurred in connection with a registration if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 5(f), including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration request made pursuant to this Section 5(f2.4 below; or
(vii) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoing, the Corporation shall not Company would be required to pay for any expenses qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; providedprocess in effecting such registration, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, qualification or prospects of the Corporation not known to the Demand Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)compliance.
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Demand Registration. (ia) If Subject to the Corporation receives at any time after six (6) months following conditions of this Section 3.1, if the effective date of the Corporation’s initial public offering, Company shall receive a written request from the Demand (i) XXXX Holders of at least twenty-five percent (holding not less than 25%) % of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the XXXX Holders, (ii) FS Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the FS Holders or (iii) DLJ Holders holding not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the DLJ Holders, that the Corporation Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities, then the Corporation Company shall, within ten five (105) business days after of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Demand Holders, who must respond in writing within fifteen (15) days requesting inclusion in the registration. The request must specify the amount and intended disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Company, subject to the limitations of this Section 3.1, must use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which that the Demand Holders request to be registered and included in accordance with this Section 3.1 together with any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, subject only to the limitations of this Section 5(f);.
(iib) If the Demand Initiating Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 5(f) (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Corporation Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1 and the Corporation Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 5(f)(i) hereof3.1(a). In such event, the right of any Demand Holder to include such Demand Holder’s its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demand Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Demand Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Demand Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Demand Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the CorporationInitiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(f)3.1, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) managing underwriter advises the Corporation Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwrittenunderwritten (including Registrable Securities) because the number of securities to be underwritten is likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or the distribution of the securities to be offered, then the Corporation Company shall also so advise all Demand Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among participating Holders, (i) first among the Demand Initiating Holders of Registrable Securities as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis according to based on the total number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each Demand Holder requesting registration all such Initiating Holders and (including ii) second to the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of extent all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless by the Initiating Holders have been included, among the Holders requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering (other than the Initiating Holders), as nearly as possible on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by all other securities of the Corporation and other stockholders are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registrationsuch Holders. Any Registrable Securities excluded and or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the foregoing, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1:
(i) prior to the date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the Initial Public Offering;
(ii) in the case of (x) a registration requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected six (6) registrations requested by XXXX Holders pursuant to such Section, (y) a registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected three (3) registration requested by FS Holders pursuant to such Section, and (z) a registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), after the Company has effected one (1) registration requested by DLJ Holders pursuant to such Section;
(iii) The Corporation is obligated if the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds to effect only two be received by such Holders are less than $2,000,000;
(2iv) if within five (5) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Company in good faith gives notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company's intention to make a public offering within ninety (90) days in which case Section 3.2 shall govern; provided that if the Company does not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to such registrations public offering within such ninety (90) day period (such 90 day period being referred to herein as the "Relevant Period") the Company shall be prohibited from delivering --------------- additional notices pursuant to this Section 5(f).3.1(c)(iv) until the 181/st/ day following the last day of the Relevant Period; or
(ivv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation furnishes Company shall furnish to Demand Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 5(f) 3.1, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Corporation Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CorporationBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Corporation and its stockholders Company for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer effected at such time, in which event the filing of such registration statement, then the Corporation Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that the Corporation may Company shall not utilize defer filings pursuant to this right -------- clause (v) more than once an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(vd) All expenses incurred in connection with a The Company shall select the registration statement form for any registration pursuant to this Section 5(f)3.1, including without limitation, all federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for but shall cooperate with the Corporation, and of one counsel for the participating Demand Holders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions), shall be borne by the Corporation. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall bear its proportionate share of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with such offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 5(f) if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request requests of the Demand Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered; provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, Initiating Shareholders or prospects of the Corporation not known managing underwriters selected by them as to the Demand Holders at the time inclusion therein of their request for information not specifically required by such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Demand Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to this Section 5(f)form.
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Samples: Securityholders' Agreement (Fs Equity Partners Iii Lp)