Common use of Request for Registration Clause in Contracts

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(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 Rights 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 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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting 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 2.1, 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 such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Maodong Xu), Registration Rights Agreement (Wang Huimin), Registration Rights Agreement (Zhu Xiaoxia)

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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Qualifying Request that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Act, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)Subsection 3.1(b) below, use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company, in accordance with Section 3.3. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 3.1, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSubsection 3.1(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 Rights Holder to include its such Holder's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company Company, as provided in subsection 2.4(eSubsection 3.3(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least by a majority majority-in-interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.13.1, 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 the Company and the Company shall so advise all holders Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) The Company is obligated to effect no more than three (3) registrations pursuant to a Qualifying Request. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.13.1, 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, 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Shareholders' Rights Agreement (Displaytech Inc), Shareholders' Rights Agreement (Displaytech Inc), Shareholders' Rights Agreement (Displaytech 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) December 31, 2019 or (ii) 6 months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$15,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least those Initiating Holders holding a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationheld by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be registered and underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementregistration. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 (12-) 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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Anaplan, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Anaplan, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement

Request for Registration. (ai) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time within the five (5) year period commencing 90 days after the effective date of the Initial Offering a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 35% of the Preferred Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price that requests the registration of shares in a minimum amount of five million United States dollars (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$5,000,000), then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(i). (bii) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 1.2(i). 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if Initiating Holders. (iii) If the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares . (iv) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (a) in accordance with the above provisions, 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 (b) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to a Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares.ordered effective; or (c) Notwithstanding 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 one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of, or, if earlier, upon completion of the distribution contemplated by, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 1.3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (d) 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 (e) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month twelve (12)-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Wintegra Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Wintegra Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Wintegra Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) July 13, 2015 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 directly or indirectly either to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or a Rule 145 transaction under the Securities Act), a written request from (i) in the Rights case of the initial public offering of the Company other than an offering the Board of Directors expects to be a Qualified IPO (as defined in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended from time to time), Holders that represent a Requisite Series 2 Majority (as defined in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended from time to time) of the then outstanding shares of Series 2 Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class on an as-if converted basis or (ii) in other cases, the Holders of at least ten thirty percent (1030%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an covering the registration of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000would exceed $25,000,000), then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety sixty (9060) days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.4. (b) If the 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities then held by the Initiating Holders (an “Initiating Majority in Interest”) and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority an Initiating Majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Interest and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.5(g)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; provided further that any Initiating Holder shall have . For 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 purposes of the registration statementpreceding sentence concerning apportionment, for any selling stockholder that is a holder of Registrable Securities and that is a partnership or corporation, the partners, retired partners and stockholders of such withdrawal request holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for registration the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall not be deemed to constitute one be a single “selling stockholder,” and any pro-rata reduction with respect to such “selling stockholder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount of the shares carrying registration rights granted pursuant to owned by all entities and individuals included in such “selling stockholder,” as defined in this Section 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharessentence. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer President or other 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 such filing for a period of not more than 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 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six two (62) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety sixty (9060) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.4 below.

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Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Impinj Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Impinj Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 6.2, if the Company shall receive at any time a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”), that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 6.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 6.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 6.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 6.2(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed Holders proposing to be included in distribute securities through such registrationunderwriting). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.16.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 6.2: (i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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 three (3) registrations pursuant to this Section 6.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period 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 one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 6.3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.16.2, 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, 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 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month twelve (12)-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Home Solutions of America Inc), Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Home Solutions of America Inc), Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Home Solutions of America Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the date that is 210 days after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of Common Stock (other than a registration statement relating either to the sale of securities to employees, directors or consultants of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or transaction covered by Rule 145), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$20,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 10 days of the after receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection Section 2.1(b), use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of practicable the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request in accordance with Section 4.5 to be registered within twenty (20) 20 days of after the mailing of such notice by the Company, including within 90 days after the receipt of such request file a registration statement covering all such Registrable Securities. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 2.1(a). The underwriter underwriter(s) 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection Section 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included underwriting. Each Holder participating in such registrationunderwriting shall also perform its obligations under such an agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the underwriter advises underwriter(s) advise(s) 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoingforegoing obligations, if the Company shall furnish furnishes to Rights 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 CompanyBoard, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed filed, become effective or remain effective 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 one hundred twenty (120) 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 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after After the Company has effected six (6) two registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof, unless such offering is the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 210 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Progenity, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Progenity, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Progenity, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) four (4) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 2.2, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$40,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 2.2(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.2: (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 2.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period 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 one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 2.2 a certificate signed by the 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 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 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 12-month period; twelve (12)-month period and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file any 120) day period (other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofstock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Natera, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Natera, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive receive, at any time after the earlier of (i) three years after the Effective Date or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request (a “Registration Request”) from the Rights Required Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Registration Statement covering the registration statement under the of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereofof the Registration Request, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders (a “Requested Registration Notice”), and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of after receipt of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyRequested Registration Notice. (b) If the Rights Required Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request the Registration Request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 in the Registration Request and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyRequested Registration Notice. In such event, event the right of any Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Required Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationRequired Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount Holders of such Registrable Securities pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities owned held by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that all such Holders (including the number of shares of Required Holders). In no event shall any Registrable Securities to be included in excluded from such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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 filed two (2) Registration Statements pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such Registration Statements have been declared or ordered effective and have remained effective for the time period required by Section 1.5(a)(i) below; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Required 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 stockholders for such registration statement 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Required Holders; provided, however, provided that such right shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month period; twelve (12)-month period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other stockholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such Act, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Liquidia Technologies Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Liquidia Technologies 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) one hundred eighty days after the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act covering the offer and sale of Common Stock to the public for the account of the Company and (ii) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file effect a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of respect to at least US$10,000,000a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”), then the Company shall, shall (x) give written notice of such request to all Holders within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of date such requests to all Rights Holders request is given and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), (y) use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, practicable (and in any event within ninety (90) calendar days of the receipt of date such requests, a request is given) the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) calendar days of the mailing of such notice by date the Company’s notice referred to in this subsection 1.2(a) is given. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Company shall so advise all holders Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereofelecting to include shares in the underwriting, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned requested by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities securities (including those to be sold for the Company’s account) 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer of the Company or President stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors, it such registration would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed stockholders and that it is therefore is, therefore, essential to defer the filing of taking action with respect to such registration statementregistration, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after receipt of the date the request of the Initiating HoldersHolders is given; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12-) month period; provided further provided, further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such period other than (i) a registration statement pertaining relating either to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, stock incentive or stock appreciation plan or arrangement, (ii) a transaction pursuant to Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act, (iii) a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered, or (iv) a registration in connection the initial public offering of any the Company’s securities (provided that, in the case of (iv), the Company Securitieshas complied with its obligations under Section 1.3). (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after the Company has effected six three (63) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety sixty (9060) calendar days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) calendar days after the effective date of, any registration statement pertaining to a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereofpublic offering of securities for the Company’s account; provided provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective be effective; (iii) 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 unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and that except as may be required by the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofSecurities Act; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below1.11.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Mavenir Systems Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Mavenir Systems Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Mavenir Systems Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Common Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an covering the registration of at least 5% of the Registrable Common Securities then outstanding, or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000would exceed $5.0 million, then the Company shall, : (i) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders; and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to effect promptly the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event a written request received by the Company within ninety fifteen (9015) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days making of the mailing of such notice by the Companypursuant to Section 1.2(a)(i). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(a). The underwriter or underwriters will be selected by the Company, subject to the approval of a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.5(i)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the managing underwriter advises the Company and 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights HolderHolder at the time of the filing of the registration statement; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer Company’s chief executive officer or the chairman of the board of trust managers of the Company (the “Board”) stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of Board, as evidenced by a resolution by the CompanyBoard, 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 one hundred twenty sixty (12060) 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 12-twelve month period; provided further further, that during this right is cumulative to the right under Section 1.4(b)(iii) such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, that the Company shall not file any may only defer the filing of a registration statement pertaining to the public offering of under Section 1.2(c) or Section 1.4(b)(iii) once in any Company Securitiestwelve-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 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six eight (6) 8) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations registration statements have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective and have remained effective for a period of at least 180 days; provided, that if such request pursuant to this Section 1.2 is subsequently withdrawn by the requester in writing, it shall not be counted against the limitation of requests set forth in this Section 1.2(d)(i); (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after If the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 within the preceding three (3) months, and such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effective;; or (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.4 below.

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Samples: Registration Rights and Lockup Agreement (PMC Commercial Trust /Tx), Registration Rights and Lockup Agreement (PMC Commercial Trust /Tx), Registration Rights and Lockup Agreement (PMC Commercial Trust /Tx)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after six months after the effective date of the Qualified IPO, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 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 Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$2,000,000 (net of any underwriters’ discounts or commissions), then the Company shall, within ten (10) 20 days of the receipt thereofreceiving such request, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Companyunderwriting. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights The Company and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 there shall be excluded from such registration and underwriting to the Initiating Holders shall so advise all holders extent necessary to satisfy such limitation, first shares held by stockholders other than the Holders, secondly, shares which the Company may wish to register for its own account, and finally to the extent necessary Registrable Securities (pro rata to the respective number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned held by each participating Rights Holder); provided, however, that the number of shares of in any event all Registrable Securities to Shares must be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 any other shares 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesCompany. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 statementfiled, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) 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 12twelve-month period; provided further , and provided, further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such 120-day period (other than in a Qualified IPO, a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securitiesstock plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Securities Act, or a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities which 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 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six two (62) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 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 its best all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; oreffective; (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.4 below; or (iv) In any jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already qualified to do business or subject to service of process in such jurisdiction.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (WhiteSmoke, Inc.), Share Purchase Agreement (WhiteSmoke, Inc.), Share Purchase Agreement (WhiteSmoke, 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 date of this Agreement, and (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$20,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its reasonable best efforts to file to, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering with respect to all of the Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within 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 Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 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 12-month period; provided further twelve (12)-month period and provided, further, that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file any 120) day period (other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofstock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sight Sciences, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sight Sciences, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sight Sciences, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.3, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of the date that is (i) three (3) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six months following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the IPO, a written request pursuant to this Section 1.3 from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 35% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (assuming conversion of all Preferred Stock and exercise of the Common Warrants) (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with covering the registration of Registrable Securities which would have an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discountsnot less than $5,000,000, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000, then the Company shall, shall within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.3, use its best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.3(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.3(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 1.3(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.3, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders determines 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights allocated, first, to the Initiating Holders thereof, including on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities held by the Initiating Holders; and second, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holderany Holder on a pro rata basis among all such Holders; provided, however, that if as a result of any such cutback fewer than fifty-percent (50%) of the total number of shares Registrable Securities that have been requested by Holders of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting registration statement are actually included, than such registration statement shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities are first entirely excluded from counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 1.3 (including for purposes of Section 1.3(d)(i)), notwithstanding 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 obligation of 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 proceed with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to a Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesoffering. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.3 a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (“Chief Executive Officer”) stating that that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyCompany (the “Board of Directors”), it would be seriously materially 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, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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; provided further and, provided, further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholders during such ninety (90) day period other than (i) a registration relating to the sale of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, or similar plan; (ii) a registration relating to an SEC Rule 145 transaction; (iii) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement pertaining to covering the public offering sale of any Company the Registrable Securities; or (iv) 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 2.11.3: (i) after the Company has effected six two (62) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.3 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response during the six-month period following the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;IPO; or (iii) during if, within thirty (30) days of a registration request by the period starting with Initiating Holders, the date Company gives notice to the Holders of its intent to file a registration statement for its IPO within ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowdays.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sagimet Biosciences Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sagimet Biosciences Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sagimet Biosciences Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after one year after the date of this Agreement a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 500,000 Shares of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of the entire amount of the Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000held by the Initiating Holders, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 20 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities in response to the Company’s notice given pursuant to this Section 1.2 (a) are herein referred to as “Participating Holders”. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Participating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Participating Holders which underwriters are reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate The Registrable Securities to be excluded or withdrawn shall be determined in the allocation of shares following sequence: (i) securities held by any persons other than the Holders, including persons having a contractual, incidental “piggy back” right to include such securities in accordance with the above provisionsregistration statement, (ii) securities sought to be registered by the Company or Company, and (iii) Registrable Securities held by the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to a Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesHolders. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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 2 registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective and remained effective for the period required by section 1.5 (a); or (iii) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 effected at such time as a result of requiring a disclosure that would cause a material adverse affect on any plan or agreement with respect to defer the filing of such registration statementany financing, acquisition, or other material transaction, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (China Technology Development Group Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (China Technology Development Group Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (China Technology Development Group Corp)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the a Holder seeking to register Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file having a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price value of not less than Ten Million Dollars (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses$10,000,000) of at least US$10,000,000, then the Company shall, : (i) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), Holders; and (ii) use its best efforts to file effect the registration under the Act as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 75 days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement request under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b) hereof and subject to the terms of subsection 1.14(b) of the Investors' Rights Agreement between the Company and Creative Technology Ltd. dated June 20, 1996 (the "Creative Agreement"), within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 2.5. (b) If the Rights Holders Holder(s) 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Company after consultation with the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to Initiating Holders owning not less than fifty percent (50%) of the CompanyRegistrable Securities sought to be registered. In such event, the The right of any Rights Holder to include his or its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s participation Holder's participating 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereofthereof seeking registration, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Rights HolderHolder seeking registration to the number of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by all Holders seeking registration; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company securities which are not Registrable 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, 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, 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six (6) five registrations in the aggregate pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and Section 1.12 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;; or (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety thirty (9030) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloweffective.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Investor's Rights Agreement (Motorola Inc), Investor's Rights Agreement (Netspeak Corp), Investor's Rights Agreement (Motorola Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2 ‎, if the Company shall receive at any time following the Lock-Up (as defined in Section 1.13 ) a written request from the Rights Initiating Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act (or if the Company shall receive such a request during the Lock-Up and the managing underwriter of the Company’s Initial Offering, in its sole discretion, gives its written consent to the Company’s compliance with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000such request), then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2 , use its reasonable best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Preferred Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Preferred Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritingunderwritten public offering, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. Section 1.2(a) In such event, event the right of any Rights Holder to include its Preferred Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting underwritten public offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Preferred Registrable Securities in the underwriting underwritten public offering (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting underwritten offering shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2 , if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Preferred Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting underwritten public offering shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Preferred Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Preferred Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Preferred Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten public 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: a. in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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; b. after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; c. if the Initiating Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Preferred Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of less than twenty five million US Dollars ($25,000,000); d. during the period 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 that is the earlier of (A) one hundred and eighty (180) days following the effective date of the Initial Offering; and (B) ninety (90) days following the effective date of each other Company-initiated registration subject to Section 1.3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or e. if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Company Company’s Board of Directors (the "Board") stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard, 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12-month ) months 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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Ordinary Shares Purchase Agreement (monday.com Ltd.), Investors' Rights Agreement (monday.com Ltd.), Ordinary Shares Purchase Agreement (monday.com Ltd.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after one year after the date of this Agreement a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 100,000 Shares of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of the entire amount of the Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000held by the Initiating Holders, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 20 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities in response to the Company’s notice given pursuant to this Section 1.2 (a) are herein referred to as “Participating Holders”. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Participating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Participating Holders which underwriters are reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate The Registrable Securities to be excluded or withdrawn shall be determined in the allocation of shares following sequence: (i) securities held by any persons other than the Holders, including persons having a contractual, incidental “piggy back” right to include such securities in accordance with the above provisionsregistration statement, (ii) securities sought to be registered by the Company or Company, and (iii) Registrable Securities held by the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to a Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesHolders. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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 2 registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective and remained effective for the period required by section 1.5 (a); or (iii) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 effected at such time as a result of requiring a disclosure that would cause a material adverse affect on any plan or agreement with respect to defer the filing of such registration statementany financing, acquisition, or other material transaction, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (China Technology Development Group Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (China Technology Development Group Corp)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) August 30, 2025 or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from (a) any Institutional Holder or (b) the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding outstanding, excluding for all purposes under clause (b) any Registrable Securities held by a Strategic Investor or a Competitor Transferee (for purposes of this Section 2.1, the “Initiating Holders”), that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$20,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2.1, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing sending of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationaccordance with Section 2.1(d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) 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, unless the Company is already qualified to do business in such jurisdiction or subject to service of process in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Act; (ii) after the Company has effected six three (63) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, of and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after following the effective date of, of a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.2 hereofbelow; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; oreffective; (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 belowhereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Holders a Suspension Notice, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided that such right and the rights under Sections 2.3(b)(iii), 2.3(d)(i)(1), 2.3(d)(ii) and 2.4 shall be exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve (12)-month period; 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 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) The Institutional Holder or Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities, excluding for this purpose any Registrable Securities held by a Strategic Investor or a Competitor Transferee, as the case may be, initially requesting registration hereunder will have the right to select the underwriter or underwriters in an offering under a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1, which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Peloton Interactive, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Peloton Interactive, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time subsequent to the Effective Date of this Agreement, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Holder that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of all of the Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000then outstanding, then the Company shall, within ten shall (10i) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders the Holder promptly following receipt of such request and shall, (ii) subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best reasonable efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, practicable (and in any event within ninety one hundred twenty (90120) calendar days of the receipt of such requests, a request) the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyHolder in accordance with Section 1.2(c). (b) If the Rights Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend Holder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their its request by means of an underwriting, they it shall so advise the Company as a part of their its request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolder requesting registration. In such eventThe Holder, the right of any Rights 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 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 Rights Holders if proposing to distribute their its securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.3(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement agreement, or similar agreement, in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders Holder in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Holder shall so advise all holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and agree to reduce to the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including underwriting. In the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, event that the number of shares securities being registered is reduced pursuant to this Section 1.2(b), the Holder of the Registrable Securities to be which were not included in such underwriting the registration shall be treated as if there had been no registration effected pursuant to this Section 1.2 and shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 1.2 with respect to the Registrable Securities which were not included as if the registration pursuant to Section 1.2 had not been requested; provided, that any registration with respect to the Registrable Securities which were not included shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; provided further that any Initiating Holder shall have the right required to withdraw its request for registration from the underwriting by written notice to the Company and the underwriters delivered at least ten (10) become effective within 180 days prior to of 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 first 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (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 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose Holder proposes to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below1.8. (c) The Holder may not include any of its Registrable Securities in the registration statement pursuant to this Agreement unless it furnishes to the Company in writing, prior to or on the 15th calendar day after receipt of a request therefore, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with the registration statement and in any application to be filed with or under state securities laws. In connection with all such requests for information from the Holder, the Company shall notify the Holder of the requirements set forth in the preceding sentence. The Holder agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make information previously furnished to the Company by the Holder not materially misleading.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (KFX Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (KFX Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after six (6) months after the effective date of the Company’s initial public offering covering the offer and sale of Common Stock of the Company (the “IPO”) a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 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 thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$5,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, shall promptly give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(bsubsections 1.2(b)-(d), use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, use its reasonable best efforts to effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) 15 business days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights Holder to include its such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights The Company and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to underwriting; provided, however, that such agreement shall not provide for indemnification or contribution obligations on the holders of at least a majority part of the voting power Holders materially greater than the obligations of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationthe Holders under Section 1.10(b) hereof. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the maximum number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementoffering. Any Registrable Securities excluded from or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard, 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 one hundred twenty (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 12twelve-month period; provided provided, further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such 90-day period (other than in a Qualified IPO, a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securitiesstock plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Securities Act). (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six (6) two registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) 90 days after the effective date of, ; a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective effective; and provided, further that the Holders are entitled Company may only delay an offering pursuant to join this Section 1.2(d) for a period of not more than 90 days if a filing of a registration statement in connection with such registration is not made during such period and the Company may only exercise this right once in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofany twelve-month period; or (iviii) if In any jurisdiction in which the Initiating Holders propose Company would be required to dispose qualify to do business or execute a general consent to service of shares process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already qualified to do business or subject to service of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowprocess in such jurisdiction.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Enphase Energy, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Enphase Energy, 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 date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$25,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by at least a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by those Initiating Holders holding at a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 (12-) month period; period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other stockholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Avinger Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Avinger 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 three (3) year anniversary of this Agreement, or (ii) the sixth (6th) month anniversary of the effective date of the Initial Offering, receive a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, would exceed $20,000,000 (a “Qualified Public Offering”)) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the offer and sale of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten promptly but not later than twenty (1020) days of after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with and the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)Company, if applicable) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders), in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities securities are first entirely excluded from the underwritingunderwriting and registration; 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (1) in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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 (2) upon the expiration of the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 1.12 following the Initial Offering; (3) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registration has been declared or ordered effective; or (4) if within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request from Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 1.2(a), the Company gives notice to the Holders of the Company’s good faith intention to file a registration statement for the Company’s Initial Offering within ninety (90) days, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (5) 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 1.4 hereof; or (6) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the 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 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12twelve-month (12) period; provided further , and provided, further, that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other shareholder during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file any 120) day period (other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofstock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (RingCentral Inc), Investor Rights Agreement (RingCentral Inc)

Request for Registration. (ai) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the Initial Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), or (ii) one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the Qualified IPO, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 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 Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 20 days of the receipt thereofafter receiving such request, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement cause to be registered under the Securities Act covering all of the Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request that each such Holder has requested to be registered within twenty (20) days of after the mailing of such notice by the Company. (bii) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Companyunderwriting. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights The Company and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementoffering. Any Registrable Securities excluded from or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (ciii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 one hundred twenty (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 set forth in Section 1.4(b)(iii) more than once in any 12-month period; provided further , and provided, further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of itself or any Company Securitiesother stockholder during such 90-day period (other than in a Qualified IPO or an Excluded Registration). (div) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (ia) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 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; (iiib) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) 180 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.3 hereof unless such offering is not the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (ivc) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.4 below.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (DermTech International), Investors’ Rights Agreement (DermTech International)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive a written Investor Request from Charter at any time, or an Investor Request from Blue Truck at any time a written request from following the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of initial Public Offering following the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000date hereof, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shalland, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)Section 2(c) below, use its best efforts to file (as soon expeditiously as practicable, and in any event within ninety sixty (9060) days of after the receipt of such requests, request) and use its best efforts to have declared effective a registration statement under the Securities Act covering with respect to all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered by the giving of notice to the Company within twenty thirty (2030) days of after the mailing of the Company's notice referred to above, each such notice by the Companyto be given in accordance with Section 18 below. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 2(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable ; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that notwithstanding anything herein to the Companycontrary, in no event shall the Company be required to effect more than two underwritten offerings in any 12 month period. In such eventthe event of an underwritten offering, the right of any Rights Holder to include its such Holder's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(eSection 4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing so selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Holder shall be required to make any representations, warranties or indemnities except as they relate to such Holder's ownership of shares and authority to enter into the underwriting agreement and to such Holder's intended method of distribution, and the liability of such Holder (whether by indemnification, contribution or otherwise) shall be limited to an amount equal to the holders of at least a majority of net proceeds from the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in offering received by such registrationHolder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights the Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holdersof Registrable Securities that have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned (on an as-converted basis) requested to be included in the registration. (c) The Company shall be obligated to effect no more than two (2) registrations pursuant to an Investor Request under this Section 2 by each participating Rights HolderCharter, and no more than one (1) registration pursuant to an Investor Request under this Section 2 by Blue Truck, subject to Section 2(a); providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the number Company shall not be obligated to effect more than one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 2 in any six (6) month period. A registration which does not become and remain effective throughout the proposed plan of shares distribution or six (6) months, whichever is shorter, will not be considered a registration required to be effected by the Company according to this Section 2(c). The Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 2 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of a majority of the Initiating Holders of the Registrable Securities to be included registered (in which case all Initiating Holders shall bear such underwriting expenses pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be requested in the withdrawn registration by the Initiating Holders); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Initiating Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company different from that known to the Initiating Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness following disclosure by the Company of such material adverse change, then the Initiating Holders shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; provided further that required to pay any Initiating Holder of such expenses and 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 retain their rights granted pursuant to this Section 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares2. (cd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 one hundred twenty up to sixty (12060) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the Company may not utilize this right for more than once in any 12-month period; provided further that during such an aggregate of one hundred twenty (120)-day 120) days in any twelve (12) month period; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if at the Company shall not file any registration statement pertaining to the public offering time of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any Investor Request for a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after 2, the Company has effected six fixed plans (6following a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company so authorizing) registrations to file within sixty (60) days after such request a registration statement covering the sale of any of its securities in a public offering under the Securities Act, no registration shall be required to be initiated pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date 2 until ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a of such Company registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that unless the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts no longer proceeding diligently to cause effect such registration statement and so long as the Company shall provide the Holders with the right to become effective participate in such public offering pursuant to, and subject to, Section 3. (e) Upon the request of a majority of the Initiating Holders for the termination of a registration, the Company shall terminate such registration and such registration shall not be considered a registration required to be effected by the Company under Section 2(c); provided, that the Initiating Holders are entitled to join pay the expenses of such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv2(c) if unless excused from doing so under the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to proviso set forth in Section 2.3 below2(c).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Charter Urs LLC), Registration Rights Agreement (United Road Services Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 3.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) August 15, 2008 or (ii) twelve (12) months after the effective date of the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of its Common Stock (the “Initial Offering”), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty percent (1030%) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$5,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 3.2, use its best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 3.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 3.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 3.2(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.13.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.2: (i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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 (ii) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 3.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period 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 one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 3.3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.13.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer Company’s President 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 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Fortinet 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 date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten twenty-five percent (1025%) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(athis 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least by a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights to the Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis (as nearly as practicable) to based on the amount number of Registrable Securities owned held by each participating Rights Holder; providedall such Holders (including the Initiating Holders), however, provided that the number of shares of no Registrable Securities shall be excluded unless and until all other securities of the Company have been excluded; and provided further that at least 33% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementin fact so included. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding In addition, the foregoingCompany shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) after the Company has effected three (3) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) 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) 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) and the aggregate proceeds of which (after deduction for underwriter’s discounts and expenses related to the issuance) are less than US$5,000,000; (iv) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) says prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of 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, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (v) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 1.4; (vi) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the 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 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month period; twelve (12)-month period and provided further further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to the public offering of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any other of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to shares during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofdays; or (ivvii) if in any particular jurisdiction in which the Initiating Holders propose Company would be required to dispose execute a general consent to service of shares of Registrable Securities that process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowrequired under the Act.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (CG Oncology, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (CG Oncology, 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 date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten twenty-five percent (1025%) or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$15,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least those Initiating Holders holding a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationheld by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 (12-) month period; period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other shareholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Okta, 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) three (3) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request (the “Initial Request”) from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$5,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) twenty days of the receipt thereofof the Initial Request, give written notice of such requests the Initial Request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests90 days, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all the Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days after the mailing of the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a), and to use best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective within one hundred twenty days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyInitial Request. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)Company) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among the participating Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (1) in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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 (2) after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective, provided, that either (i) the distributions described in such registration statements have been completed or (ii) the registration statements continue to remain in effect and there are no “stop orders” in effect with respect to such registration statements; or (3) during the period starting with the date sixty days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof, provided the Company delivers notice to the Holders within thirty days of any request for registration under this Section 1.2, and ending on a date ninety days after such registration or in the case of the Initial Offering ending on a date one hundred eighty days after the effective date of such Initial Offering, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (4) 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 (5) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the 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 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 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the Initial Request, provided that such right to delay any request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that Holders under this Section 1 shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Control4 Corp), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Control4 Corp)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 40% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$7,500,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 15 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b7.2(b), use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 75 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) 30 days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 9.6. (b) If the 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 2.1 7.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a7.2(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e7.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to by the holders Company with the approval of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to Initiating Holders, which approval shall not be included in such registrationunreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.17.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; provided further that any Initiating Holder shall have the right . (c) The Company is obligated 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 effect only two such withdrawal request for registration shall not be deemed to constitute one of the registration rights granted registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting7.2; provided, such holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to however, that the Company and shall not be obligated to effect such registration if the underwriters delivered at least ten (10) days prior to Company has, within the effective 12-month period preceding the date of the such request, already effected a 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 pursuant to a Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesthis Section 7.2. (cd) The Company is not obligated to initiate a registration pursuant to this Section 7.2 until the earlier of January 1, 1995 or three months after the Initial Public Offering. (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 7.2 a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Series C Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Qualix Group Inc), Series C Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Qualix Group 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) four (4) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten twenty-five percent (1025%) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an covering the registration of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000would exceed $5,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to by the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights to the Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis (as nearly as practicable) to based on the amount number of Registrable Securities owned held by each participating Rights Holder; providedall such Holders (including the Initiating Holders), however, provided that the number of shares of no Registrable Securities to shall be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced excluded unless and until all other Company 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 securities of 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementhave been excluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding In addition, the foregoingCompany shall not be required to effect a 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) 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 sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of 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, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 1.4; (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the 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 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 (12-) month period; , provided further further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other stockholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date one ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofwhich the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered); or (ivvi) if in any particular jurisdiction in which the Initiating Holders propose Company would be required to dispose execute a general consent to service of shares of Registrable Securities that process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowrequired under the Act.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Ardelyx, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Ardelyx, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If At any time, and from ------------------------ time to time, on and after the Company shall receive at any time a written request from Closing Date, the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 25% of the then Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") may request in a written ------------------ notice that the Company Corporation file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction or a similar document pursuant to any other statute then in effect corresponding to the Securities Act) covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expensesany or all Registrable Securities held by such Initiating Holders in the manner specified in such notice. Following receipt of any notice under this Section 4 the Corporation shall (x) of at least US$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice notify all other Holders of such requests to all Rights Holders request in writing and shall(y) thereupon will, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)as expeditiously as possible, use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement cause to be registered under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Initiating Holders request to and such other Holders have, within ten days after the Corporation has given such notice, requested be registered within twenty (20) days in accordance with the manner of the mailing of disposition specified in such notice by the CompanyInitiating Holders; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the -------- ------- contrary contained herein, the Corporation shall not be required to have any such registration statement be declared effective by the SEC prior to the six month anniversary of the Closing Date. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company Corporation shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(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 4(a) above. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s Holder's participation in such underwriting underwritten offering and the inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting underwritten offering (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided hereinbelow. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting underwritten offering shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters. Such underwriter or underwriters shall be selected by a majority in interest of internationally recognized standing selected the Initiating Holders and shall be approved by the Corporation, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Corporation or the underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Holder, the Registrable Securities of such Holder and such Holder's intended method of distribution and any other representations required by law or reasonably required by the underwriter. If any Holder of Registrable Securities disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw all its Registrable Securities by written notice to the Corporation, the managing underwriter and the Initiating Holders. The securities so withdrawn also shall be withdrawn from registration. (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Corporation shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 4 during the period starting with the date of filing by the Corporation of, and ending on a date 180 days following the effective date of, (i) any registration statement requested under Section 4(a) or Section 6 or (ii) a registration statement pertaining to a public offering of securities for the account of the Corporation or on behalf of the selling stockholders under any other registration rights agreement, in each case which the Holders have been entitled to join pursuant to Section 5; provided that (x) the Corporation -------- shall actively employ in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause any such registration statement referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above to become effective as soon as possible and (y) with respect to any such registration statement involving an underwritten offering, the 180 day period referred to above may be reduced or waived in the discretion of the managing underwriter for such underwriting offering. In addition, if the Corporation is not a registrant entitled to use Form S-3 or any successor thereto in connection with a requested registration, the Corporation shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 4 unless the Holders requesting registration are requesting registration of at least the lesser of 5% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Corporation or their entire holding of Common Stock. (d) A registration requested pursuant to this Section 4 shall not be deemed to have been effected pursuant this Section 4 for purposes of Section 9 unless (i) it has been declared effective by the SEC, (ii) it has remained effective for the period set forth in Section 7(a), and (iii) the offering of Registrable Securities 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 Securities). (e) Subject to the following sentence, if a requested registration pursuant to this Section 4 involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises the Corporation in writing that, in its opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in such registration (including securities of the Corporation which are not Registrable Securities) exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering at a price reasonably acceptable related to the then current market value of such securities, the Corporation will include in such registration only the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration. In the event that the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which, in the opinion of such managing underwriter, may be sold at a price reasonably related to the then current market value of such securities, the number of such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration shall be allocated pro rata among all requesting Holders on the basis of the relative number of shares of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder (provided that any shares hereby allocated to any such Holder that exceed such Holder's request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Holders in like manner). In the event that the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration is less than the number which, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, may be sold at a price reasonably related to the then current market value of such securities, the Corporation may include in such registration the securities the Corporation proposes to sell up to the number of securities that, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, may be sold at a price reasonably related to the then current market value of such securities. The Corporation will not include in any requested registration pursuant to this Section 4 any securities which are not Registrable Securities (other than securities of the Corporation) without the prior written consent of 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 2.1, 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 such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (cf) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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 If the Board of Directors of the CompanyCorporation, in its good faith judgment, determines that any registration of Registrable Securities should not be made or continued due to a valid need not to disclose confidential information or because it would be seriously detrimental materially interfere with any material financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization or merger or other transaction involving the Corporation (collectively, a "Valid Business Reason"), the --------------------- Corporation may postpone filing a registration statement relating to a request for registration under this Section 4 until such Valid Business Reason no longer exists, but in no event for more than three months from the Company and its shareholders for date of the notice referred to below, and, in case any such registration statement has been filed the Corporation may, with respect to a registration effected pursuant to this Section 4, cause such registration statement to be filed withdrawn and it is therefore essential its effectiveness terminated or may, with respect to defer a registration effected pursuant to this Section 4 or Section 6, postpone amending or supplementing such registration statement; and the filing Corporation shall give written notice (a "Delay ----- Notice") of its determination to postpone or withdraw a registration statement ------ and of the fact that the Valid Business Reason for such postponement or withdrawal no longer exists, in each case, promptly after the occurrence thereof. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities included or to be included in any such registration statement, the Company shall have Corporation will disclose to such holder the right to defer nature of such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating HoldersValid Business Reason in reasonable detail; provided, howeverthat such holder executes a confidentiality agreement reasonably -------- satisfactory to the Corporation; provided, further, that any such -------- ------- confidentiality agreement shall terminate upon the Company may not utilize public disclosure of such Valid Business Reason. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this right more than once in any 12-month period; provided further that during such one hundred twenty subparagraph (120)-day periodf), the Company shall not file any no registration statement pertaining to the public offering filed and subsequently withdrawn by reason of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, existing or anticipated Valid Business Reason as hereinabove provided shall count as one of the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any four registration statements effected pursuant to this Section 2.1: 4 or Section 6 for purposes of Section 9 and the Corporation shall be entitled to serve only one Delay Notice (i) after the Company has effected six within any period of 270 consecutive days, if such Delay Notice relates to a request under Section 4(a) (or 180 consecutive days, if such Delay Notice relates to a request under Section 6) or (ii) with respect to any two consecutive registrations requested pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared 4 or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below6.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Conversion (Borden Chemicals & Plastics Limited Partnership /De/), Agreement and Plan of Conversion (Borden Chemicals & Plastics Limited Partnership /De/)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) January 1, 2008, or (ii) 180 days after the effective date of registration statement pertaining to an IPO, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding outstanding, voting together as a single class on an as-converted to Common Stock basis (the “Initiating Holders”), that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$25,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 20 days of the receipt thereofafter receiving such request, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b2.2(b), use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement cause to be registered under the Securities Act covering all of the Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request that each such Holder has requested to be registered within twenty (20) 20 days of after the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a2.2(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 Companyunderwriting. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights The Company and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementoffering. Any Registrable Securities excluded from or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer President 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 one hundred twenty (120) 120 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 2.4(b)(iii) more than once in any 12-month period; provided further , and provided, further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of itself or any Company Securitiesother stockholder during such 120-day period (other than in an 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 2.12.2: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 2.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective, provided, however, that such registrations have been declared or ordered effective and that either (A) the conditions of Section 2.5(a) have been satisfied or (B) the registration statements remain effective and there are no stop orders in effect to such registration statements; (iiiii) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) 180 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 2.3 hereof, unless such offering is not the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 2.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 2.4 below.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Artes Medical Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Artes Medical 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) four (4) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its reasonable best efforts to file to, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering with respect to all of the Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within 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 Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; 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 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 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 12-month period; twelve (12)‑month period and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file any 120) day period (other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofstock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Menlo Therapeutics, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Menlo Therapeutics, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.02, if the Company shall receive receive, at any time after six (6) months have elapsed following the effective date of the IPO, a written request from the Rights Holders of Shareholders holding at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Securities that are then outstanding and held by the Shareholders (for purposes of this Section 2.02, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,00050,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2.02, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.02(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2.02(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 2.02(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by such Holder and a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolders) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12.02, if the underwriter underwriter(s) 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 the Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretothereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.02: (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 2.02, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period starting with the date that is sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on the date that is one hundred and eighty (180) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.03 below; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form F-3 or Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 2.02 a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 12-month twelve (12)-month period; and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or any other shareholder during such ninety (90)-day period (other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofshare plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Ordinary Shares being registered are Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Nu Holdings Ltd.), Registration Rights Agreement (Nu Holdings Ltd.)

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) January 31, 2009 or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty-five percent (1035%) or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the 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 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 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 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 12-month twelve (12)-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Synacor, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Synacor, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after six months after the effective date of the Qualified IPO, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 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 Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$2,000,000 (net of any underwriters' discounts or commissions), then the Company shall, within ten (10) 20 days of the receipt thereofreceiving such request, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Companyunderwriting. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights The Company and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 there shall be excluded from such registration and underwriting to the Initiating Holders shall so advise all holders extent necessary to satisfy such limitation, first shares held by stockholders other than the Holders, secondly, shares which the Company may wish to register for its own account, and finally to the extent necessary Registrable Securities (pro rata to the respective number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned held by each participating Rights Holder); provided, however, that the number of shares of in any event all Registrable Securities to Shares must be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 any other shares 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesCompany. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 statementfiled, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) 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 12twelve-month period; provided further , and provided, further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such 120-day period (other than in a Qualified IPO, a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securitiesstock plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Securities Act, or a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities which 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 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six two (62) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 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 its best all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; oreffective; (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.4 below; or (iv) In any jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already qualified to do business or subject to service of process in such jurisdiction.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (WhiteSmoke, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (WhiteSmoke, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the second anniversary of the date of this Agreement and during the Term of this Agreement, at a time when the Shares are listed on a Permitted Exchange, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Purchasers or their Transferees that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an covering the registration of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least US$would exceed $10,000,000), then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Purchasers or their Transferees and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b5.1(b), use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders Purchasers or their Transferees request to be registered within twenty thirty (2030) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the Rights Holders Purchasers or their Transferees 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 2.1 5.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a5.1(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 Rights Holder Purchaser or Transferee to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s Purchaser's or Transferee's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Purchaser's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderPurchaser or Transferee) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders Initiating Holders, Purchasers and Transferees proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e5.1(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.15.1, 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 Purchasers or Transferees holding Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretothereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned of the Company held by each participating Rights HolderPurchaser or Transferee; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 5.1 a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 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 (12-) 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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.15.1: (i) after the Company has effected six in the aggregate two (62) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 5.1 and Section 5.3 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 5.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 5.3 below.

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Samples: Shareholders' Agreement (Perry Carl D), Shareholders' Agreement (Us Electricar Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier to occur of (i) the third anniversary of the date of the Prior Agreement and (ii) the date 180 days after the closing of the first public offering of the Corporation’s securities, the Corporation shall receive a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%specifying that it is being made pursuant to this Section 2) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding 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, such request received from one or more Holders that hold, in the aggregate, more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of Registrable Shares, requesting a registration with an a reasonably anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) to the public of at least US$10,000,000$5,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice Corporation shall promptly notify all other Holders of such requests to all Rights Holders request and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), shall use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, 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 Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice is approved by the Company. (b) If the 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(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 Rights 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 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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed Shares that are to be included in such registration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (A) the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company Corporation shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) 2 during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the CompanyCorporation’s good faith estimate of the estimated date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after following the effective date of, a registration subject statement pertaining to Section 2.2 hereof; an underwritten public offering of securities for the account of the Corporation, provided that the Company Corporation notifies the initiating Holders in writing of such registration and underwriting within thirty (30) days following their request and is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join Corporation’s estimate of the date of filing such registration statement is made in accordance good faith; (B) the Corporation shall not be obligated to effect more than two registrations at the request of the Holders of Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 2, provided, that a registration will not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2 until such time as the applicable registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC, unless the Holders initiating such registration withdraw their request for such registration, elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor, and forfeit their right to one registration statement pursuant to this Section 2, in which case such withdrawn registration statement shall be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2; provided further, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Corporation from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness after learning of such information, then such withdrawn registration statement shall not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2.2 hereof2; or and (ivC) if the Initiating Corporation shall furnish to the Holders propose a certificate signed by the President of the Corporation stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors it would be seriously detrimental to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities the Corporation or its stockholders for a registration statement to be filed in the near future, then the Corporation’s obligation to use its best efforts to file a registration statement shall be deferred for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days; provided, however, that may the Corporation shall not be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant permitted to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowso defer its obligation more than once in any twelve (12) month period.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Genocea Biosciences, Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (Genocea Biosciences, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) two-thirds of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritingunderwritten public offering, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting underwritten public offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting underwritten public offering (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting underwritten offering shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting underwritten public offering shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 public 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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 one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registration has been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 furnishes to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Company Board stating that 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 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month twelve (12)-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Vitae Pharmaceuticals, 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 date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$15,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders (including the Key Holders), and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least those Initiating Holders holding a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationheld by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.this

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Lemonade, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Lemonade, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 2.1, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$15,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2.1, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least those Initiating Holders holding a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationthen held by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (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 Act; or (ii) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period 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 one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.2 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 2.1 a certificate signed by the 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 CompanyBoard, 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 (12-) month period; and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other stockholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (DoorDash Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (DoorDash Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section ‎1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time following the earlier of (i)five (5) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months following the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders holders of at least ten the Preferred Shares holding more thanfifty percent (1050%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders (other than the Initiating Holders), and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section ‎1.2, use its best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the 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 ’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights 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 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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting 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 2.1‎1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of Preferred Shares held by all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating such Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that in any event the number of shares of Registrable Securities to held by the holders of Series B-1 Preferred Sharesto be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; provided further that any Initiating Holder . (b) The Company shall have the right not be required to withdraw its request for effect a registration from the underwriting by written notice 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 underwriters delivered at least ten period starting with the date sixty (1060) days prior to the effective Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the registration statementfiling of, and such withdrawal request for registration shall not be deemed to constitute ending on a date one of the registration rights granted pursuant to this Section 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriters delivered at least ten hundred eighty (10180) days prior to following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section ‎1.3below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iii) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of the registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering shall that may 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 registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares.Section ‎1.4hereof; or (civ) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1‎1.2, a certificate signed by the 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 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 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month twelve (12)-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (ivv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose anticipated aggregate offering price (net of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowany underwriters’ discounts or commissions) is less than $4,000,000.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (PolyPid Ltd.)

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 date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Series B Preferred Stock (for purposes of this Section 1.2, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000more than $20,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a) to the Holders in accordance with Section 3.5. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; or (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 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 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 12-month twelve (12)-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Veeva Systems Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 12-month period; twelve (12)-month period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other stockholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (NephroGenex, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Care Capital III LLC)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) four (4) years from the date of the Initial Closing and (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering or Direct Listing, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 2.1, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$30,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2.1, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least those Initiating Holders holding a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationthen held by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant would be required to this Section 2.1 execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveexcept as may be required under the Act; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 2.1, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety sixty (9060) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, of and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after following the effective date of, of a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; oreffective; (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 belowhereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1 a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided that such right shall be exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve (12) 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 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, 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).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Zymergen Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Zymergen Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time subsequent to the earlier of: (i) September 1, 2016 and (ii) six (6) months following the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of its shares of Common Stock, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten not less than thirty percent (1030%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding outstanding, that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with having an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) to the public of at least US$Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), then the Company shall, : (i) within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders; and (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect as soon as practicable, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities that the Holders and shallrequest to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(a)(i). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanyHolders. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Company and 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that no Registrable Securities of a Founder or Common Stock of XXX shall be included if any Registrable Securities of an Investor are excluded, and provided further that the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all securities other Company than Registrable 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, 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, 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 taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty to exceed ninety (12090) 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 12twelve-month period; period and provided further further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such ninety (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, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement pertaining to covering the public offering sale of any Company 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 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six two (62) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred and eighty (90180) days after the effective date of, of a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Company delivers notice of such intent to the Initiating Holders are entitled to join such within thirty (30) days of the registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofrequest; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.12 below.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (SolarEdge Technologies Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (SolarEdge Technologies Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If 2.1 Subject to the conditions of this Section 2, if the Company shall receive at any time that is six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering a written request from the Rights Holders of holding at least ten percent (10%) 50% of the Registrable Securities in each case, then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2, use its best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1. (b) 2.2 If the Rights Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritingunderwritten public offering, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanySection 2.1. In such event, event the right of any Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting underwritten public offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting underwritten public offering (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting underwritten offering shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the Company shall include in such registration, (i) first, the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein by the Holders requesting such registration (the securities so included to be allocated between the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that held by all such Holders), (ii) second, shares which the Company may wish to register for its own account, and (iii) third, other securities requested and entitled to be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; such registration provided, however, that the number of shares of in any event all Registrable Securities to must be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 any other securities 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 2.1Company. If any Rights Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such holder Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriters underwriter, delivered at least ten twenty (1020) days prior to the effective date of the registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten public offering shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares . 2.3 The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2: (a) in accordance with the above provisions, 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; it being understood that if the Company has registered its securities in a certain state in the United States in which a registration is required by the Holders pursuant to this Section 2– it will not be able to excuse itself from the demand request based on this exclusion; or (b) after the Company has effected three (3) registrations pursuant to this Section 2, and such registrations have been declared or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to a Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares.ordered effective; or (c) Notwithstanding if the foregoingInitiating Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of less than $5,000,000; or (d) within a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of a previous registration. (e) If the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a all the holders of Registrable Securities who joined in the request for registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 2.1 above a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that or Chairman of the Board of Directors according to which 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 any registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statementeffected as requested under Section 2.1, then the Company shall have the right to defer the filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to such filing requested offering for a period of not more than one hundred twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt from delivery of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12twelve-month period; provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period. 2.4 For purposes of Section 2, the Company Initiating Holders shall not file any be entitled to determine that a registration statement pertaining to the public offering of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated counted as “effected” if, as a result of an exercise of the underwriter’s cutback provisions in Section 2.2, fewer than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of Registrable Securities that Holders have requested to effectbe included in such registration statement are actually included, or provided that during the term of this Agreement, the Initiating Holders shall only be entitled to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to make a determination under this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected 2.4 two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowtimes.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Macrocure Ltd.), Registration Rights Agreement (Macrocure Ltd.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time at least 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 Rights Holders holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding held by the Preferred Holders, on an as-converted basis and including any shares of Common Stock held by the Preferred Holders resulting from conversion of their respective Preferred Stock, that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000covering Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Preferred Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b2.2(b), use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 90 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Preferred Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect such registration if the Preferred Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (before underwriting discounts, commissions and fees) of less than $5,000,000. (b) If the Rights Preferred 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 2.1 2.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a2.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company subject to the prior written consent of a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and then outstanding Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registration, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that no such consent shall be reasonably acceptable to required if the CompanyCompany selects a nationally recognized underwriter in the United States with demonstrable, pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology industry-specific expertise and experience. In such event, the right of any Rights Preferred Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s Preferred Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Preferred Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holder) Preferred Holder to the extent provided herein. All Rights Preferred Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e2.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form (including without limitation the indemnities from the Company as set forth in Section 2.10) with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation or the exclusion of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all holders Preferred Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be participate in the underwritten offering pursuant hereto, and and, in the case of a limitation, of the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Preferred Holders thereof(as applicable), including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each participating Rights HolderPreferred Holder (as applicable); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced in number or completely excluded unless all other Company Securities securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; provided further that any Initiating Holder . No such reduction shall have reduce the right to withdraw its request for registration from the underwriting securities being offered by written notice to the Company for its own account to be included in the registration and underwriting, and in no event shall the underwriters delivered at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date amount of Registrable Securities of the selling Preferred Holders included in the registration statement, and such withdrawal request for registration shall not be deemed to constitute one reduced below twenty-five (25%) of the registration rights granted pursuant to this Section 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves total amount of securities included in such registration, unless such offering is the terms of any underwriting, such 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 initial public offering of the registration statement. Any Company's Common Stock under the Securities Act, in which event any or all of the Registrable Securities of the Preferred Holders may be 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesthis Section 2.2(b). (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.12.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 at such time 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 one hundred twenty (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 12-twelve 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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.12.2: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 2.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective (excluding any such registration in which the amount of the Registrable Securities of the selling Preferred Holders included therein shall have been reduced by twenty-five percent (25%) or more to accommodate the inclusion of the securities being offered by the Company pursuant to Section 2.2(b)), or within six (6) months of the effective date of another registration; (ii) During the period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of a registration subject to Section 2.3 hereof; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately currently registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 2.4 below; provided, however, that if the Company so refuses to effect a registration by the Preferred Holders pursuant to this Section 2.2(d)(iii), they shall be entitled to an additional registration pursuant to Section 2.4 for each such registration so refused; or (iv) If the Company delivers notice to the Initiating Holders within thirty (30) days of a registration request pursuant to this Section 2.2 stating the Company's intent to file a registration statement for a public offering within ninety (90) days of the date of such notice, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be filed and become effective.

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Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement (Metabasis Therapeutics Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Metabasis Therapeutics Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) 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 a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten forty percent (1040%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with covering the registration of Registrable Securities representing either an anticipated aggregate public offering price (before deduction of any underwriting discounts, commissions discounts and expensescommissions) of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) or at least US$10,000,000twenty percent (20%) of all Registrable Securities then outstanding, then the Company shall, : (i) within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), use its best efforts to file Holders; (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event within ninety sixty (9060) days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), within 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 Rights 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 2.1 subsection 2.1(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e2.3(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 from or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 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, 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 12twelve-month period; provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file any . A registration statement pertaining to the public offering of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and counted until such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause time as such registration statement to become has been declared effective and that by the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or SEC (iv) 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 F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowincluded in such registration statement are actually included.

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Samples: 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) 4 years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) 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 a SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000the Registrable Securities then outstanding, then the Company shall, : (i) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), use its best efforts to file Holders; (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 60 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 6.5; and (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable but in no event later than 90 days after such request. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 subsection 2.1(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e2.3(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights any Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) 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: (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; (2) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (3) 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 (4) If the Registrable Securities to be included in the registration statement could be sold without restriction under SEC Rule 144 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: (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 (2) If the Registrable Securities to be included in the registration statement could be sold without restriction under SEC Rule 144 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 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, Company it would be seriously materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders 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, 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 12twelve-month period; period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other person during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period other than a registration statement relating either to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of securities to employees of the date of filing ofCompany pursuant to a stock option, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofstock purchase or similar 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 2.2 hereof; provided 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 the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause are also being registered). A registration statement shall not be counted until such time as such registration statement to become has been declared effective and that by the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or SEC (iv) 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, fewer than 50% of the total number of Registrable Securities that may Holders have requested to be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowincluded in such registration statement are actually included.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Olo Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Olo 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 date that is the earlier of (i) the second anniversary of the date hereof and (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty percent (1030%) or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$15,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 12-month period; twelve (12)-month period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other stockholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (FireEye, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (FireEye Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the date of this Agreement, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) covering the registration of at least US$10,000,000ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, then the Company shall, : (i) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), use its best efforts to file Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 45 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5. (b) If the 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 2.1 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, 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, 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 one hundred twenty (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 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (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 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) effect only two such registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response 1.2. Registrations effected on Form S-3 pursuant to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates Section 1.12, however, shall not be counted as demands pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Amerigon Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Argyros George L)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) June 22, 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 on Form X-0, X-0 or any successor thereto), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty-three percent (1033%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten fifteen (1015) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 90 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty ten (2010) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 5.3. (b) If the 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 one hundred twenty (120) 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 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six two (62) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety sixty (9060) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that effective; (iii) If the Holders are entitled anticipated aggregate offering price to join such registration the public would not be in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofexcess of $5,000,000; or (iv) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.4 below.

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Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement (Drugstore Com Inc), Investors' Rights Agreement (Drugstore Com Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time three (3) years after the date of this Agreement a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an covering the registration of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, provided that the anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000from such offering would exceed $35,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to by the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights to the Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis (as nearly as practicable) to based on the amount number of Registrable Securities owned held by each participating Rights Holder; providedall such Holders (including the Initiating Holders), however, provided that the number of shares of no Registrable Securities to shall be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced excluded unless and until all other Company 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 securities of 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementhave been excluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding In addition, the foregoingCompany shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) after the Company has effected one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registration has been declared or ordered effective; (ii) during the period 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 one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 1.3, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (iii) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 1.4; (iv) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the 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 one hundred twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once twice in any 12-month twelve (12)-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (ivv) if in any particular jurisdiction in which the Initiating Holders propose Company would be required to dispose execute a general consent to service of shares of Registrable Securities that process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowrequired under the Act.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investor's Rights Agreement, Investor's Rights Agreement (Fulgent Genetics, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If 2.1 Subject to the conditions of this Section 2, if the Company shall receive at any time after the first anniversary, a written request from the Rights Holders any Holder of at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an provided that the anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000would exceed $20,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1. (b) 2.2 If the Rights 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 2.1 2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Companythis Section 2.1. In such event, event the right of any Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights to the Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis (as nearly as practicable) to based on the amount number of Registrable Securities owned held by each participating Rights Holder; providedall such Holders (including the Initiating Holders), however, provided that the number of shares of no Registrable Securities shall be excluded unless and until all other securities of the Company have been excluded; and provided further that at least 33% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementin fact so included. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions. 2.3 In addition, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2: sa-60810 (a) after the Company has effected two (2) registration pursuant to this Section 2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (b) during the underwriters may round period starting with the number date of shares allocated to the filing of, and ending on a Rights Holder to the nearest date one hundred eighty (100180) shares.days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 3, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (c) Notwithstanding if the foregoing, Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 4; (d) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.12, a certificate signed by the 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 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 one hundred twenty (120) 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month period; twelve (12)-month period and provided further further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to the public offering of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any other of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two shares during such twelve (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof12)-month period; or (ive) if in any particular jurisdiction in which the Initiating Holders propose Company would be required to dispose execute a general consent to service of shares of Registrable Securities that process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowrequired under the Act.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (KeyOn Communications Holdings Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (KeyOn Communications Holdings Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time beginning six (6) months after the effective date of the first underwritten public offering by the Company pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC under the Act, a written request from the Rights Holders (for purposes of at least ten percent (10%this Section 1.2, the “Initiating Holders”) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000five million dollars ($5,000,000), then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights (i) first, to Requesting Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; providedwho hold (or held) Series C Preferred Stock or the Notes, howeveras the case may be, that and which made the request for registration under this Section 1.2, pro rata according to the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock or Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Notes held by each such Holder; (ii) second, to Holders of Registrable Securities who hold (or held) shares of the series of Series C Preferred Stock or Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Notes which did not make the request for registration under this Section 1.2, pro rata according to the number of shares of such equity securities held by such Holder; (iii) third, to the remaining Holders of Registrable Securities pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all such Holders; and (iv) fourth, to the Company. In no event shall any Registrable Securities be included in excluded from such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; (ii) after the Company has effected pursuant to this Section 1.2 (A) two (2) registrations requested by the Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock or the Common Stock issued upon the conversion thereof, and (B) two (2) registrations requested by GE Capital Equity Investments, Inc. (“GE”), and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (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 furnishes to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 CompanyCompany (the “Board”), 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 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 (12-) month period; period and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other shareholder during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file any 120) day period (other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofstock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Orion Energy Systems, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Orion Energy Systems, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights a Tiger Holder or Tiger Holders or a UCI Holder or UCI Holders of at least ten twenty percent (1020%) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) proceeds of at least US$10,000,0005,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) in the case of a registration requested by a Tiger Holder, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of Tiger Holders, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective (and have not been subject to a “stop order” or otherwise withdrawn); or (ii) in the case of a registration requested by a UCI Holder, after the Company has effected one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 at the request of UCI Holders, and such registration has been declared or ordered effective (and has not been subject to a “stop order” or otherwise withdrawn); or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form F-3 pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 CompanyDirectors, 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 12twelve-month period; period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or any other shareholder during such ninety day period (other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofshare plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Ordinary Shares being registered is Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Gushan Environmental Energy LTD), Subscription Agreement (Gushan Environmental Energy LTD)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty percent (1030%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 2.1, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$20,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2.1, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least those Initiating Holders holding a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationthen held by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (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 Act; or (ii) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period 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 one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.2 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 2.1 a certificate signed by the 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 CompanyBoard, 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 (12-) month period; and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other stockholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the one (1) year anniversary of the effective date of the 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 a SEC Rule 145 transaction that does not cause any securities of the Company similar to the Registrable Securities to be listed on a securities exchange), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company (determined on an as-converted to Common Stock basis) file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with then outstanding having an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000not less than $[5,000,000], then the Company shall, : (i) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), Holders; and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered (within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance hereof) to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b). (b) If the 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 2.1 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights Holder to include its such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.4(c)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Company or 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights HolderHolder (determined on an as-converted to Common Stock basis); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, 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 CompanyCompany (the “Board”), it would be seriously materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore essential necessary 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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; 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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective provided that either (A) the conditions of Section 1.4(a) have been satisfied or (B) the registration statements continue to remain effective and there are no stop orders in effect with respect to such registration statements; (ii) If the Company delivers in good faith, within thirty (30) days of the initiation of a registration request pursuant to this Section 1.2, a written notice to the Initiating Holders that the Company intends to file a registration statement for the IPO, then during the period commencing with the date of the giving of such notice by the Company, and ending ninety (90) days thereafter; or (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the effective date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that 1.3 hereof for the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause IPO and ending on the 180th day after such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowdate.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) [***] of the date of this Agreement; or (ii) [***] following the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights any Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 2.1, the “Initiating Holders”), including Neuberger or Temasek for clause (i), that the Company file a two (2) registration statement statements under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000[***], then the Company shall, within ten (10) days [***] of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2.1, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days [***] of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority those Initiating Holders holding [***] of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationthen held by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (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 Act; or (ii) after the Company has effected [***] registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period starting with the date [***] prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of and ending on a date [***] following the effective date of a Company initiated registration subject to Section 2.2 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 2.1 a certificate signed by the 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 CompanyBoard, 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 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 [once] in any 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (PureTech Health PLC), Investors’ Rights Agreement (PureTech Health PLC)

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Request for Registration. (a) If the Company SM&A shall receive at any time after February 1, 1999, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty-five percent (1035%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company SM&A file a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Act covering the registration of at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000would exceed $2,000,000), then the Company SM&A shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(bSection 2(b), use its best efforts to file as soon as practicableeffect, and at the earliest possible date, but in any event within ninety forty-five (9045) days of the receipt date of such requeststhe original written request from the Holders, a file the registration on registration statement under the Securities Act on Form S-3 covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders thereof request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanySM&A in accordance with Section 18 below. (b) If the Rights Holders initiating the registration request hereunder under this Section 2 ("Initiating Holders") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company SM&A as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 2 and the Company SM&A shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 2(a). The underwriter with respect to such Form S-3 registration only will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. SM&A. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration on Form S-3 shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company SM&A as provided in subsection 2.4(eSection 4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable in the manner set forth above it being understood that each Holder shall be required to the holders make only those representations (if any) as would be customary for a holder of at least a majority similar percentage of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationsimilar securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12, 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 shall so advise all holders Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated equally among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion on a percentage basis (as nearly as practicable) equal to the amount percentage of SM&A Stock requesting registration and permitted by such underwriters to be sold by SM&A shareholders existing immediately prior to the Merger. To the extent Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities registered are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; provided further that any Initiating Holder offering pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw its request for one additional demand 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 2.12. If SM&A may include in the registration under this Section 2 any Rights Holder disapproves other shares of SM&A Stock (including issued and outstanding shares of SM&A Stock as to which the terms holders thereof have contracted with SM&A for "piggyback" registration rights) so long as the inclusion in such registration of any underwritingsuch shares (i) will not, such holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to in the Company and the underwriters delivered at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date opinion of the registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering shall be withdrawn from managing underwriter, interfere with the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares 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 2 and (ii) will not result in the exclusion from such registration of any Registrable Securities. If it is determined as provided above provisionsthat there will be such interference, the Company or the underwriters may round the number other shares of shares allocated SM&A Stock sought to a Rights Holder be included shall be excluded to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesextent deemed appropriate by the managing underwriter. (c) SM&A is obligated to effect only two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 2 except as provided in Section 2(b). (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company SM&A shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.12, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer President of the Company SM&A stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanySM&A, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company SM&A 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 SM&A shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company SM&A may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12-) 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 Company Securities. (de) In addition, the Company SM&A shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any prepare and file a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1: 2 which would become effective within one hundred eighty (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90180) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after following the effective date of, of a registration subject statement filed by SM&A with the SEC pertaining to Section 2.2 hereof; provided an underwritten public offering of securities for cash for the account of SM&A if the Initiating Holders' request for registration is received by SM&A subsequent to such time as SM&A in good faith gives written notice to the holders of Registrable Stock that the Company SM&A is commencing to prepare a registration statement and SM&A is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such effective. A registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 requested pursuant to this Section 2 shall not be deemed to have been effected until such time as a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowregistration statement with respect thereto has become effective in compliance with the provisions of the Act.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Merger (Steven Myers & Associates Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Sm&a Corp)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) August 29, 2016, or (ii) six months after the effective date of an IPO, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 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 Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 20 days of the receipt thereofafter receiving such request, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement cause to be registered under the Securities Act covering all of the Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request that each such Holder has requested to be registered within twenty (20) 20 days of after the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Companyunderwriting. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights The Company and all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementoffering. Any Registrable Securities excluded from or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Initiating Holders requesting a within 30 days of any request for registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 one hundred twenty (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 set forth in Section 1.4(b)(iii) more than once in any 12-month period; provided further , and provided, further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of itself or any Company Securitiesother stockholder during such 90-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 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six (6) two registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 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) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) 180 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.3 hereof unless such offering is not the initial public offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, ending on a date 90 days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; oreffective; (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.4 below; or (iv) If, within 30 days of the request for registration, the Company delivers notice to the Initiating Holders of the Company’s intent to file a registration statement for a firm commitment underwritten initial public offering within 90 days.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Mobile Iron, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Mobile Iron, 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 date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$15,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least those Initiating Holders holding a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationheld by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 (12-) month period; period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other stockholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Rubrik, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Rubrik, 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) December 9, 2013 or (ii) 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 solely to employee benefit or similar plans or a registration statement relating to a Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten forty percent (1040%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file effect a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated respect to at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding and having aggregate offering price proceeds (before deduction net of underwriting discounts, commissions discounts and expensescommissions) of at least US$in excess $10,000,000, then the Company shall, shall (i) give written notice of such request to all Holders within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of date such requests to all Rights Holders request is given and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), (ii) use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, practicable (and in any event within ninety sixty (9060) calendar days of the receipt of date such requests, a request is given) the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) calendar days of the mailing of such notice by date the Company’s notice referred to in this subsection 1.2(a) is given. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights Holder to include its such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereofelecting to include shares in the underwriting, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned requested by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities securities (including those to be sold for the Company’s account) 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 . For purposes of the registration statementpreceding parenthetical concerning apportionment, for any selling stockholder which is a Holder of Registrable Securities and which is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, the partners (or retired partners), members (or retired members) and stockholders of such withdrawal request selling stockholder, or the estates and family members of any such partners (retired partners), members (or retired members) or stockholders and any trusts for registration the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall not be deemed to constitute one be a single “selling stockholder” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling stockholder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount of the shares carrying registration rights granted pursuant to owned by all entities and individuals included in such “selling stockholder” as defined in this Section 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharessentence. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company Company’s President stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors, it such registration would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed stockholders and that it is therefore is, therefore, essential to defer the filing of taking action with respect to such registration statementregistration, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty ninety (12090) calendar days after receipt of the date the request of the Initiating HoldersHolders is given; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right or the right set forth in Section 1.12(c) more than once in any twelve (12-) month period; provided further and provided, further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such ninety (90) day period other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering of any Company Securitiesemployee benefit or similar plans, or a registration relating to a Rule 145 transaction. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective and have remained effective for at least the period of time described in Section 1.4(a); (iiiii) during the period starting with the date ninety thirty (9030) calendar days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) calendar days after the effective date of, any registration statement pertaining to a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereofpublic offering of securities for the Company’s account; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; orbe effective; (iviii) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below1.12; or (iv) 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 unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Chegg, Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Chegg, 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) three (3) years after the date of this Agreement, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten twenty percent (1020%) or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$20,000,000 (prior to underwriting discounts and commissions), then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least those Initiating Holders holding a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationheld by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisionsFor any selling Holder that is an investment fund, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation, the Company affiliated investment funds, partners, limited partners, members, retired partners, retired members and stockholders of such Holder, or the underwriters may round estates and family members of any such partners, members, retired partners, retired members, stockholders and any trusts for the number benefit of shares allocated any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a Rights Holder single “selling Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holders” shall be based upon the nearest one hundred (100) sharesaggregate amount of Registrable Securities owned by all such related entities and individuals. (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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 (12-) month period; period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other stockholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sumo Logic, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Sumo Logic, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten greater than forty percent (1040%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with that would have an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least US$$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), cause a registration statement covering the requested Registrable Securities to be filed within sixty (60) days of receipt of such request and thereafter use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 4.4. (b) If the 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 one hundred twenty (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; 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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective and, subject to Section 1.5(a), all shares registered thereunder have been sold; (iiiii) during During the period starting with the date ninety sixty (9060) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.4 below.

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Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement, Investors’ Rights Agreement (Calix Networks 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 date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty percent (1030%) or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by those Initiating Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationCompany). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders). In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such underwriting unless all other securities are first excluded, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount including securities that are not Registrable Securities held by Holders. For purposes of this Section 1.2(b), any Holder of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights that is a venture capital fund (or other investment fund), partnership or corporation, the venture capital funds (or other investment funds), partners, retired partners and stockholders that are Affiliates of such Holder; provided, however, that or the number estates and family members of shares any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 foregoing persons shall not be deemed to constitute one of the registration rights granted pursuant to this Section 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementbe a single “Holder”. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 (12-) month period; period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of itself or any other stockholder, and shall not register any securities that are not Registrable Securities for the account of any Company Securities. (d) In additionHolder, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and during such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Hortonworks, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Hortonworks, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after the twelve (12) month anniversary of the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities Act with an then outstanding or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least would exceed Twenty Million Dollars (US$10,000,00020,000,000), then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2.1, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection this Section 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights to the Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis (as nearly as practicable) to based on the amount number of Registrable Securities owned held by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that all such Holders (including the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementHolders). Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding In addition, the foregoingCompany shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) If the Company has effected a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 within the preceding twelve (12) months, and such registration has been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period 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 one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.2, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3; (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, a certificate signed by the 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 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 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, howeverprovided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company not more than twice in any twelve (12)-month period and provided further, that the Company may shall not utilize this right more than once in register any 12-month period; provided further that other of its shares during such one hundred twenty (120)-day 120) day period, the Company shall not file any registration statement pertaining to the public offering of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (ivvi) if in any particular jurisdiction in which the Initiating Holders propose Company would be required to dispose execute a general consent to service of shares of Registrable Securities that process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowrequired under the Act.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Arcadia Biosciences, 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) four years after the date of this Agreement and (ii) six months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 50% or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$5,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 20 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) 20 days of after the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights to the Holders thereof, of such Registrable Securities pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not 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 may be required under the Act; or (ii) after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period starting with the date 30 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of and ending on a date 90 days following the effective date of a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 1.3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Company Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard, 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, the in which event Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) 90 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 12-month period; period and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or other stockholder during such ninety 90-day period (other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofstock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Investors Rights Agreement, Investors Rights Agreement (Versartis, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after 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 Special Registration Statements), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten forty percent (1040%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an covering the registration of Registrable Securities, the anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000which would exceed $7,500,000, then the Company shall, : (i) within ten (10) days of after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), use its best efforts to file Holders; and (ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety sixty (9060) days of after the receipt of such requestsrequest, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), within twenty thirty (2030) days of after the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.6. (b) If the 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 2.1 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Holders, such Holder, and such holderthe Company) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, 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, 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 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 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six (6) two registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.12 below.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Airgain Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Airgain Inc)

Request for Registration. (ai) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if at any time after the closing of an Initial Offering, the Company shall receive at any time a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 25% or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give deliver written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing providing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(i). (bii) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 1.2(i). 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting by the Initiating Holders and reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of Company. (iii) If the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if managing underwriter(s) advise(s) the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and there shall be excluded from registration to the extent necessary to satisfy such limitation, first shares held by shareholders other than Holders (if any) and then shares which the Company may wish to register for its own account, and thereafter shares of the Holders of such Registrable Securities, on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included held by the Holders including Registrable Securities in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, registration (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the The Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a not register securities for sale for its own account in any registration statement requested pursuant to this Section 2.1, a certificate signed 1.2 unless permitted to do so by the Chief Executive Officer written consent of Initiating Holders holding a majority 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 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of Registrable Securities held by the Initiating Holders; provided, howeveras to which registration has been requested. Except as stated in Section 1.2(iv)(b) below, that the Company may not utilize cause any other registration of securities for sale for its own account (other than an Excluded Registration) to be initiated after a registration requested pursuant to this right more Section 1.2 and to become effective less than once in any 12-month period; provided further that during such one hundred twenty ninety (120)-day period, 90) days after the Company shall not file effective date of any registration statement pertaining requested pursuant to the public offering of any Company Securitiesthis Section 1.2. (div) In addition, the The Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (ia) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;effective as promptly as practicable; or (iiib) during the period starting with the date ninety sixty (9060) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and and, subject to Section 1.7, ending on a date ninety (90) days after following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject pursuant to this Section 1.2 or an Underwritten Shelf Takedown offering pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof; 1.5 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled or such Underwritten Shelf Takedown to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofbe completed as promptly as practicable; or (ivc) if the Initiating anticipated aggregate proceeds to the Holders propose in such registration will be less than US$5,000,000 (net of underwriting discounts and commissions); or (d) if the Company is eligible to dispose use Form S-3 or Form F-3; or (e) in the event of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made Suspension pursuant to Section 2.3 below1.6. (v) The Company shall not effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 if any Holder is subject to a contractual restriction imposed by an underwriter of the Initial Offering or any subsequent offering of the Company’s Ordinary Shares which contractual restriction, if such Holder was to participate in such registration or related offering (i) would prevent such Holder from participating in the registration or related offering, and (ii) has not been waived in connection with such participation in the registration or subsequent offering to the same extent as it has been waived for any other Holder.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Catalyst Private Equity Partners (Israel) II LP), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Marker II LP)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) two-thirds of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritingunderwritten public offering, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting underwritten public offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting underwritten public offering (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting underwritten offering shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting underwritten public offering shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 public 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the The Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant would be required to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) execute a general consent to service of process in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.effecting such

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Samples: Research Collaboration and License Agreement (Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc), Research Collaboration and License Agreement (Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the second anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Effective Date”), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty-one percent (1051%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) covering the registration of at least US$10,000,000one hundred percent (100%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, then the Company shall, : within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), use its best efforts to file Holders; as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 90 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) Company in accordance with Section 3.5; and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable but in no event later than 120 days after such request. If the Rights 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 2.1 subsection 2.1(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e2.3(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights any Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) 100 shares. (c) . The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 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; After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 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, Company it would be seriously materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders stockholders 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, 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 12twelve-month period; period and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, 120) day period other than a registration statement relating either to the sale of securities to employees of the Company shall pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction, a registration on any form that does not file any include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement pertaining to covering the public offering sale of any Company the Registrable Securities. (d) In addition, or a registration in which the Company only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered). A registration statement shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and counted until such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause time as such registration statement to become has been declared effective and that by the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or SEC (iv) 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 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 shares an exercise of the underwriter's cut-back provisions, fewer than 50% of the total number of Registrable Securities that may Holders have requested to be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowincluded in such registration statement are actually included.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Angstrom Technologies Corp.), Registration Rights Agreement (Angstrom Technologies Corp.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after six (6) months after the effective date of the first registration statement for an underwritten public offering of securities of the Company (other than an Excluded Registration), a written request from either the Rights Required Series D, E, F and G Holders of at least ten percent (10%a “Series D, E, F and G Demand Registration”), the Required Series C Holders (a “Series C Demand Registration”) of or the Registrable Securities then outstanding Required Other Holders (an “Other Shareholder Demand Registration”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with covering the registration of at least such number of the Registrable Securities having an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$5,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b2.2(b), use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 90 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the Rights Holders initiating the registration request hereunder under Section 2.2(a) (“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 2.1 2.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include his or its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e2.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting 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 2.1, 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 such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.12.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 one hundred twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right (collectively with the similar right under subsection 2.4(b)) more than once in any 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.12.2: (i) after (A) if the Initiating Holders are holders of Series D Registrable Securities, Series E Registrable Securities, Series F Registrable Securities or Series G Registrable Securities and the Company has either (1) effected six one (61) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 Series D, E, F and G Demand Registration in the prior twelve (12) months, or (2) previously effected two (2) Series D, E, F and G Demand Registrations in the aggregate, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; effective and at least 90% of the Series D Registrable Securities, Series E Registrable Securities, Series F Registrable Securities and Series G Registrable Securities requested to be included therein were able to be registered and sold thereunder, (iiB) in response to if the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any Holders are holders of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after Series C Registrable Securities and the Company has either (1) effected one (1) Series C Demand Registration in the prior twelve (12) months, or (2) previously effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 Series C Demand Registrations in the aggregate, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective and at least 90% of the Series C Registrable Securities requested to be included therein were able to be registered and sold thereunder or (C) if the Initiating Holders are holders of Other Registrable Securities and the Company has either (1) effected one (1) Other Shareholders Demand Registration in the prior twelve (12) months, or (2) previously effected two (2) Other Shareholders Demand Registrations in the aggregate, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective and at least 90% of the Other Registrable Securities requested to be included therein were able to be registered and sold thereunder; (ii) if the Company has, within the 12-month period preceding the date of such request, already effected one registration for the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.2, and such registration has been declared or ordered effective and at least 90% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein were able to be registered and sold thereunder; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof2.3; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 2.4. (e) If the total amount of securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by holders of capital stock and the Company to be included in an underwritten Series D, E, F and G Demand Registration, Series C Demand Registration, Other Shareholder Demand Registration or registration requested under Section 2.4 exceeds the amount of securities that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering, and the Company will include in such registration (i) first, the number of Registrable Securities (apportioned pro rata among the selling Holders according to the total amount of securities entitled to be included therein owned by each selling Holder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by such selling Holders), but in no event shall any Other Registrable Securities be included until Holders of Series G Registrable Securities, Series F Registrable Securities, Series E Registrable Securities, Series D Registrable Securities and Series C Registrable Securities that have requested to include Registrable Securities therein shall have received (or will receive in such registration) an amount equal to the original purchase price of their shares of Series G Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series E Preferred Stock, Series D Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, respectively, (ii) second, the securities, if any, the Company proposes to sell therein and (iii) third, any other securities of the Company requested to be included in such registration. For purposes of the preceding parenthetical concerning apportionment, for any selling Holder which is a partnership or corporation, the partners, retired partners, holders of capital stock of such Holder, the estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners, any Affiliated Fund (as defined below) and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single “selling Holder,” and any pro-rata reduction with respect to such “selling security holder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such “selling Holder,” as defined in this sentence.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (MINDBODY, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (MINDBODY, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) the fourth (4th) anniversary of the date hereof or (ii) one (1) year after the effective date of the 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 a SEC Rule 145 transaction that does not cause any securities of the Company similar to the Registrable Securities to be listed on a securities exchange), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 30% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of at least twenty percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities Act then outstanding (or such lesser number of shares of Registrable Securities, with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of which, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenseswould exceed $5,000,000) of at least US$10,000,000, then the Company shall, : (b) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), Holders; and (c) use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered (within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance hereof) to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(d). (bd) If the 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 2.1 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights Holder to include its such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Company or 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (ce) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, 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, 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 one hundred twenty (120) 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 (12-) 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 Company Securities. (df) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective provided that either (A) the conditions of Section 1.4(a) have been satisfied or (B) the registration statements continue to remain effective and there are no stop orders in effect with respect to such registration statements; (iiiii) during During the period starting with the date ninety thirty (9030) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) 90 days after the effective date of, of a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof1.3 hereof (unless such registration is the Company’s initial public offering of its securities, in which event ending on a date 180 days after such effective date); provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.11 below.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: License Agreement (Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.), License Agreement (Orexigen Therapeutics, 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 date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent one-third (10%1/3) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights to the Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis (as nearly as practicable) to based on the amount number of Registrable Securities owned held by each participating Rights Holder; providedall such Holders (including the Initiating Holders), however, provided that the number of shares of no Registrable Securities shall be excluded unless and until all other securities of the Company have been excluded; and provided further that at least 25% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementin fact so included. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after the Company has effected six two (62) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after If the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 within the preceding twelve (12) months, and such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety sixty (9060) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; 1.3, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; oreffective; (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 below1.4; or (v) 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.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (CloudMinds Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Cloudminds Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after December 31, 1996 a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Investor that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) covering the registration of at least US$10,000,000twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then held by the Investor, then the Company shall, : (1) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice notice, in accordance with Section 3.5 hereof, of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), use its best efforts to such other Holders; and (2) file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety sixty (9060) days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a and use all reasonable efforts to cause to become effective as soon as practicable, the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights such Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days registered, subject to the limitations of the mailing of such notice by the CompanySubsection 1.2(b). (b) If the 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 2.1 Subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSubsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be 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 Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(eSubsection 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Company shall so advise all exclude from such underwriting (x) first, the maximum number of securities, if any, other than Registrable Securities, as is necessary to reduce the size of the offering and (y) then the minimum number of Registrable Securities, pro rata to the extent practicable, on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered among the participating holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretoSecurities, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included as is necessary in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including opinion of the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicablemanaging underwriter(s) to reduce the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 size 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesoffering. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after After the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2, excluding any registrations effected on Form S-3, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect more than one registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 in any twelve (12) month period; (iiiii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.12 below; or (iii) If the Company delivers to the Initiating Holders an opinion, in form and substance acceptable to such Initiating Holders, of counsel satisfactory to the Initiating Holders that the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the Initiating Holders may be sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Act.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investor's Rights Agreement (Iat Multimedia Inc), Stock Purchase Agreement (Iat Multimedia 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) three (3) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant would be required to this Section 2.1 execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;except as may be required under the Act; or (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;; or (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety sixty (9060) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, of and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after following the effective date of, of a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.to

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Marketo, Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Marketo, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$7,500,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company's notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among only to the Holders of such Registrable Securities, on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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 three (3) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period 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 one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.hundred

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement (Lets Talk Cellular & Wireless Inc), Common Stock Purchase Agreement (Lets Talk Cellular & Wireless 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) April 1, 2015 or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) or more 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$5,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holding a majority of Registrable Securities to be registered, and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least Initiating Holders holding a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationregistered). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration. To facilitate For purposes of the allocation provisions of shares in accordance with the above provisionsthis paragraph concerning apportionment, for any selling securityholder that is a Holder of Registrable Securities and that is a venture capital fund, partnership or corporation, the Company affiliated venture capital funds, partners, retired partners and stockholders of such Holder, or the underwriters may round estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the number benefit of shares allocated any of the foregoing persons, shall be deemed to be a Rights Holder single “selling Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holder” shall be based upon the nearest one hundred (100) sharesaggregate amount of Registrable Securities owned by all such related entities and individuals. (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; (ii) during the one hundred eighty (180) day period commencing with the effective date of the Initial Offering; (iii) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iv) upon written notice to the Initiating Holders within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request pursuant to Section 1.2(a) that the Company intends to file a registration statement for an Initial Offering within sixty (60) days following the date of such Company notice; (v) 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 (vi) if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Initiating Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, a certificate signed by the 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 stockholders for such the 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 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 12-month period; twelve (12)-month period and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such one hundred twenty (120)-day 120) day period, the Company shall not file any or such shorter period of deferral of such filing (other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofstock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time after six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty percent (1030%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Holders") that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$7,500,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company's notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the foregoingCompany 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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the 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 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 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month twelve (12)-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

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Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement (Planetrx Com), Investors' Rights Agreement (Planetrx Com)

Request for Registration. (ai) If the Company shall receive at At any time a and from time to time after the first anniversary of the Effective Time (subject to Section 4.1(a)(ii) hereof), upon the written request from of any Principal Stockholder Party (the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%"INITIATING PARTY") of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a effect the registration statement under the Securities Act with of a number of Registrable Securities that is not less than the lesser of (x) Registrable Securities having an anticipated aggregate offering market value (based on the closing share price (before deduction on the business day immediately preceding the date of underwriting discounts, commissions and expensessuch request) of at least US$10,000,000$5 million or (y) at least 3% of the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock (a "DEMAND NOTICE"), then which request shall specify the intended method or methods of disposition of such Registrable Securities (it being understood that the method specified or intended by the Initiating Party with respect to any registration may be an offering on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or otherwise (a "SHELF REGISTRATION")), the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, will promptly give written notice of such requests to all Rights Holders and shall, subject requested registration to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)other Stockholder Parties, and thereupon the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file effect as soon promptly as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of practicable the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of: (A) all of the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Initiating Party, (B) all shares of Common Stock which the Company desires to include in such registration for its own account, as specified in a written notice given to the Initiating Party and the other Stockholder Parties within 10 days after receipt by the Company of the Demand Notice, and (C) all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders Company has been requested to include in such registration by each other Stockholder Party, as specified in a written request given by such Stockholder Party to be registered the Company and the Initiating Party within twenty (20) 10 days after receipt of the mailing of such aforesaid written notice by the Company. (b) If the 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 from the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 and (together with the Company shall include such information in the written notice securities referred to in subsection 2.1(aclause (B) above, the "ADDITIONAL SECURITIES"). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable , all to the Company. In such event, extent requisite to permit the right of any Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the underwriting intended method or methods of disposition specified in the Demand Notice. A registration pursuant to this Section 4.1(a)(i) is referred to herein as a "DEMAND REGISTRATION." (unless otherwise mutually agreed by ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing subparagraph (i), if any Principal Stockholder Party shall desire to request a majority in interest Demand Registration pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(i) hereof prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Time, (x) it shall so notify the other Principal Stockholder Party in writing, seeking the other Principal Stockholder Party's consent to such Demand Registration and (y) the Initiating Holders and such holder) Party may deliver its Demand Notice to the extent Company pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(i) hereof only if the other Principal Stockholder Party consents to such Demand Registration (which consent may be given or withheld in its sole discretion). (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing subparagraph (i), (x) the right of each Principal Stockholder Party to request a Demand Registration as provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing therein shall terminate at such time, if any, as the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Principal Stockholder Party constitute less than 3% of the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock and (y) the right of any Stockholder Party to distribute their securities through participate in any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(i)(C) hereof shall terminate at such underwriting time, if any, as the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Stockholder Party constitute less than 1% of the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock. (iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing subparagraph (i), if a registration pursuant to this Section 4.1 involves an underwritten offering, and the lead underwriter shall advise the Initiating Party in writing (together with a copy to the Company as provided and each other Participating Stockholder Party) that, in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with its opinion, the underwriter or underwriters number of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Additional Securities proposed to be included in such registration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1Demand Registration exceeds the number that can be reasonably sold in such offering without materially and adversely affecting the offering price or otherwise materially and adversely affecting such offering, if the underwriter advises Company shall include in such Demand Registration (but only to the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation extent 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 such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, securities that the number of shares of lead underwriter advises can reasonably be sold in such offering), (x) first, the Registrable Securities to be included offered by the Initiating Party and each other Participating Stockholder Party, according to the relative number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Initiating Party and the other Participating Stockholder Parties at such time and (y) second, the securities which the Company desires to include in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 registration. (v) The Company and the underwriters delivered at least ten (10) days prior other Participating Stockholder Parties shall have withdrawal rights with respect to the effective date of the registration statement, and such withdrawal request for registration shall not be deemed Additional Securities comparable to constitute one of the registration rights granted pursuant to this those set forth in Section 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriters delivered at least ten (104.2(d) 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shareshereof. (cvi) Notwithstanding the foregoingExcept as aforesaid, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 no other Person shall have the any right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 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 include any securities in any 12-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 Company Securitiesinitiated by a Principal Stockholder Party as a Demand 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 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

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Samples: Stockholders Agreement (Unr Asbestos Disease Claims Trust), Stockholders Agreement (Rohn Industries Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.3, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) February 16, 2014, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 1.3, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.3, use its best efforts to file file, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.3(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.3 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 1.3(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority two-thirds in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.3, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among as follows: first, to the Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders) and second, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities other securities to be included in such registration. In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the The Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.3: (i) after in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant would be required to this Section 2.1 execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveexcept as may be required under the Act; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.3, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.4 hereof; , unless such offering is the Initial Offering, in which case, ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.4, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and provided, in the case of a public offering other than the Initial Offering, that the Initiating Holders are entitled were permitted to join register such registration in accordance with shares as requested to be registered pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof; or1.4 hereof without reduction by the underwriter thereof; (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 below1.5 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Holders within thirty (30) days after requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.3, a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the 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 stockholders for such registration statement to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders, provided that such right shall be exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve (12) month period.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Inogen Inc), Investors’ Rights Agreement (Inogen Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company SM&A shall receive at any time after February 1, 1999 a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty-five percent (1035%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company SM&A file a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Act covering the registration of at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated then outstanding (or without regard to percent if the aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000would exceed $2,000,000), then the Company SM&A shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(bSection 2(b), use its best efforts to file as soon as practicableeffect, and at the earliest possible date, but in any event within ninety forty-five (9045) days of the receipt date of such requeststhe original written request from the Holders, file with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act on Form S-3 covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders thereof request to be registered registered, which such requests have been received by SM&A within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice to the Holders by the CompanySM&A in accordance with Section 18 below. (b) If the Rights Holders initiating the registration request hereunder under this Section 2 ("Initiating Holders") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritingunderwriter, they the Initiating Holders shall so advise the Company SM&A as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 2 and the Company SM&A shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 2(a). The underwriter with respect to such Form S-3 registration will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the SM&A. The right of any Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration the underwritten offering shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting underwritten offering shall (together with the Company SM&A as provided in subsection 2.4(eSection 4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable in the manner set forth above, it being understood that each Holder shall be required to the holders make only those representations (if any) as would be customary for a holder of at least a majority similar percentage of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationsimilar securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12, 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 shall so advise all holders Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be included in the underwritten offering pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting underwritten offering shall be allocated equally among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion on a percentage basis (as nearly as practicable) equal to the amount percentage of SM&A Stock requesting registration and permitted by such underwriters to be sold by SM&A shareholders. To the extent Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities registered are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; provided further that any Initiating Holder offering pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw its request for one additional demand 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 2.12. If SM&A may include in the registration under this Section 2(b) any Rights Holder disapproves other shares of SM&A Stock (including issued and outstanding shares of SM&A Stock as to which the terms holders thereof have contracted with SM&A for "piggyback" registration rights) so long as the inclusion in such registration of any underwritingsuch shares (i) will not, such holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to in the Company and the underwriters delivered at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date opinion of the registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering shall be withdrawn from managing underwriter, interfere with the registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares 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 2 and (ii) will not result in the exclusion from such registration of any Registrable Securities. If it is determined as provided above provisionsthat there will be such interference, the Company or the underwriters may round the number other shares of shares allocated SM&A Stock sought to a Rights Holder be included shall be excluded to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesextent deemed appropriate by the managing underwriter. (c) SM&A is obligated to effect only two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 2 except as provided in Section 2(b). (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company SM&A shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 2 a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer President of the Company SM&A stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanySM&A, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company SM&A 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 SM&A shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company SM&A may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12-) month period; . The certificate provided further that during by SM&A shall briefly explain the reasoning of the Board of Directors in making such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file any registration statement pertaining to the public offering of any Company Securitiesdetermination. (de) In addition, the Company SM&A shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any prepare and file a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1: 2 which would become effective within one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of a registration statement filed by SM&A with the SEC pertaining to an underwritten public offering of securities for cash for the account of SM&A if the Initiating Holders' request for registration is received by SM&A subsequent to such time as SM&A in good faith gives written notice to the holders of Registrable Stock that (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant SM&A is commencing to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; prepare a registration statement, (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company SM&A is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective effective, and (iii) that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if underwriters of the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request offering made pursuant to such registration statement reasonably object to the registration of the Registrable Securities. A registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.3 below2 shall not be deemed to have been effected until such time as a registration statement with respect thereto has become effective in compliance with the provisions of the Act.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Sm&a Corp)

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) three (3) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten more than twenty-five percent (1025%) 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 Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$20,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (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; or (iii) during the period 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 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 all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 1.2 a certificate signed by the 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 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 12-month twelve (12)-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Data Domain, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty percent (1030%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 2.1, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$20,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2.1, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least those Initiating Holders holding a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationthen held by all Initiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of ). In no event shall any Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights any Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (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 Act; or (ii) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; or (iii) during the period 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 one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 2.2 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 2.1 a certificate signed by the 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 CompanyBoard, 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 or remain effective at such registration statementtime, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty ninety (12090) 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 (12-) 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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time time, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Holder that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$30,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), shall use its best reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request Holder requests to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Companyregistered. (b) If the Rights Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend Holder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their its request by means of an underwriting, they it shall so advise the Company as a part of their its request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company1.2. In such event, event the right of any Rights the Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s the Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion Holder's execution of such 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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationHolder). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 would otherwise be underwritten pursuant heretothe Holder, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall may be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holderreduced; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 proportionately reduced, subject to the Company and the underwriters delivered at least ten (10provisions of Section 1.2(d) 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementbelow. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2: (i) in any particular state in which under relevant Blue Sky law the foregoingCompany 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) if the Company has, within the six (6) month period preceding the date of such request, already effected a registration for the Holder pursuant to this Section 1.2; or (iii) if not more than thirty (30) days prior to receipt of a written notice of a request for registration pursuant to this Section 1.2, the Company shall have (x) circulated to prospective underwriters and their counsel a draft of a registration statement for a primary offering of equity securities on behalf of the Company, (y) solicited bids for a primary offering of shares of Common Stock of the Company or (z) otherwise reached an understanding with an underwriter with respect to a primary offering of shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to the provision of Section 1.3 hereof, the Company may preempt the registration requested pursuant to this Section 1.2 with such primary offering by delivering notice of such intention (the "PREEMPTION NOTICE") to the Holder within five days after the Company has received such notice of request for registration; PROVIDED that the period of preemption may be up to thirty (30) days following the date of Preemption Notice; (iv) if the Holder proposes 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 Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, Holder a certificate signed by the 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 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 registration for a period of not more than one hundred twenty forty-five (12045) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; Holder, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company not more than twice in any twelve (12)-month period, provided, howeverfurther, that if the Company may not utilize this exercises such right more than once in any 12-month period; provided further that during once, then the second deferral of such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company registration shall not file be for a period of more than thirty (30) days and there shall be at least forty-five (45) days between the first and second such deferral (which forty-five (45) day period shall not include any registration statement pertaining to days during which the public offering Holder shall be prohibited from selling any Registrable Securities because of any Company Securities"black-out" or similar policies instituted by GlobeSpan which serve to prohibit sales of GlobeSpan securities by the Holder, while the Holder is in possession, or is presumed to be in possession, of material non-public information). (d) In additionIf, following the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any receipt of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand a written notice of a request for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared 1.2, the Company shall furnish to Holder a certificate signed by the Company's Chief Executive Officer or ordered effective; Chairman of the Board stating that (iiii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior Company intends to sell securities pursuant to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective be filed pursuant to such written notice and to use the net proceeds of such issuance to prepay that portion of the Holders Note not converted as of the time of the sale of such securities and (ii) the prospective underwriters of such offering advise the Company that market factors require a limitation on the number of securities underwritten, the amount of Conversion Shares which have not yet been issued and which are entitled to join be included in such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if by Holder shall be reduced or eliminated before the Initiating Holders propose securities to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowsold by the Company are reduced.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Globespan Inc/De)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) October 2, 2009, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a firm commitment underwritten public offering of the Company’s Common Stock, a written request from (A) the Rights Holders of at least ten percent 20% of the Series D Registrable Securities and Series D’ Registrable Securities then outstanding, electing together as a single class, or (10%B) the Holders of at least 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding outstanding, that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with covering the registration of Registrable Securities and having an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000not less than $5,000,000, then the Company shall, : (i) within ten (10) 30 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), use its best efforts to file Holders; and (ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 90 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days registered, subject to the limitations of the mailing of such notice by the Companysubsection 2.2(b). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 subsection 2.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a2.2(a)(i). The underwriter will be selected by the Company within 10 days of giving the notice described in subsection 2.2(a)(i) 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 Rights Holder to include its his or her Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed to by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e2.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 2.2 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 in the best interests of the Company 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 one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders90 days; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1registration: (i) after with respect to a registration statement pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(A), if the Company has effected six (6) two registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 2.2(a)(A) and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response with respect to the demand for a registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates statement pursuant to this Section 2.12.2(a)(B), after if the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 2.2(a)(B) and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) 90 days prior to the CompanyBoard’s good faith estimate of the filing date of a registration statement (other than a registration statement relating to any employee benefit plan or to a corporate reorganization) (provided that notice of such estimated filing of, date is given to the Initiating Holders within 30 days of their request for registration) and ending on a the date ninety (90) 180 days after the effective date of, of the first registration statement for a firm commitment underwritten public offering of the Company’s Common Stock or the date 90 days after the effective date of any other registration statement (other than a registration subject statements relating to Section 2.2 hereofany employee benefit plan or to a corporate reorganization); provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 2.4 below. (e) The Company shall pay all expenses incurred in connection with each registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.2 (excluding underwriters’ or brokers’ discounts and commissions) including, without limitation, all filing, federal and “blue sky” registration and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, the fees and expenses of counsel for the Company, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the selling Holder or Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 2.2 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of at least 50% of the Registrable Securities to be registered unless the registration is withdrawn because the Company disclosed information that is materially adverse to the Company or its stock price, in which case the Company will be required to pay such expenses.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Danger Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.3, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) July 10, 2008, or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 1.3, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction covering the registration of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.3, use its best efforts to file file, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.3(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.3 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 1.3(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority two-thirds in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.3, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company 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 such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among as follows: first, to the holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities by all participating Rights such Holders thereof, (including the Initiating Holders) and second, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities other securities to be included in such registration. In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementexcluded. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the The Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.3: (i) after in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant would be required to this Section 2.1 execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveexcept as may be required under the Act; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.3, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.4 hereof; , unless such offering is the Initial Offering, in which case, ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of such registration subject to Section 1.4, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and provided, in the case of a public offering other than the Initial Offering, that the Initiating Holders are entitled were permitted to join register such registration in accordance with shares as requested to be registered pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof; or1.4 hereof without reduction by the underwriter thereof; (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 below1.5 hereof; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to Holders within thirty (30) days after requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.3, a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the 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 stockholders for such registration statement to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders, provided that such right shall be exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve (12) month period.

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Samples: License Agreement (Inogen Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) three (3) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten fifty percent (1050%) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (for purposes of this Section 2.1, the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$$10,000,000, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 2.1, use its best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.1(a). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection Section 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInitiating Holders). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such 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 Rights such Holders thereof, including or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed upon by all such selling Holders. In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such underwriting unless all other securities are first excluded. Notwithstanding the Initiating Holdersforegoing, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to no event shall the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that securities of the number selling Holders included in the offering be reduced below twenty-five percent (25%) of shares the total amount of Registrable Securities to be securities included in such underwriting shall not offering, unless such offering is the Initial Offering, in which case the selling Holders may be reduced unless all other Company 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 if the underwriters delivered at least ten (10) days prior to make the effective date of the registration statement, determination described above and no other stockholder’s securities are included in such withdrawal request for registration shall not be deemed to constitute one of the registration rights granted pursuant to this Section 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementoffering. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (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 Act; (ii) during the one hundred eighty (180) day period commencing with the effective date of the Initial Offering; (iii) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iv) upon written notice to the Holders within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request pursuant to Section 2.1(a) that the Company intends to file a registration statement for an Initial Offering within sixty (60) days following the date of such Company notice; (v) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3; or (vi) if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 2.1 a certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Company Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors”), it would be seriously materially 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 one hundred twenty ninety (12090) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that such right shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month periodtwelve (12)-month period and; provided further provided, further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any registration statement pertaining to securities for the public offering account of any Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder itself or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to other stockholder during such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior day period (other than a registration relating solely to the Company’s good faith estimate sale of the date securities of filing of, and ending on participants in a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofCompany stock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (TESARO, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time receive a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 500,000 shares of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Common Stock that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) covering the registration of at least US$10,000,000500,000 shares of Common Stock, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 10 days of after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(bSection 5.2(b), use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of practicable after the receipt of such requests, a request the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) 15 days of after the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 9.3. (b) If the 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 2.1 5.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(aSection 5.2(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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(eSection 5.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Initiating Holders and reasonably acceptable to the Company. The Company at its sole discretion may offer a right to participate in any registration statement filed pursuant to this Section 5.2 to other holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed Common Stock, and may itself participate in any registration statement filed pursuant to be included in such registrationthis Section 5.2. Notwithstanding However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.15.2, if the offering is an underwritten offering and the lead managing underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares of Common Stock to be underwritten, then (subject to any contrary provisions in registration rights agreements executed by the Initiating Holders Company prior to the date hereof) the total number of shares of Common Stock to be underwritten shall be reduced, with such reduction coming first from selling stockholders who are not Holders, and then from the Company. If further reduction is required, the Company shall so advise all holders Holders of Registrable Securities which that would have otherwise be been underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned sought to be registered by each participating Rights Holder. (c) The Company is obligated to effect only two such registrations pursuant to this Section 5.2; provided, however, that if, as a result of a -------- ------- reduction in the number size of shares an offering pursuant to Section 5.2(b), Holders are prevented from registering, in the aggregate, one-half of all of their Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 Securities, then the Company and the underwriters delivered at least ten (10) days prior shall be obligated to the effective date of the effect a third such registration statement, and such withdrawal request for registration shall not be deemed to constitute one of the registration rights granted pursuant to this Section 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares5.2. (cd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, 5.2 a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Executive, Chief Operating, or Chief Financial Officer of the Company stating that that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors a majority of the CompanyDisinterested Directors, it would be seriously materially 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 statementfiled, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 below.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Standstill Agreement (Chart House Enterprises Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) one hundred and eighty days after the effective date of the Company’s initial public offering and (ii) three years after the date hereof, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 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 (i) Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000$5 million or (ii) at least 20% of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten (10) 20 days of the receipt thereofreceiving such request, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Companyunderwriting. In such event, the right of any Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights 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 Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementoffering. Any Registrable Securities excluded from or withdrawn from such underwritten offering underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 statementfiled, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) 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 12twelve-month period; and provided further that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such 120 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 pertaining to covering the public offering sale of any Company 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 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six (6) two registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveeffective unless such registration is withdrawn prior to the sale of the securities being registered because of material adverse developments at the Company; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety (90) 90 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) 90 days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 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 its best all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.4 below. (iv) In any jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already qualified to do business or subject to service of process in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Securities Act.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Zoosk, Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If 1.2.1. Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive a written request (i) at any time a written request after six (6) months of the effective date of an Initial Offering, from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent 30% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, or (10%ii) at any time prior to the passage of six (6) months after the effective date of an Initial Offering, subject to restrictions imposed by the underwriters in connection with the Initial Offering (whether such restrictions terminate by their terms or are waived by the underwriters) (the “Initial Period”), from the Holders of at least 75% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the Holders delivering such written request under items (i) or (ii), as applicable, being referred to herein as the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction or under equivalent securities law of underwriting discounts, commissions and expensesanother jurisdiction) covering the registration of at least US$10,000,000Registrable Securities, then the Company shall, within ten twenty (1020) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders Holders, and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)this Section 1.2, use its best all commercially reasonable efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which that the Rights Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company’s notice pursuant to this Section 1.2.1. (b) 1.2.2. If the Rights Initiating Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwritingunderwriting or an “at the market” or similar registered offering through a broker, sales agent or distribution agent, whether as agent or principal or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a). The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the CompanySection 1.2.1. In such event, event the right of any Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’s participation in such underwriting or other arrangement and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting or other arrangement (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights If an underwriting is specified, all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such an underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority in interest of the voting power Initiating Holders. If another form of registered offering is specified, all Registrable Securities proposed Holders proposing to be included participate in such registrationoffering shall cooperate with and enter into any documentation recommended by the brokers, sales agents or placement agents and take all actions requested to facilitate the preparation of the offering documentation. 1.2.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if If the underwriter or other adviser advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwrittensecurities underwritten or marketed (including Registrable Securities), then the Initiating Holders Company shall so advise all holders Holders of Registrable Securities which that would otherwise be underwritten or marketed pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting or other offering shall be allocated among allocated: (a) first, to the Initiating Holders on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all participating Rights such Initiating Holders, (b) second, to the other Holders thereof, of such Registrable Securities who requested to participate in such registration on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders), and (c) then to any other holder of securities of the Company, including any shares the Company wishes to register for its own benefit; provided that in proportion no event shall (as nearly as practicablex) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; providedincluded in the offering be reduced below thirty three percent (33%) of the total amount of securities included in such offering, however, that nor (y) the number of shares amount of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not the registration be reduced unless all other securities requested to be registered by any holder other than the Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 statementregistration. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwritten underwriting or 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing1.2.4. The Holders’ rights to use their registration rights shall be subject to Section 1.5, if the Company shall furnish to Rights 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, 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 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 12-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated required to effect, or to take any action to effect, any effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: 1.2.4.1. 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 Act; or 1.2.4.2. during the Initial Period if the Company has effected one (i1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registration has been declared or ordered effective; or 1.2.4.3. after the Company has effected six at least one (61) registrations registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 during such calendar year or in the three (3) months prior to the date of the receipt of the request to register pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;; or (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) 1.2.4.4. during the period starting with the date ninety that is sixty (9060) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date that is ninety (90) days after following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration (subject to Section 2.2 hereof; 1.3 below), provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iv) 1.2.4.5. if the Initiating Holders Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to dispose of shares of sell Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowthe public (net of any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of less than (i) US$5,000,000 or (ii) US$50,000,000 during the Initial Period.

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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Global-E Online Ltd.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after 90 days after the final closing of the Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of Registrable Securities obtained or obtainable upon conversion of at least ten percent $800,000 of Preferred Stock (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding "Initiating Holders"), that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) covering the registration of at least US$10,000,000twenty percent (20%) of the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b2(b), use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 75 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request request, by notice given to the Company within (10) days of receipt of the Company's notice, to be registered within twenty (20) days of as expeditiously as reasonably possible after the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany (a "Demand Registration"). (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a2(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 Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e4(f)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders, and 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 2.1, 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 such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesCompany. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if The Company is obligated to effect only one demand registration pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement. Company agrees to include all Registrable Securities held by all Holders (that are initiating Holders or have notified the Company shall furnish of their desire to Rights Holders requesting a be included in the registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.1, a certificate signed by 2(a) above) in such Registration Statement without cutback or reduction. In the Chief Executive Officer event the Company breaches its obligation of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment preceding sentences, any Holders of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would Registrable Securities which were not included in such Registration Statement shall be seriously detrimental entitled to the Company and its shareholders a second Demand Registration for such registration statement to be filed excluded securities and it is therefore essential to defer shall keep the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 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 12-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 Company SecuritiesRegistration Statement as required by Section 5. (d) In addition, The Company is not obligated to effect a demand registration under this Section 2 if in the opinion of counsel to the Company shall reasonably acceptable to the person or persons from whom written request for registration has been received that registration under the Act is not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration required for the immediate transfer of the Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared Rule 144 or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowother applicable provision.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Cortex Pharmaceuticals Inc/De/)

Request for Registration. (a) If Subject to the conditions of this Section 4.1, if the Company shall receive at any time after the expiration of six months following the effective date of the Initial Offering, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Investor that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) covering the registration of at least US$10,000,00050% of the Allocation Shares or of the Private Placement Shares, as the case may be, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b), shall use its reasonable best efforts to file effect, as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which Allocation Shares or Private Placement Shares that the Rights Holders request Investor requests to be registered within twenty (20) days in such written request. If the Company is eligible to use Form S-3, then such registration shall be on Form S-3. If the Company is not then eligible to use Form S-3, then such registration shall be on Form S-1 or any form appropriate for registration of the mailing of such notice by Allocation Shares or the CompanyPrivate Placement Shares. (b) If the Rights Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“Initiating Holders”) intend Investor intends to distribute the Registrable Securities Allocation Shares or the Private Placement Shares covered by their its request by means of an underwriting, they the Investor shall so advise the Company as a part of their its request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a)4.1. The underwriter will be selected by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and Investor shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Rights 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 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 Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting by the Company (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationInvestor). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.14.1, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing Company that marketing factors require a limitation of on the number of shares to be Allocation Shares or Private Placement Shares 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 such Registrable Securities that may be Allocation Shares or Private Placement Shares included in the underwriting registration shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) reduced to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in Allocation Shares or Private Placement Shares recommended by such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesunderwriters. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish not be required to Rights Holders requesting effect a registration pursuant to this Section 4.1: (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 Act; or (ii) subject to Section 4.5, after the Company has prepared and filed a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.14.1, and such registration statement has been declared or ordered effective by the SEC; or (iii) during the period starting with the date that is 60 days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing, and ending on a date 180 days following the effective date, of a Company-initiated registration under Section 1.3 of the Investor Rights Agreement or a demand registration requested (or as to which the Company has notice that Holders (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) intend to request) under Section 1.2 of the Investor Rights Agreement, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (iv) if the Investor proposes to dispose of Allocation Shares or Private Placement Shares that may be sold by Investor without registration (A) pursuant to Section 4(1) of the Act or (B) in a single three month period under Rule 144; or (v) if the Company shall furnish to the Investor a certificate signed by the 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 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 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 one hundred twenty (120) 120 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; providedInvestor, however, provided that such right shall be exercised by the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any 12-12 month period; provided further , and provided, further, that during such one hundred twenty (120)-day period, the Company shall not file register any securities for the account of itself or any other stockholder during such 120 day period (other than a registration statement pertaining relating solely to the public offering sale of any securities of participants in a Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date ofstock plan, a registration subject relating to Section 2.2 hereof; provided a corporate reorganization or transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any form that does not include substantially the Company is actively employing same information as would be required to be included in good faith its best efforts to cause such a registration statement to become effective and that covering the Holders are entitled to join such sale of the Allocation Shares or Private Placement Shares, or a registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if which the Initiating Holders propose to dispose only common stock being registered is common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Registrable Securities debt securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 beloware also being registered).

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Samples: Allocation Agreement (Solyndra, Inc.)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the later of (i) the third anniversary of 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 Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) 30% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding outstanding, as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like, that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an covering the registration of at least 50% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000would exceed $20,000,000), then the Company shall, within ten (10) 10 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 90 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) 20 days of the mailing of such notice by the Company. (b) If the 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 2.1 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(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 Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 underwriting 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer 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 one hundred twenty (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 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.2: (i) after After the Company has effected six three (63) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to During the demand for one hundred eighty (180) day period commencing on the effective date of a registration made by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holderunder the Securities Act in connection with the Company’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effectiveinitial public offering; (iii) during If the period starting Company delivers a notice to the Holders within thirty (30) days following receipt of the original request for registration from the Initiating Holders notifying the Holders of the Company’s intent to file a registration statement in connection with the date Company’s initial public offering within ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing ofdays, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iv) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.4 below.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Audience Inc)

Request for Registration. (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after six (6) months 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 share option, share purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of the Registrable Securities Act then outstanding with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discounts, discounts and commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000no less than two million dollars ($2,000,000), then the Company shall, : (i) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shallin accordance with Section 3.5; and (ii) effect as soon as practicable the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.2(b), use its best efforts to file as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requests, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 3.5. (b) If the Rights Holders initiating the registration request hereunder in accordance with Section 1.2(a)(ii) ("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 2.1 subsection 1.2(a)(ii), and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.2(a)(ii). 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 Rights Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.2, 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 the Company, and the Company shall so advise all holders Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights Holders thereof, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities owned by each participating Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 thereof in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to a Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesSection 1.8 hereof. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.2(a)(ii), 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, 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 one hundred twenty (120) 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 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1:1.2(a)(ii): (i) after After the Company has effected six (6) two registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.2(a)(ii) and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during During the period starting with the date ninety sixty (9060) days prior to the Company’s 's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days (or, if shorter, the date the market stand-off time period expires pursuant to Section 1.14) after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofeffective; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may are eligible to be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 1.12 below.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Investors' Rights Agreement (Gentium S.p.A.)

Request for Registration. (a) If At any time after the Required Effective Date that there is not in existence an effective registration statement (or registration statements) allowing for the registration and sale of all Registrable Securities held by the Holders, if the Company shall receive at any time receive, a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten thirty percent (1030%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding and not eligible for such registration, that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with covering the registration of all or a portion of such Registrable Securities which have an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction price, net of underwriting discountsdiscounts and commissions, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000, $2,000,000 then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b1.3(b), use its best efforts to file effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) 60 days of the receipt of such requestsrequest, a the registration statement under the Securities Act covering of all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the CompanyCompany in accordance with Section 2.4. (b) If the 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 2.1 1.3 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(a1.3(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 Rights Holder to include its his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holderHolder’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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(e1.6(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing selected for such underwriting reasonably acceptable to the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such registrationunderwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11.3, 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 Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all participating Rights 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 Rights Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company Securities 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 2.1. If any Rights Holders would thus be entitled to include more securities than such Holder disapproves requested to be registered, the terms of any underwriting, such 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 excess shall be withdrawn from allocated among the registration. To facilitate other remaining requesting Holders in the allocation of shares manner described in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to a Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) sharesimmediately preceding sentence. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Rights Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2.11.3, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer President of the Company stating that the Company is engaged in any activity that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the CompanyCompany (the “Board”), it is material and nonpublic and would be required to be disclosed in the applicable registration statement and such disclosure 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 statementstockholders, then the Company shall have the right may direct that such request to defer such filing register Registrable Securities be delayed for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (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 12twelve-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 Company Securities. (d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.11.3: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after After the Company has effected two (2) such registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration on behalf of the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.1 1.3 and each such registrations have registration has been declared or ordered effective;, provided that the Registrable Securities requested for inclusion in such registration were so included; and provided further that if such a registration statement has become effective but the contemplated public offering is withdrawn prior to the completion thereof because of material adverse developments affecting the Company that were not known to the participating holders prior to such effectiveness, then such registration shall not count as one registration under this Section 1.3. (iiiii) during During the period starting with the date ninety sixty (9060) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety one hundred eighty (90180) days after the effective date of, a Company initiated registration subject to Section 2.2 1.4 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join Company’s estimate of the date of filing such registration statement is made in accordance with Section 2.2 hereofgood faith; or (iviii) if If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to registration in accordance with Section 2.3 below1.2 above.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Vixel Corp)

Request for Registration. (a) If at any time and from time to time the Company shall receive at any time a written request from the Rights Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding Investor Request that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act with an anticipated aggregate offering price (before deduction of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses) of at least US$10,000,000Act, then the Company shall, within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such requests request to all Rights Holders and shalland, subject to the limitations of subsection 2.1(b)Section 2(b) below, use its best efforts to shall file (as soon expeditiously as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such requestsrequest in connection with the initial public offering of the Company's securities and within sixty (60) days of the receipt of any other such request) and use its best efforts to effect, a registration statement under the Securities Act covering with respect to all Registrable Securities which the Rights Holders request to be registered within twenty thirty (2030) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with Section 19 below; provided; however, that a Holder shall not be entitled hereby to request, and the Company shall not be obligated to effect, a registration that would constitute the Company's initial registration of its common equity. (b) If the Rights 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 2.1 2, and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 2.1(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 Rights Holder to include its such Holder's Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s 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 holderHolder) to the extent provided herein. A majority in interest of the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the underwriting, with the consent of the Company which shall not be unreasonably withheld, shall select the managing underwriter or underwriters in such underwriting. All Rights Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 2.4(eSection 4(f)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters of internationally recognized standing so selected for such underwriting; provided, however, that no Holder (or any of their assignees) shall be required to make any representations, warranties or indemnities except as they relate to such Holder's ownership of shares and authority to enter into the underwriting reasonably acceptable 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 holders of at least a majority of net proceeds from the voting power of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included in offering received by such registrationHolder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing a Holder that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders Holder shall so advise the Company and the Company shall so advise all holders Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of such Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated as follows: (i) first, among holders of Registrable Securities that have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities held by all such holders, until such holders have included in the underwriting all shares requested by such holders to be included, (ii) second, among all participating Rights Holders thereofother holders of Common Stock, including if any, that have the Initiating Holdersright and have elected to participate in such underwritten offering, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Common Stock owned by such holders and (iii) third, any Common Stock being registered by the Company. Without the consent of a majority in interest of the Holders of Registrable Securities owned participating in a registration referred to in Section 2(a), no securities other than Registrable Securities shall be covered by each participating Rights Holdersuch registration if the inclusion of such other securities would result in a reduction of the number of Registrable Securities covered by such registration or included in any underwriting or if, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, the inclusion of such other securities would adversely impact the marketing of such offering. (c) The Company shall be obligated to effect only three (3) registrations pursuant to an Investor Request under this Section 2 (an offering which is not consummated shall not be counted for this purpose); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other Company 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 2.1. If any Rights Holder disapproves the terms of any underwriting, such 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 Rights Holder to the nearest one hundred (100) shares. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if each case the Company shall furnish be obligated to Rights 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, 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 effect as many registrations (but not more than one hundred twenty (1201) 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 12per six-month period; provided further that during ) as may be requested by Holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Investor Request in the event and so long as (i) each such registration includes Registrable Securities with an aggregate value (as of the time of request) of at least one hundred twenty million dollars (120)-day period, the Company shall not file any registration statement pertaining to the public offering of any Company Securities. $5,000,000) and (dii) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1: (i) after the Company has effected six (6) registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (ii) in response to the demand for registration by any Initiating Holder Form S-3 or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 2.1, after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to such Initiating Holder’s or its Affiliate’s demand for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective; (iii) during the period starting with the date ninety (90) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 2.2 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith its best efforts to cause such similar "short-form" registration statement to become effective and that the Holders are entitled to join such registration in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof; or (iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form F-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.3 belowis available.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Atrium Companies Inc)

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