REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 27, 2016, is made by and between SecureWorks Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with any successor thereto, the “Company”), Dell Marketing L.P., a Texas limited partnership (together with any successor thereto, “DMLP”), Xxxxxxx X. Dell (“MD”), the Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Dell Separate Property Trust (together with any successor thereto, the “Dell Trust”), MSDC Denali Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“MSDC LP”), MSDC Denali EIV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with MSDC LP and any successors thereto, the “MSD Funds” and each an “MSD Fund”), Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SLP III”), Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SLTI III”), Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SLP IV”), Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SLTI IV”), and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with SLP III, SLTI III, SLP IV, SLTI IV and any successors thereto, the “Silver Lake Funds” and each, a “Silver Lake Fund”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company has sold shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Class A Common Stock”) in an initial public offering (the “IPO”);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, DMLP owns of record all of the issued and outstanding shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Class B Common Stock,” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”);
WHEREAS, MD, the Dell Trust, the MSD Funds and the Silver Lake Funds each own shares of Common Stock of Denali Holding Inc., the ultimate parent company of DMLP, and such shareholders may acquire shares of Common Stock after the date of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to provide DMLP, MD, the Dell Trust, the MSD Funds and the Silver Lake Funds and their respective permitted assigns with the registration rights set forth herein for the public offering and sale of (a) shares of Class A Common Stock, including Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock held by such stockholders, and (b) shares of Class B Common Stock held by such stockholders;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Adverse Offering Effect” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a).
“Affiliate” has the meaning specified in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof.
“Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 17.
“beneficial owner” and to “beneficially own” have the same meanings as in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof.
“Blackout Period” has the meaning specified in Section 8.
“Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or other governmental actions to close.
“Class A Common Stock” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.
“Class B Common Stock” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the sale of the Class A Common Stock in the IPO is consummated by the Company and the underwriters of the IPO.
“Common Stock” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.
“Company” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Company Affiliate” means (a) any legal entity of which the Company is the beneficial owner of voting interests representing 20% or more in voting power of the outstanding voting interests or (b) any other legal entity that (directly or indirectly) is controlled by the Company.
“Company Securities” means (a) the Common Stock and (b) all rights, warrants, options, convertible securities or indebtedness, exchangeable securities or indebtedness, or other rights, in each case convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, directly or indirectly, shares of Common Stock, whether at the time of issue or upon the passage of time or the occurrence of a future event.
“control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a legal entity, whether through the ownership of voting interests, by contract, or otherwise.
“Cutback Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a).
“Dell Trust” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Demand Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 3(a).
“Demand Registrable Securities” means any Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Demand Registration by a Holder pursuant to Section 3.
“Demand Registration” means any registration of Registrable Securities effected pursuant to Section 3.
“Denali” means (a) Denali Holding Inc., a Delaware corporation, (b) any of its successors by way of merger, consolidation or share exchange, any acquiror of all or substantially all of its assets and (c) any person of which Denali Holding Inc. becomes a subsidiary.
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“Denali Affiliate” means, other than the Company or any Company Affiliate, (a) any legal entity of which Denali is the beneficial owner of voting interests representing 20% or more in voting power of the outstanding voting interests, (b) any other legal entity that (directly or indirectly) is controlled by Denali, controls Denali or is under common control with Denali, (c) any of (i) MD, (ii) any legal entity of which MD is the beneficial owner of voting interests representing 20% or more in voting power of the outstanding voting interests, (iii) any other legal entity that (directly or indirectly) is controlled by MD, (iv) the Dell Trust, (v) any MSD Fund and (vi) any Permitted Transferee (as such term is defined in the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation) of any Person referred to in sub-clause (i), (iv) or (v) of this clause (c).
“Denali Entity” means any one or more of Denali and the Denali Affiliates.
“Denali Holders” means (a) DMLP and its successors and permitted assigns and (b) any Denali Affiliate (other than any Silver Lake Holder) that acquires shares of Common Stock and its successors and permitted assigns.
“DMLP” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor federal statute, as the same shall be in effect from time to time. Reference to a particular section of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall include reference to the comparable section, if any, of any such successor federal statute.
“Excluded Registration” means (a) a registration of Common Stock under the Securities Act pursuant to a registration statement filed (i) on Form S-4 or Form S-8 under the Securities Act (or any successor registration forms), (ii) in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, direct stock purchase plans or similar plans or (iii) in connection with a registration pursuant to which the Company offers to exchange its own securities for other securities, or (b) a Rule 144A Resale Shelf Registration.
“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“Form S-3” means Form S-3 under the Securities Act (or any successor registration form).
“Form S-3 Eligible” means, as of any date of determination, the Company’s eligibility as of such date under SEC rules to register Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 for offering and sale thereunder.
“Free Writing Prospectus” means a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to an offer of Registrable Securities.
“Holders” means each Denali Holder and each Silver Lake Holder. A Person shall cease to be a Holder hereunder at such time as such Person ceases to hold any Registrable Securities.
“Initiating Demand Holders” has the meaning specified in Section 3(a).
“IPO” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereof.
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“Lock-up Letter Transactions” means (a) offering, pledging, selling, contracting to sell, selling any option or contract to purchase, purchasing any option or contract to sell, granting any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Company Securities (including Company Securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the applicable Person), (b) entering into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (a) above or this clause (b) is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other Company Securities, in cash or otherwise, (c) making any demand that would require the filing during the lock-up period of any registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any Company Securities, or (d) publicly disclosing any intention or arrangement to do any of the foregoing.
“Losses” has the meaning specified in Section 12(a).
“MD” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.
“MSDC LLC” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.
“MSDC LP” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.
“MSD Funds” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or a political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by any Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference into such prospectus.
“Registrable Securities” means, collectively, with respect to any Holder, the following securities held by such Holder: (a) (i) shares of Class A Common Stock, including shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock, and (ii) any shares of Class A Common Stock paid, issued or distributed in respect of any shares of Class A Common Stock referred to in clause (i) by way of stock dividend or distribution or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or otherwise and held by such Holder; and (b) (i) shares of Class B Common Stock and (ii) any shares of Class B Common Stock paid, issued or distributed in respect of any shares of Class B Common Stock referred to in clause (i) by way of stock dividend or distribution or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or otherwise and held by such Holder. Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities in accordance with Section 2(b).
“Registration Expenses” means any and all expenses incident to the Company’s performance of its registration obligations under this Agreement, including: (a) all SEC registration and filing fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and distribution of each Registration Statement and Prospectus and any other document or amendment thereto and the mailing and delivery of copies thereof to each Holder and any underwriters or dealers; (b) fees and
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expenses of counsel to the Company; (c) fees and expenses incident to any filing with FINRA or to securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of Registrable Securities: (d) fees and expenses in connection with the qualification of Registrable Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws (including fees and expenses incurred in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities and including all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel in connection with any survey of state securities or blue sky laws and the preparation of any memorandum with respect thereto); (e) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of Registrable Securities on any securities exchange in accordance with this Agreement; (f) the internal expenses of the Company (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties); (g) in connection with any registration, up to $40,000 of the reasonable fees and expenses of a single counsel for the Holders selected by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities that have Registrable Securities registered in connection with such registration; and (h) with respect to each registration, the fees and expenses of all independent public accountants (including the expenses of any audit and “comfort” letters) and the fees and expenses of other persons, including experts, retained by the Company, but excluding (x) any underwriting, discounts, commissions and fees, brokerage and sales commissions, and transfer and documentary stamp taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of the Registrable Securities and (y) any fees or expenses of counsel for the Holders, other than the fees and expenses referred to in clause (g) above.
“Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company filed with the SEC and referred to in Section 3 or 4, including any Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 (or any similar rule then in effect) promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A Resale Shelf Registration” means a registration under the Securities Act of convertible notes, convertible preferred stock or Common Stock warrants and the underlying Common Stock for resale of such securities by the purchasers thereof acquired in an offering under the Securities Act made to one or more investment banking firms as initial purchasers for reoffering by such initial purchasers to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A), to other institutional “accredited investors” (as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), or to investors outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Section 9(e) Period” has the meaning specified in Section 9(e).
“Section 9(k) Period” has the meaning specified in Section 9(k).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor federal statute, as the same shall be in effect from time to time. Reference to a particular section of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall include reference to the comparable section, if any, of any such successor federal statute.
“Shelf Registration Statement” means a Registration Statement for an offering of securities to be made on a delayed or continuous basis, which covers Registrable Securities, on Form S-3 or other appropriate form under Rule 415 of the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC.
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“Silver Lake” means Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, together with any successor thereto.
“Silver Lake Affiliate” means, other than the Company, any Company Affiliate or any Denali Entity, (a) Silver Lake, (b) any Silver Lake Fund and (c) any other legal entity that (directly or indirectly) is controlled by Silver Lake, controls Silver Lake or is under common control with Silver Lake.
“Silver Lake Fund” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Silver Lake Holders” means any Silver Lake Affiliate that acquires shares of Common Stock and its successors and permitted assigns.
“subsidiary” means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other legal entity in which such Person beneficially owns (a) voting interests representing more than 50% of the voting power of the ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other members of the applicable governing body thereof, or (b) if no such governing body exists at such legal entity, capital stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of such entity’s outstanding ownership interests. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the voting power of such voting interests or ownership interests of a partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity if such Person or a subsidiary of such Person (or a combination thereof) shall be, allocated a majority of partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity gains or losses or shall be, or shall control (directly or indirectly), the sole general partner, the managing general partner or the managing member of such partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity.
“Third-Party Security Holder” means any holder (other than a Holder) of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company that exercises contractual rights to participate in a registered offering of securities of the Company pursuant to an agreement other than this Agreement.
“Underwritten Offering” means an underwritten offering in which securities are sold to one or more underwriters, on a firm commitment basis, for reoffering to the public or pursuant to a “block trade” or “bought deal.”
“voting interests” means, with respect to any legal entity, capital stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other ownership interests entitled generally to vote on the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such legal entity.
2. Securities Subject to this Agreement.
(a) The Registrable Securities held in the name of any Holder are the sole securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.
(b) Registrable Securities held by any Holder shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and such Holder shall cease to have any registration rights with respect thereto under this Agreement) on the date and to the extent that (i) a Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities has been declared effective under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective Registration Statement, (ii) such Registrable Securities have been sold or transferred in accordance with the requirements of Rule 144, (iii) such Registrable Securities have been otherwise transferred or disposed of, the Company shall have delivered the Registrable Securities either in certificated form without any legend restricting further transfer or disposition thereof or in book-entry form on the stock transfer records of the Company without notation as to any restrictions on further transfer or disposition thereof and, at such time, subsequent transfer or disposition of such securities shall not require registration of such securities under the Securities Act, (iv) all Registrable Securities then held in the name of such Holder may be sold or
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transferred by such Holder pursuant to Rule 144 without limitation or restriction under any of the requirements of Rule 144 (as determined by the Company in good faith) or (v) such Registrable Securities have ceased to be outstanding.
3. Demand Registration Rights.
(a) Upon the written request (a “Demand Notice”) of one or more of the Holders (the “Initiating Demand Holders”) that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of Registrable Securities held by such Holders having a reasonably anticipated net aggregate offering price (after deduction of underwriter discounts and commissions and offering expenses) of at least $30,000,000 (or, if such Registrable Securities constitute all remaining Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Initiating Demand Holders that initiated the applicable registration, of at least $20,000,000) as determined in good faith by the Company at the time of its receipt of the Demand Notice, which written request shall specify the aggregate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered and the proposed method of distribution thereof, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than 30 days, after its receipt of such Demand Notice (or, if the Company shall be legally prohibited from making such a filing, as soon thereafter as is legally permissible), a Registration Statement with respect to such requested registration.
(b) Within five Business Days after its receipt of a Demand Notice pursuant to Section 3(a), the Company shall give written notice of its receipt of such Demand Notice to each Holder that is not an Initiating Demand Holder (other than any Holder that has provided written notice to the Company that such Holder elects not to receive notices from the Company pursuant to this Section 3(b)), informing such Holder of its right to have its Registrable Securities included among the securities to be covered thereby. At the written request of any such Holder given to the Company within ten Business Days after such notice from the Company has been so given, there shall be included among the securities covered by the Registration Statement for such requested registration the number of Registrable Securities that such Holder shall have requested to be so included.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(a), and subject to Section 3(d), the Company shall not be required to take any action with respect to a registration requested pursuant to this Section 3:
(i) if at the time of its receipt of the Demand Notice for such requested registration (other than a request for an Underwritten Offering made in accordance with this Section 3) the Company shall have effective under the Securities Act a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holders could effect the disposition of their Registrable Securities according to their proposed method of distribution;
(ii) if, within the 120-day period immediately preceding delivery of the Demand Notice for such requested registration, the Holders shall have consummated a Demand Registration; or
(iii) during the pendency of any Blackout Period;
provided, however, that the Company shall be permitted to satisfy its obligations under Section 3(a) by amending (to the extent permitted by applicable law) within 30 days after a written request for
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registration thereunder, any Registration Statement previously filed by the Company under the Securities Act so that such Registration Statement (as so amended) shall permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods of disposition, including, without limitation, an Underwritten Offering, specified by the Holders as aforesaid) of all of the Registrable Securities for which a demand for registration has been made pursuant to Section 3(a). If the Company shall so amend a previously filed Registration Statement, it shall be deemed to have effected a registration for purposes of this Section 3.
(d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 3, but subject to Section 3(c), at such time or times as the Company is not Form S-3 Eligible, the Holders shall have the right hereunder to effect a maximum of five Demand Registrations in the aggregate, and the Company shall in no event be obligated to take any action to effect:
| (i) | more than three registrations initiated by the Denali Holders; or |
| (ii) | more than two registrations initiated by the Silver Lake Holders. |
From and after such time as the Company has become Form S-3 Eligible, and for so long as the Company remains Form S-3 Eligible, the Holders shall have the right hereunder, subject to Section 3(c), to effect an unlimited number of Demand Registrations.
(e) Subject to Section 3(f), a Demand Registration shall not be deemed to be effected for purposes of this Section 3: (i) if the Registration Statement for such Demand Registration has not been declared effective by the SEC or become effective in accordance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; (ii) in the case of a Demand Registration that does not contemplate an Underwritten Offering, if the Registration Statement therefor does not remain effective for at least 180 days (or such shorter period as will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or withdrawn); (iii) in the case of a Demand Registration that contemplates an Underwritten Offering, if (A) the Registration Statement therefor does not remain effective for such period as, in the opinion of counsel for the managing underwriters thereof, is required by law for the delivery of a Prospectus in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer, or (B) the conditions to closing specified in the applicable underwriting agreement are not satisfied by reason of a violation or breach of such underwriting agreement or this Agreement by the Company; or (iv) if, as a result of a determination made by the managing underwriters of an Underwritten Offering or (if the offering shall not be an Underwritten Offering) the Holders pursuant to Section 5(a), the Initiating Demand Holders shall not be entitled to include in such Demand Registration at least 75% of the Registrable Securities that such Initiating Demand Holders requested pursuant to Section 3(a) to be so included in such Demand Registration.
(f) Initiating Demand Holders may, at any time prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to such registration, or in the case of a Registration Statement that has already become effective, before the pricing of the applicable offering, revoke the Demand Notice delivered pursuant to Section 3(a) by providing a written notice to the Company revoking such Demand Notice. The Initiating Demand Holders shall be deemed to have effected a Demand Registration for purposes of Section 3(e) in the case of any withdrawal of a Demand Registration in accordance with this Section 3(f), unless: (i) such withdrawal is based on a reasonable
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determination, made by the Initiating Demand Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities to be included in the Registration Statement therefor, that there has been, since the date of the applicable Demand Notice pursuant to Section 3(a), a material adverse change in business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company, in general market conditions or in market conditions for business in the Company’s industry generally; or (ii) the Initiating Demand Holders reimburse the Company for all Registration Expenses incurred by the Company with respect to such withdrawn Demand Registration. Unless such Initiating Demand Holders otherwise agree, such Initiating Demand Holders shall provide the reimbursement contemplated by clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence pro rata based on the relative number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such withdrawn Demand Registration by each such Initiating Demand Holder. Except as otherwise contemplated by such clause (ii), no revocation pursuant to this Section 3(f) shall relieve the Company of its obligation hereunder to pay the Registration Expenses in connection with any such request.
(g) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5(a), the Company shall have the right to register pursuant to a Demand Registration, and the Company and Third-Party Security Holders shall have the right to include in such Demand Registration, such number of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company as the Company and such Third-Party Security Holders may specify.
(h) The Initiating Demand Holders delivering a Demand Notice pursuant to Section 3(a) may distribute the Registrable Securities covered by such demand by means of an Underwritten Offering or any other method of distribution permitted in accordance with the Registration Statement, with such method to be determined by the Initiating Demand Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities so requested to be registered by the Initiating Demand Holders.
4. Piggyback Registration.
(a) If at any time after the Closing Date the Company shall propose to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to a public offering of the Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company (other than in connection with an Excluded Registration) for the Company’s own account or for the account of any holder of the Company’s equity securities (other than any Holder), in each case, on a registration form and in a manner that would permit the registration of Registrable Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Act, the Company shall (i) give written notice at least ten Business Days prior to the filing thereof to each Holder (other than any Holder that has provided written notice to the Company that such Holder elects not to receive notices from the Company pursuant to this Section 4(a)), specifying the approximate date on which the Company proposes to file such Registration Statement and advising such Holder of its right to have any and all of the Registrable Securities of such Holder included among the securities to be covered thereby, subject to reduction in accordance with Section 5, and (ii) at the written request of any such Holder given to the Company within five Business Days after written notice from the Company has been given to such Holder, include among the securities covered by such Registration Statement the number of Registrable Securities which such Holder shall have requested to be so included, subject to reduction in accordance with Section 5.
(b) Nothing in this Section 4 shall create any liability on the part of the Company to any Holder if for any reason the Company shall decide not to file, or to delay the filing of, a Registration Statement proposed to be filed pursuant to Section 4(a) or to withdraw such Registration
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Statement subsequent to the filing thereof, regardless of any action whatsoever that a Holder may have taken, whether as a result of the issuance by the Company of any notice hereunder or otherwise; provided, however, that the Company shall not be relieved of its obligation hereunder to pay the Registration Expenses in connection with any such filing or proposed filing.
5. Cutbacks.
(a) In connection with any Demand Registration, if the managing underwriters of such offering shall give notice (a “Cutback Notice”) to the Company (it being understood that the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable provide any such notice to all Holders who have requested to include Registrable Securities in such offering) that, in their opinion, the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such offering and the number of any equity securities which the Company and any Third-Party Security Holders propose to include in such offering for sale for their respective accounts exceed the number of Registrable Securities and such other equity securities which can be offered or sold in such offering without being reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the offering price, timing or distribution of the Registrable Securities or the market for the Common Stock (an “Adverse Offering Effect”), there shall be included in such offering only the number of Registrable Securities and any such other equity securities that, in the opinion of such managing underwriters, can be included without being reasonably likely to have an Adverse Offering Effect. In such event, the Registrable Securities and any such other equity securities shall be included in the offering pursuant to such Demand Registration in the following priority:
(i) first, all of the Demand Registrable Securities which can be so included without being reasonably likely to have an Adverse Offering Effect; and
(ii) second, if all of the Demand Registrable Securities may be so included in such offering, such number of equity securities proposed to be sold by the Company and Third-Party Security Holders in such offering which can be included therein without being reasonably likely to have an Adverse Offering Effect (with any reduction in such number being allocated among the Company and such Third-Party Security Holders in accordance with their separate agreements).
(b) If not all of the Demand Registrable Securities may be included in such offering without being reasonably likely to have an Adverse Offering Effect, any reduction in such number shall be allocated among the Initiating Demand Holders and all other Holders electing to participate in such offering pursuant to Section 3(b) pro rata based on the relative number of Demand Registrable Securities beneficially owned by each such Holder as of the date on which the Demand Notice related thereto was received by the Company.
(c) Each Holder wishing to include Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4(a) in any offering covered by a Registration Statement filed by the Company relating to a public offering of Common Stock or other equity securities for its own account or for the account of any security holder (other than any Holder) shall have the right to include such Registrable Securities in any such offering only to the extent that the inclusion of such Registrable Securities shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities to be offered and sold therein for the account of the Company or any such other security holder. In connection with the inclusion of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4(a) in any such offering, if the managing underwriters of an Underwritten Offering deliver a notice to the Company (it being understood that
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the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable provide any such notice to all Holders who have requested to include Registrable Securities in such offering), that, in their opinion, the number of securities the Company proposes to sell for its own account or for the account of any such other security holder and the number of such Registrable Securities exceeds the number of securities which can be offered or sold in such offering without being reasonably likely to have an Adverse Offering Effect with respect to the securities to be offered for the account of the Company or such other security holder, there shall be included in such offering only the number of Registrable Securities that, in the opinion of such managing underwriters, can be included without being reasonably likely to have an Adverse Offering Effect. If not all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such offering may be so included without being reasonably likely to have an Adverse Offering Effect, the reduction in the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that shall be included in such offering shall be allocated among the Holders who have requested Registrable Securities to be so included pro rata based on the relative number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by each such Holder as of the date on which the Company provides notice of its proposed filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 4(a).
6. Selection of Underwriters. In connection with any Demand Registration effected as an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 3, but subject to the last sentence of this Section 6, the Initiating Demand Holders shall have the right to select a lead managing underwriter or underwriters to administer such offering, which lead managing underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company; provided, however, that: (i) if one or more of the Initiating Demand Holders is a Denali Holder and one or more Silver Lake Holders delivers a request to the Company to include Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 3(b), such Silver Lake Holder or Silver Lake Holders shall have the right to select a co-managing underwriter or underwriters for such offering, which co-managing underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company; (ii) if one or more of the Initiating Demand Holders is a Silver Lake Holder and one or more Denali Holders deliver a request to the Company to include Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 3(b), such Denali Holder or Denali Holders shall have the right to select a co-managing underwriter or underwriters for such offering, which co-managing underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company; and (iii) in the event a co-managing underwriter or underwriters is not selected in accordance with clause (i) or (ii) above, the Company shall have the right to select a co-managing underwriter or underwriters for such offering, which co-managing underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Initiating Demand Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any Demand Registration effected as an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 3 that is a “block trade” or “bought deal” transaction, the Initiating Demand Holders shall have the sole right to select a lead underwriter or underwriters to administer such offering.
7. Holdback. In the case of an Underwritten Offering of securities of the Company, each Holder agrees, if requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters of such Underwritten Offering, to enter into a lock-up agreement with the Company and the underwriters of such Underwritten Offering, as of any date requested by such underwriters, in which such Holder shall agree that it shall not effect any Lock-up Letter Transactions during the period beginning seven days before, and ending 90 days (or such shorter period as may be permitted by such lead managing underwriters) after, the date of the prospectus used in connection with such Underwritten Offering, except for the offering and sale of Registrable Securities included in such registration and except for such other transactions as are customarily excepted from such a lock-up agreement.
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8. Blackout Restrictions. If the Company determines in good faith that the registration and distribution of Registrable Securities (a) would materially impede, delay, interfere with or otherwise materially adversely affect any pending financing, registration of securities by the Company in a primary offering for its own account, acquisition, corporate reorganization, debt restructuring or other material transaction involving the Company or (b) would require disclosure of material non-public information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential, the Company shall be entitled to defer the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or to suspend the use of an effective Registration Statement, for the shortest period of time reasonably required (each such period, a “Blackout Period”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be entitled to obtain deferrals or suspensions under (i) clause (a) of this Section 8 for more than an aggregate of 90 days in any 12-month period, or (ii) clause (b) of this Section 8 on more than two occasions or for more than an aggregate of 60 days in any 12-month period; provided, further, that the Company shall not under any circumstances be entitled to obtain deferrals or suspensions for more than an aggregate of 120 days in any 12-month period. The Company shall notify each Holder of the initiation and expiration or earlier termination of a Blackout Period and, as soon as reasonably practicable after such expiration or termination, shall amend or supplement any effective Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to the extent necessary to permit the Holders to resume use of such Prospectus in connection with the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law. Each Holder agrees to treat as confidential the delivery of any notice by the Company to such Holder pursuant to this Section 8 and the information set forth in any such notice. For the avoidance of doubt, except as would otherwise constitute a Blackout Period in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 8, any period during which the directors and officers of the Company are prohibited from purchasing, selling or otherwise engaging in transactions in securities of the Company pursuant to any internal Company policy restricting trading during specified periods of the Company’s fiscal year or otherwise shall not be deemed a Blackout Period for purposes of this Agreement.
9. Registration Procedures. In connection with the registration obligations of the Company under Section 3, the Company shall:
(a) prior to filing a Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish to a single counsel selected by the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities included or to be included in such Registration Statement (and, if requested in writing by a Holder, to such Holder) copies of such Registration Statement or Prospectus (or amendment or supplement) as proposed to be filed (including, upon the request of the Holders or counsel, documents to be incorporated by reference therein), which documents shall be subject to the reasonable review and comments of the Holders holding the Registrable Securities included or to be included in such Registration Statement and their counsel;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement and such amendments and supplements to the related Prospectus as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form utilized by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective until the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have completed the distribution related thereto or for such shorter period permitted under this Agreement;
(c) promptly notify each Holder holding Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, through its counsel, when such Registration Statement and any amendment
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or post-effective amendment thereto and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to such Prospectus have been filed and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any amendment and post-effective amendment thereto, when such Registration Statement or such post-effective amendment has become effective;
(d) furnish to each Holder such number of copies of the applicable Registration Statement and of each amendment and post-effective amendment thereto and the related Prospectus or Prospectus supplement as such Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate such Holder’s disposition of Registrable Securities (the Company hereby consenting to the use (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10(b)) of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in connection with such disposition);
(e) promptly notify each Holder holding Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, through its counsel, at any time when the related Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that the Company has become aware that such Prospectus, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing (the period during which the Holders are required in such case pursuant to Section 10(b) to refrain from effecting public sales or distributions of Registrable Securities referred to herein as a “Section 9(e) Period”), and prepare and furnish to such Holder, as soon as reasonably practicable, without charge to such Holder, a reasonable number of copies of an amendment to such Registration Statement or supplement to such Prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;
(f) use reasonable best efforts to register or qualify Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as each Holder holding such Registrable Securities shall reasonably request, and to do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities, except that the Company shall not be required for any such purpose to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where, but for the requirements of this Section 9(f), it would not be obligated to be so qualified, to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction, or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(g) make available to its stockholders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, provided that the Company shall be deemed to have complied with this Section 9(g) if it has complied with Rule 158 under the Securities Act;
(h) if the registration involves an Underwritten Offering, enter into a customary underwriting agreement and in connection therewith:
(i) to the extent reasonably practicable, make such representations and warranties to the underwriters in such form and with such substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in comparable Underwritten Offerings;
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(ii) use reasonable best efforts to obtain opinions of counsel to the Company (in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters), addressed to the underwriters, and covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in comparable Underwritten Offerings;
(iii) use reasonable best efforts to obtain “comfort” letters and bring-downs thereof from the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm addressed to the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters by independent registered public accounting firms in connection with Underwritten Offerings; and
(iv) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriters to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement;
(i) cooperate with the Holders holding Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or underwriters or agents, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends) representing the securities to be sold under such Registration Statement, or the transfer of such securities into book-entry form (not subject to any stop transfer instruction), and enable such securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters or agents, if any, or such Holders, may request;
(j) if reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters or a Holder holding Registrable Securities being sold in a Demand Registration or in connection with another registration involving an Underwritten Offering, incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement such information as the managing underwriters and the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold by all Holders agree should be included therein relating to the plan of distribution with respect to such Registrable Securities, including information with respect to the amount of Registrable Securities being sold to such underwriters, the purchase price being paid therefor by such underwriters and any other terms of the Underwritten Offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment upon being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
(k) in the event of the issuance of any stop order by the SEC of which the Company is aware suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related Prospectus or suspending the qualification of any Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction, promptly notify each Holder holding any Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of the issuance thereof, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such stop order or other order at the earliest practicable time (the period between the issuance and withdrawal of any stop order or other order referred to herein as a “Section 9(k) Period”), and promptly notify each such Holder of the withdrawal thereof;
(l) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Class A Common Stock and all Class B Common Stock covered by such Registration Statement to be listed on any securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed, if the Class A Common Stock or the Class B Common Stock covered by such Registration Statement is not already so listed and if such listing is then permitted under the rules of such securities exchange;
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(m) provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities and, unless such Registrable Securities shall be registered in book-entry form, provide the applicable transfer agent and registrar for such Registrable Securities with printed certificates for the Registrable Securities, which certificates shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company;
(n) cooperate with each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA;
(o) use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC;
(p) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement;
(q) make available upon reasonable notice at reasonable times during normal business hours and for reasonable periods for inspection by one representative appointed by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement, by any managing underwriter or underwriters participating in any Underwritten Offering to be effected pursuant to a Registration Statement, and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holders or any such managing underwriter or underwriters, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause the proper officers and other employees of the Company and representatives of the independent registered public accounting firm that has certified the Company’s financial statements to make themselves available during normal business hours to discuss the business of the Company and to supply all information reasonably requested by any such managing underwriter or underwriters or agents thereof in connection with such Registration Statement as shall be necessary to enable such Persons to exercise their due diligence responsibility (subject to the entry by each Person referred to in this Section 9(q) into customary confidentiality agreements in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company); and
(r) in the case of an Underwritten Offering, cause the senior executive officers of the Company to participate in such customary “road show” presentations as may be reasonably requested by the lead managing underwriter of any such Underwritten Offering and otherwise to cooperate with and participate in customary selling efforts related thereto.
10. Agreements of Holders.
(a) As a condition to the Company’s obligation under this Agreement to cause Registrable Securities of any Holder to be included in a Registration Statement, such Holder shall timely provide the Company with all of the information required to be provided in such Registration Statement with respect to such Holder pursuant to Items 507 and 508 (or any successor Items) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and such other information as otherwise may reasonably be requested by the Company to comply with applicable law in connection with such Registration Statement.
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(b) Each Holder shall comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale of Registrable Securities made by such Holder pursuant to any Registration Statement. Upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 9(e) or Section 9(k) or of the imposition of any Blackout Period, each Holder holding Registrable Securities shall forthwith discontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities and the related Prospectus until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 8 or 9(e) or the withdrawal of any stop order or other order referred to in Section 9(k), and, if so directed by the Company, shall deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.
(c) Each Holder shall comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act in connection with the offer and sale of Registrable Securities made by such Holder pursuant to any Registration Statement.
11. Registration Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with all registrations pursuant to this Agreement to the extent provided herein. In connection with all such registrations, each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts, commissions and fees, brokerage and sales commissions, and transfer and documentary stamp taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, and, except as provided for in clause (g) of the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all fees and expenses of counsel to such Holder.
12. Indemnification; Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder in any offering or sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement, each Person, if any, who participates as an underwriter in any such offering and sale of Registrable Securities, and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and their respective directors, trustees, officers, partners, agents, employees and Affiliates against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, as incurred, and any amounts paid in any settlement effected with the Company’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (collectively, “Losses”) incurred by such party pursuant to any actual or threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated in, any Registration Statement, Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus or “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus, a Free Writing Prospectus or “issuer information,” in the light of the circumstances then existing) not misleading, except in each case insofar as such statements or omissions arise out of or are based upon (i) any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance on and in conformity with information with respect to such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder or its counsel expressly for use therein, (ii) the use of any Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus or “issuer information” after such time as the obligation of the Company to keep effective the Registration Statement of which such Prospectus forms a part has expired or (iii) the use of any Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus or “issuer information” after such time as the Company has advised the Holders that the filing of an amendment or supplement thereto is required, except such Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus or “issuer information” as so amended or supplemented.
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(b) In connection with any Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement, each Holder holding Registrable Securities to be covered thereby agrees, severally and not jointly with any other Holders, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each Person, if any, who participates as an underwriter in any such offering and sale of Registrable Securities and each Person, if any, who controls the Company or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and their respective directors, trustees, officers, partners, agents, employees and Affiliates, against all Losses incurred by such party pursuant to any actual or threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated in, any Registration Statement, Prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus or “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or necessary to make the statements therein (in case of a Prospectus, a Free Writing Prospectus or “issuer information,” in the light of the circumstances then existing) not misleading, but only to the extent that any such untrue statement or omission is made in reliance on and in conformity with information with respect to such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder or its counsel specifically for use therein; provided, however, that no Holder shall be required to indemnify the Company or any other indemnified party under this Section 12(b) with respect to any amount in excess of the amount of the gross proceeds, after deducting any underwriting discounts and commissions, received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder agrees to give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party after the receipt by such indemnified party of any written notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation or threat thereof made in writing for which such indemnified party may claim indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement, provided that failure to give such notification shall not affect the obligations of the indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 12 except to the extent the indemnifying party shall have been actually and materially prejudiced as a result of such failure. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall so elect, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party, based on the opinion of counsel, a conflict of interest is likely to exist between the indemnifying party and such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim, in which event the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of (i) more than one counsel for all Holders holding Registrable Securities who are indemnified parties, selected by the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Holders who are indemnified parties (which selection shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company), (ii) more than one counsel for the underwriters in an Underwritten Offering or (iii) more than one counsel for the Company, in each case in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or
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elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party, based on the opinion of counsel, a conflict of interest is likely to exist between an indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim, in which event the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of such additional counsel, provided that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of (A) more than one counsel for all Holders holding Registrable Securities who are indemnified parties, selected by the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities who are indemnified parties (which selection shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company), (B) more than one counsel for the underwriters in an Underwritten Offering or (C) more than one counsel for the Company, in each case in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions. No indemnifying party, in defense of any such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, shall, except with the consent of each indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or entry 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 action, suit, proceeding or investigation to the extent such liability is covered by the indemnity obligations set forth in this Section 12. No indemnified party shall consent to entry of any judgment or entry into any settlement without the consent of each indemnifying party.
(d) If the indemnification from the indemnifying party provided for in this Section 12 is unavailable to an indemnified party hereunder in respect of any Losses, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party in connection with the actions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount of the gross proceeds, after deducting any underwriting discounts and commissions, received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other matters, whether any action in question, including any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Losses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 12(c), any legal or other fees and expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 12(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the consideration referred to in this Section 12(d). If indemnification is available under this Section 12, the indemnifying parties shall indemnify each indemnified party to the full extent provided in Section 12(a) or 12(b), as the case may be, without regard to the relative fault of such indemnifying parties or indemnified party or any other equitable consideration provided for in this Section 12(d).
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(e) The provisions of this Section 12 shall be in addition to any liability which any indemnifying party may have to any indemnified party and shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
(f) The indemnification and contribution required by this Section 12 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, as and when invoices are received or Losses are incurred.
13. Participation in Underwritten Offerings. No Holder may include Registrable Securities in any Demand Registration or other Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Agreement unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company (subject to the rights of the Holders provided for herein), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, custody agreements, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
14. Reports Under the Exchange Act. For so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding and the Company is required under the Exchange Act and rules and regulations thereunder to file with the SEC reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(a) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the conditions of Rule 144 required thereunder to make Rule 144 available to the holders for the sale of Registrable Securities, including filing with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and (b) reasonably promptly upon written request therefor by any Holder, furnish to such Holder a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act.
15. Assignment of Registration Rights. The right to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement may be assigned (but only with all related obligations hereunder) by any Holder only in connection with a transfer of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, by a distribution (tax-free or otherwise) of such Registrable Securities) to a Person that is a Denali Entity or a Silver Lake Affiliate; provided that, in each case, as a condition to the effectiveness of any such assignment, such Person shall be required to execute a counterpart of this Agreement. Upon such Person’s execution of such counterpart, such Person shall be a Holder under this Agreement and shall be entitled to the benefits of, and shall be subject to the restrictions contained in, this Agreement, as amended from time to time, that are applicable hereunder to the Holder from whom such rights hereunder were assigned. From and after the date of any such effective assignment, the term “Holders” as used herein shall also refer to such Person.
16. Binding Effect; Benefit. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, any Holder and any successor and permitted assignee thereof; provided, however, that, except as provided for in Section 15, this Agreement and the provisions of this Agreement that are for the benefit of the Holders shall not be assignable by any Holder, and any such purported assignment shall be null and void. Except to the extent provided for in Section 12, nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any Person other than the Company, the Holders and their respective successors and permitted assignees any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement. No purchaser of Registrable Securities from a Holder shall be deemed to be a successor or assignee of such Holder merely by reason of such purchase.
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17. Amendments and Waivers.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence (each such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent, an “Amendment”), may not be given, unless the Company consents thereto and has obtained the written consent thereto of Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities; provided, however, that if any Amendment would materially and adversely affect any Holder disproportionately relative to any other Holder or Holders, such Amendment shall also require the written consent of Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Holders so disproportionately affected.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 17(a), an Amendment with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of (i) Holders holding Registrable Securities whose securities are being included in a Registration Statement shall be effective only if consented to by Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities being included in such Registration Statement, (ii) Denali Holders shall be effective only if consented to by Denali Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Denali Holders, (iii) Silver Lake Holders shall be effective only if consented to by Silver Lake Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Silver Lake Holders and (iv) the Initiating Demand Holder or Initiating Demand Holders with respect to a particular Demand Registration or Underwritten Offering shall be effective only if consented to by such Initiating Demand Holder or Initiating Demand Holders.
(c) Each Holder from time to time shall be bound by any Amendment effected pursuant to this Section 17, whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such Amendment appears on the Registrable Securities or is delivered to such Holder.
18. Notices; Designated Company Representative. All notices, demands, requests, consents or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when (a) delivered personally to the recipient, (b) sent by confirmed facsimile or confirmed e-mail transmission before 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Business Day, and otherwise on the next Business Day, or (c) one Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid). Such notices, demands, requests, consents and other communications shall be sent (i) if to the Company, to: One Concourse Parkway NE, Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, E-mail: x_xxxx@xxxx.xxx, or to such other address, facsimile number or e-mail address as the Company shall designate in writing to the Holders from time to time, and (ii) if to any Holder, to such Holder at the address of such Holder set forth on the signature pages hereto, or to such other address of any Holder as such Holder shall designate in writing to the Company upon becoming a Holder hereunder and from time to time thereafter. The designated representative of the Company shall be its Chief Executive Officer or such other officer as the Company shall designate in writing to the Holders from time to time.
19. Interpretation. The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
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20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Subject to Section 23, this Agreement shall become effective as between the Company and any Holder when the Company and such Holder shall have received a copy of counterparts hereof signed by the other party hereto.
21. Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims or causes of action (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts laws.
22. Submission to Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF JURY TRIALS.
(a) Each of the parties hereto herby irrevocably acknowledges and consents that any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware). Each party hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) lacks jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party.
(b) Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process in any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, at its address for notices as provided for in Section 18, such service to become effective ten days after such mailing. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other documents contemplated hereby, that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. Subject to Section 22(c), the foregoing shall not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The foregoing consents to jurisdiction shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of Delaware for any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any Person other than the respective parties to this Agreement.
(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to commence by publication any legal action or proceeding with respect to this
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Agreement or any of the obligations under or relating to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any of the obligations arising under or relating to this Agreement in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware), and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) is not a convenient forum for any such suit, action or proceeding.
(d) The parties hereto agree that any judgment obtained by any party hereto or its successors or permitted assignees in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may, in the discretion of such party (or its successors or permitted assignees), be enforced in any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
(e) EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 22(e).
23. Effectiveness; Termination.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, this Agreement shall become effective on the Closing Date.
(b) This Agreement shall terminate with respect to any Holder on the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which such Holder first ceases to hold any Registrable Securities or (ii) the date on which such Holder notifies the Company in writing that such Holder irrevocably withdraws as a Holder under this Agreement. Notwithstanding any such termination of this Agreement by any Holder, all rights, liabilities and obligations of such Holder and the Company under Sections 11, 12, 17, 21, 22, 23 and 25 shall remain in effect in accordance with their terms. No termination of any provision of this Agreement shall relieve any party of any liability for any breach of such provision occurring prior to such termination.
24. Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein, with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company
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with respect to the Registrable Securities. No party hereto shall have any rights, duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth in this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings among the parties with respect to such registration rights.
25. Specific Performance. Without limiting the rights of each party hereto to pursue all other legal and equitable rights available to such party for any other parties’ failure to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the remedy at law for any failure to perform their obligations hereunder would be inadequate and that each of them, respectively, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall be entitled to specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies in the event of any such failure, without bond or other security being required.
26. Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the parties shall negotiate in good faith with a view to the substitution therefor of a suitable and equitable solution in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid provision, provided, however, that the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be in any way impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
| COMPANY: | ||
| SecureWorks Corp. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Dell Marketing L.P. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Secretary | |
| Address for Notices: | ||
| Xxx Xxxx Xxx | ||
| XX0 XX 00 | ||
| Xxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| Facsimile No: |
(000) 000-0000 | |
| /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Dell | ||
| Xxxxxxx X. Dell | ||
| Address for Notices: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
| 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| Facsimile No: | (000) 000-0000 | |
| Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Dell Separate Property Trust | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | President, Hexagon Trust Company | |
| Address for Notices: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
| 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| Facsimile No: | (000) 000-0000 | |
| MSD FUNDS:. | ||
| MSDC Denali Investors, L.P. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | Manager | |
| Address for Notices: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
| 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| Facsimile No: | (000) 000-0000 | |
| MSDC Denali EIV, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | Manager | |
| Address for Notices: | ||
| 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
| 00xx Xxxxx | ||
| Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| Facsimile No: | (000) 000-0000 | |
| SILVER LAKE FUNDS: | ||
| SILVER LAKE PARTNERS III, L.P. | ||
| By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its general partner | ||
| By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner | ||
| By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Title: | Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer | |
| SILVER LAKE PARTNERS IV, L.P. | ||
| By: Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its general partner | ||
| By: SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner | ||
| By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Title: | Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer | |
| SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS III, L.P. | ||
| By: Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., its general partner | ||
| By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner | ||
| By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Title: | Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer | |
| SILVER LAKE TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS IV, L.P. | ||
| By: Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., its general partner | ||
| By: SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., its general partner | ||
| By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Title: | Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer | |
| SLP DENALI CO-INVEST, L.P. | ||
| By: SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C., its general partner | ||
| By: SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., its general partner | ||
| By: Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., its managing member | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |
| Title: | Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer | |
| Address for Notices: | ||
| Silver Lake | ||
| Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||
| 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 | ||
| Xxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
| Facsimile No. | (000) 000-0000 | |
