Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Pulmonx Corp), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Pulmonx Corp), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Pulmonx Corp)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date ------------------------ first underwritten public offering of this Agreementsecurities for the account of the Corporation, or and (ii) the date two (2) years from the date hereof, the Corporation shall receive a written request (specifying that it is being made pursuant to this Section 2) from the Holder or Holders at least fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding Registrable Securities that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Act, or a similar document pursuant to any other statute then in effect corresponding to the Act, covering the registration of at least the lesser of (i) at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the then outstanding Registrable Securities and (ii) Registrable Securities the expected price to the public of which equals or exceeds $10,000,000, then the Corporation shall promptly notify all other Holders of such request and shall use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities that Holders have requested be registered to be registered under the Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Corporation shall not be obligated to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2 during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Corporation's estimated date of filing of, and ending on a date six (6) months following the effective date of, a registration statement pertaining to an underwritten public offering of securities for the account of the Corporation, provided that the Corporation is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Corporation's estimate of the date of filing such registration statement is made in good faith; (b) the Corporation shall not be obligated to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2 within six (6) months after the effective date of the first a prior 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating HolderSection; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company Corporation shall furnish to the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and Corporation or its shareholders stockholders for such a registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential in the near future, then the Corporation's obligation to defer the filing of such use its best efforts to file a registration statement, the Company statement shall have the right to defer such filing be deferred for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holdersto exceed three (3) months; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
and (d) In addition, the Company Corporation may postpone a registration pursuant to this election for such period of time as may be required to permit the use of regular audited year-end financial statements with supplemental short period figures for a period not exceeding six (6) months unless the Holders agree to bear the costs of any special audit. The Corporation shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
effect more than two (i2) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared 2. Any request for registration under this Section 2 must be for a firm commitment underwritten public offering to be managed by an underwriter or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior underwriters of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowCorporation.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Series D Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Sequenom Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Sequenom Inc), Series D Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Sequenom Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or and (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction)Initial Offering, a written request from the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 1.2, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the with an anticipated aggregate offering price, net price of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed at least $10,000,000)20,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 twenty (20) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b)this Section 1.2, use its reasonable best efforts to file to, as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering with respect to all of the Registrable Securities which that the Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a), and use reasonable best efforts to cause such notice registration statement to be declared effective by the CompanySEC as soon as practicable.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 1.2(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, event the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of on the number of shares to be underwrittensecurities underwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in excluded from such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the underwritingregistration.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 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, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Act; or
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; provided, however, that a registration shall not be considered “effected” if, as a result of the underwriter’s right in Section 1.2(b) to limit the number of securities underwritten, fewer than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of Registrable Securities that Holders have requested to be included in such registration statement are actually included; or
(iii) during the period starting with the date of the filing of and ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 1.3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iv) if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 1.2 a certificate signed by the President Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board stating (A) that the Company stating intends to file a registration statement for its Initial Offering within one hundred twenty (120) days following the date of the initial request for registration made by the Initiating Holders pursuant to this Section 1.2 or (B) that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of effected at such registration statementtime, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
twelve (d) In addition12)-month period and provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect, register any securities for the account of itself or to take any action to effect, any other stockholder during such one hundred twenty (120) day period (other than a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date 90 days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 1.3 hereofa corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145, unless such offering is a registration on any form that does not include substantially the initial public offering same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Company’s securitiesRegistrable Securities, or a registration in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided debt securities that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 beloware also being registered).
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sight Sciences, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sight Sciences, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sight Sciences, Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementAugust 26, 2016 or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding or the Holders of at least a majority of the Series D Preferred Stock then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% such number of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed of at least $10,000,000)5,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders holders of capital stock for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After with respect to registrations under this Section 1.2 other than those requested solely by holders of Series D Preferred Stock, after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During with respect to registrations under this Section 1.2 requested solely by holders of Series D Preferred Stock, after the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof1.3; provided provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iiiiv) If 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 1.4 below1.4.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Nutanix, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Nutanix, Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If At any time from and after the termination of effectiveness of the Registration Statements, each time the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company (other than a registration statement relating either proposes to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering with respect to an offering by the Company for its own account or for the account of its security holders of any class of equity security (other than a registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding statement (A) on Form S-4 or S-8 (or a lesser percent if any substitute form that is adopted by the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000Commission), then (B) filed in connection with an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company's existing security holders) or (C) filed in connection with an acquisition, merger or similar transaction, the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, shall give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject proposed filing to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretoas soon as practicable (but in no event less than ten business days before the anticipated filing date), and such notice shall offer such Holders the opportunity to register such number of shares of Registrable Securities that as each such Holder may be included in request (which request shall specify the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holder and the intended method of distribution thereof) (a "Piggy-Back Registration"). The Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the number managing underwriter or underwriters of shares of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting shall not a Piggy-Back Registration to be reduced unless all included on the same terms and conditions as any other similar securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if of the Company or any other security holder included therein and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof. Any Holder shall furnish have the right to Holders requesting a withdraw its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed 8.4(a) by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental giving written notice to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statementwithdrawal. The Company, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for in its sole discretion, may withdraw a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in Piggy-Back Registration at any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days time prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing oftime it becomes effective, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts shall give immediate notice of such withdrawal to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may requested to be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowincluded in such Piggy-Back Registration.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Exchange Agreement (Fidelity National Financial Inc /De/), Exchange Agreement (Cke Restaurants Inc), Exchange Agreement (Cke Restaurants Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at At any time and from time to time on or after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementNESR Closing Date, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), Olayan may make a written request from demand (such holder, the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a “Initiating Holder”) for registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all or part of its Registrable Securities (a “Demand Registration”). Any demand for a Demand Registration shall specify the registration number of at least 25% Registrable Securities proposed to be registered and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The Company will notify all holders of Registrable Securities of the demand, and each holder of Registrable Securities then outstanding (who wishes to include all or a lesser percent if portion of such holder’s Registrable Securities in the anticipated aggregate offering priceDemand Registration (each such holder including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, net of underwriting discounts and commissionsincluding, would exceed $10,000,000without limitation, the Initiating Holder(s), then a “Demanding Holder”) shall so notify the Company shall, within 10 fifteen (15) days after the receipt by the holder of the receipt thereofnotice from the Company. Upon any such request, give written notice of such request the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to all Holders and shallhave their Registrable Securities included in the Demand Registration, subject to Section 2.1.4 and the limitations of subsection 1.2(bprovisos set forth in Section 2.5.1(a), use its reasonable best efforts . Olayan shall be entitled to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of cause the receipt of such request, a registration statement Company to effect up to two (2) Demand Registrations under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Companythis Section 2.1.1.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information file the registration statement in the written notice referred to respect of a Demand Registration as soon as practicable and, in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by any event, within sixty (60) days after receiving a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders request for a Demand Registration and shall be reasonably acceptable use reasonable best efforts to cause the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares same to be underwritten, then declared effective by the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (SEC as nearly promptly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holderpracticable after such filing; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.that:
(ci) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration effect a Demand Registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
2.1.1(a) within sixty (i60) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject a previous Demand Registration, other than a Shelf Registration Statement or Resale Shelf Registration Statement; and
(ii) the Company shall not be obligated to effect a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company 2.1.1(a) unless such demand request is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares for a number of Registrable Securities with a market value that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant is equal to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowat least $25,000,000 as of the date of such request.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Shares Purchase Exchange Agreement (National Energy Services Reunited Corp.), Registration Rights Agreement (National Energy Services Reunited Corp.), Registration Rights Agreement (Olayan Saudi Holding Co)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth fourth anniversary date of this Agreement, Agreement or (ii) six months 180 days after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company Company’s IPO (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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)specified in such request, then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request in accordance with Section 6.5 to all Holders and shall, subject to (the limitations of subsection 1.2(b“Demand Notice”), use its reasonable best efforts to file ;
(ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice the Demand Notice by the Company, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b); and
(iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 2.1(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a)Demand Notice. The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable subject only to the reasonable approval of the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e2.3(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.22.1, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities issuable or issued upon conversion of the Company owned Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Registrable Securities”) pro rata on the basis of the number of such Preferred Registrable Securities requested to be registered by each participating Holdersuch Holders; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.22.1:
(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, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Securities Act;
(ii) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 2.11 below; or
(iv) Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of any other registration statement on Form S-1.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1 a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to become effective or to remain effective as long as such registration statement would otherwise be required to remain effective because such action (x) would materially interfere with an acquisition, corporate reorganization or other similar transaction involving the Company, (y) would require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential or (z) would render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such ninety (90) day period 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction. A registration statement shall not be counted until such time as such registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC (unless the Initiating Holders withdraw their request for such registration (other than as a result of information concerning the business or financial condition of the Company which is made known to the Initiating Holders after the date on which such registration was requested) and elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor pursuant to Section 2.5). A registration statement shall not be counted if, as a result of an exercise of the underwriters’ cut-back provisions, fewer than 50% of the total number of Registrable Securities that Holders have requested to be included in such registration statement are actually included.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investor Rights Agreement, Investor Rights Agreement (Carbon Black, Inc.), Investor Rights Agreement (Carbon Black, Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementMarch 11, 2002, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority 60% or more of the Registrable Securities (the "Initiating Holders") then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,00020,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and any other Holder may also request the registration of Registrable Securities held by such Holder. The Company shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b1.2(e), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with paragraph 5.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) March 11, 2002, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from Enron Communications Group, Inc. or any assignee of the rights of Enron Communications Group, Inc. pursuant to Section 1.13 ("Enron") that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then held by Enron (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $20,000,000), then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request hereunder to all other Holders and any other Holder may also request the registration of Registrable Securities held by such Holder. The Company shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(f), effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within 60 days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which Enron and the Holders request to be registered within twenty (“20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with paragraph 5.5.
(c) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) March 11, 2002, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from MCI Worldcom Venture Fund, Inc. or any assignee of the rights of MCI Worldcom Venture Fund, Inc. pursuant to Section 1.13 ("MCI WorldCom") that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then held by MCI WorldCom (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $20,000,000), then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all other Holders and any other Holder may also request the registration of Registrable Securities held by such Holder. The Company shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(g), effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within 60 days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which MCI WorldCom and the Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with paragraph 5.5.
(d) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.6 hereof, in the event that, subsequent to expiration of the Exclusion Period (as defined in Section 2.6), an Excluded Investor (as defined in Section 2.6) acquires greater than five percent (5%) of the Common Stock of the Company (on a fully diluted, as converted to Common Stock basis) (the "Excluded Investment"), then if the Company shall receive a written request from MCI WorldCom that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of all of the Registrable Securities then held by MCI WorldCom, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all other Holders and any other Holder may also request the registration of Registrable Securities held by such Holder. The Company shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(h), effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within the later to occur of (i) sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request or (ii) one hundred eighty (180) days of the closing of the Excluded Investment, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which MCI WorldCom and the Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with paragraph 5.5.
(e) If the Initiating Holders”) Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by Initiating Holders holding a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Registrable Securities proposed to be included in the registration and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by the Initiating Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities proposed to be included in the registration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated allocated: (i) first, among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, allocated among such Holders in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned proposed to be included in the registration by each participating Holder; providedand (ii) second, howeverto the extent of any remaining shares that may be underwritten, to the holders of any other securities.
(f) If Enron intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its request under subsection 1.2(b) by means of an underwriting, it shall so advise the Company as a part of its request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(b). The underwriter will be selected by Enron and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any other Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by Enron and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. Enron and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by Enron. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Company shall so advise all 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 allocated: (i) first, to Enron or its assignee; (ii) second, to the extent of any remaining shares that may be underwritten, among all other Holders thereof in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company proposed to be included in the registration by each such Holder; and (iii) third, to the extent of any remaining shares that may be underwritten, to the holders of any other securities.
(g) If MCI WorldCom intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its request under subsection 1.2(c) by means of an underwriting, it shall so advise the Company as a part of its request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(c). The underwriter will be selected by MCI WorldCom and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any other Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by MCI WorldCom and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. MCI WorldCom and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall not (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by MCI WorldCom. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be reduced unless underwritten, then the Company shall so advise all 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 allocated: (i) first, to MCI WorldCom or its assignee; (ii) second, to the extent of any remaining shares that may be underwritten, among all other securities are first entirely excluded from Holders thereof in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the underwritingamount of Registrable Securities of the Company proposed to be included in the registration by each such Holder; and (iii) third, to the extent of any remaining shares that may be underwritten, to the holders of any other securities.
(ch) If MCI WorldCom intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its request under subsection 1.2(d) by means of an underwriting, it shall so advise the Company as a part of its request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(d). The underwriter will be selected by MCI WorldCom and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any other Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by MCI WorldCom and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. MCI WorldCom and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by MCI WorldCom. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Company shall so advise all 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 allocated: (i) first, to MCI WorldCom or its assignee; (ii) second, to the extent of any remaining shares that may be underwritten, among all other Holders thereof in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company proposed to be included in the registration by each such Holder; and (iii) third, to the extent of any remaining shares that may be underwritten, to the holders of any other securities.
(i) The Company is obligated to effect only (i) two (2) such registrations pursuant to subsection 1.2(a), (ii) one (1) such registration pursuant to subsection 1.2(b), (iii) one (1) such registration pursuant to subsection 1.2(c) and (iv) one (1) such registration pursuant to subsection 1.2(d).
(j) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to either Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, to Enron or to MCI WorldCom, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders, Enron or MCI WorldCom, as applicable; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once twice in any twelve-twelve month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Rhythms Net Connections Inc), Series C Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (Rhythms Net Connections Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Rhythms Net Connections Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If Following the Company’s initial public offering, the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering use its best efforts to become eligible to register offerings of securities of on Commission Form S-3 or its successor form. After the Company has qualified for the use of Form S-3, Holders of Registrable Securities shall have the right to request registration on Form S-3 (other than a registration statement relating either which request shall be in writing and shall state the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be registered and the sale intended method of securities to employees disposition of shares by such Holders), and upon receiving such request the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding shall (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, 1) within 10 ten days of the receipt thereofby the Company of such request, give written notice of such request the proposed registration to all other Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), (2) use its reasonable best efforts to file effect such registration as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 120 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under together with all or such portion of the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which of any Holder or Holders joining in such request as specified in a written request received by the Holders request to be registered Company within 20 days after receipt by the other Holders of the mailing of such written notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise from the Company as a part of their request made referenced above in (1). The Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 1.2 2.4(a):
(i) unless the Holders requesting registration propose to dispose of Registrable Securities having an anticipated aggregate price to the public (before deduction of underwriting discounts and expenses of sale) of at least $1,000,000;
(ii) during the period starting with the date 60 days prior to the Company’s estimated date of filing of, and ending on the date three months immediately following the effective date of, any registration statement pertaining to securities of the Company (other than a registration of securities in a Rule 145 transaction or with respect to an employee benefit plan), provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and the Company shall include delivers notice of such information in intent to the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest applicable Holders within 15 days of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.request;
(ciii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, more than twice in any twelve-month period; or
(iv) if the Company shall furnish to such Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and or its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement statements to be filed and it is therefore essential in the near future, then the Company’s obligation to defer the filing of such use its best efforts to file a registration statement, the Company statement under this Section 2.4 shall have the right to defer such filing be deferred for a period of not more than 120 to exceed 90 days after from the receipt of the request of the Initiating to file such registration by such Holder or Holders; provided, however, that the Company may shall not utilize this exercise such right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (CareDx, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (CareDx, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (CareDx, Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementApril 28, 2020, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a initial public offering of securities of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement (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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the with an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed commissions in excess of $10,000,000)15,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 fifteen (15) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b1.5(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 fifteen (15) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.4.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 1.5 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a1.5(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.8(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.21.5, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. If the underwriter has not limited the number of Registrable Securities to be underwritten and has indicated to the Holders that marketing factors would permit the inclusion of additional securities without an adverse effect on the offering, the Company may include securities for its own account or for the account of others in such registration if the underwriter so agrees and if the number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise have been included in such registration and underwriting will not thereby be limited.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.21.5, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 one-hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.21.5:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 1.5 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 1.6 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.7 below.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Nlight, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Nlight, Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at At any time and from time to time on and after the earlier of (i) the fifth first anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 optionClosing Date, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of Common Stock that are subject to this Agreement (the "Initiating Holders") may request in a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding written notice that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act (or a similar document pursuant to any other statute then in effect corresponding to the Securities Act) covering the registration of Registrable Securities held by such Initiating Holders (constituting in the aggregate at least 255% of the aggregate Common Stock outstanding immediately upon consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Stock Exchange Agreement); such notice shall specify whether the Initiating Holders require the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering priceto be distributed by means of an underwriting. Following receipt of any notice under this Section 6.1, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, shall (x) within 10 ten days of the receipt thereof, give written notice notify all other Holders of such request to all Holders in writing and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b)(y) thereupon as expeditiously as possible, use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement cause to be registered under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which that the Initiating Holders request to and such other Holders have, within ten days after the Company has given such notice, requested be registered within 20 days in accordance with the manner of the mailing of disposition specified in such notice by the CompanyInitiating Holders; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to file a registration statement relating to any registration request under this Section 6.1, (i) if two registration statements relating to registration requests under this Section 6.1 have previously been filed and declared effective by the SEC in the calendar year in which such registration request is made or, (ii) if five registration statements relating to registration requests under this Section 6.1 have previously been filed and declared effective by the SEC.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute have the Registrable Securities covered by their request distributed by means of an underwritingunderwritten offering, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest clause (x) of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanySection 6.1(a) above. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting underwritten offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting underwritten offering (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided hereinbelow. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting underwritten offering shall enter (together with the Company Company, as provided in subsection 1.5(eSubsection 6.4(j)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters. No Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters selected for other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such underwriting. Notwithstanding Holder, the Registrable Securities of such Holder and such Holder's intended method of distribution and any other provision of this Section 1.2, if representations required by law or reasonably required by the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders underwriter. If any Holder of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretodisapproves of the terms of the underwriting, and the number of shares of such Holder may elect to withdraw all its Registrable Securities that may be included in by written notice to the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Holders thereofCompany, including the managing underwriter and the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to . The securities so withdrawn also shall be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded withdrawn from the underwritingregistration.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a A registration statement requested pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company section 6.1 shall not be obligated deemed to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration have been effected pursuant to this Section 1.2:
6.1 for purposes of Section 6.6 unless (i) After the Company it has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
effective by the SEC, (ii) During it has remained effective for the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing ofset forth in Section 6.4(a), and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares offering of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant such registration is not subject to Section 1.4 belowany stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC (other than any such stop order, injunction, or other requirement of the SEC prompted by any act or omission of Holders of Registrable Securities).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Shareholder Agreement (Gensia Inc), Shareholder Agreement (Rakepoll Finance N V)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary December 15, 2019 or a date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or any lesser percentage if the aggregate proceeds (after deduction for underwriter’s discounts and expenses related to the issuance) from the offering is not less than $5,000,000) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)Securities, then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 15 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter underwriter, who will be a firm of nationally recognized standing, will be selected by a majority in majority-in-interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in majority-in-interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 1.2 a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyCompany (the “Board”), it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period, and, provided, further, that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such 90 day period (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities of participants in a Company stock plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act or a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered).
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the 180-day period starting commencing with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securitiesinitial public offering;
(iii) If the Company delivers notice to the Initiating Holders, in which case, ending on a date 180 within thirty (30) days after the effective date receipt of such the Initiating Holders’ notice of request for registration, of its intent to file a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereofstatement for the Company’s initial public offering within 60 days; provided provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or;
(iiiiv) 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 1.4 below; or
(v) If the Initiating Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration statement, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) the aggregate proceeds of which (after deduction for underwriter’s discounts and expenses related to the issuance) are less than $5,000,000.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Redfin CORP), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Redfin CORP)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date ------------------------ first underwritten public offering of this Agreementsecurities for the account of the Corporation, or and (ii) the date three (3) years from the date hereof, the Corporation shall receive a written request (specifying that it is being made pursuant to this Section 2) from the Holder or Holders at least fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding Registrable Securities that the Corporation file a registration statement under the Act, or a similar document pursuant to any other statute then in effect corresponding to the Act, covering the registration of at least the lesser of (i) at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the then outstanding Registrable Securities and (ii) Registrable Securities the expected price to the public of which equals or exceeds $10,000,000, then the Corporation shall promptly notify all other Holders of such request and shall use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities that Holders have requested be registered to be registered under the Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Corporation shall not be obligated to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2 during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Corporation's estimated date of filing of, and ending on a date six (6) months following the effective date of, a registration statement pertaining to an underwritten public offering of securities for the account of the Corporation, provided that the Corporation is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Corporation's estimate of the date of filing such registration statement is made in good faith; (b) the Corporation shall not be obligated to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2 within six (6) months after the effective date of the first a prior 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating HolderSection; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company Corporation shall furnish to the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and Corporation or its shareholders for such a registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential in the near future, then the Corporation's obligation to defer the filing of such use its best efforts to file a registration statement, the Company statement shall have the right to defer such filing be deferred for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holdersto exceed three (3) months; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
and (d) In addition, the Company Corporation may postpone a registration pursuant to this election for such period of time as may be required to permit the use of regular audited year-end financial statements with supplemental short period figures for a period not exceeding six (6) months unless the Holders agree to bear the costs of any special audit. The Corporation shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
effect more than two (i2) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared 2. Any request for registration under this Section 2 must be for a for a firm commitment underwritten public offering to be managed by an underwriter or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior underwriters of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowCorporation.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Series C Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Sequenom Inc), Series C Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Sequenom Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If Commencing on the date hereof, subject to any restrictions contained in the Stockholders Agreement, any Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities shall have the right to require the Company shall receive at to file a registration statement on Form S-1 or S-3 or any time after other appropriate form under the earlier Securities Act or Exchange Act for a public offering or the listing or trading of all or part of its or their Registrable Securities (including any public offering or listing or trading of securities of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, Company or (ii) six months after the effective date any wholly owned, direct or indirect Subsidiary of 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 optionGE, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts in connection with and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(brequirements applicable to a Permitted Spin Transaction (as defined in the Newco LLC Operating Agreement) (a “Demand Registration”), use its reasonable best efforts by delivering to file as soon as practicablethe Company written notice stating that such right is being exercised, and in any event within 90 days of naming, if applicable, the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Holders whose Registrable Securities which the Holders request are to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities included in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and (collectively, the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e“Demanding Shareholders”)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of specifying the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of such Demanding Shareholder’s Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from registration and, subject to Section 2.1.3 hereof, describing the underwritingintended method of distribution thereof (a “Demand Request”).
(cb) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish Subject to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement2.1.6, the Company shall have file the right to defer such filing for registration statement in respect of a period of not more than 120 Demand Registration as soon as practicable and, in any event, within forty-five (45) days after receipt of receiving a Demand Request (the request of “Required Filing Date”) and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Initiating Holderssame to be declared effective by the SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.that:
(di) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration effect a Demand Registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i2.1.1(a) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 within 60 days after the effective date of such registration subject a previous Demand Registration, other than a Shelf Registration pursuant to this Article 2; and
(ii) the Company shall not be obligated to effect a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that 2.1.1(a) unless the Company Demand Request is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares for a number of Registrable Securities with a market value that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant is equal to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowat least $50 million as of the date of such Demand Request.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Baker Hughes a GE Co), Transaction Agreement and Plan of Merger (Baker Hughes Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) 1.1 If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) two (2) years after the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, Agreement or (ii) six months one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of 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 share option, stock share purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)percent, then the Company shall, : within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file Holders;
1.1.1 as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 ninety (90) days of the receipt of such request, file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of Section 1.2, within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 8.5; and
1.1.2 use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable but in no event later than one hundred eighty (180) days after such request.
(b) 1.2 If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 1.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a)Section 1.1. The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)Section 3.5) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.21, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereofof Registrable Securities, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount number of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
1.3 The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration
1.3.1 pursuant to this Section 1:
1.3.1.1 in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Securities Act;
1.3.1.2 after the Company has effected three (c3) registrations pursuant to this Section 1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
1.3.1.3 if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 11 below;
1.3.1.4 if the Registrable Securities to be included in the registration statement could be sold without restriction under SEC Rule 144(k) within a ninety (90) day period and the Company is currently subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Sections 12(g) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or
1.3.1.5 after the Company has effected a registration or analogous procedure pursuant to Section 15, or
1.3.2 pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement:
1.3.2.1 in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Securities Act; or
1.3.2.2 if the Registrable Securities to be included in the registration statement could be sold without restriction under SEC Rule 144(k) within a ninety (90) day period and the Company is currently subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Sections 12(g) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
1.4 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 1 a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential become effective or to defer the filing of remain effective as long as such registration statementstatement would otherwise be required to remain effective because such action (x) would materially interfere with a significant acquisition or divestiture of assets or businesses, corporate reorganization or other similar transaction involving the Company, (y) would require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential or (z) would render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, period to defer taking action with respect to a registration request initiated by a same group of Initiating Holders and provided further that the Company shall not be obligated register any securities for the account of itself or any other shareholder during such ninety (90) day period other than a registration statement relating either to effect, or the sale of securities to take any action to effect, any registration employees of the Company pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared a share option, share purchase or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date ofsimilar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction, a registration subject on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is be included in a registration statement covering the initial public offering sale of the Company’s securitiesRegistrable Securities, or a registration in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date only Ordinary Shares being registered are Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered). A registration statement shall not be counted until such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause time as such registration statement to become effective; or
has been declared effective by the SEC (iii) If unless the Initiating Holders propose withdraw their request for such registration (other than as a result of information concerning the business or financial condition of the Company which is made known to dispose the Investors after the date on which such registration was requested) and elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor pursuant to Section 5). A registration statement shall not be counted if, as a result of shares an exercise of the underwriter’s cut-back provisions, fewer than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of Registrable Securities that may Holders have requested to be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowincluded in such registration statement are actually included.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Shareholders Agreement (JIAYUAN.COM International LTD), Shareholders Agreement (JIAYUAN.COM International LTD)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) five years after the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering (the "IPO") 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% %) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0005,000,000), then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with this Agreement.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request 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 Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.in
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month twelve (12)-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.12 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Shareholder Rights Agreement (Gudjonsson Gudjon Mar), Shareholder Rights Agreement (Oz Com)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) date that is one year following the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities closing 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), IPO a written request from the Holders holders of a majority at least 20% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities 1933 Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of prior to underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed in excess of $10,000,000)20,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 ten days of after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(bSection 2.1(b), use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of after the receipt of such requestrequest from the Holders initiating a request under this Section 2.1 (the “Initiating Holders”), a the registration statement under the Securities 1933 Act covering of all Registrable Securities which which, within 20 days after the Company gives such notice to all Holders of Registrable Securities, the Holders request to be registered within 20 days so registered; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 2.1(a):
(i) While another registration statement (other than on Form S-4 or S-8) of the mailing Company has been filed with the SEC and is not yet effective or within 180 days after the effective date of another registration statement (other than on Form ▇-▇, ▇-▇ or S-8) filed by the Company with the SEC;
(ii) While another registration statement of the Company has been requested or demanded by holders of securities of the Company to register their securities and which holders have rights to registration having priority over the Holders in respect of rights to registration of such notice securities of such holders and not yet filed with the SEC or while any such registration statement has been filed with the SEC and is not yet effective or on or within 180 days after the effective date of any such registration statement;
(iii) If within 30 days after the Company notifies the Holders of the Company’s receipt of the written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to this Section 2.1(a), holders of other securities of the Company who have rights to registration having priority over the Holders in respect of registration of such securities of such holders shall have exercised their rights to request or demand that the Company register such securities of such holders with the SEC;
(iv) After the Holders have requested two such registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective by the SEC, so long as the Company shall have complied in all material respects with its obligations in this Agreement relating to such registrations; provided, however, that if any Holder is unable to include in any such registration any Registrable Securities that such Holder requests be included in any such registration, the Holders shall be entitled to one additional registration for each such registration from which any Registrable Securities are so excluded; or
(v) If the Company shall furnish to the Holders who have requested inclusion of their Registrable Securities in such registration statement a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company or its stockholders for a registration statement to be filed at such time, in which case the Company’s obligation to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to register, qualify or comply under this Section 2.1(a) shall be deferred for a period (as specified in such resolution) not to exceed 90 days from the date of receipt of such written request from the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right to delay fulfillment of a request more than once in any twelve-month period.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred the Company gives to in subsection 1.2(athe other Holders pursuant to Section 2.1(a). The underwriter will or underwriters for such underwriting shall be selected by the Company and approved by Holders of a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingregistration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.22.1, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares Registrable Securities to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be included in such underwritten offering pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting such underwritten offering shall be allocated as follows: (i) first, among all participating Holders thereofPersons, including if any, who have the Initiating Holdersright to include shares in such registration statement pursuant to an agreement other than this Agreement, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount extent such other agreement affords such Persons priority over the Holders to include their shares in such registration statement, and (ii) thereafter, among the Holders that have elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration, until such Holders have included in such registration all Registrable Securities such Holders shall have requested be included, and if all such Registrable Securities cannot be included, then pro rata based on the respective numbers of Registrable Securities held by all such Holders, and (iii) thereafter, among all other Persons who have the right to include shares in such registration statement, in such relative priorities as established by the agreement(s) under which such rights arise. Without the consent of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that Holders of a majority of the number of shares of Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoingregistration, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed except as permitted by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
clause (i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date immediately preceding sentence, no securities other than Registrable Securities shall be covered by such registration if the inclusion of filing of, and ending on such other securities would result in a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering reduction of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares number of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowcovered 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 affect the marketing of such offering.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investor Rights Agreement (Kolltan Pharmaceuticals Inc), Investor Rights Agreement (Kolltan Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of the five-year anniversary of the date hereof or six (i6) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least twenty-five percent (25% %) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0007,500,000), then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) as soon as practicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request received by the Company, within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with Section 3.5, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding Not withstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.12 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Saba Software Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Saba Software Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at At any time after the earlier of latter of: (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) with respect to Series A Preferred Shares — six months after shall have elapsed from the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities Initial Public Offering; (i) with respect to Preferred B Shares, the date that is three (3) years from the closing of the Company (other than a registration statement relating either to Series B Share Purchase Agreement or six months shall have elapsed from the sale of securities to employees effective date of the Initial Public Offering; (ii) with respect to Preferred C Shares, the date that is three (3) years from the first closing of the Series C Share Purchase Agreement or six months shall have elapsed from the effective date of the Initial Public Offering; (iii) with respect to Preferred D Shares, the date that is three (3) years from the First Closing Date as defined in the Series D Share Purchase Agreement or six months shall have elapsed from the effective date of the Initial Public Offering; (iv) with respect to Preferred E Shares, the date that is three (3) years from the First Closing Date as defined in the Series E Share Purchase Agreement or six months shall have elapsed from the effective date of the Initial Public Offering; the holders of Preferred Registrable Securities (the “Initiating Holders”) shall have the right to make several separate written demands (but the Company pursuant shall not be obligated to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transactioneffect more than two (2) demands), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration public sale of at least 25% all or part of the Registrable Securities then outstanding owned by such Initiating Holders (or a lesser percent if “Demand”), provided, however, that any such Demand must include the anticipated registration of Registrable Securities with an aggregate offering priceprice of at least US$5,000,000. Upon the occurrence of such Demand, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, will:
(a) promptly give written notice of such request the proposed registration to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file other Holders; and
(b) as soon as practicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration, (including, without limitation, appropriate qualification under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement appropriate compliance with applicable regulations issued under the Securities Act covering and any other governmental requirements or regulations) as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days as are specified in such Demand, together with all or such portion of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request received by the Company owned by each participating Holderwithin twenty (20) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting Company shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded obligated to take any action to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 2.2 as follows:
(1) If at the time of the request from the underwriting.Initiating Holders the Company gives notice, within thirty (30) days of such request, that it is engaged in preparation of a registration statement for a firmly underwritten registered public offering (for which the registration statement will be filed within ninety (90) days of such Company’s notice) in which the Holders may include Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.3 below, in which event the Demand shall not count as such under this Section 2.2(i);
(c2) Notwithstanding After the foregoingCompany has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to this subparagraph 2.2(i), if and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective and have remained effective as required under the terms of this Agreement; or
(3) If the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and or its shareholders for such a registration statement to be filed in the near future, then the Company’s obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to register, qualify or comply under this Section 2.2 shall be deferred for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) months period from the date of receipt of written request from the Initiating Holders; provided that the Company may not exercise this deferral right more than once per twelve (12) month period, and it is therefore essential provided further that a Demand so deferred may be withdrawn and not be counted as such under this Section 2.2(i).
(4) If marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to defer be registered pursuant to this Section 2.2, then the filing provisions of Section 2.3 hereunder shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the allocation of such registration statementlimited number of Registrable Securities among the participating Holders.
(5) Subject to the foregoing clauses (1) through (4), the Company shall have file a registration statement covering the right Registrable Securities so requested to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days be registered as soon as practicable, after receipt of the request or requests of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that Holders and effect the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, prompt registration under the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After Securities Act of all the Registrable Securities which the Company has effected two registrations pursuant been so requested to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If register by 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 1.4 belowand the other Holders.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors Rights Agreement (SteadyMed Ltd.), Investors Rights Agreement (SteadyMed Ltd.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, Agreement or (ii) six months one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority at least forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the representing either an anticipated aggregate public offering price, net of price (before any underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed ) of not less than five million dollars ($10,000,000)5,000,000) or at least twenty percent (20%) of all Registrable Securities then outstanding, then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 twenty (20) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file Holders;
(ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event within 90 sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 6.5; and
(iii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than ninety (90) days after such request.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 2.1(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a2.1(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company, which underwriter shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall whose Registrable Securities are to be reasonably acceptable to included in the Companyunderwriting. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e2.3(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.22.1, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereofof Registrable Securities, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount number of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. Any Registrable Securities excluded from or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares.
(c) The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration
(i) pursuant to this Section 2.1:
(A) If the Company receives the request for registration six (6) months or less before the expected date of filing of the registration statement for the Company’s IPO;
(B) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Securities Act;
(C) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(D) 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 2.11 below; or
(E) If the Registrable Securities to be included in the registration statement could be sold without restriction under SEC Rule 144(k) within a ninety (90) day period and the Company is currently subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Sections 12(g) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or
(ii) pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement:
(A) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Securities Act; or
(B) If the Registrable Securities to be included in the registration statement could be sold without restriction under SEC Rule 144(k) within a ninety (90) day period and the Company is currently subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Sections 12(g) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 2.1 a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential become effective or to defer the filing of remain effective as long as such registration statementstatement would otherwise be required to remain effective because such action would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company . A registration statement shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and counted until such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause time as such registration statement to become effective; or
has been declared effective by the SEC (iii) If unless the Initiating Holders propose withdraw their request for such registration (other than as a result of information concerning the business or financial condition of the Company which is made known to dispose the Investors after the date on which such registration was requested) and elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor pursuant to Section 2.5). A registration statement shall not be counted if, as a result of shares an exercise of the underwriter’s cut-back provisions, less than all of the total number of Registrable Securities that may Holders have requested to be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowincluded in such registration statement are actually included.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (ADESTO TECHNOLOGIES Corp), Investors’ Rights Agreement (ADESTO TECHNOLOGIES Corp)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth 5th anniversary of the date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company (other than a registration statement relating either to the sale or issuance of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase subscription or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority at least 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% such number of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed of at least $10,000,000)30,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority at least eighty-five percent (85%) in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Managing Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders holders of capital stock for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During during the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof1.3; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If 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 1.4 below1.4.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Elastic N.V.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Elastic N.V.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementFebruary 1, or (ii) six months after 1997, and before the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding outstanding, or (ii) the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company (other than a registration statement relating to either the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or a lesser percent if SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from Holders of Registrable Securities covering the registration of Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate gross offering price, net price of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed at least $10,000,000)2,000,000, then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file Holders; and
(ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 ninety (90) days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b).
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form for a large institutional investor with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 60 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations that have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.12 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Open Solutions Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Open Solutions Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementDecember 31, 2001, or (ii) six eleven (11) months after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent of the Registrable Securities if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), ,) then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file Holders; and
(ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.a
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Discovery Partners International Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Discovery Partners International Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) a. If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months day that is 180 days after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction) (the "IPO"), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (that are or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), will be converted into Common Stock then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within 90 120 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with paragraph 2.7, provided that the Company shall only be obligated to register such Registrable Securities that are or have been converted into Common Stock at the time of the filing of such registration statement.
(b) b. If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“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 a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will underwriters shall 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 Holder to include his his, her or its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)1.4(e) hereof) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
c. The Company is obligated to effect only two (c2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2.
d. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 60 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-twelve month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (PSW Technologies Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (PSW Technologies Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementJuly 21, 2002, or (ii) six months one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the outstanding, which would involve an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed exceeding $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, -------- ------- that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this -------- ------- right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 sixty (60) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Valicert Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Valicert Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the limitations and conditions of Section 2(a)(ii), if the Company shall receive at from any time after Holder or any group of Holders (each a “Requesting Holder,” and collectively, the earlier of “Requesting Holders”) a written demand (i) the fifth anniversary date “Demand Notice”), such Demand Notice permitted to be delivered immediately upon the execution of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of that the Company effect any Registration (other than the “Demand Registration”) with respect to all or 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority part of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration owned by such Requesting Holder(s) having an estimated aggregate fair market value of at least 25$50,000,000 or 100% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent held by such Requesting Holder if the value of such Registrable Securities is reasonably anticipated to have a gross aggregate offering price, net price of underwriting discounts less than $50,000,000 (which demand shall set forth the specified amount of Registrable Securities for which registration is requested and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000the intended method of disposition thereof), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, :
(1) as promptly as reasonably practicable give written notice of such request the proposed Registration to all other Holders and shall, subject to in accordance with the limitations terms of subsection 1.2(bSection 2(b), ;
(2) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together Registration Statement with the Company as provided Commission in subsection 1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form accordance with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating HoldersRequesting Holder(s), including without limitation the method of disposition specified therein and covering resales of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered, as promptly as reasonably practicable but no later than within 30 days of receipt of the Demand Notice;
(3) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared or become effective as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after the date of initial filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a)(i)(2); and
(4) use commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and in compliance with the Securities Act and usable for resale of such Registrable Securities for the period as requested in writing by the Requesting Holder(s) or such longer period as may be requested in writing by any Holder participating in such Registration (which periods shall be extended to the extent of any suspensions of sales pursuant to Section 2(a)(ii)(3)); provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once shall be permitted to file a post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement to any currently effective Shelf Registration Statement in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate lieu of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made an additional Registration Statement pursuant to Section 1.4 below2(a)(i) to the extent the Company determines, and the Requesting Holder(s) agree, that the Registrable Securities of the Requesting Holder(s) may be sold thereunder by such Requesting Holder(s) pursuant to their intended plan of distribution.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Aramark), Registration Rights Agreement (Mantle Ridge LP)
Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the Company shall receive provisions of Article IV, at any time after [ ], 2000, one or more Holders of Registrable Stock (the earlier of (i"Initiating Holders") the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), may request in a written request from notice (which notice shall state the Holders number of a majority shares of Registrable Stock to be so registered and the Registrable Securities then outstanding intended method of distribution) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act (or a similar document pursuant to any other statute then in effect corresponding to the Securities Act) covering the registration of any or all Registrable Stock held by such Initiating Holders in the manner specified in such notice; provided, however, that there must be included in such registration at least 2510% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Stock issued (or a any lesser percent percentage if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, price would exceed $10,000,00025 million). Following receipt of any notice under this Section 5.03, then the Company shall, shall (x) within 10 30 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice notify all other Holders of such request to all Holders in writing and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), (y) use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement cause to be registered under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which Stock that the Initiating Holders request to and such other Holders have, within ten days after the Company has given such notice, requested be registered within 20 days in accordance with the manner of the mailing of disposition specified in such notice by the CompanyInitiating Holders.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute have the Registrable Securities covered by their request Stock distributed by means of an underwritingunderwritten offering, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest clause (x) of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Companyparagraph (a) above. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities Stock in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting underwritten offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities Stock in the underwriting underwritten offering (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided hereinbelow. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Stock through such underwriting underwritten offering shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters. Such underwriter or underwriters shall be selected for such underwriting. by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
(i) the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.25.03 during the period starting with the date which is 30 days prior to the date of the initial public filing by the Company of, and ending on a date that is 120 days following the effective date of, a registration statement pertaining to a public offering of securities for the account of the Company or on behalf of the selling stockholders under any other registration rights agreement that the Holders have been entitled to join pursuant to Section 5.04; provided, however, that the Company shall actively employ in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable;
(ii) if (A)(i) the Company is in possession of material nonpublic information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) the Company determines in good faith that public disclosure of such material nonpublic information would not be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (B)(i) the Company has made a public announcement relating to an acquisition or business combination transaction that includes the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (ii) the Company determines in good faith that (x) offers and sales of Registrable Stock pursuant to any registration statement prior to the consummation of such transaction (or such earlier date as the Company shall determine) is not in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders or (y) it would be impracticable at the time to obtain any financial statements relating to such acquisition or business combination transaction that would be required to be set forth in a registration statement or (C) the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the president of the Company stating that in the good faith opinion of the Board such registration would interfere with any material transaction or financing, confidential negotiations, including, without limitation, negotiations relating to an acquisition or business combination transaction, or business activities then being pursued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, then, in any such case, the Company's obligation to use all reasonable efforts to file a registration statement shall be deferred, or the effectiveness of any registration statement may be suspended, in each case for a period not to exceed 120 days; provided, however, that the Company may not delay the filing or suspend the effectiveness of any registration statement under this Section 5.03(ii) on more than one occasion in any consecutive twelve-month period;
(iii) the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 5.03 if the underwriter advises Registrable Stock requested by all Holders to be registered pursuant to such registration are included in, and eligible for sale under, a Shelf Registration (as defined below); and
(iv) the Initiating Holders Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 5.03 more than one time in writing that marketing factors require a limitation any consecutive twelve-month period.
(d) With respect to any registration pursuant to this Section 5.03, the Company may include in such registration any of its primary securities sold on its own behalf or securities being offered by ING pursuant to the ING Registration Rights Agreement. If, in the opinion of the number managing underwriter (or, in the case of shares a non-underwritten offering, in the opinion of the Company), the total amount of all securities to be underwrittenregistered, including Registrable Stock, will exceed the maximum amount of the Company's securities which can be marketed (i) at a price reasonably related to the then current market value of such securities, and (ii) without otherwise materially and adversely affecting the entire offering, then subject to the Initiating Holders registration rights of the holders of the Senior Preferred Stock and ING, the Company securities and Registrable Stock to be included in such registration shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including order as set forth in clauses (1) and (2) below:
(1) In any registration pursuant to this Section 5.03 where the Stockholders are the Initiating Holders:
(A) first, any securities of the Initiating Holders;
(B) second, any securities offered by the Company; and
(C) third, other Holders requesting registration of Registrable Stock in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Stock requested to be included by such Holder at the time of filing the registration statement.
(2) In any registration pursuant to this Section 5.03 where ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ is the Initiating Holder:
(A) first, any securities of the Company; and
(B) second, any securities of Holders requesting registration of Registrable Stock, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities Stock requested to be included by such Holder at the time of filing the registration; Notwithstanding clause (2) above, but subject to the registration rights of the holders of the Senior Preferred Stock and ING, ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, his estate or the ▇▇▇▇▇ Permitted Transferees, as the case may be, shall have priority over the Company and each other Holder in selling any and all of their shares of Registrable Stock on one occasion within two years following ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ (1) termination or resignation from the office of chief executive officer of the Company owned by each participating Holderor (2) death.
(e) The Company shall not be obligated to effect and pay for more than four registrations of the Stockholders (two of which may be Shelf Registrations requested pursuant to Section 5.05) and three registrations of ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ (one of which may be a Shelf Registration requested pursuant to Section 5.05) pursuant to this Section 5.03; provided, however, that a registration requested by any Holder pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall not be deemed to have been effected for purposes of this Section 5.03(e) unless (i) it has been declared effective by the number of shares SEC, (ii) it has remained effective for the period set forth in Section 5.06(a), (iii) the offering of Registrable Securities Stock pursuant to such registration is not subject to any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC (other than any such stop order, injunction, or other requirement of the SEC prompted by any act or omission of Holders of Registrable Stock) and (iv) such Holder was permitted to include in such registration at least one-half of the Registrable Stock requested by it or him, as the case may be, to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingregistration.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement (Asc East Inc), Preferred Stock Subscription Agreement (American Skiing Co /Me)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (iA) the fifth third anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering date hereof and (B) 180 days following the consummation 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 optionregistration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act in connection with the initial firm underwritten offering of its securities to the general public, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), the Company shall receive a written request from the Holders of a at least (A) majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding in the case of the first such registration or (B) one-third of the Registrable Securities then outstanding in the case of the second such registration, and in each case the aggregate offering price of such registration is at least $5,000,000, that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)outstanding, then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 20 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), Holders; and
(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of Section 1.2(b), within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 4.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable requesting registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Companythis Section 1.2. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(eSection 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereofelecting to include shares in the underwriting, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned requested by each participating Holdersuch Holder to be included in such underwriting; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities (including those to be sold for the Company’s account) are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right or the similar right under Section 1.12(b) more than once in any twelve12-month period and provided, further, that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such 90-day period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and provided that (1) each such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effectiveeffective and (2) each such registration statement remains effective and there are no stop orders in effect to such registration statement;
(ii) During within 12 months after the effective date of the first registration made pursuant to this Section 1.2;
(iii) during the period starting with the date 90 60 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 180 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, or Section 1.12 hereof unless such offering is not the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 90 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereofregistration; provided provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iiiiv) 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 1.4 1.12 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (LDR Holding Corp), Investors’ Rights Agreement (LDR Holding Corp)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth 5th anniversary date of this Agreementthe Initial Closing, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority more than 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% such number of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $of at least $ 10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyCompany (the “Board”), it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders holders of capital stock for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During during the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereofregistration; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If 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 1.4 below1.4.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Hinge Health, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Hinge Health, Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier later of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, six months following a Qualified IPO or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 optionDecember 31, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction)2003, a written request from the Holders of a majority at least 30% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)outstanding, then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.4.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will shall 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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the Initiating Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve12-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investor Rights Agreement (Netlogic Microsystems Inc), Investor Rights Agreement (Netlogic Microsystems Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction)Initial Offering, a written request from the Holders of (A) at least a majority of the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding and (B) at least a majority of Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 1.2, (A) and (B) together, the “Initiating Holders”) that (i) requests the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the with an anticipated aggregate offering priceprice of at least $30,000,000, net (ii) specifies the approximate number of underwriting discounts Registrable Securities requested to be registered and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)(iii) states the intended method of distribution, then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b)this Section 1.2, use its all commercially reasonable best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such the Compay’s notice by the Companypursuant to this Section 1.2(a).
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 1.2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 1.2(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, event the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such underwriting (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of on the number of shares to be underwrittensecurities underwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in excluded from such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the underwritingregistration.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 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, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Act; or
(ii) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; provided that, a registration shall not count as one of the permitted registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 until it has become effective and 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; provided further, that in any event, the Company shall pay all registration expenses in connection with any registration initiated pursuant to this Section 1.2 whether or not it has become effective and whether or not such registration has counted as one of the permitted registrations under this Section 1.2; or
(iii) for a period of (a) six (6) months following the effective date of the Company’s Initial Offering or (b) ninety (90) days following the effective date of any public offering other than the Company’s Initial Offering; or
(iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof; or
(v) if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 1.2 a certificate signed by the President Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Company Board of Directors stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of effected at such registration statementtime, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, howeverprovided that in such event, that the Initiating Holder(s) initially requesting such registration shall be entitled to withdraw such request and, if such request is withdrawn, such registration shall not count as one of the permitted registrations under this Section 1.2 and the Company may shall pay all registration expenses in connection with such registration; and provided further that such right shall be exercised by the Company not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-twelve (12) month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Qualtrics International Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Qualtrics International Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementDecember 31, 2001, or (ii) six eleven (11) months after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent of the Registrable Securities if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), ,) then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file Holders; and
(ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.6(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected approved for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.,
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Series E Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Discovery Partners International Inc), Series E Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Discovery Partners International Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at At any time from and after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementMay 16, 2017 or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Company’s first registration statement for registered public offering, Investors and Major Common Holders holding in the aggregate 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders minimum of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (excluding Registrable Securities held by the CEE Common Holders) (“Initiating Holders”) shall have the right to request that the Company file a registration statement under Registration Statement and/or qualification with the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% applicable state commissioners with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities then outstanding pursuant to this Section 2.4 (or a lesser percent if the “Registration Demand”), provided, that the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of before underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed is at least Sixty Million Dollars ($60,000,000) for the first Registration Demand and at least Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), then ) for the second Registration Demand. If the Company shallreceives such request for registration from the Initiating Holders, it will:
(i) Promptly, but in any event within 10 twenty (20) days after receipt of the receipt thereofnotice of the Initiating Holders, give written notice of such request the proposed Registration, qualification or compliance to all Holders other Investors and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), Major Common Holders; and
(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file effect such Registration, qualification or compliance under the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws as soon as practicable, as may be so requested and in any event within 90 days as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or the receipt portion of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information specified in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected request for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating HolderRegistration; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting Company shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.obligated to take any action to effect any such Registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 2.4:
(cA) Notwithstanding during the foregoing, one hundred eighty (180) day period commencing with the date of the Company’s initial public offering;
(B) after the Company has effected two (2) such Registrations pursuant to this Section 2.4 in which all Registrable Securities requested to be registered are registered and such Registrations have closed or been withdrawn at the request of the Investors (other than as a result of a material adverse change to the Company or as a result of the operation of Section 2.4(a)(ii)(C) or Section 2.3(a)(ii)(D));
(C) if the Company delivers notice to the Initiating Holders within thirty (30) days of any Registration request under this Section 2.4 stating its bona fide intent to file a separate registration statement for a public offering within ninety (90) days; or
(D) if the Company shall furnish to the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement Registration Statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer at such time or in the filing of such registration statementnear future, in which case the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Investor, provided, that the Company may only defer a Registration once under this Section 2.4 in any twelve (12) month period. If the Board makes such a determination, the Initiating Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their request for Registration without impairing their right to request Registration under this Section 2.4 thereafter. Subject to the foregoing clauses (A) through (D), the Company shall file a Registration Statement as soon as practicable after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more but in no event later than once in any twelve-month period.
one hundred twenty (d120) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date receipt of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowrequest.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sunrun Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementDecember 31, 1997, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority at least forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0002,500,000), then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 twenty (20) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) use its best efforts to effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 60 days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to holders of a majority of the CompanyRegistrable Securities then held by Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by holders of a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities then held by Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in usual and customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned held by each participating Holder; provided, however, that, except as provided in that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 18, 1997 among the Company and the holders of "Registrable Securities" as defined therein (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.12 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investor Rights Agreement (International Wireless Communications Holdings Inc), Investor Rights Agreement (International Wireless Communications Holdings Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier expiration of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after 180 days from the effective date of the first registration statement for a the initial 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction)Company, a written request from the Holders of a majority at least 10% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Holders' Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts as limited in amount pursuant to Section 1.1(b) and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000Section 1.2(d), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Companyregistered.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) The Company is obligated to effect pursuant to this Section 1.2. only two (2) such registrations per year, per Holder.
(1) The maximum amount of Registrable Securities which may be registered by any Holder pursuant to this Section 1.2 in any twelve-month period is an amount equal to one third of the shares of Common Stock held by each of the Investors, respectively, on the effective date of the Company's initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock (i.e. if the Gree▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ily Trust owns 3,000,000 shares on the effective date and Mich▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇s 1,500,000 shares on the effective date, then the Gree▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ily Trust, or transferees of the Gree▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ily Trust would be entitled to register up to a maximum of 1,000,000 shares in any twelve-month period, as adjusted pursuant to Section 1.1(b), Section 1.3 and this Section 1.2, and Mich▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ his transferees would be able to register up to a maximum of 500,000 shares in any twelve-month period as adjusted pursuant to Section 1.1(b), Section 1.3 and this Section 1.2), such amounts may be reduced by any sales made by an Investor during the subject twelve-month period pursuant to (i) Rule 144, (ii) any private transactions, or (iii) an effective registration statement; excluded from such amounts are any sales of securities made pursuant to a registration statement which was filed in any previous twelve-month period.
(2) The twelve-month period immediately following the Company's initial public offering will exclude any shares sold by an Investor pursuant to the Company's initial public offering.
(3) During the first twelve-month period commencing upon the transfer of shares from an Investor to a transferee, any transferees of the Investors are entitled to register a maximum amount of shares equal to the lesser of (i) the amount the respective Investor is entitled to register for the twelve-month period immediately preceding the transfer or (ii) the number of Registrable Securities that are actually transferred to the transferee.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders each Holder requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this shall only be permitted to exercise its right more than of deferral once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Skechers Usa Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Skechers Usa Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementNovember 29, 2015, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an a registration statement relating directly or indirectly to a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority 60% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% such number of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the with an anticipated aggregate offering price, price (net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed ) in excess of $10,000,000)5,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(bsubsections 2.2(b), (c) and (d), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 2.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a2.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e2.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.22.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.22.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-12 month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.22.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 2.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective and have not been withdrawn other than at the request of the Initiating Holders;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, 2.3 hereof unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 2.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 2.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (NanoString Technologies Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (NanoString Technologies Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at 2.1.1. At any time after the earlier Effective Date and prior to an Initial Public Offering, any one or more Holders of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementRegistrable Securities holding, or (ii) six months after the effective date together with its Affiliates, at least 50% of the first outstanding Registrable Securities (the “Initial Requesting Holder”) may request registration statement for a public offering under the Securities Act 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 all or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority any portion of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that held by such Initial Requesting Holder on Form S-1 or similar long-form registration (the Company file a “Initial Demand Registration”).
2.1.2. At any time after the Initial Public Offering, any one or more Holders of Registrable Securities (the “Requesting Holder”) may request registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% all or any portion of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by such Requesting Holder on Form S-1 or similar long-form registration (a “Long-Form Registration”) with respect to up to one Long-Form Registration per annum (up to a maximum of three total Long-Form Registrations) and an unlimited number of registrations under the Securities Act of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities held by such Requesting Holder on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration (a lesser percent “Short-Form Registration”), if available (any registration under this Section 2.1, a “Demand Registration”); provided that (i) in the case of a Long-Form Registration such Requesting Holder will be entitled to make such demand only if the anticipated aggregate total offering price, net price of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering (including piggyback shares and before deduction of underwriting discounts discounts) is reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $40 million and commissions(ii) in the case of a Short-Form Registration, would exceed such Requesting Holder will be entitled to make such demand only if the total offering price of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering (including piggyback shares and before deduction of underwriting discounts) is reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $10,000,000)25 million. Subject to the provisions of Section 4 below, then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), will use its reasonable best efforts to file a registration statement for such intended method of distribution, as soon promptly as practicable, but not later than (x) 45 days after such Demand Notice in the case of a registration with a Long-Form Registration and (y) 30 days after such Demand Notice in the case of a registration with a Short-Form Registration, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they each case shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and use its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If be declared effective under 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 1.4 belowAct as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Kv Pharmaceutical Co /De/), Stock Purchase and Backstop Agreement (Deutsche Bank Ag\)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth fourth anniversary date of this the latest to occur of the Initial Closing, the last Elective Closing, or the Milestone Closing (each as defined in the Purchase Agreement, ) or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the with anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed of at least $10,000,000)5,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement be registered under the Securities Act covering all of the Registrable Securities which the Holders request that each such Holder has requested to be registered within 20 days of after the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, hereof unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securitiessecurities (“IPO”), in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Cardiodx Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Cardiodx Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of one hundred eighty (i180) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after days following the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), Initial Public Offering a written request from (x) the Holders Tudor Entities (together with their Related Entities), provided at such time they collectively hold shares of Common Stock (on an as-if-converted to Common Stock basis in respect of the Shares and as-if-exercised basis in respect of the Warrants) representing in aggregate five percent (5%) or more of the Fully Diluted Common Stock or (y) Investors (together with the Investors’ Affiliates) holding shares of Common Stock (on an as-if-converted to Common Stock basis in respect of the Shares and as-if-exercised basis in respect of the Warrants) representing in aggregate twenty percent (20%) or more of the Fully Diluted Common Stock, that the Company effect any registration with respect to all or a majority part of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)held by requesting Investors, then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b)conditions set forth in this Section 2, use its reasonable best efforts to file to:
(i) as soon as practicable, prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on such form under the Securities Act then available to the Company for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act all or such portion of the Registrable Securities as are specified in such request (together with any shares of Common Stock desired to be included in such Registration Statement for the account of the Company and/or the account of holders of piggy-back registration rights with respect to the Company’s Common Stock, subject to any limitations that may be advised by the managing underwriter regarding the maximum size of the offering pursuant to Section 2(d)); and
(ii) cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable but in no event within 90 later than (x) the date that is ninety (90) days of following the receipt of such request, in the event that such Registration Statement is not reviewed by the SEC or (y) the date that is one hundred twenty (120) days following the receipt of such request in the event such review takes place (including filing with the SEC, within three (3) Business Days of the date that the Company is notified in writing by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review, a registration statement request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities Act, which the Holders request to be registered shall request an effective date that is within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
three (b3) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate Business Days of the date of filing ofsuch request), and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date ofto remain effective, a registration subject to the provisions of Section 1.3 hereof2(c), unless for not less than 180 days. The Company shall notify each requesting Investor in writing promptly (and in any event within three (3) Business Days) after such offering is Registration Statement has been declared effective by the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowSEC.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Uni-Pixel), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Tudor Investment Corp Et Al)
Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the Company terms and conditions of this Agreement, if the Corporation shall receive at any time after the earlier of following one hundred eighty (i180) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months days after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction)IPO, a written request from the Holders of a majority at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)outstanding, then the Company Corporation shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicablepracticable following the receipt of, and in any event within 90 sixty (60) days of the receipt of of, such request, a such registration statement (including, without limitation, filing post-effective amendments, appropriate qualifications under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws, and appropriate compliance with the Securities Act covering Act) as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCorporation; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 2 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, unless the Corporation is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder under subsection 2(a) (each, an “Initiating HoldersHolder”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company Corporation as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 2 and the Company Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Corporation and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company Corporation as provided in subsection 1.5(e5(f)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.22, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders Corporation in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares equity interests to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Corporation shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company Corporation owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company Corporation shall furnish to the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyCorporation, it would be seriously materially detrimental to the Company Corporation and its shareholders Members for such registration statement contemplated by subsection 2(a) to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, because such action would require the Company Corporation to make an Adverse Disclosure (such event, a “Suspension Event”), upon giving prompt written notice to the Members, the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more time determined in good faith by the Board to be necessary for such purpose and in no event longer than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders, as applicable, and any time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly; provided, however, that the Company Corporation may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period. In the event that the Corporation exercises its right under the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall promptly give the Holders written notice thereof and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective or to amend or supplement such registration statement on a post-effective basis or to take such action as is necessary to permit resumed use of such registration statement or filing thereof as soon as reasonably practicable following the conclusion of the applicable Suspension Event and its effect. The Corporation shall promptly give the Holders written notice of the conclusion of any Suspension Event and its effect.
(d) In addition, the Company Corporation shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.22:
(i) After the Company Corporation has effected two three (3) registrations on behalf of the Initiating Holders pursuant to this Section 1.2 2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; provided, however, that a registration pursuant to this Section 2 shall only count for the purposes of this clause (i) if at least seventy five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities which Holders request to be sold are sold in such requested registration;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior Prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such the IPO registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effectivestatement; or
(iii) 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 1.4 below4.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Fluence Energy, Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (Fluence Energy, Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the Company shall receive provisions of Article IV, at any time after August 6, 2000, one or more Holders of Registrable Stock (the earlier of (i"Initiating Holders") the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), may request in a written request from notice (which notice shall state the Holders number of a majority shares of Registrable Stock to be so registered and the Registrable Securities then outstanding intended method of distribution) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act (or a similar document pursuant to any other statute then in effect corresponding to the Securities Act) covering the registration of any or all Registrable Stock held by such Initiating Holders in the manner specified in such notice; provided, however, that there must be included in such registration at least 2510% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Stock issued (or a any lesser percent percentage if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, price would exceed $10,000,00025 million). Following receipt of any notice under this Section 5.03, then the Company shall, shall (x) within 10 30 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice notify all other Holders of such request to all Holders in writing and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), (y) use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement cause to be registered under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which Stock that the Initiating Holders request to and such other Holders have, within ten days after the Company has given such notice, requested be registered within 20 days in accordance with the manner of the mailing of disposition specified in such notice by the CompanyInitiating Holders.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute have the Registrable Securities covered by their request Stock distributed by means of an underwritingunderwritten offering, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest clause (x) of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Companyparagraph (a) above. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities Stock in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting underwritten offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities Stock in the underwriting underwritten offering (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided hereinbelow. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Stock through such underwriting underwritten offering shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters. Such underwriter or underwriters shall be selected for such underwriting. by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
(i) the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.25.03 during the period starting with the date which is 30 days prior to the date of the initial public filing by the Company of, and ending on a date that is 120 days following the effective date of, a registration statement pertaining to a public offering of securities for the account of the Company or on behalf of the selling stockholders under any other registration rights agreement that the Holders have been entitled to join pursuant to Section 5.04; provided, however, that the Company shall actively employ in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable;
(ii) if (A)(i) the Company is in possession of material nonpublic information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) the Company determines in good faith that public disclosure of such material nonpublic information would not be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (B)(i) the Company has made a public announcement relating to an acquisition or business combination transaction that includes the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (ii) the Company determines in good faith that (x) offers and sales of Registrable Stock pursuant to any registration statement prior to the consummation of such transaction (or such earlier date as the Company shall determine) is not in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders or (y) it would be impracticable at the time to obtain any financial statements relating to such acquisition or business combination transaction that would be required to be set forth in a registration statement or (C) the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the president of the Company stating that in the good faith opinion of the Board such registration would interfere with any material transaction or financing, confidential negotiations, including, without limitation, negotiations relating to an acquisition or business combination transaction, or business activities then being pursued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, then, in any such case, the Company's obligation to use all reasonable efforts to file a registration statement shall be deferred, or the effectiveness of any registration statement may be suspended, in each case for a period not to exceed 120 days; provided, however, that the Company may not delay the filing or suspend the effectiveness of any registration statement under this Section 5.03(ii) on more than one occasion in any consecutive twelve-month period;
(iii) the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 5.03 if the underwriter advises Registrable Stock requested by all Holders to be registered pursuant to such registration are included in, and eligible for sale under, a Shelf Registration (as defined below); and
(iv) the Initiating Holders Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 5.03 more than one time in writing that marketing factors require a limitation any consecutive twelve-month period.
(d) With respect to any registration pursuant to this Section 5.03, the Company may include in such registration any of its primary securities sold on its own behalf or securities being offered by ING pursuant to the ING Registration Rights Agreement. If, in the opinion of the number managing underwriter (or, in the case of shares a non-underwritten offering, in the opinion of the Company), the total amount of all securities to be underwrittenregistered, including Registrable Stock, will exceed the maximum amount of the Company's securities which can be marketed (i) at a price reasonably related to the then current market value of such securities, and (ii) without otherwise materially and adversely affecting the entire offering, then subject to the Initiating Holders registration rights of the holders of the Senior Preferred Stock and ING, the Company securities and Registrable Stock to be included in such registration shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including order as set forth in clauses (1) and (2) below:
(1) In any registration pursuant to this Section 5.03 where the Stockholders are the Initiating Holders:
(A) first, any securities of the Initiating Holders;
(B) second, any securities offered by the Company; and
(C) third, other Holders requesting registration of Registrable Stock in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Stock requested to be included by such Holder at the time of filing the registration statement.
(2) In any registration pursuant to this Section 5.03 where ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ is the Initiating Holder:
(A) first, any securities of the Company; and
(B) second, any securities of Holders requesting registration of Registrable Stock, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities Stock requested to be included by such Holder at the time of filing the registration; Notwithstanding clause (2) above, but subject to the registration rights of the holders of the Senior Preferred Stock and ING, ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, his estate or the ▇▇▇▇▇ Permitted Transferees, as the case may be, shall have priority over the Company and each other Holder in selling any and all of their shares of Registrable Stock on one occasion within two years following ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ (1) termination or resignation from the office of chief executive officer of the Company owned by each participating Holderor (2) death.
(e) The Company shall not be obligated to effect and pay for more than four registrations of the Stockholders (two of which may be Shelf Registrations requested pursuant to Section 5.05) and three registrations of ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ (one of which may be a Shelf Registration requested pursuant to Section 5.05) pursuant to this Section 5.03; provided, however, that a registration requested by any Holder pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall not be deemed to have been effected for purposes of this Section 5.03(e) unless (i) it has been declared effective by the number of shares SEC, (ii) it has remained effective for the period set forth in Section 5.06(a), (iii) the offering of Registrable Securities Stock pursuant to such registration is not subject to any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC (other than any such stop order, injunction, or other requirement of the SEC prompted by any act or omission of Holders of Registrable Stock) and (iv) such Holder was permitted to include in such registration at least one-half of the Registrable Stock requested by it or him, as the case may be, to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingregistration.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Stockholders' Agreement (Oak Hill Capital Partners L P), Stockholders' Agreement (American Skiing Co /Me)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date admission to trading of this Agreement, or the Company’s ordinary shares on any public securities market (including a Listing) and (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 optionNovember 19, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction)2006, a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Shareholders making such request that the Company file a registration statement (other than a registration statement pursuant to Rule 415) under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities representing at least 2520% in nominal value of the Registrable Securities ordinary shares of the Company then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000an Initial Request), then the Company shall, within 10 days subject to the terms and conditions of the receipt thereofthis Agreement, give written notice within fourteen (14) days of receipt of an Initial Request to all other Shareholders that such an Initial Request has been received. Each such other Shareholder may request, by delivery of written request (all such requests together with the Initial Request, the Requests and each a Request) to the Company, that the Company also register the number of such request Shareholder’s Registrable Securities specified in such notice, provided that the Company receives such Request within fourteen (14) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. Any Shareholder making a Request (a Requesting Shareholder) shall specify (i) the number of Registrable Securities to all Holders be registered, (ii) such Requesting Shareholder’s plan of distribution, including the jurisdictions in which the Registrable Securities are expected to be offered and shall(iii) whether the Registrable Securities shall be part of an underwritten offering. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, subject to including the terms described in this subsection 1.2(a) and the limitations of subsection 1.2(bsubsections 1.2(b)-(e), use its the Company shall employ in good faith all reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 two hundred ten (210) days of the receipt of such requestthe Initial Request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering all of only those Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice covered by the CompanyRequests.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwrittenregistered, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included registered shall be reduced pro rata among the Requesting Shareholders. If the Requesting Shareholders making the Initial Request intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by the Requests by means of an underwritten offering, the managing underwriter shall be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Requesting Shareholders participating in such underwriting underwritten offering holding a majority in nominal value of Registrable Securities to be registered (a Majority Interest); provided, that, after notice of such selection is provided by the Company to the Requesting Shareholders participating in such underwritten offering, such selected managing underwriter shall not be reduced deemed to have been accepted by such Requesting Shareholders unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from such Requesting Shareholders holding a Majority Interest, within fourteen (14) days after the underwritingCompany has given such notice, have notified the Company in writing of their objection to the selection of such managing underwriter.
(c) The Shareholders shall be entitled to a total of two (2) F-2 or F-3 demand registrations (or other short-form registrations) per year if the Company qualifies for the use thereof.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, the Requesting Shareholders a certificate signed by the President Chairman of the board of directors of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment judgement of the Board board of Directors of the Companydirectors, it would be seriously detrimental materially adverse to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of from the request of date on which the Initiating HoldersCompany delivers such certificate; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize utilise this right more than once in any twelve-month period. The Shareholders hereby acknowledge that any notice given by the Company pursuant to this Section 1.2 shall constitute material non-public information and that the U.S. securities laws prohibit any person who has material non-public information about a company from purchasing or selling securities of such company or from communicating such information to any other person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such person is likely to purchase or sell such securities.
(de) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two (2) registrations (excluding any short form registration requested pursuant to 1.2(c)) pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During during the period starting with the date 90 ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If if the Initiating Holders Requesting Shareholders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately be, at the time of such proposal, registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.3 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Registration Rights Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement (Cyclacel Group PLC)
Request for Registration. (ai) If the Company shall receive at any time after proposes to file a Registration Statement under the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public Securities Act relating to an offering of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company Company, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or such other securities (other than a registration statement relating either Registration Statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any like successor forms), to be offered for its own account (the sale "COMPANY SECURITIES") or for the account of any other Person (other than a Demand Registration for the account of one or more Stockholder Parties pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof), the Company shall (x) provide prompt written notice of the proposed offering to each Stockholder Party, setting forth the number and type of securities proposed to employees be offered and a description of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase intended method or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transactionmethods of distribution (the "PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION NOTICE"), a written request from and (y) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to effect the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration (a "PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION") of at least 25% such number of the Registrable Securities then outstanding as shall be specified in a written request by such Stockholder Party (or a lesser percent if collectively with any securities so specified by all other Stockholder Parties, the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, "STOCKHOLDER SECURITIES") made within 10 15 days of the after receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shallPiggyback Registration Notice from the Company, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, Sections 4.2(a)(ii) and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company4.2(b) hereof.
(bii) If Notwithstanding the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder foregoing subparagraph (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(ai). 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 Holder Stockholder Party to include his request a Piggyback Registration as provided therein shall terminate at such time, if any, as the Registrable Securities in beneficially owned by such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest Stockholder Party constitute less than 1% of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of then-outstanding shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingCommon Stock.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Stockholders Agreement (Unr Asbestos Disease Claims Trust), Stockholders Agreement (Rohn Industries Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive If, at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth four-year anniversary of the date of this Agreementhereof, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a Company’s initial public offering of securities of offering, 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), receives a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding and from the Holders of three-fourths of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, shares of Series D Preferred Stock and shares of Series E Preferred Stock, acting together as a separate class on an as-converted basis, (collectively, the “Initiating Holders”), that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the with an anticipated aggregate offering price, net price to the public of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed at least $10,000,000)15,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 20 days of the receipt thereofafter receiving such request, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its all commercially reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement cause to be registered under the Securities Act covering all of the Registrable Securities which the Holders request that each such Holder has requested to be registered by written notice delivered to the Company within 20 days of after the mailing of such the aforementioned notice by the Company.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and Company, which underwriter shall be reasonably acceptable to the Companyholders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Registrable Securities that are to be included in the underwriting. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the outstanding shares held by the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All The Company and all 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders Company in writing good faith that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of . In no event shall any Registrable Securities to be included in excluded from such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingsuch offering. Any Registrable Securities excluded from or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from registration.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statementfiled, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 45 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right or the similar right set forth in Section 1.4(b)(iii) more than once twice in any twelve12-month period, and provided, further, that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such 45-day period (other than in a Qualified IPO or an Excluded Registration).
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After If within 30 days of receiving a request pursuant to Section 1.2(a), the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During provides the period starting with the date 90 days prior to Initiating Holders notice of the Company’s good faith estimate intent to file a registration statement within 90 days of the date of filing ofsuch request, for a period commencing on the date of such notice and, provided such registration statement is filed within such 90-day period, and ending on a the date 90 180 days after the effective date of, a of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, statement unless such offering is not the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 90 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereofstatement; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iiiii) 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 1.4 below.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Surgiquest Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Surgiquest Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at At any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a Company has completed an initial public offering of securities common stock and warrants (the "IPO") and shall no longer be restricted from commencing a second registration pursuant to applicable law, one or more Stockholders holding in the aggregate at least 7% of the Company shares of outstanding Common Stock (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 each an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written "Initiating Holder") may request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding in writing that the Company file a effect pursuant to this Section 6 the registration statement of any of such Initiating Holders' Stockholder Shares under the Securities Act covering (a "Demand Registration"). The Initiating Holder's request shall specify the registration Stockholder Shares requested to be registered, the proposed amounts thereof, and the intended method of at least 25% disposition by such Initiating Holders. Upon receipt of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering priceinitiating Holder's written request, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, shall promptly give written notice of such request requested registration to all Holders Stockholders, and shallthereupon the Company will, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b)as expeditiously as reasonably possible, use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicableeffect the registration of: (i) the Stockholder Shares which the Company has been so requested to register by the Initiating Holder, for disposition in accordance with the intended method of disposition stated in such request, and in any event (ii) all other Stockholder Shares owned by Stockholders, the holders of which shall have made a written request to the Company for registration thereof (which request shall specify the Stockholder Shares requested to be registered, the proposed amounts thereof and the intended method of disposition by such Stockholder) within 90 thirty (30) days of after the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such written notice by from the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) all to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing requisite to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with permit the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with disposition by the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation holders of the number of shares securities constituting Stockholder Shares so to be underwrittenregistered, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities provided that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, effect any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, 6 if it is a registration subject with respect to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts not required to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pay expenses pursuant to Section 1.4 below6(b)(i) unless the Company shall have received assurances satisfactory to it that the Initiating Holder will bear the expenses of registration.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Stockholders' Agreement (International Plastic Technologies Inc), Stockholders' Agreement (International Plastic Technologies Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at At any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company (other than a registration statement relating either subsequent to the sale date which is one hundred eighty (180) days subsequent to the date hereof, any Holder who owns or group of securities to employees of Holders who own in the Company pursuant to a stock optionaggregate, stock purchase thirty percent (30%) or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority more of the Registrable Securities then issued and outstanding that the Company file may make a written request ("DEMAND NOTICE") for registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration (a "DEMAND REGISTRATION") of at least 25% all or any portion of the then issued and outstanding Registrable Securities then outstanding owned by such Holder or Holders, but not less than twenty percent (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days 20%) of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders then issued and shalloutstanding Registrable Securities, subject to the limitations terms and conditions of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, this Agreement and in any no event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a)less than 340,953 shares. The underwriter Each Demand Notice 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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and specify the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may proposed to be included sold and will also specify the intended method(s) of disposition thereof. Within ten (10) days after receipt of each Demand Notice, the Company will give written notice of the Company's receipt of such Demand Notice to all other Holders at least twenty (20) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, and such Holders will be given the opportunity to participate in the underwriting shall such Demand Registration and will be allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion deemed a Demanding Holder (as nearly as practicablehereinafter defined) for purposes of this Agreement. Subject to SUBSECTION 2(d), the Company will include in such Demand Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten (10) days after the delivery to the amount of Registrable Securities applicable Holders of the Company owned by each participating Company's notice of receipt of a Demand Notice. Each such Holder; provided, however, that 's request to participate in such Demand Registration must also specify the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in registered and, subject to SUBSECTION 2(f) and SECTION 8, the intended method(s) of disposition thereof. Demand Registrations will be on such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from appropriate registration form of the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Commission as the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month periodwill determine.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Nu Kote Holding Inc /De/)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementAugust 15, 2000, or (ii) six months one (1) year after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders (other than the Officer) of a majority at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (including the Holders of Registrable Securities attributable to Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock representing at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% twenty percent (20%) of the such Holders' Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a any lesser percent percentage if the anticipated aggregate gross receipts from the offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0005,000,000), then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), in accordance with Section 3.5 hereof; and
(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsections 1.2(b), (c) and (d), within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the The Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend shall, subject to subsection 1.2(f), distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a1.2(a)(i). The underwriter or underwriters will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the The right of any Holder to include his such Holder's Registrable Securities in such underwritten registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the managing underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 eliminated or allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that Holder at the number time of shares the filing of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingregistration statement.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoingsubsection 1.2(b), if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month twelve (12)-month period.
(d) In additionNotwithstanding anything else set forth in this Section 1.2, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and (a) such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;effective and did not include shares of Common Stock sold by the Company and (b) the Initiating Holders were able to register and sell at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities requested by such Holders to be included in such registration; or
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) Within twelve (12) months of the effective date of another registration effected pursuant to this Section 1.2; or
(iv) 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 1.4 1.12 below.
(e) The Company may include in any underwritten registration under this Section 1.2 any other shares of Common Stock (including, without limitation, issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as to which the holders thereof have contracted with the Company for "piggyback" registration rights and all shares of Common Stock held by the Founders, so long as the inclusion in such registration of such shares (i) will not, in the opinion of the managing underwriter of such registration, interfere with the successful marketing in accordance with the intended method of sale or other disposition of all the shares of Registrable Securities sought to be registered by the Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1.2 and (ii) will not result in the exclusion from such registration of any Registrable Securities. If it is determined as provided above that there will be such interference, the other shares of Common Stock sought to be included by the Company shall be excluded to the extent deemed appropriate by the managing underwriter of such registration.
(f) Notwithstanding anything else set forth in this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration under this Section 1.2 unless such registration is a firm commitment underwritten offering with a nationally recognized underwriter.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) one year following the fifth anniversary date (the “Closing Date”) of this Agreementclosing of the sale of (x) Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Purchase Agreement or (y) common stock pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Purchase Agreement (either referred to as the “Closing”), or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company in the United States (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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 2530% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding for an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, of not less than $2 million (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0005 million), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 180 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementMay 6, 2008, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority at least 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0005,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.4.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the holders of a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities held by the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his such Holder's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by the holders of a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities held by the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period two (2) periods of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt individually, or one period of one hundred twenty (120) days in the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once aggregate in any twelve-twelve (12) month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two three (3) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During If, within thirty (30) days of the period starting with Company's receipt of a request pursuant to Section 1.2(a) hereof, the date 90 days prior Company delivers notice to the Company’s good faith estimate of Initiating Holders that the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, Company intends to file a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering hereof within sixty (60) days of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date 's delivery of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereofnotice; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementJune 1, 2002, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date consummation of the first sale of securities pursuant to a registration statement for a public filed by the Company under the Act in connection with the initial firm commitment underwritten offering of its securities of to the Company general public (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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction) (the "IPO"), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0007,500,000), then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 4.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request 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 Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the Company has effected one registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registration has been declared or ordered effective, the second such registration shall require a written request from Holders of only twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding 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.
(e) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.12 below.
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Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Rosetta Inpharmatics Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementJune 24, 2002, or (ii) six three (3) months after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority two- thirds of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,00015,000,000), then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities that the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-twelve (12) month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) Within twelve (12) months of the effective date of a registration statement filed pursuant to this Section 1.2; or
(iii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject filed pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to or Section 1.3 1.12 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Motive Communications Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at At any time after the earlier of six (i6) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreementmonths from June 30, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for 2000, a public offering of securities of Holder may make a written request to 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction"Demand Request"), a written request from for the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% all or part of the its or their Registrable Securities then outstanding Shares (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate "Demand Registration") so as to permit a public offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice sale of such request Registrable Shares for up to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
nine (b9) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holderconsecutive months; provided, however, that such six (6) month waiting period shall not be applicable in the case of short-form registrations on Form S-3 or any substitute form or forms adopted by the Commission ("Short-Form Registrations"). Such request shall specify the number of shares Registrable Shares proposed to be sold and the intended method of disposition thereof. Upon receipt of such request, the Company shall promptly (but in any event within ten (10) days after receipt) give written notice of such registration request to all Holders. Such Holders shall have the right, by giving written notice to the Company within 10 days after the receipt of notice from the Company, to elect to have included in such registration all or part of their Registrable Shares as such Holders may request in such notice of election. Each such request will also specify the number of Registrable Securities Shares to be registered and the intended method of disposition thereof. Provided that (i) Registrable Shares representing at least 20% of the Registrable Shares then outstanding in the case of a Demand Registration other than a Short-Form Registration are requested to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all Demand Registration, or (ii) Holders of Registrable Shares and holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in a Short-Form Registration propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (before deduction of any underwriters' discounts or commissions) of at least $5,000,000, the Company shall use its best efforts to file the Demand Registration within forty-five (45) days after receiving a Demand Request (the "Required Filing Date") and shall use its best efforts to cause the same to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as practicable after such filing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Company be required to effect more than two (2) Demand Registrations pursuant to this Section 2(a) (which Demand Registrations shall be at least nine (9) months apart) other than Short-Form Registrations. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the Holders may make an unlimited number of Demand Requests for Short-Form Registrations so long as such Short-Form Registrations are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
at least twelve (c12) months apart. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish all Registrable Shares requested to Holders requesting be included in a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that Demand Registration are not included in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental such Demand Registration due to the Company and its shareholders for limitations contained in Section 2(d) hereof, such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate counted as one of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowDemand Registrations permitted hereunder.
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Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Bg Media Intermediate Fund L P)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementDecember 31, 2000, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0007,500,000), then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event effect within 90 ninety (90) days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered ------------------ by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his such Holder's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares -------- ------- of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not -------- ------- utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Vascular Solutions Inc)
Request for Registration. At any time after six (a6) If months from June 30, 2000, a Holder may make a written request to the Company (a "DEMAND REQUEST"), for the registration under the Securities Act of all or part of its or their Registrable Shares (a "DEMAND REGISTRATION") so as to permit a public offering and sale of such Registrable Shares for up to nine (9) consecutive months; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such six (6) month waiting period shall not be applicable in the case of short-form registrations on Form S-3 or any substitute form or forms adopted by the Commission ("SHORT-FORM REGISTRATIONS"). Such request shall specify the number of Registrable Shares proposed to be sold and the intended method of disposition thereof. Upon receipt of such request, the Company shall receive at promptly (but in any time event within ten (10) days after receipt) give written notice of such registration request to all Holders. Such Holders shall have the right, by giving written notice to the Company within 10 days after the earlier receipt of notice from the Company, to elect to have included in such registration all or part of their Registrable Shares as such Holders may request in such notice of election. Each such request will also specify the number of Registrable Shares to be registered and the intended method of disposition thereof. Provided that (i) Registrable Shares representing at least 20% of the fifth anniversary date Registrable Shares then outstanding in the case of this Agreementa Demand Registration other than a Short-Form Registration are requested to be included in such Demand Registration, or (ii) six months after the effective date Holders of the first registration statement for a public offering Registrable Shares and holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in a Short-Form Registration propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (other than a registration statement relating either if any) at an aggregate price to the sale public (before deduction of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase any underwriters' discounts or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration commissions) of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price$5,000,000, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), shall use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, the Demand Registration within forty-five (45) days after receiving a Demand Request (the "REQUIRED FILING DATE") and in any event within 90 days of shall use its best efforts to cause the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request same to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice declared effective by the Company.
(b) If Commission as promptly as practicable after such filing. Notwithstanding the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritingforegoing, they in no event shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made be required to effect more than two (2) Demand Registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and 2(a) (which Demand Registrations shall be reasonably acceptable at least nine (9) months apart) other than Short-Form Registrations. Subject to the Company. In such eventforegoing provisions, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)) enter into may make an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the unlimited number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall Demand Requests for Short-Form Registrations so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion long as such Short-Form Registrations are at least twelve (as nearly as practicable12) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) months apart. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish all Registrable Shares requested to Holders requesting be included in a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that Demand Registration are not included in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental such Demand Registration due to the Company and its shareholders for limitations contained in Section 2(d) hereof, such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate counted as one of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowDemand Registrations permitted hereunder.
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Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Netvoice Technologies Corp)
Request for Registration. At any time and from time to time after the date which is six months from the date hereof, upon the written request of one or more Shareholders holding in the aggregate Registrable Securities representing not less than five percent of the Voting Securities (asuch Shareholders being referred to as the "Requesting Holders") If that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of those Registrable Securities held by such Requesting Holders which are specified in such request (which request may specify an underwritten offering), the Company shall receive at within 10 days give written notice of such requested registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities, if any time after (the earlier "Other Holders"). For a period of 15 days following delivery of such notice, each Other Holder, if any, may request in writing that the Company also register part or all of its Registrable Securities (the number of Registrable Securities to be registered shall be specified in such request) and the Company may decide to register for its own account or that of Other Holders Common Stock and/or any other securities of the same type and class as the Registrable Securities to be registered by the Requesting Holders. Subject to the provisions of this Article 2, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the prompt registration under the Securities Act of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or Registrable Securities that the Requesting Holders have requested the Company to register and (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of all other 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company has determined to register or that the Company has been requested to register by the Other Holders, and in connection therewith, subject to Section 2.3, shall prepare and file on such form as the Company in its reasonable discretion shall determine is appropriate to effect such registration under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% in any of the Registrable Securities then outstanding following situations:
(or a lesser percent a) if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included registered pursuant to the requests of Shareholders does not exceed two percent of the Voting Securities;
(b) during any period of time (not to exceed 90 days with respect to each request) when the Company is "in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from registration" with respect to a public offering and, in the underwriting.judgment of the managing underwriter thereof, the requested filing would have an adverse effect on the public offering;
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if during any period of time (not to exceed 90 days with respect to each request) when the Company shall furnish is in possession of material non-public information that it deems is in its best interest not to Holders requesting disclose publicly; or The right of the Company not to file a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would paragraphs (b) through (d) above may not be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders exercised for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 an aggregate of 180 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (ai) If the Company shall receive at At any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months 180 days after the effective date consummation of a Qualified IPO, OMERS and/or its permitted assignees hereunder (collectively, the first “Requesting Holder”) may request in writing (a “Demand Request”) that the Corporation effect the registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company on Form S-l (other than a registration statement relating either or successor form) or another form acceptable to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement Requesting Holder under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25all or part of its Registrable Shares (a “Regular Demand Registration”); provided, however, that a Demand Request may only be effected by holders of more than 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding OMERS Aggregate Common Stock on behalf of all such holders.
(or a lesser percent if ii) In addition, at any time when the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request Corporation is qualified to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act covering or any successor form thereto, the Requesting Holder may make a Demand Request for registration of all or part of its Registrable Securities which Shares on Form S-3 (or successor form) (an “S-3 Demand Registration” and, together with a Regular Demand Registration, a “Demand Registration”). The Corporation will use all commercially reasonable efforts to take all such actions, and make all such filings, with the Holders request SEC as are reasonably necessary in order for the Requesting Holder to avail itself of S-3 Demand Registrations. The Corporation shall be obligated to effect an unlimited number of S-3 Demand Registrations; provided, however, the Corporation need only effect one Demand Registration once every 180 days; provided, further, that the Corporation need only effect an S-3 Demand Registration if the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board as of the date of the Demand Request) of the Registrable Shares requested to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of included in such notice registration by the CompanyRequesting Holder is in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000).
(biii) If Each Demand Request shall specify the Holders initiating number and class of Registrable Shares proposed to be sold. The Corporation shall file the registration request hereunder Demand Registration within 90 days after receiving a Demand Request (the “Initiating HoldersRequired Filing Date”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares same to be underwritten, then declared effective by the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (SEC as nearly promptly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holderpracticable after such filing; provided, however, that the number Corporation need effect only an aggregate of shares two Regular Demand Registrations at the request of Requesting Holders; provided, further, that if any Registrable Securities Shares requested to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities registered pursuant to a Demand Request under Section 5.3(a)(i) are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement5.3(d), the Company Requesting Holder shall have the right in respect of each such exclusion to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once one additional Regular Demand Registration under Section 5.3(a)(i) in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date respect of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of excluded Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowShares.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive receive, at any time after the earlier of six (i6) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding or from Holders of a majority of the Series A Stock then outstanding or from Holders of a majority of the Series B Stock then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least twenty-five percent (25% %) of the such Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered in a writing delivered to the Company within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered ------------------ by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares -------- ------- of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; provided further that if the Initiating Holders are the Holders -------- ------- referred to in Section 1.1(b)(i) or Section 1.1(b)(ii) the Registrable Securities held by such Initiating Holders shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting, or in the case of Registrable Securities held by Holders referred to in Section 1.1(b)(i) or Section 1.1(b)(ii) reduced to the minimum permissible amount; and provided -------- further that in every underwriting pursuant to this Section 1.2 the Registrable ------- Securities held by Holders referred to in Section 1.1(b)(i) or Section 1.1(b)(ii) shall not be reduced below 20% of the Registrable Securities included in such underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this -------- ------- right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations one, one registration initiated by Holders referred to in Section 1.1(b)(i), one registration initiated by Holders referred to in Section 1.1(b)(ii) and one other registration, in each case pursuant to this Section 1.2 1.2, and each such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.12 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementDecember 30, or 2006, and (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 sale of securities in an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority at least forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% all or any portion of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if provided that the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting fees, discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0007,500,000), then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) use reasonable, diligent efforts to effect, as soon as practicable after receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 twenty (20) days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing effectiveness of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 1.2 a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During if the Company has effected a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 within the preceding twelve (12) months, and such registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) during the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or;
(iiiiv) If 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 1.4 1.12 below; or
(v) if Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered make a request to the Company in writing that the registration be withdrawn.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementMarch 31, 2003 or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority at least forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable ------------------ Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his or her Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by which each participating HolderHolder requests to be registered; provided, -------- however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in ------- such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize -------- ------- this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two three (3) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (aA) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a an initial 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), "IPO") a written request from the Holders of a majority of at least 50% the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% the number of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering priceset forth in such notice held by such Holders, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, shall within 10 ten days of the receipt thereof, give written notice notice, in accordance with Section 5.3 hereof, of such request to all Holders of then outstanding Registrable Securities and shall, subject take the actions set forth in Section 2.5. Each Holder that desires to include Registrable Securities in the limitations registration statement shall notify the Company of subsection 1.2(b), the number of Registrable Securities to be so included within ten days following the receipt of such notice. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file have the Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, and but in any no event within 90 later than 120 days of after the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Companynotice.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(cB) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company stating that that, in the good faith judgment of the Company's Board of Directors (the "BOARD OF DIRECTORS"), such registration of the CompanyRegistrable Securities would interfere materially with, it would be seriously detrimental to or require premature disclosure of, any financing, acquisition or reorganization involving the Company and or any of its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer wholly-owned subsidiaries or would otherwise have a material adverse effect on the filing of such registration statementCompany or the selling Holders if undertaken at the time requested, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 180 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-twelve month period.
(dC) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.22.1:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementFebruary 24, 2003, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding having an aggregate public offering price not less than Ten Million Dollars (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, $10,000,000) (net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then . Then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered -------------------- by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors of the Company, -------- Directors") it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders --------- stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If Excluding for all purposes hereunder the Excluded Securities, which shall have no rights pursuant to this subsection 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementJune 2, 1999 or (ii) six three months after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), ) a written request from the Holders of a majority at least 30% of the Registrable Securities (excluding for this purpose the Common Stock held by the Common Stock Investors (the "Excluded Securities")) then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 2530% of the Registrable Securities (excluding the Excluded Securities) 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 Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) 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 (other than Excluded Securities) which the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“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 a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his or her Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed to by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 1.2 a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that that, in the good faith fair judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve12-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During during the period starting with the date 90 60 days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 180 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If 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 1.4 1.12 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier issuance of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), Merger Shares a written request from the Holders of a majority not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Holders initiating such request (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000"INITIATING HOLDERS"), then the Company shall, within 10 seven (7) business days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b)set forth in this Section 1.2, use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 30 days of the receipt of such requestrequest (or such longer period as may be necessary to satisfy any SEC review period, a if applicable), the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered pursuant to written notice delivered to the Company within 20 fifteen (15) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company's notice.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.3(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 thirty (30) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After If the Company has already effected two a number of registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and equal to the product of (A) two, multiplied by (B) the number of Tranches of Merger Shares issued as of such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;date; or
(ii) During the six-month period starting with following the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the termination date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made effected pursuant to Section 1.4 below1.2 hereof.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive receive, at any time after the earlier of (i) two (2) years after the fifth anniversary date of this Agreementhereof, or (ii) six months one (1) year after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering (the "Initial 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Initiating Holders, that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering an offering of securities of the registration Company at a gross offering price of at least 25% of $20,000,000 in the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)aggregate, then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to Holders;
(ii) file with the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file SEC as soon as practicable, and but in any event within 90 sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement covering the registration under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5; and
(iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable, but in any event within sixty (60) days after the filing thereof.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their its request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a), and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyInitiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 1.2 a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations at the request of Initiating Holders pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.11 below.
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Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Bluestone Software Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive receive, at any time after July 31, 2002, which shall be the earlier of date that is the six (i) the fifth 6)-month anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction)date hereof, a written request from the Holders of a majority at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding issuable upon conversion of the Class B Preferred Stock and Warrants, that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the such Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)Securities, then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) use its best efforts to file, within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, thereof in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;; or
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Imx Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementFebruary 1, 2003, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transactiontransaction pursuant to which the Company's securities are not listed on a national exchange or an over-the-counter market), a written request from the Holders of a majority not less than 35% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the with an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed of not less than $10,000,000)5,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities ------------------ covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his or her Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of requested for inclusion in the Company owned registration by each participating Holder; provided, however, -------- ------- that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. In the event that the underwriter informs the Initiating Holders that marketing factors require a reduction in the number of shares to be underwritten of greater than 50% of the aggregate number of shares requested for inclusion by the Initiating Holders, then a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders may notify the Company and the underwriters in writing that they elect to withdraw their request for registration, provided that such notice -------- is given no later than 10 business days following the underwriter's written notice of the reduction in the number of shares to be registered. In the event of such withdrawal, the request for registration shall not be considered as a request for registration for purposes of Sections 1.2(d) and 1.7(a).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this -------- ------- right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 thirty (30) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that Securities, all of which may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementMarch 11, 2002, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority 60% or more of the Registrable Securities (the "Initiating Holders") then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,00020,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and any other Holder may also request the registration of Registrable Securities held by such Holder. The Company shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b1.2(c), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with paragraph 4.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) March 11, 2002, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from Enron Communications Group, Inc. or any assignee of the rights of Enron Communications Group, Inc. pursuant to Section 1.13 ("Enron") that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then held by Enron (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $20,000,000), then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request hereunder to all other Holders and any other Holder may also request the registration of Registrable Securities held by such Holder. The Company shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(d), effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within 60 days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which Enron and the Holders request to be registered within twenty (“20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with paragraph 4.5.
(c) If the Initiating Holders”) Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by Initiating Holders holding a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Registrable Securities proposed to be included in the registration and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by the Initiating Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities proposed to be included in the registration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated allocated: (i) first, among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, allocated among such Holders in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned proposed to be included in the registration by each participating Holder; providedand (ii) second, howeverto the extent of any remaining shares that may be underwritten, to the holders of any other securities.
(d) If Enron intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its request under subsection 1.2(b) by means of an underwriting, it shall so advise the Company as a part of its request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(b). The underwriter will be selected by Enron and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any other Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by Enron and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. Enron and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by Enron. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Company shall so advise all 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 allocated: (i) first, to Enron or its assignee; (ii) second, to the extent of any remaining shares that may be underwritten, among all other Holders thereof in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company proposed to be included in the registration by each such underwriting shall not Holder; and (iii) third, to the extent of any remaining shares that may be reduced unless all underwritten, to the holders of any other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingsecurities.
(ce) The Company is obligated to effect only (i) two (2) such registrations pursuant to subsection 1.2(a), and (ii) one (1) such registration pursuant to subsection 1.2(b).
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to either Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.21.2 or to Enron, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating HoldersHolders or Enron, as applicable; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once twice in any twelve-twelve month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Rhythms Net Connections Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive receives at any time after the earlier of (i) three years after the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of the Company’s 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 purchase, or similar plan on Form S-8 or an SEC any successor form) or to a transaction under Rule 145 transactionpromulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 145”), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if outstanding, and in which the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, price would exceed $10,000,000)7,000,000, then the Company shall, will:
(i) within 10 days of the receipt thereof, thereof give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject Holders; and
(ii) unless holders of at least 50% of the Registrable Securities object in writing within 15 days after receipt of the notice provided pursuant to the limitations of subsection 1.2(bSection 1.3(a)(i), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a use its best efforts to effect the registration statement under the Securities Act covering (including, without limitation, filing post-effective amendments, appropriate qualifications under applicable state securities laws and appropriate compliance with the Securities Act) of all Registrable Securities which that the Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of Section 1.3(b), by written notice to the Company given within 20 days of the mailing of such the notice by the CompanyCompany under clause (i) above.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder under Section 1.3(a) (the “Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall will so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 1.3(a) and the Company shall will include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(aSection 1.3(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Company and shall will be reasonably acceptable to Initiating Holders holding a majority of the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares requested to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.registered. In
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementMay 11, 2012, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the with an anticipated aggregate offering price, net price of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed at least $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) business days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) business days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 5.3; provided, however, Blackstar Investco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Newco”) may on its own request that the Company file a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2(a).
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting; provided, however, any representations and warranties to be made by such Holder in a proposed distribution are limited to (i) representations and warranties related to authority, ownership and the ability to convey title to such Holder’s Registrable Securities, including but not limited to representations and warranties that the Holder holds all right, title and interest in and to the Registrable Securities such Holder purports to hold, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances other than liens and encumbrances arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or state or federal securities laws, (ii) the obligations of the Holder in connection with the transaction have been duly authorized, if applicable, (iii) the documents to be entered into by the Holder have been duly executed by the Holder and delivered and are enforceable against the Holder in accordance with their respective terms subject to the limitations in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) in Section 2.4 of the Purchase Agreement, and (iv) except as disclosed, neither the execution and delivery by such Holder of documents to be entered into in connection with the transaction, nor the performance of such Holder’s obligations thereunder, will cause a breach or violation of the terms of any agreement, law or judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency to which such Holder is bound by or subject to. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, as follows: (x) while any “market stand-off” provisions related to the Company’s initial public offering remain effect, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating HolderHolder and (y) at all other times, first to cover all Registrable Securities which Newco and Al Wahda Capital Investment LLC (“Al Wahda”) requested to be registered (up to the limitation advised by the underwriter) in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by Newco and Al Wahda and second (to the extent that the limitation advised by the underwriter has not been reached) in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder (other than Newco and Al Wahda); provided, however, that in the event where the registration is initiated by Newco pursuant to Section 1.2(e), then the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated first to cover all Registrable Securities which Newco requested to be registered (up to the limitation advised by the underwriter) and second (to the extent that the limitation advised by the underwriter has not been reached) in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder (other than Newco); provided further, however, in each case that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 sixty (60) business days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelvetwenty-four (24) month periodperiod and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such sixty (60) business day period (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities of participants in a Company stock plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Securities Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered).
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Newco shall be entitled to separately initiate two (2) registrations (any such registration shall count only to the extent it has been declared or ordered effective) pursuant to the proviso in the last sentence of Section 1.2(a) (subject to the other conditions of Section 1.2, other than Section 1.2(d)(i)).
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier to occur of (i) the fifth fourth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, or the Original Agreement and (ii) the date six months after the effective date closing of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company (other than a registration statement relating either to Corporation’s securities, the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), Corporation shall receive a written request (specifying that it is being made pursuant to this Section 2) from one or more Demand Rights Holders that hold, in the Holders of a majority aggregate, at least one-third of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Registrable Shares held by Demand Rights Holders, that the Company Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act Act, or a similar document pursuant to any other statute then in effect corresponding to the Securities Act, covering the registration of at least 25% the lesser of (a) at least one-third of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Registrable Shares held by Demand Rights Holders or (b) Registrable Shares held by Demand Rights Holders the expected price to the public of which equals or a lesser percent if exceeds $5,000,000 (based on the anticipated aggregate offering price, net market price or fair value on the date of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000such request), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice Corporation shall promptly notify all other Holders of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), shall use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement cause all Registrable Shares that Holders have requested be registered to be registered under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities on Form S-1 or any other available form the use of which the is approved by Demand Rights Holders request to be registered within 20 days holding a majority of the mailing of such notice Registrable Shares held by the Company.
(b) If the Demand Rights Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities are to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) registration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) the Company Corporation shall furnish not be obligated to Holders requesting effect a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.22 during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Corporation’s estimated date of filing of, and ending on a date six (6) months following the effective date of, a registration statement pertaining to an underwritten public offering of securities for the account of the Corporation, provided that the Corporation is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Corporation’s estimate of the date of filing such registration statement is made in good faith; (ii) the Corporation shall not be obligated to effect more than two registrations pursuant to this Section 2; and (iii) if the Corporation shall furnish to the Demand Rights Holders a certificate signed by the President of the Company Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and Corporation or its shareholders stockholders for such a registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential in the near future, then the Corporation’s obligation to defer the filing of such use its best efforts to file a registration statement, the Company statement shall have the right to defer such filing be deferred for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holdersto exceed ninety (90) days; provided, however, that the Company may Corporation shall not utilize this right be permitted to so defer its obligation more than once in any twelve12-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.”
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Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the condition of this Section 2, if the Company shall receive at any time after during the earlier of two (i2) years following the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a Effective Date written request (the “Initial Request”) from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding and provided that a registration statement on Form S-3 (or a lesser percent if equivalent) is then available to the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)Company, then the Company shall, within 10 twenty (20) days of the receipt thereofof the Initial Request, give written notice of such request the Initial Request to all Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b)this Section 2, use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all the Registrable Securities which that the Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within 20 thirty (30) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2(a), and to use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective. Once notice of the Initial Request is mailed to all Holders and the registration pursuant to that Initial Request is effective, then no Holder shall have any right to demand any further registration. This Section 2 provides for only one (1) demand for registration, and any Holder wishing to participate in the registration must participate in the registration which occurs pursuant to the Initial Request, if at all.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 the Initial Request and the Company shall include such information in the written notice to all Holders referred to in subsection 1.2(aSection 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, event the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders that made the Initial Request and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.22, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwrittensecurities underwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities of the Company owned held by each participating Holderall such Holders that have elected to participate in such underwriting; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Company are first entirely excluded from the underwriting. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2:
(1) during the foregoingperiod starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(2) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.22, a certificate signed by the President Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Company Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of effected at such registration statementtime, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedHolder, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier to occur of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementMarch 14, 2014, or (ii) the date which is six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction)Qualified IPO, a written request from the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the with an anticipated aggregate offering priceprice of at least $8.4837 per share of Common Stock (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, combination, reorganization, or reclassification with respect to such shares) and the aggregate proceeds of which (net of underwriting underwriters’ discounts and commissions, would ) exceed $10,000,000)25,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 20 days of the receipt thereofafter receiving such request, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection Section 1.2(b), use its all commercially reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement cause to be registered under the Securities Act covering all of the Registrable Securities which the Holders request that each such Holder has requested to be registered within 20 40 days of after the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company, which underwriter shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall whose Registrable Securities are to be reasonably acceptable to included in the Companyunderwritten offering. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All The Company and all 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders Company in writing good faith that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of . In no event shall any Registrable Securities to be included in excluded from such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingsuch offering. Any Registrable Securities excluded from or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from registration.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, Company (the “Board of Directors”) it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statementfiled, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 180 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right or the similar right set forth in Section 1.4(b)(ii) more than once in any twelve12-month period; and provided, further, that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such 180-day period (other than in a Qualified IPO or an Excluded Registration).
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and 1.2; provided, however, that such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective and that either (A) the conditions of Section 1.5(a) have been satisfied, or (B) the registration statements remain effective and there are no stop orders in effect to such registration statements;
(ii) During during the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 180 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, hereof unless such offering is not the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 90 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If 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 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. At any time after six (a6) If months from the date hereof, a Holder may make a written request to the Company (a "DEMAND REQUEST"), for the registration under the Securities Act of all or part of its or their Registrable Shares (a "DEMAND REGISTRATION") so as to permit a public offering and sale of such Registrable Shares for up to nine (9) consecutive months; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such six (6) month waiting period shall not be applicable in the case of short-form registrations on Form S-3 or any substitute form or forms adopted by the Commission ("SHORT-FORM REGISTRATIONS"). Such request shall specify the number of Registrable Shares proposed to be sold and the intended method of disposition thereof. Upon receipt of such request, the Company shall receive at promptly (but in any time event within ten (10) days after receipt) give written notice of such registration request to all Holders. Such Holders shall have the right, by giving written notice to the Company within 10 days after the earlier receipt of notice from the Company, to elect to have included in such registration all or part of their Registrable Shares as such Holders may request in such notice of election. Each such request will also specify the number of Registrable Shares to be registered and the intended method of disposition thereof. Provided that (i) Registrable Shares representing at least 20% of the fifth anniversary date Registrable Shares then outstanding in the case of this Agreementa Demand Registration other than a Short-Form Registration are requested to be included in such Demand Registration, or (ii) six months after the effective date Holders of the first registration statement for a public offering Registrable Shares and holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in a Short-Form Registration propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (other than a registration statement relating either if any) at an aggregate price to the sale public (before deduction of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase any underwriters' discounts or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration commissions) of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price$5,000,000, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), shall use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, the Demand Registration within forty-five (45) days after receiving a Demand Request (the "REQUIRED FILING DATE") and in any event within 90 days of shall use its best efforts to cause the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request same to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice declared effective by the Company.
(b) If Commission as promptly as practicable after such filing. Notwithstanding the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritingforegoing, they in no event shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made be required to effect more than two (2) Demand Registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and 2(a) (which Demand Registrations shall be reasonably acceptable at least nine (9) months apart) other than Short-Form Registrations. Subject to the Company. In such eventforegoing provisions, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)) enter into may make an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the unlimited number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall Demand Requests for Short-Form Registrations so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion long as such Short- Form Registrations are at least twelve (as nearly as practicable12) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) months apart. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish all Registrable Shares requested to Holders requesting be included in a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that Demand Registration are not included in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental such Demand Registration due to the Company and its shareholders for limitations contained in Section 2(d) hereof, such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate counted as one of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowDemand Registrations permitted hereunder.
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Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Netvoice Technologies Corp)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth 8th anniversary date of this Agreementthe Initial Closing, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 plan, or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% such number of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed of at least $10,000,000)15,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyCompany (the “Board”), it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders holders of capital stock for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two registrations 1 registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During during the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof1.3; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If 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 1.4 below1.4.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementSeptember 30, 2017, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 2560% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if provided the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed be at least $10,000,000)5,000,000) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act, then the Company shall, within 10 20 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Companyregistered.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest at least 60% of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective (a registration will count for this purpose only if (i) all Registrable Securities requested to be registered are registered and (ii) it is closed, or withdrawn at the request of the Investors (other than as a result of a material adverse change to the Company));
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending commencing on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a of the registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is statement for the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, securities and ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effectiveregistration; or
(iii) If the Company delivers notice to the Holders within 30 days of the Company’s receipt of the Initiating Holders propose Holders’ registration request declaring the Company’s intention to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to file within 60 days a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowregistration statement for the Company’s initial public offering.
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Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementJuly 18, 2000, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration resale of at least 25% ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent percentage if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0005,000,000), then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) use its best efforts to effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first excluded entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month twelve (12)-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.12 below.
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Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Mpath Interactive Inc/Ca)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth third anniversary of the date of this Agreement, hereof or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 Company, the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), receives a written request from the Stockholders (which notice shall be signed by the Holders of a majority at least 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the holders of Preferred Stock) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)outstanding, then the Company shall, shall (i) within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file (ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 120 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of Section 1.2(b) or Section 1.10, within 20 days of the mailing receipt of such notice by the Company, such notice to be delivered in accordance with Section 5.5; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2(a) or Section 1.10 (x) unless the proposed aggregate offering price (valued at the high end of the proposed offering range) of the Registrable Securities requested to be included is greater than $10,000,000 or (y) after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“the "Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting (and if such registration will be the Company's first registered offering, it must be effected pursuant to a firm commitment underwriting), they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 1.2(a). The underwriter or underwriters will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his such Holder's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed to by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)Section 1.4(e) ) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form and consistent with this Agreement with the underwriter or underwriters to be selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises or underwriters advise the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the dollar amount or number of shares of Registrable Securities and other shares of Common Stock or securities to be underwrittenincluded in the offering exceeds the maximum dollar amount or number that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method or the probability of success of such offering (the "Maximum Number of Shares"), then the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested by the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretoShares (allocated pro rata among such Holders, and as nearly as practicable, on the basis of the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may requested by each such Holder to be included in such registration), (ii) second, to the underwriting shall extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested by the other Holders that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares (allocated pro rata among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating such Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to , on the amount basis of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested by each such Holder to be included in such underwriting shall registration) (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not be reduced unless all been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of Common Stock or other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if that the Company shall furnish proposes to Holders requesting sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares, and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the shares of Common Stock or other securities requested to be included by other stockholders who desire or have a right to include such securities in such registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2the extent that inclusion will not exceed the Maximum Number of Shares (allocated pro rata among such other stockholders, a certificate signed by as nearly as practicable, on the President basis of the Company stating that number of shares of Common Stock or other securities requested to be included in the good faith judgment such registration). If any Holder of Registrable Securities requesting registration disapproves of the Board terms of Directors any underwriting or is not entitled to include all of the Companysuch Holder's Registrable Securities in any offering, it would be seriously detrimental such Holder may elect to withdraw from such offering by giving written notice to the Company and the underwriter of its shareholders for such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement. If all of the Holders of Registrable Securities who have requested to be included in a request pursuant to Section 1.2(a) withdraw from any proposed offering and, as a result, the registration statement is withdrawn prior to being declared effective, such request shall count as a registration provided for in Section 1.2(a) unless the withdrawing Holders pay their pro rata share (based on the number of shares initially proposed to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of included in such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt ) of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once expenses incurred in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting connection with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 belowstatement.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementJuly 30, 1995, or (ii) six months one (1) year after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net price of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0005,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with paragraph 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) The Company is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 60 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-twelve month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Efficient Networks Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that held by all of the Company file Holders may make up to three written requests for a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration Demand Registration of at least 25% all or any part of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Holders; provided, that (A) each such Demand Registration by the Holders must be in respect of Registrable Securities with a fair market value of at least $5,000,000, on the date such request is made or a lesser percent all of the Registrable Securities held by the requesting Holders if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net fair market value of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice all of such request Registrable Securities is less than $5,000,000 and (B) the Holders shall not be entitled to all Holders and shalla Demand Registration if, subject to during the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 120 days of the receipt of preceding such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders had requested a Demand Registration, unless the Company preempted such Demand Registration in accordance with Section 2.1(e) or the Company postponed the filing thereof in accordance with Section 3.1(a) and the requesting Holders withdrew the request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of for such notice by the CompanyDemand Registration.
(bii) If Any request for a Demand Registration will specify the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the aggregate number of shares of Registrable Securities that may proposed to be included sold by the Requesting Holders and will also specify the intended method of disposition thereof. A registration will not count as a Demand Registration until it has become effective. Should a Demand Registration not become effective due to the failure of a Holder to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the inability of the Requesting Holders to reach agreement with the Underwriters for the proposed sale on price or other customary terms for such transaction, or in the underwriting event the Requesting Holders withdraw or do not pursue the request for the Demand Registration (in each of the foregoing cases, provided that at such time the Company is in compliance in all material respects with its obligations under this 3 6 Agreement), then, subject to Section 2.1(b), such Demand Registration shall be allocated among all participating Holders thereofdeemed to have been effected; provided that (i) if the Demand Registration does not become effective because a material adverse change has occurred, including the Initiating Holdersor is reasonably likely to occur, in proportion the condition (as nearly as practicable) to the amount financial or otherwise), business, assets or results of Registrable Securities operations of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders subsidiaries taken as a whole subsequent to the date of the written request made by the Requesting Holders, (ii) if the Company withdraws the Demand Registration for such any reason or preempts the request for the Demand Registration or (iii) if, after the Demand Registration has become effective, an offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction, or other order or requirement of the Commission or other governmental agency or court or (iv) if the Demand Registration is withdrawn at the request of the Requesting Holders pursuant to Section 2.1(f) or Section 3.1(a), then the Demand Registration shall not be filed deemed to have been effected and it is therefore essential to defer will not count as a Demand Registration.
(iii) Upon receipt of any request for a Demand Registration by holders of a majority of the filing Registrable Securities held by all of such registration statementthe Holders, the Company shall promptly (but in any event within ten days) give written notice of such proposed Demand Registration to all other Holders and all such Holders shall have the right right, exercisable by written notice to defer such filing for a period the Company within twenty days of not more than 120 days after their receipt of the request Company's notice, to elect to include in such Demand Registration such portion of their Registrable Securities as they may request. All such Holders requesting to have their Registrable Securities included in a Demand Registration in accordance with the Initiating preceding sentence shall be deemed to be "Requesting Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to " for purposes of this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below2.1.
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Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Lsf3 Capital Investments I LLC)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementJune 4, 2006, or (ii) six months one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), (A) a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding or (or B) a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Series D Preferred Stock Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of at least thirty percent (30%) of the Series D Preferred Stock Registrable Securities then outstanding (or, in each case, a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 fifteen (15) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shallof the Company’s intention to file a registration statement under the Act for all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b)) ; and
(ii) file, use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and reasonably possible (but in any event within 90 not later than sixty (60) days of after the receipt of such requestfifteenth (15th) day following the notice to all Holders), and effect as soon as reasonably possible thereafter, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days registered, subject to the limitations of the mailing of such notice by the Companysubsection 1.2(b).
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (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 a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, within fifteen (15) days of receiving such request, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two registrations authorized pursuant to this Section 1.2 by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding and two registrations authorized pursuant to this Section 1.2 by the Holders of a majority of the Series D Preferred Stock Registrable Securities then outstanding and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During during the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or;
(iii) If 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 1.4 1.12 below;
(iv) if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from the Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 1.2(a), the Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s intention, as evidenced by the approval of such intention by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, to file a registration statement pursuant to Section 1.3 within sixty (60) days; or
(v) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company 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.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) after the fifth fourth anniversary date of this Agreementthe closing of the transactions contemplated under the Preference C Share Purchase Agreement dated March 21, 2011 by and amongst the Company, DCM V, L.P., DCM Affiliates Fund V, L.P., Gobi Fund II, L.P. and certain other parties named therein, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 share option, stock share purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority at least thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)7,500,000, then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request requests to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requestrequests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwritingunderwriting reasonably acceptable to the Holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; provided further that any Initiating Holder shall have the right to withdraw its request for registration from the underwriting by written notice to the Company and the underwriters delivered at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date of the registration statement, and such withdrawal request for registration shall not be deemed to constitute one of the registration rights granted pursuant to this Section 1.2. If any Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, the Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriters delivered at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date of the registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to a Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve12-month period; provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120) day period, the Company shall not file any registration statement pertaining to the public offering of any securities of the Company.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two three (3) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effectiveeffective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 1.3 hereof; or
(iii) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 or Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementNovember 30, 2013 or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC a transaction pursuant to Rule 145 transactionunder the Securities Act), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 2530% of the Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders holders of capital stock for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two three (3) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, hereof unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementAugust 2, 2000, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0007,500,000), then the Company shall, :
(i) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities that the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-twelve (12) month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.12 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementApril 16, 2001, or (ii) six months one (1) year after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority at least forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the which would yield an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed of at least $10,000,000), 7,500,000 then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request 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 Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s company's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Quantum Effect Devices Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementNovember 15, 2008, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from either (x) the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities Series A Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof) then outstanding or (y) the Holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof) then outstanding or (z) the Holders of a majority of the Series C Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof) then outstanding, that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s Holders participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Holders Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that in no event shall (i) any securities held by a Holder (other than an Initiating Holder) be included in such underwriting if any Initiating Holder's securities are excluded from the underwriting, or (ii) the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After With respect to Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected two registrations one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of such Holders of Series A Preferred Stock and such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) With respect to Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of such Holders of Series B Preferred Stock and such registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) With respect to Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of such Holders of Series C Preferred Stock and such registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(iv) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iiiv) 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 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time If, after the earlier of (i) the fifth third anniversary of the date of this Agreement, Agreement or (ii) six months after the effective date first anniversary of the first registration statement for a initial public offering of securities of the Company's securities, 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), shall receive a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Qualifying Request that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)Act, then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b)Section 2(b) below, use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with Section 18 below; provided, however, that the Company shall not have any obligation to effect a registration statement pursuant hereto unless the Registrable Securities requested by all Holders to be registered pursuant to such request in the aggregate either (i) constitute at least 25% of all Registrable Securities then outstanding or (ii) have a fair market value, as of the date such request is made, of at least $10,000,000. For purposes of clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, the fair market value of such Registrable Securities shall be based on the average daily closing price of a share of Common Stock for the twenty (20) consecutive trading days ended immediately prior to the date such notice is received, as reported on the consolidated transaction reporting system or, if the Common Stock is not then included in the consolidated transaction reporting system, on the principal market for the Common Stock; if the Common Stock is not then listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or the National Market System, the fair market value shall be based on the average of the highest daily reported bid prices during such period as reported on Nasdaq or, if the Common Stock is not then quoted on Nasdaq, as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors.
(b) If the Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(aSection 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 Holder to include his such Holder's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. A majority in interest of the Initiating Holders shall select the managing underwriter or underwriters in such underwriting, provided that such underwriter(s) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(eSection 4(f)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters so selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that no Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties 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 limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds from the offering received by 4 such Holder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.22, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise the Company, and the Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicablei) first to the amount Holders of Registrable Securities that have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, pro rata according to the number of the Company owned Registrable Securities held by each participating such Holder, (ii) thereafter, to the extent additional securities may be included in the offering, to the Company, and (iii) thereafter, to the extent additional securities may be included in such offering in accordance with the next succeeding sentence, to the holders of such securities that have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, pro rata according to the number of such securities by each holder thereof.
(c) The Company shall be obligated to effect only two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 2 but, except as otherwise provided in Section 6 hereof, an offering which is not consummated shall not be counted for this purpose; provided, however, that the number Company shall be obligated to effect as many registrations as may be requested by Holders pursuant to any Qualifying Request in the event and so long as a registration pursuant to Form S-3 or any similar "short-form" registration statement is available; provided further, however, that, in the event of shares a registration pursuant to Form S-3 or any similar "short form" registration statement, the Company shall include in such registration additional information that is not required to be included under the Securities Act but which the underwriters designated by the Initiating Holders in accordance with this Agreement reasonably request be included for marketing purposes.
(d) In the event of a registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to be included this Section 2, the Company shall make available such officers and employees of the Company as the underwriters designated by the Initiating Holders in accordance with this Agreement may reasonably request for purposes of cooperating with such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingunderwriter's marketing efforts.
(ce) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders 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, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-twelve (12) month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Template Software Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreementthat is three (3) years after the date hereof, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration an amount of at least 25% Registrable Securities, which sale results in aggregate proceeds of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering pricenot less than $5,000,000, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyCompany (the “Board of Directors”), it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once twice in any twelve12-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementNovember 23, 2003, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of at least (A) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a such lesser percent as would permit the anticipated total gross offering price of such offering to exceed $5,000,000), (a “General Registration”), or (B) a majority of the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series D, Series E and Series F Preferred Stock (a “Series D/E/F Registration”), that the Company file a Registration Statement under the Act covering the registration of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of Series D, Series E and Series F Preferred Stock, or such lesser percentage if the anticipated aggregate total gross offering price, net price of underwriting discounts and commissions, such offering would exceed $10,000,000)5,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After (A) If a General Registration is requested, after the Company has effected two (2) General Registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective and (B) if a Series D/E/F Registration is requested, after the Company has effected two (2) Series D/E/F Registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 thirty (30) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 1.12 below.
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Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Financial Engines, Inc.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at At any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementDecember 31, 2020 or (ii) six months one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the first registration statement for a firm commitment underwritten public offering of securities the Company’s Common Stock, the Investors holding at least a majority of the shares of Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock may request that the Company (other than effect a registration statement relating either under the Securities Act of all or part of their Registrable Securities (each, a “Demand Registration”), subject to the sale terms and conditions of securities this Agreement. Any request (a “Registration Request”) for a Demand Registration shall specify (A) the approximate number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to employees be registered and (B) the intended method of distribution of such shares. Within twenty (20) days of the receipt of the Registration Request, the Company pursuant will give written notice of such requested registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities and will use its best efforts to effect as soon as practicable (and in any event within ninety (90) days of the date such request is given) the registration under the Securities Act requested and will include in such registration all shares of Registrable Securities that holders of Registrable Securities request the Company to include in such registration by written notice given to the Company within twenty (20) days after the Company’s sends such notice (subject to underwriter cut-backs as provided in this Agreement).
(i) The Company shall not be required to effect more than two (2) Demand Registrations that have been declared or ordered effective and shall have the deferral rights set forth in Section 1.2(c) below.
(ii) The Company shall not be required to effect a stock optionDemand Registration unless at least 20% of the then outstanding Registrable Securities shall be included in such registration (or any lesser percentage if the anticipated offering would exceed an aggregate offering price to the public, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transactionnet of discounts and commissions, of $10,000,000), a .
(iii) Without the prior written request from consent of the Holders holders of a majority of the shares of Registrable Securities then outstanding that held by the Investors included in such registration, the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration will not include in any Demand Registration any securities other than (a) Registrable Securities, (b) shares of at least 25% stock pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof, and (c) securities to be registered for offering and sale on behalf of the Company. If the managing underwriter(s) advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of shares of Registrable Securities then outstanding (or and, if permitted hereunder, other securities in such offering, exceeds the number of shares of Registrable Securities and other securities, if any, which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a lesser percent if price range acceptable to the anticipated aggregate offering priceholders of a majority of the shares of Registrable Securities held by Investors initially requesting registration, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shallwill include in such registration, within 10 days prior to the inclusion of any securities which are not shares of Registrable Securities, the receipt thereof, give written notice number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included that in the opinion of such request to all Holders and shallunderwriters can be sold in an orderly manner within the price range of such offering, subject to the limitations following order of subsection 1.2(b)priority: (A) first, use its reasonable best efforts the securities requested to file as soon as practicablebe included therein by the Investors, and in any event within 90 days pro rata among the holders thereof on the basis of the receipt number of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all shares of Registrable Securities which held by such holders at the Holders request time of the demand for such registration; (B) second, the securities requested to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice included therein by the Company; (C) third, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by Lending Institutions, allocated pro rata among such holders on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities such holder requested to be included in such registration; (D) fourth, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Key Holders on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities the Key Holders requested to be included in such registration; and (E) fifth, among persons not contractually entitled to registration rights under this Agreement provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included by the Investors in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(b) If the Holders Investors initiating the registration request Registration Request hereunder (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 a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and (based on Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that if the managing underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the firm or firms that managed the Company. In ’s most recently completed underwritten public offering of Common Stock, such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration firm or firms shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (deemed acceptable unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and (based on Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Holderregistration) shall object to such firm or firms for reasons related to the extent provided hereinability of such firm or firms to effectively manage the offering. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(eSection 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 1.2 a certificate signed by the President Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, Company (the “Board of Directors”) it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a one period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt the date of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in such Registration Request during any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two registrations (2) Demand Registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During if the period starting with the date 90 days prior Company delivers notice to the Company’s good faith estimate Holders of the date Registrable Securities within thirty (30) days of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, any Registration Request of its intent to file a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 or Section 1.11 hereof within ninety (90) days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; Registration Request, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or;
(iii) If within one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of a registration subject to Section 1.3 or Section 1.11 hereof; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize the rights in subsections (ii) and (iii) more than twice in any twelve-month period;
(iv) 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 1.4 1.11 below.
(e) For purposes of this Section 1.2, a registration shall not be counted as “effected” if, as a result of an exercise of the underwriter’s cutback provisions in Section 1.2(a)(iii), fewer than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of Registrable Securities that Investors have requested to be included in such registration statement are actually included.
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Sources: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Xeris Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementJanuary 1, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction)2002, a written request from the Holders of a majority at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)outstanding, then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b1.2 (b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 ten (10) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 2.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter or underwriters will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e)1.4(e) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) The Company is obligated to effect only one (1) such registration pursuant to this Section 1.2.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Series a Preferred Stock Registration Rights Agreement (PDT Inc /De/)
Request for Registration. (a) If At any time beginning six (6) months following the date of the final prospectus for an IPO and until the fifth anniversary thereafter, the Initiating Holders may request in writing that all or part of the Registrable Shares held by such requesting Initiating Holders shall be registered under the Securities Act. Any such demand must request the registration of shares with an anticipated gross aggregate offering price of at least $5,000,000.
(b) Within ten (10) days after receipt of any such request, the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all the other Holders and shall, subject the Common Holders and shall include in such registration all Registrable Shares held by all such Holders and all Common Registrable Shares held by Common Holders who wish to participate in such demand registration and provide the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event Company with written requests for inclusion therein within 90 fifteen (15) days of after the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingnotice.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statementThereupon, the Company shall have use its reasonable commercial efforts to effect the right registration of all Registrable Shares and Common Registrable Shares as to defer such filing which it has received requests for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of registration for trading on the securities exchange specified in the request of the Initiating Holdersfor registration; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated required to effecteffect any registration under this Section 3.3:
(1) within a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days following the effective date of a previous registration pursuant to this Section 3.3 or pursuant to Section 3.2, provided the Holders were eligible to participate in such previous registration pursuant to Section 3.2;
(2) If at the time of the request from the Initiating Holders the Company gives notice within thirty (30) days of such request that it is engaged in preparation of a registration statement or prospectus supplement, as the case may be, for a firm underwritten registered public offering (for which the registration statement or prospectus supplement will be filed within ninety (90) days) in which the Holder may include Registrable Shares pursuant to Section 3.2 above (subject to underwriting limitations provided under subsection 3.2.3);
(3) more than twice under this Section 3.3, provided that a registration shall not be counted for purposes of this subsection until such time as the applicable registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC and maintained for the period specified in Section 3.8.1 hereunder; or
(4) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to take any action execute a general consent to effectservice of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance. The Company shall be entitled to include shares of Common Stock for sale for its own account in any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior 3.3 subject to the Company’s good faith estimate approval of the date holders of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering majority of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If Registrable Shares held by 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 1.4 belowHolders.
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Request for Registration. (a) If at any time the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from one or more Holders that the Holders of Company effect a majority registration under the 1933 Act of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that owned by such Holders, the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b)this Section 1.2, use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, practicable and in any event within 90 ninety (90) days of the receipt of such request, request a registration statement under the Securities 1933 Act covering all such Registrable Securities which the Holders request and use its best efforts to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of have such notice by the Companyregistration statement become effective.
(b) If the one or more Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend desire to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein1.2. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(eSection 1.4(f)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) reasonably acceptable to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingCompany.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the The Company shall furnish be obligated to Holders requesting a effect no more than one (1) registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period1.2(a).
(d) In addition, the The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, effect any registration pursuant to under this Section 1.2:1.2 if the Company would be required to supply certified interim financial statements to any underwriter as a condition of such registration.
(e) The Company shall not be obligated to effect any registration under this Section 1.2 if the proposed aggregate offering price of all Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by the requesting Holder(s) is reasonably expected to be less than two million U.S. dollars (US$2,000,000) unless (i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant Registrable Securities proposed to be sold constitute all Registrable Securities and (ii) if the aggregate offering price of all such Registrable Securities is expected to be at least one million U.S. dollars (US$1,000,000).
(f) Upon the reasonable request of the Company, the Holders requesting registration under this Section 1.2 and will permit such registrations filing to be delayed for a reasonable period of time if the earlier filing of a registration statement would require the Company to disclose sensitive confidential information, the earlier disclosure of which may have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to a material adverse effect on the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Sky Games International LTD)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementJuly __, 2001, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority 60% or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,00020,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with paragraph 4.5.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) The Company is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-twelve month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Series a Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Rhythms Net Connections Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at At any time after the earlier Company's initial registration of ordinary shares (i) but not prior to the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) that is six months after the effective date of the a first registration statement either (x) for a public offering of securities of the Company or (other than a registration statement relating either to y) under the sale of securities to employees Exchange Act), each of the Company pursuant Holders shall have the right (a "demand registration right") to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding in writing that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of a distribution of all or part of such Holder's Registrable Securities, provided that, with the exception of Vision Capital, the amount of shares a Holder requests to register must be equal to at least 252% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Company's ordinary shares on a fully diluted basis at the time of the demand and have a market value of at least $4.0 million. This limit shall not apply to Vision Capital, who shall have a demand registration right regardless of whether it requests to register 2% or $4.0 million of the Company's ordinary shares.
(or a lesser percent if b) After the anticipated aggregate offering pricerespective Holder makes the request referred to in Section 2(a) above, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, :
(1) within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), Holders; and
(2) use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, effect within ninety (90) days and in any event within 90 no longer than one-hundred-and-eighty (180) days of following the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Holders request in writing to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 2(b)(1).
(bc) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“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 a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(aSection 2(b)(1). 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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.5(eSection 4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.22, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the Initiating Holders shall have priority over all other Holders to include the Initiating Holders' shares in the underwriting. If there is more than one Initiating Holder, and if the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the Initiating Holders and requested to be included in the underwriting exceeds the number of shares of Registrable Securities the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, Holders in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Initiating Holder; provided, however, that . If the number of shares or Registrable Securities held by the Initiating Holders and requested to be included in the underwriting is less than the number of shares of Registrable Securities to the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then the excess number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in such the underwriting shall be allocated among the Holders thereof who are not Initiating Holders and who elect to include shares in the offering in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each such Holder participating in the offering, or in such other proportions as shall mutually be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingagreed to by such Holders.
(cd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, 2 a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelvetwelve (12) month period. For the avoidance of doubt: the 90-month day and 180-day time limits described in Section 2(b)(2) will not begin to run during this 90-day deferral period.
(de) In additionWith the exception of Vision Capital LLC, each Holder shall be entitled to request two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 2. Vision Capital LLC shall be entitled to request only one (1) such registration pursuant to this Section 2. The expenses for these registrations shall be borne in accordance with Section 6, below.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect more than one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below2 per twelve-month period.
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Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Shamir Optical Industry Ltd.)
Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth 5th anniversary date of this Agreementthe Initial Closing, or (ii) six twelve months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 2520% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,0002,000,000), then the Company shall, within 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyCompany (the “Board”), it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders holders of capital stock for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During during the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof1.3; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If 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 1.4 below1.4.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementDecember 31, 2002, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction) (the "IPO"), a written request from the Holders of a majority forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% forty percent (40%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)outstanding, then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwritingunderwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Sources: Investors' Rights Agreement (Seattle Genetics Inc /Wa)
Request for Registration. (ai) If the Company shall receive at At any time after the earlier date hereof, a Holder or Holders of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this Agreement, or (ii) six months after the effective date at least 40% of the first registration statement for total number of Registrable Shares held by all Holders may request the Company, in writing (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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction"Demand Request"), a written request from to effect the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all or part of its or their Registrable Shares (a "Demand Registration"); provided that the registration Registrable Shares proposed to be sold by the Holder or Holders requesting a Demand Registration (the "Requesting Holders," which term shall include parties deemed "Requesting Holders" pursuant to Section 3(e) hereof) represent, in the aggregate, Registrable Shares with a fair market value of at least 25% $5.0 million. For purposes of the Registrable Securities then outstanding immediately preceding sentence, fair market value in respect of a Demand Request shall be determined as of the date on which the Demand Request is made (or if such day is not a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $10,000,000)trading day, then the Company shall, within 10 days as of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 days of the receipt of such request, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company.
(bimmediately preceding trading day) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to equal the Company. In such event, product of (A) the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the aggregate number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities Shares proposed to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Demand Registration, multiplied by (B) (x) if the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading on a national securities are first entirely excluded from exchange, the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoinglast reported sales price or, if no such reported sale occurs on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices regular way on such day, in each case as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to the shares of Common Stock listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or (y) if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted sales price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market on such day as reported by The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or any comparable system then in use or, if not so reported, as reported by any New York Stock Exchange member firm reasonably selected by the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month periodpurpose."
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i8(b) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, Stockholders Agreement is hereby amended and ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject restated in its entirety to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.read as follows:
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Sources: Stockholders Agreement (Amfm Inc)
Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreementhereof, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Holders of a majority at least 33 1/3% of the Registrable Securities Preferred Stock then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if Securities, the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed of which are in excess of $10,000,000)5,000,000, then the Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 4 any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period; and provided further that the Company shall not register shares for its own account during such 90 day period, but such prohibition shall not apply to the registration of Company shares in connection with a merger or other strategic transaction by the Company.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration 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 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementNovember 15, 2004, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from either (x) the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities Series A Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof) then outstanding or (y) the Holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof) then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“"Initiating Holders”") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s 's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s 's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that in no event shall (i) any securities held by a Holder (other than an Initiating Holder) be included in such underwriting if any Initiating Holder's securities are excluded from the underwriting, or (ii) the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-twelve- month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After With respect to Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected two registrations one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of such Holders of Series A Preferred Stock and such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) With respect to Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of such Holders of Series B Preferred Stock and such registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iiiiv) 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 1.4 below.
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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary date of this AgreementNovember 15, 2008, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of 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 an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from either (w) the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities Series A Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof) then outstanding or (x) the Holders of a majority of the Series B Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof) then outstanding, (y) the Holders of a majority of the Series C Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof) then outstanding, or (z) the Holders of a majority of the Series D Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof) then outstanding, that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 25% thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities 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 Company shall, within 10 ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 90 60 days of the receipt of such request, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within 20 twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(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 Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All 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 underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all 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 allocated among all participating Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Holder; provided, however, that in no event shall (i) any securities held by a Holder (other than an Initiating Holder) be included in such underwriting if any Initiating Holder’s securities are excluded from the underwriting, or (ii) the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After With respect to Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected two registrations one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of such Holders of Series A Preferred Stock and such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) With respect to Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of such Holders of Series B Preferred Stock and such registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(iii) With respect to Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of such Holders of Series C Preferred Stock and such registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(iv) With respect to Holders of the Series D Preferred Stock (or the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion thereof), after the Company has effected one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of such Holders of Series D Preferred Stock and such registration has been declared or ordered effective;
(v) During the period starting with the date 90 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 90 one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 180 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iiivi) 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 1.4 below.
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