Exhibit 10.25
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated as of _____________, 1997 among VIALOG
CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation ("VIALOG"), the securityholders of
VIALOG listed on Schedule I to this Agreement (the "Securityholders") and the
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stockholders of the Participating Companies (defined below) listed on Schedule
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II to this Agreement (the "Participating Securityholders").
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FACTS
1. VIALOG, acting through wholly-owned subsidiaries, has entered into
Agreements and Plans of Reorganization (the "Merger Agreements") with
companies (the "Participating Companies") pursuant to which each of the
Participating Companies is merging with a subsidiary of VIALOG (the
"Mergers"). The Participating Securityholders will exchange their
respective equity interests in the Participating Companies for shares of
Common Stock, $.01 par value of VIALOG ("VIALOG Stock") and cash pursuant
to their respective Merger Agreements.
2. Contemporaneously with the Mergers, VIALOG will issue and sell VIALOG Stock
in a public offering (the "Public Offering") registered on Form S-1 in
accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act").
3. VIALOG, the Securityholders and the Participating Securityholders have
agreed to provide for the registration of shares of VIALOG Stock owned by
the Securityholders and the Participating Securityholders (collectively,
the "Shares").
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing, the Mergers and the respective covenants
and agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Restrictions on Transferability. The Shares will not be
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transferable, except upon the conditions specified in Sections 3 and 4, which
conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Act or,
in the case of Section 15, to assist in an orderly distribution. Each Holder
will cause any proposed transferee of Shares held by that Holder to agree to
take and hold those securities subject to the provisions and upon the conditions
specified in this Agreement.
SECTION 2 Certain Definitions. As used in this Section 2, the following
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terms will have the following meanings in this Agreement:
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other
federal agency at the time administering the Act.
"Holder" means any Securityholder or Participating Securityholder, or
any assignee thereof under Section 14, who is the holder of outstanding shares
of Registrable Securities which have not been sold to the public.
"Initiating Holders" means Holders in the aggregate of twenty percent
(20%) or more of the Shares.
"Other Shareholders" means any holders of securities of the Company
who are entitled, by agreement with the Company, to have securities included in
a requested registration of securities of the Company pursuant to Section 5 or
6.
The terms "register", "registered" and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Act and applicable rules and regulations thereunder and the
declaration of ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
"Registrable Securities" means (i) the Shares and (ii) any VIALOG
Stock issued in respect of the Shares upon any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or similar event.
"Registration Expenses" means all expenses incurred by the Company in
compliance with Sections 5 and 6, including without limitation all registration
and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company, blue sky fees and expenses, fees and disbursements of a single counsel
for all the selling Holders and other security holders, and the expense of any
special audits incident to or required by any such registration (but excluding
the compensation of regular employees of the Company, which will be paid in any
event by the Company).
"Restricted Securities" means the securities of the Company required
to bear or bearing the legend set forth in Section 3.
SECTION 3 Restrictive Legends. Each certificate representing (a) the
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Shares, or (b) any other securities issued in respect of the Shares, upon any
stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar
event, will (unless otherwise permitted or unless the securities evidenced by
such certificate will have been registered under the Act) be stamped or
otherwise imprinted with legends in substantially the following form (in
addition to
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any legend required under applicable state securities laws):
THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE HOLDER NAMED
HEREON FOR HIS OWN ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT WITH NO INTENTION OF MAKING
OR CAUSING TO BE MADE ANY PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION OF ALL OR ANY PORTION
THEREOF. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE PLEDGED, SOLD OR IN ANY OTHER WAY
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR
SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS IN EFFECT AT THAT
TIME, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER
THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT.
Upon request of a holder of such a certificate, the Company will remove the
foregoing legend from the certificate or issue to such holder a new certificate
therefor free of any transfer legend, if, with such request, the Company will
have received either the opinion referred to in Section 4(a) or the "no-action"
letter referred to in Section 4(b) to the effect that any transfer by such
holder or the securities evidenced by such certificate will not violate the Act.
SECTION 4 Notice of Proposed Transfers. The holder of each certificate
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representing Restricted Securities by acceptance thereof agrees to comply in all
respects with the provisions of this Section 4. Prior to any proposed transfer
of any Restricted Securities (other than under circumstances described in
Sections 5, 6 and 8), the holder thereof will give written notice to the Company
of such holder's intention to effect such transfer. Each such notice will
describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed transfer in sufficient
detail, and will be accompanied (except in transactions in compliance with Rule
144) by either (a) a written opinion of legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Company, addressed to the Company and reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Company's counsel, to the effect that the proposed transfer of
the Restricted Securities may be effected without registration under the Act or
(b) a "no-action" letter from the Commission to the effect that the distribution
of such securities without registration will not result in a recommendation by
the staff of the Commission that action be taken with respect thereto, whereupon
the holder of such Restricted Securities will be entitled to transfer such
Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered by
the holder to the Company. Each certificate evidencing the Restricted Securities
transferred as provided above will bear the appropriate restrictive legend set
forth in Section 3, except that such certificate need not bear such restrictive
legend if the opinion of counsel or "no-action" letter referred to above is to
the further effect that such legend is not required in order to establish
compliance with any provisions of the Act.
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SECTION 5 Demand Registration.
(a) Request for Registration. If the Company receives from
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Initiating Holders, at any time or times on or after one year following the
closing date of the Company's initial offering of securities to the public
pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission, a written request that the Company effect registration with
respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities, the Company will:
(i) within ten days of receipt thereof, give written notice of the
proposed registration to all other Holders; and
(ii) as soon as practicable, use its best efforts to effect such
registration (including, without limitation, the execution of an
undertaking to file post-effective amendments, appropriate
qualification under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws
and appropriate compliance with applicable regulations issued under
the Act) as may be so requested and which would permit or facilitate
the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Registrable
Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such
portion of the Registrable Securities of any Holder or Holders joining
in such request as are specified in a written request given within 30
days after receipt of such written notice from the Company; provided
that the Company will not be obligated to effect, or to take any
action to effect, any such registration pursuant to this Section 5:
(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, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is
already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be
required by the Act or applicable rules or regulations thereunder; or
(B) After the Company has effected two such registrations pursuant to
this Section 5(a) and such registrations have been declared or ordered
effective by the Commission and the sales of such Registrable Securities
have closed.
Subject to the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Company will file a
registration statement covering the Registrable Securities so requested to be
registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests of
the Initiating Holders. However, if (i) in the good faith judgment of the Board
of Directors of the Company, such registration would be detrimental to the
Company and the Board of Directors of the Company concludes, as a result, that
it is essential to defer the filing of such registration statement at such time
and (ii) the Company furnishes to such Initiating Holders a certificate signed
by the President of the Company stating the foregoing, then the Company will
have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than 180 days after
the receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders. The Company may not defer
its obligation in this manner more than once in any twelve-month period. The
registration statement filed pursuant to the request of the Initiating Holders
may, subject to the provisions of
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Section 5(b), include securities of the Company for its own account, or other
securities of the Company which are held by officers or directors of the Company
or which are held by persons who, by virtue of agreements with the Company, are
entitled to include their securities in any such registration.
(b) Underwriting. If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the
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Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting,
they will so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this
Section 5 and the Company will include such information in the written notice
referred to in Section 5(a)(i). The underwriter will be selected by the Company
and will be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating
Holders. The right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 5 will
be conditioned upon such Holder's participation in such underwriting and the
inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless
otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders
and such Holder with respect to such participation and inclusion) to the extent
provided in this Section. A Holder may elect to include in such underwriting all
or a part of the Registrable Securities it holds.
If officers or directors of the Company holding other securities of the
Company request inclusion in any registration pursuant to this Section 5, or if
Other Shareholders request such inclusion, the Initiating Holders will, on
behalf of all Holders, offer to include the securities of such officers,
directors and Other Shareholders in the underwriting and may condition such
offer on their acceptance of the further applicable provisions of this
Agreement. If the representative of the underwriter advises the Initiating
Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of
shares to be underwritten, then the securities of the Company (other than
Registrable Securities) held by officers or directors of the Company will be
excluded from such registration to the extent so required by such limitation,
and if a limitation of the number of shares is still required, the Initiating
Holders will so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities and Other
Shareholders whose securities would otherwise be underwritten pursuant to the
request described in this Section, and the number of shares of Registrable
Securities and other securities that may be included in the registration and
underwriting will be allocated among all such Holders and Other Shareholders in
proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective amounts of Registrable
Securities and other securities which they had requested to be included in such
registration at the time of filing the registration statement. No Registrable
Securities or any other securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of
the underwriter's marketing limitation will be included in such registration.
If any Holder of Registrable Securities, officer, director or Other
Shareholder who has requested inclusion in such registration as provided above
disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such person may elect to withdraw
therefrom by written notice to the Company, the underwriter and the Initiating
Holders. The securities held by such person will then be withdrawn from
registration. If the underwriter has not limited the number of Registrable
Securities or other securities to be underwritten, the Company may include its
securities for its own account in such registration if the underwriter so agrees
and if the number of Registrable Securities and other securities which would
otherwise have been included in such registration and underwriting has not
thereby been limited.
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SECTION 6 Company Registration.
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(a) If the Company determines to register any of its securities
either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders
exercising their respective demand registration rights, other than a
registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction, or a
registration on any registration form which does not permit secondary sales or
does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be
included in a registration statement covering the sale of Registrable
Securities, the Company will:
(i) promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof which
will include a list of the jurisdictions in which the Company intends
to attempt to qualify such securities under the applicable blue sky or
other state securities laws; and
(ii) include in such registration (and any related qualification
under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting
involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a
written request or requests, made by any Holder within 15 days after
receipt of the written notice from the Company described in clause (i)
above, except as set forth in Section 6(b). Such written request may
specify that all or a part of a Holder's Registrable Securities be
included in the Company's registration.
(b) Underwriting. If the registration of which the Company gives
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notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the
Company will so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given
pursuant to Section 6(a)(i). In such event the right of any Holder to
registration pursuant to this Section 6 will be conditioned upon such Holder's
participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's
Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided in this
Agreement. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such
underwriting will (together with the Company and the Other Shareholders
distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or representative
of the underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company. If the
representative of the underwriter determines that marketing factors require a
limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, and (i) if such
registration is the first registered offering of the Company's securities to the
public, then the underwriter may (subject to the allocation priority set forth
below) exclude from such registration and underwriting some or all of the
Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant to the
notice described in this Section, and (ii) if such registration is other than
the first registered offering of the sale of the Company's securities to the
public, then the underwriter may (subject to the allocation priority set forth
below) limit the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the
registration and underwriting to not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the
securities included therein (based on aggregate market values). The Company will
advise all holders of securities requesting registration promptly after such
determination by the underwriter, and the number of shares of securities that
are entitled to be
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included in the registration and underwriting will be allocated in the following
manner: The securities of the Company (other than Registrable Securities) held
by officers and directors of the Company will be excluded from such registration
and underwriting to the extent required by such limitation, and if a limitation
of the number of shares is still required, the number of shares that may be
included in the registration and underwriting will be allocated among all such
Holders and Other Shareholders in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the
respective amounts of Registrable Securities and other securities which they had
requested to be included in such registration at the time of filing the
registration statement, except that Registrable Securities will be the last to
be limited. Any Holder of Registrable Securities or any officer, director or
Other Shareholder disapproving of the terms of any such underwriting may elect
to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriter. Any
Registrable Securities or other securities excluded or withdrawn from such
underwriting will be withdrawn from such registration.
SECTION 7 Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred
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in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to
this Agreement will be borne by the Company, and all selling expenses, including
underwriting discounts, selling commissions and the fees and expenses of the
selling Holder's own counsel (other than the counsel selected to represent all
selling Holders) will be borne by the holders of the securities so registered
pro rata on the basis of the number of their shares so registered. However, the
Company will not be required to pay any Registration Expenses if, as a result of
the withdrawal of a request for registration by Initiating Holders, the
registration statement does not become effective, in which case the Holders and
Other Shareholders requesting registration will bear such Registration Expenses
pro-rata on the basis of the number of their shares so included in the
registration request. Such registration will not be counted as a requested
registration pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii)(B).
SECTION 8 Registration on Form S-3. Following the effective date of the
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first registration of any securities of the Company on Form S-1 or any
comparable or successor form or forms, the Company will use its best efforts to
file all reports necessary to qualify for registration of its securities on Form
S-3 or any comparable or successor form or forms, and the Company will register
(whether or not required by law to do so) the Common Stock under the Exchange
Act in accordance with the provisions thereof. After the Company has qualified
for the use of Form S-3, in addition to the rights contained in the foregoing
provisions of this Agreement, the Holders of Registrable Securities will have
the right to request registration on Form S-3. However, the Company will not be
obligated to effect any such registration if (i) such 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) on Form S-3 at an aggregate offering price to the public of less than
$1,000,000, (ii) in the event that the Company furnishes the certificate
described in Section 5(a), or (iii) if the Company has effected two
registrations on Form S-3 within the past twelve months. Such requests will be
in writing and will state the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be
disposed of and the intended methods of disposition of such shares by such
Holder or Holder. If at the time of any request to register Registrable Shares
pursuant to this Section 8, the Company is engaged or has firm plans
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to engage within 90 days of the time of the request in a registered public
offering as to which the Initiating Holders may include Registrable Shares
pursuant to Section 6 or is engaged in any other activity which, in the good
faith determination of the Company's Board of Directors, would be adversely
affected by the requested registration to the material detriment of the Company,
then the Company may at its option direct that such request be delayed for a
period not in excess of one hundred twenty (120) days from the effective date of
such offering or the date of commencement of such other material activity, as
the case may be, such right to delay a request to be exercised by the Company
not more than once during any period of twelve consecutive months.
SECTION 9 Registration Procedures. In the case of each registration
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effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will keep each
participating Holder advised in writing as to the initiation of each
registration and as to the completion thereof. At its expense, the Company will:
(a) Keep such registration effective for a period of four months;
provided, however, that (i) such four-month period will be extended for a period
of time equal to the period the Holder refrains from selling any securities
included in such registration in accordance with the provisions of Section 15,
and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3
which are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, such
four-month period will be extended for up to an additional four months, if
necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all such
Registrable Securities are sold or such extension period expires; provided that
Rule 415, or any successor rule under the Act, permits an offering on a
continuous or delayed basis, and provided further that applicable rules under
the Act governing the obligation to file a post-effective amendment permit, in
lieu of filing a post-effective amendment which (A) includes any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or (B) reflects facts or events
representing a material or fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement, the incorporation by reference of information
required to be included in (A) and (B) above to be contained in periodic reports
filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act in the registration
statement;
(b) Furnish such number of prospectuses and other documents incident
thereto as a Holder from time to time may reasonably request; and
(c) In connection with any underwritten offering pursuant to a
registration statement filed pursuant to Section 5, the Company will enter into
an underwriting agreement reasonably necessary to effect the offer and sale of
the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration;
provided, however, that such underwriting agreement contains customary
underwriting provisions and provided further that if the underwriter so requests
the underwriting agreement will contain customary contribution provisions.
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SECTION 10 Indemnification.
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(a) The Company will indemnify each Holder, each of its officers,
directors and partners, and each person who controls such Holder, on whose
behalf registration, qualification or compliance has been effected pursuant to
this Agreement, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any
underwriter (within the meaning of the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder) against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged
untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement,
prospectus, offering circular or other document incident to any such
registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged
omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the
Company of the Act or any rule or regulation thereunder applicable to the
Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection
with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and will reimburse each
such Holder, each of its officers, directors and partners, and each person who
controls such Holder, each such underwriter and each person who controls any
such underwriter, for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating and defending any such claim, loss, damage,
liability or action; provided that the Company will not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense
arises from or is based on any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission based upon written information furnished to the Company by
such Holder or underwriter and intended for use therein.
(b) Each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by it are
included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or
compliance is being effected, and each Other Shareholder who has the right to
register its securities pursuant to this Agreement will be required by the
Company to, indemnify the Company, each of its directors and officers and each
underwriter, if any, of the Company's securities covered by such a registration
statement, each person who controls the Company or such underwriter (within the
meaning of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) each other such
Holder and Other Shareholder and each of their officers, directors and partners,
and each person who controls such Holder or Other Shareholder, against all
claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising
out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a
material fact contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, offering
circular or other document, or any omission (or alleged omission) to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Company and such
Holders, Other Shareholders, directors, officers, partners, persons,
underwriters or controlling persons for any legal or any other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such
claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only
to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or
omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement,
prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder or
Other Shareholder and intended for use therein; provided, however, that the
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obligations of such Holders and Other Shareholders hereunder will be limited to
an amount equal to the proceeds to each such Holder or Other Shareholder of
securities sold as contemplated in this Agreement.
(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 10 (the
"Indemnified Party") will give notice to the party required to provide
indemnification (the "Indemnifying Party") promptly after such Indemnified Party
has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and will
permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any
litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying
Party, who will conduct the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting
therefrom, will be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval will not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), and the Indemnified Party may participate in
such defense at such party's expense, and provided further that the failure of
any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided in this Section will not
relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations unless the failure to give
such notice is prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party's ability to defend such
claim. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation,
will, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party (which consent will not
unreasonably be withheld or delayed), consent to entry of any judgment or enter
into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the
giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from
all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Each Indemnified Party
will furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an
Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as will be reasonably
required in connection with defense of such claim and litigation resulting
therefrom.
SECTION 11 Information by Holder. Each Holder of Registrable Securities,
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and each Other Shareholder holding securities included in any registration, will
furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder or Other
Shareholder and the distribution proposed by such Holder or Other Shareholder as
the Company may reasonably request in writing and as will be reasonably required
in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in
this Agreement.
SECTION 12 Limitation on Registration of Issues of Securities. This
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Agreement will not be construed to limit the right of the Company to enter any
agreements with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the
Company giving such holder or prospective holder the right to require the
Company, upon any registration of any of its securities, to include, among the
securities which the Company is then registering, securities owned by such
holder. However, any right given by the Company to any holder or prospective
holder of the Company's securities in connection with the registration of
securities will be conditioned such that it will be consistent with the rights
of the Holders provided in this Agreement.
SECTION 13 Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available the
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benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission which may permit the
sale of the Restricted Securities to the public without registration, the
Company agrees to:
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(a) Make and keep public information available as those terms are
understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Act (and any successor rule to Rule
144) at all times from and after 90 days following the effective date of the
first registration statement under the Act filed by the Company for an offering
of its securities to the public;
(b) File with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Act and the Exchange Act at any time
after it has become subject to such reporting requirements;
(c) So long as a Holder owns any Restricted Securities, furnish to
the Holder as promptly as possible upon its request a written statement by the
Company confirming its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144
(at any time from and after 90 days following the effective date of the first
registration statement filed by the Company for an offering of its securities to
the public), a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the
Company, and such other reports and documents so filed as a Holder may
reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the
Commission allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without registration.
SECTION 14 Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights to
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cause the Company to register the Registrable Securities granted by the Company
under Sections 5, 6 and 8 may be transferred or assigned by a Holder to a
transferee or assignee of any of the Holder's Registrable Securities; provided
that the Company is given written notice by a Holder at the time of or within a
reasonable time after said transfer or assignment, stating the name and address
of said transferee or assignee and identifying the securities with respect to
which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned and provided
further that the transferee or assignee of such rights assumes the obligations
of such Holder under this Agreement evidenced by an agreement in writing
delivered to the Company.
SECTION 15 "Market Stand-off" Agreement. Each Securityholder and
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Participating Securityholder agrees, if requested by the Company and an
underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, not to sell or
otherwise transfer or dispose of any Common Stock (or other securities) of the
Company held by it during the 180-day period following the effective date of a
registration statement of the Company filed under the Act, provided that all
Other Shareholders and officers and directors of the Company enter into similar
agreements. Such agreement will be in writing in a form satisfactory to the
Company and such underwriter. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions
with respect to the shares (or securities) subject to the foregoing restriction
until the end of the 180-day period.
SECTION 16 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and
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construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts governing contracts made and to be performed in such jurisdiction,
regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles
of conflicts of law.
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SECTION 17 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
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counterparts, and by the different parties to this Agreement in separate
counterparts, each of which when executed will be deemed to be an original but
all of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, VIALOG, the Securityholders and the Participating
Securityholders have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first
written above.
VIALOG CORPORATION
By:________________________________________
Title:
SECURITYHOLDER/PARTICIPATING
SECURITYHOLDER:
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
(Name Typed or Printed)
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