Common use of Underwritten Offerings; Demand Registration Clause in Contracts

Underwritten Offerings; Demand Registration. Subject to Section 3.3 (including any Blackout Period imposed in accordance therewith) and 4.6 (including any Holdback Period imposed in accordance therewith, whether such period is pursuant to the agreement set forth in Section 4.6 or a separate agreement with the underwriters of any Company Offering or Underwritten Offering), the Stockholder or, if the Stockholder has assigned its rights under this Section 3.2 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, Investors holding more than 50% of the Registrable Securities at such time (determined based on the Registrable Securities Purchase Price applicable to the then-outstanding Registrable Securities)) may deliver a notice to the Company stating that it wishes to effect an underwritten offering of all or part of its Registrable Securities (an “Underwritten Offering”) and stating the number of the Registrable Securities to be included in the Underwritten Offering (a “Demand Notice”). The Company shall, promptly after its receipt of a Demand Notice, give all other Investors written notice of such request. Each such Investor may, by delivery of written notice to the Company within twenty (20) days after the Company’s delivery of notice to such Investor (the “Response Period”), request that all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities be included in such Underwritten Offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stockholder and the other Investors, collectively, shall be entitled to deliver to the Company no more than three (3) Demand Notices in the aggregate (the “Demand Limitation”); provided that no Demand Notice shall be counted against the Demand Limitation unless and until the Registration Statement filed pursuant to such Demand Notice is declared effective and the Registrable Securities registered thereunder have been sold (other than any such Registrable Securities excluded from such Underwritten Offering as a result of a determination by the underwriter that marketing factors required a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten in such offering (an “Underwriter Cutback”), except in the event that (i) the Stockholder or Investors holding of more than 50% of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Underwritten Offering (determined based on the Registrable Securities Purchase Price applicable to such Registrable Securities) elect to abandon such offering or (ii) the Underwritten Offering is not consummated primarily as a result of the action, or failure to act, of one or more Investors holding Registrable Securities requested to be included therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, in connection with an Underwritten Offering requested pursuant to the final Demand Notice permitted under the Demand Limitation set forth above, (i) the Stockholder Parties request that all of their remaining Registrable Securities be included in such Underwritten Offering, and (ii) solely as a result of an Underwriter Cutback, the Stockholder Parties are required to sell less than 75% of such Registrable Securities requested to be distributed in such Underwritten Offering, then the Stockholder Parties will be entitled, collectively, to request one additional Underwritten Offering with respect to all of their remaining Registrable Securities, in which all Investors will be entitled to participate as if in connection with, and pursuant to the procedures applicable to, the delivery of a Demand Notice; provided that, in connection with such additional Underwritten Offering, any Underwriter Cutbacks shall be applied first, pro rata, with respect to the Registrable Securities of Unaffiliated Assignees requested to be included therein, and thereafter, pro rata, with respect to the Registrable Securities of the Stockholder Parties requested to be included therein. Upon expiration of such Response Period (or, if the Lock-Up Period has not then expired, upon expiration of the Lock-Up Period), and subject to Section 3.3 hereof, as soon as reasonably practicable and subject to such Underwriter Cutbacks as may be requested by the managing underwriter(s) of such Underwritten Offering:

Appears in 4 contracts

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

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Underwritten Offerings; Demand Registration. Subject to Section 3.3 (including any Blackout Black Out Period imposed in accordance therewith) and 4.6 4.5 (including any Holdback Period imposed in accordance therewith, whether such period is pursuant to the agreement set forth in Section 4.6 4.5 or a separate agreement with the underwriters of any Company Offering or Underwritten Offering), the Stockholder Shareholder or, if the Stockholder Shareholder has assigned its rights under this Section 3.2 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, Investors holding more than 50% of the Registrable Securities Shareholder Parties shall have the right at such any time (determined based on the Registrable Securities Purchase Price applicable and from time to the then-outstanding Registrable Securities)) may deliver time, by delivering or causing to be delivered a written notice to the Company, to require the Company stating that it wishes to effect an underwritten offering register pursuant to the terms of all or part this Agreement, under and in accordance with the provisions of its Registrable the Securities (an “Underwritten Offering”) and stating Act, the number of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in so registered pursuant to the Underwritten Offering terms of this Agreement on Form S-1 or any similar or successor long-form registration (a “Long-Form Demand Registration”) or, if available, on Form S-3 or any similar or successor short-form registration (a “Short-Form Demand Registration”) (any such written notice, a “Demand Notice” and any such registration, a “Demand Registration”); provided, that, in the case of any Demand Registration, each Demand Notice shall specify an amount of Registrable Securities representing an aggregate offering price of not less than the lesser of $10,000,000 or the value of the Shareholder Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership of the Company at the time of such Demand Notice (the “Minimum Amount”). The Company shall, promptly after its receipt of a Demand Notice, give all other Investors written notice of such request. Each such Investor may, by delivery of written notice In addition to the Company within twenty (20) days after the Company’s delivery of notice to such Investor (the “Response Period”), request that all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities be included in such Underwritten Offering. Notwithstanding the foregoingother restrictions and limitations set forth herein, the Stockholder and the other Investors, collectively, Shareholder Parties shall not be entitled to deliver to make a Demand Notice in respect of, and the Company no shall not be required to effect, more than three (3) Long-Form Demand Notices Registrations in total under this Agreement. The Shareholder Parties shall have unlimited Short-Form Demand Registrations, subject to the aggregate other restrictions and limitations set forth herein. A Long-Form Demand Registration shall not be deemed to have been effected and shall not count as a one of the three Long-Form Demand Registrations available for the Shareholder Parties (the “Demand Limitation”); provided that no Demand Notice shall be counted against the Demand Limitation i) unless and until the Registration Statement filed pursuant to such Demand Notice in connection therewith is declared effective and has remained effective for a period of at least one hundred fifty (180) days (or such shorter period in which all Registrable Securities included in such Long-Form Demand Registration have been sold thereunder), (ii) if, at any time prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to a Long-Form Demand Registration, the Shareholder Party revokes such Demand Registration request by providing written notice thereof to the Company, provided that such revoked Long-Form Demand Registration shall nonetheless count as having been submitted and effected unless such Shareholder Party pays all Registration Expenses in connection with such revoked Long-Form Demand Registration within thirty (30) days of written request therefor by the Company, (iii) if the conditions to closing specified in the purchase agreement or underwriting agreement entered into in connection with such Long-Form Demand Registration involving an Underwritten Offering are not satisfied, or (iv) if the relevant offering is subject to a stop order, injunction, or similar order or requirement of the SEC during such period. If the Shareholder Parties intend to distribute the Registrable Securities registered thereunder have been sold (other than any such Registrable Securities excluded from such covered by a Demand Notice by means of an Underwritten Offering Offering, they shall so advise the Company as a result part of a determination by the underwriter that marketing factors required a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten in such offering (an “Underwriter Cutback”), except in the event that (i) the Stockholder or Investors holding of more than 50% of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Underwritten Offering (determined based on the Registrable Securities Purchase Price applicable to such Registrable Securities) elect to abandon such offering or (ii) the Underwritten Offering is not consummated primarily as a result of the action, or failure to act, of one or more Investors holding Registrable Securities requested to be included therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, in connection with an Underwritten Offering requested pursuant to the final their Demand Notice permitted under and shall have the Demand Limitation set forth above, (iright to select the investment banker(s) the Stockholder Parties request that all of their remaining Registrable Securities be included in and manager(s) to administer such Underwritten Offering, and (ii) solely as a result of an Underwriter Cutback, the Stockholder Parties are required to sell less than 75% of such Registrable Securities requested to be distributed in such Underwritten Offering, then the Stockholder Parties will be entitled, collectively, to request one additional Underwritten Offering with respect to all of their remaining Registrable Securities, in which all Investors will be entitled to participate as if in connection with, and pursuant subject to the procedures applicable to, the delivery of a Demand Notice; provided that, in connection with such additional Underwritten Offering, any Underwriter Cutbacks Company’s approval which shall not be applied first, pro rata, with respect to the Registrable Securities of Unaffiliated Assignees requested to be included therein, and thereafter, pro rata, with respect to the Registrable Securities of the Stockholder Parties requested to be included therein. Upon expiration of such Response Period (or, if the Lock-Up Period has not then expired, upon expiration of the Lock-Up Period), and subject to Section 3.3 hereof, as soon as reasonably practicable and subject to such Underwriter Cutbacks as may be requested by the managing underwriter(s) of such Underwritten Offering:unreasonably withheld or delayed.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Wmi Holdings Corp.)

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