Exhibit 4.7
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
AND CONSENT
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT AND CONSENT is made
and entered into as of the 6th day of August, 1999, by and among Maxygen, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the undersigned holders (the
"Investors") of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value per
share (the "Series A Preferred"), Series B Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value
per share (the "Series B Preferred"), Series C Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par
value per share (the "Series C Preferred"), Series D Preferred Stock, $0.0001
par value per share (the "Series D Preferred") and Series E Preferred Stock,
$0.0001 par value per share (the "Series E Preferred").
RECITALS
The Company and certain of the Investors or their predecessors in interest
(the "Series A, Series B, Series C and Series D Investors") have entered into
that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated the 14th day of March, 1997, as
amended the 31st day of July, 1998, the 23rd day of December, 1998 and the 15th
day of June 1999, attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Rights Agreement"), that
provides that such Investors are to receive certain registration rights with
respect to Maxygen Common Stock ("Common Stock") and the Series A Preferred,
Series B Preferred, Series C Preferred and Series D Preferred.
AstraZeneca Holdings, B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of The
Netherlands (the "Series E Investor") has agreed to purchase shares of the
Series E Preferred pursuant to that certain Series E Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement between the Company and the Series E Investor dated as of June 18,
1999.
The undersigned Series A, Series B, Series C and Series D Investors (the
"Consenting Investors") constitute the holders of a majority of the outstanding
Registrable Securities for the purposes of Sections 13 and 17 of the Rights
Agreement.
The Company and the Consenting Investors wish to amend the Rights Agreement
to add the Series E Preferred as Registrable Securities.
The Consenting Investors wish to consent to the granting of registration
rights to the Series E Investor.
The Series E Investor wishes to become a party to the Rights Agreement, as
amended hereby.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, mutual covenants and
conditions herein contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby
agree as follows:
1. Pursuant to Section 17 of the Rights Agreement, the definition of
"Registrable Securities" contained in Section 1(d) of the Rights Agreement is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
(d) "Registrable Securities" shall mean (i) shares of Common Stock issued
or issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred, the Series B
Preferred, the Series C Preferred, the Series D Preferred or the Series E
Preferred, (ii) shares of Common Stock held of record by any of the
Investors, (iii) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon
conversion of any other series of Preferred Stock of the Company as shall
be agreed to in writing by a majority of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities, and (iv) shares of Common Stock issued as a dividend or
distribution with respect to, or in exchange or in replacement of, the
foregoing;
2. By executing this Agreement on the Series E Investor Signature Page,
the Series E Investor becomes a party to the Rights Agreement, as amended, as
though such Series E Investor had executed the Rights Agreement as of the date
thereof.
3. Pursuant to Section 13 of the Rights Agreement, the Consenting
Investors consent to the Company entering into the Rights Agreement with the
Series E Investor.
This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts and by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Fourth Amendment and
Consent as of the date first above written.
MAXYGEN, INC.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxx
Chairman
SERIES A INVESTORS
AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V.
Glaxo Wellcome House
Berkeley Avenue
Greenford, Middlesex,
United Kingdom UB6 0NN
Attn:_________________
Fax:__________________
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Signature
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name (please print)
Director
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Title
TECHNOGEN ASSOCIATES, L.P.
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
By: TECHNOGEN MANAGERS, L.L.C.,
its general partner
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Signature
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name (please print)
Manager
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Title
SERIES B INVESTORS
TECHNOGEN ASSOCIATES, L.P.
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
By: TECHNOGEN MANAGERS, L.L.C.,
its general partner
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Signature
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name (please print)
Manager
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Title
TECHNOGEN ENTERPRISES, LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Signature
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name (please print)
Member
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Title
SERIES B INVESTORS continued
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Entity (if applicable)
/s/
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Signature
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Name (please print)
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Title (if applicable)
SERIES C INVESTOR
PIONEER OVERSEAS CORPORATION
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attn:_________________
Fax:__________________
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Signature
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Name (please print)
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Title
SERIES D INVESTORS
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Entity (if applicable)
/s/
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Signature
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Name (please print)
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Title
SERIES E INVESTOR
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
ASTRAZENECA HOLDINGS, B.V.
Address: Voorn 47
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2986 A Ridderkerk
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Holland
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Attn: X.X. Xxxxx
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Fax: 00-00-000-000-000
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx /s/ X.X. Xxxxxx
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Signature (under Power of Attorney) Man. Dir. AZ Holdings B.V.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name (please print)
Assistant Secretary
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Title
