AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.6
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Definitions |
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2. Registration Rights |
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2.1 Demand Registration |
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2.2 Company Registration |
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2.3 Underwriting Requirements |
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2.4 Obligations of the Company |
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2.5 Furnish Information |
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2.6 Expenses of Registration |
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2.7 Delay of Registration |
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2.8 Indemnification |
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2.9 Reports Under Exchange Act |
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2.10 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights |
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2.11 “Market Stand-off” Agreement |
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2.12 Restrictions on Transfer |
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2.13 Termination of Registration Rights |
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3. Information and Observer Rights |
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3.1 Delivery of Financial Statements |
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3.2 Inspection |
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3.3 Observer Rights |
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3.4 Termination of Information and Observer Rights |
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3.5 Confidentiality |
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4. Rights to Future Stock Issuances |
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4.1 Right of First Offer |
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4.2 Termination |
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5. Additional Covenants |
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5.1 Insurance |
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5.2 Employee Agreements |
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5.3 Employee Stock |
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5.4 Qualified Small Business Stock |
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5.5 Matters Requiring Investor Director Approval |
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5.6 Board Matters |
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5.7 Successor Indemnification |
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5.8 Indemnification Matters |
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5.9 Right to Conduct Activities |
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5.10 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Advancement Matters |
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5.11 Harassment Policy |
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5.12 Cybersecurity |
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5.13 Publicity |
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5.14 FCPA |
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5.15 Termination of Covenants |
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6. Miscellaneous |
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6.1 Successors and Assigns |
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6.2 Governing Law |
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6.3 Counterparts |
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6.4 Titles and Subtitles |
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6.5 Notices |
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6.6 Amendments and Waivers |
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6.7 Severability |
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6.8 Aggregation of Stock |
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6.9 Additional Investors |
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6.10 Entire Agreement |
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6.11 Dispute Resolution |
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6.12 Delays or Omissions |
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Schedule A |
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Schedule B |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance herewith, this “Agreement”), is made as of the 6th day of April, 2022, by and among Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of the investors listed on Schedule A hereto, each of which is referred to in this Agreement as an “Investor”, and each of the stockholders listed on Schedule B hereto, each of whom is referred to herein as a “Key Holder”.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and certain of the Investors are parties to that certain Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (the “Purchase Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Company and certain of the Investors (the “Existing Investors”) are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement dated May 26, 2021 (the “Prior Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors, including those party to the Prior Agreement, desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety and to accept the rights created pursuant to this Agreement in lieu of the rights granted to them under the Prior Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Existing Investors are holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Prior Agreement) of the Company, and desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety to accept the rights created pursuant to this Agreement in lieu of the rights granted to them under the Prior Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce certain Investors to invest funds in the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Investors and the Company hereby agree that this Agreement shall govern the rights of the Investors to cause the Company to register shares of Common Stock issuable to the Investors, to receive certain information from the Company, and to participate in future equity offerings by the Company, and shall govern certain other matters as set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein, and the parties hereto further agree as follows:
1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
1.1 “5AM Ventures” means 5AM Ventures VII L.P. and 5AM Opportunities II, L.P.
1.2 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, including without limitation any general partner, managing member, officer, director or trustee of such Person, or any venture capital fund, registered investment company or other investment fund now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners, managing members or investment adviser of, or shares the same management company or investment adviser with, such Person.
1.3 “Avidity” means Avidity Master Fund LP, Avidity Capital Fund II LP and Avidity Private Master Fund I LP.
1.4 “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
1.5 “Certificate of Incorporation” means the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and/or restated from time to time.
1.6 “Common Stock” means shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
1.7 “Damages” means any loss, damage, claim or liability (joint or several) to which a party hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law, insofar as such loss, damage, claim or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement of the Company, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) an 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 (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the indemnifying party (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law.
1.8 “Derivative Securities” means any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for (in each case, directly or indirectly), Common Stock, including options and warrants.
1.9 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.10 “Excluded Registration” means (i) a registration relating to the sale or grant of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, equity incentive or similar plan; (ii) a registration relating to an SEC Rule 145 transaction; (iii) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities; or (iv) a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.
1.11 “Fairmount” means, collectively, Fairmount SPV III, LLC, Fairmount Healthcare Fund LP, and Fairmount Healthcare Fund II LP.
1.12 “Fidelity” means Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC and any successor or affiliated registered investment adviser.
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1.13 “Fidelity Investors” means the Investors that are advisory or sub-advisory clients of Fidelity.
1.14 “Form S-1” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC.
1.15 “Form S-3” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits forward incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
1.16 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time.
1.17 “Holder” means any holder of Registrable Securities who is a party to this Agreement.
1.18 “Immediate Family Member” means a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, statutorily recognized domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including, adoptive relationships, of a natural person referred to herein.
1.19 “Initiating Holders” means, collectively, Holders who properly initiate a registration request under this Agreement.
1.20 “IPO” means the Company’s first underwritten public offering of its Common Stock under the Securities Act.
1.21 “Key Employee” means any executive-level employee (including, division director and vice president-level positions) as well as any employee who, either alone or in concert with others, develops, invents, programs, or designs any Company Intellectual Property (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
1.22 “Key Holder Registrable Securities” means (i) the shares of Common Stock held by the Key Holders, and (ii) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of such shares.
1.23 “Major Investor” means (a) each Investor that, individually or together with such Investor’s Affiliates holds at least Two Million Three Hundred Thousand Seven Hundred (2,300,700) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Preferred Stock (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, combination, or other recapitalization or reclassification effected after the date hereof) and (b) each of Viridian, 5AM Ventures, Avidity, each Fidelity Investor and each of their respective Affiliates so long as such Person or any of its Affiliates owns any securities of the Company.
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1.24 “New Securities” means, collectively, equity securities of the Company, whether or not currently authorized, as well as rights, options, or warrants to purchase such equity securities, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such equity securities.
1.25 “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.
1.26 “Preferred Directors” means collectively the Series Seed Director, the Series Seed 2 Director and the Series A Directors.
1.27 “Preferred Stock” means collectively the Series Seed Preferred Stock, the Series Seed 2 Preferred Stock, and the Series A Preferred Stock.
1.28 “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock; (ii) any Common Stock, or any Common Stock issued or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise of any other securities of the Company, acquired by the Investors after the date hereof; (iii) the Key Holder Registrable Securities, provided, however, that such Key Holder Registrable Securities shall not be deemed Registrable Securities and the Key Holders shall not be deemed Holders for the purposes of Subsections 2.1 (and any other applicable Section or Subsection with respect to registrations under Subsection 2.1) and 2.10, and (iv) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the shares referenced in clause (i) or (ii) above; excluding in all cases, however, any Registrable Securities sold by a Person in a transaction in which the applicable rights under this Agreement are not assigned pursuant to Subsection 6.1, and excluding for purposes of Section 2 any shares for which registration rights have terminated pursuant to Subsection 2.13 of this Agreement.
1.29 “Registrable Securities then outstanding” means the number of shares determined by adding the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock that are Registrable Securities and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable (directly or indirectly) pursuant to then exercisable and/or convertible securities that are Registrable Securities.
1.30 “Restricted Securities” means the securities of the Company required to be notated with the legend set forth in Subsection 2.12(b) hereof.
1.31 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.32 “SEC Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
1.33 “SEC Rule 145” means Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
1.34 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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1.35 “Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions, and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder, except for the fees and disbursements of the Selling Holder Counsel borne and paid by the Company as provided in Subsection 2.6.
1.36 “Series A Directors” means the directors of the Company that the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to elect, exclusively and as a separate class, pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Voting Agreement by and among the Company and the parties thereto dated as of the date herewith.
1.37 “Series A Lead” shall mean each of 5AM Ventures, Avidity and each Fidelity Investor.
1.38 “Series A Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
1.39 “Series Seed Director” means the director of the Company that the holders of record of the Series Seed Preferred Stock are entitled to elect, exclusively and as a separate class, pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Voting Agreement by and among the Company and the parties thereto dated as of the date herewith.
1.40 “Series Seed Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Series Seed Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
1.41 “Series Seed 2 Director” means the director of the Company that the holders of record of the Series Seed 2 Preferred Stock is entitled to elect, exclusively and as a separate class, pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Voting Agreement by and among the Company and the parties thereto dated as of the date herewith.
1.42 “Series Seed 2 Preferred Stock” means shares of the Company’s Series Seed 2 Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
1.43 “Tang Capital” means Tang Capital Partners, LP.
1.44 “Tellus” means Tellus BioVentures, LLC.
1.45 “Venrock” means, collectively, Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners EG, L.P., Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners III, L.P., and VHCP Co-Investment Holdings III, LLC.
1.46 “Viridian” means Viridian, LLC.
2. Registration Rights. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
2.1 Demand Registration.
(a) Form S-1 Demand. If at any time after the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the date of this Agreement or (ii) one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the registration statement for the IPO, the Company receives a request from Holders of a majority of
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the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-1 registration statement with respect to any portion of the Registrable Securities then outstanding so long as the anticipated aggregate offering price would exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), then the Company shall (x) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give notice thereof (the “Demand Notice”) to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (y) as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-1 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holders requested to be registered and any additional Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Subsections 2.1(c) and 2.3.
(b) Form S-3 Demand. If at any time when it is eligible to use a Form S-3 registration statement, the Company receives a request from Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-3 registration statement with respect to outstanding Registrable Securities of such Holders having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of Selling Expenses, of at least Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000), then the Company shall (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give a Demand Notice to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-3 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Subsections 2.1(c) and 2.3.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, if the Company furnishes to Holders requesting a registration pursuant to this Subsection 2.1 a certificate signed by the Company’s chief executive officer stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to either become effective or remain effective for as long as such registration statement otherwise would be required to remain effective, because such action would (i) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization, or other similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than sixty (60) days after the request of the Initiating Holders is given; provided, however, that the Company may not invoke this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholder during such sixty (60) day period.
(d) The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Subsection 2.1(a) (i) during the period that is sixty (60) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided
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that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (ii) after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to Subsection 2.1(a); or (iii) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b). The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b) (i) during the period that is thirty (30) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (ii) if the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b) within the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the date of such request. A registration shall not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Subsection 2.1(d) until such time as the applicable registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC, unless the Initiating Holders withdraw their request for such registration, elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor, and forfeit their right to one demand registration statement pursuant to Subsection 2.6, in which case such withdrawn registration statement shall be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Subsection 2.1(d); provided, that if such withdrawal is during a period the Company has deferred taking action pursuant to Subsection 2.1(c), then the Initiating Holders may withdraw their request for registration and such registration will not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Subsection 2.1(d).
2.2 Company Registration. If the Company proposes to register (including, for this purpose, a registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its securities under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash (other than in an Excluded Registration), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder notice of such registration. Upon the request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Subsection 2.3, cause to be registered all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be included in such registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Subsection 2.2 before the effective date of such registration, whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration. The expenses (other than Selling Expenses) of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Subsection 2.6.
2.3 Underwriting Requirements.
(a) If, pursuant to Subsection 2.1, the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to Subsection 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the Demand Notice. The underwriter(s) will be selected by the Board of Directors and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall 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 herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Subsection 2.4(e)) enter into an
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underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subsection 2.3, if the managing underwriter(s) advise(s) the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that otherwise would be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders of Registrable Securities, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the number of Registrable Securities owned by each Holder or in such other proportion as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders; provided, however, that the number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
(b) In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to Subsection 2.2, the Company shall not be required to include any of the Holders’ Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless the Holders accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and its underwriters, and then only in such quantity as the underwriters in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total number of securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholders to be included in such offering exceeds the number of securities to be sold (other than by the Company) that the underwriters in their reasonable discretion determine is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters and the Company in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering. If the underwriters determine that less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such offering, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be allocated among the selling Holders in proportion (as nearly as practicable to) the number of Registrable Securities owned by each selling Holder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (i) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced unless all other securities (other than securities to be sold by the Company) are first entirely excluded from the offering, (ii) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced below twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of securities included in such offering, unless such offering is the IPO, in which case the selling Holders may be excluded further if the underwriters make the determination described above and no other stockholder’s securities are included in such offering or (iii) notwithstanding clause (ii) above, any Registrable Securities which are not Key Holder Registrable Securities be excluded from such underwriting unless all Key Holder Registrable Securities are first excluded from such offering. For purposes of the provision in this Subsection 2.3(b) concerning apportionment, for any selling Holder that is a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the partners, members, retired partners, retired members, stockholders, and Affiliates of such Holder, or the estates and Immediate Family Members of any such partners, retired partners, members, and retired members and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing Persons, shall be deemed to be a single “selling Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holder” shall be based upon the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by all Persons included in such “selling Holder,” as defined in this sentence.
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(c) For purposes of Subsection 2.1, a registration shall not be counted as “effected” if, as a result of an exercise of the underwriter’s cutback provisions in Subsection 2.3(a), fewer than the total number of Registrable Securities that Holders have requested to be included in such registration statement are actually included.
2.4 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 2 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed; provided, however, that (i) such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains, at the request of an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, from selling any securities included in such registration, and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 that are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, subject to compliance with applicable SEC rules, such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for up to sixty (60) additional days, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement, as may be necessary to comply with the Securities Act in order to enable the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;
(c) furnish to the selling Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, as required by the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate their disposition of their Registrable Securities;
(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue-sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the selling Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;
(e) in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the underwriter(s) of such offering;
(f) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed on a national securities exchange or trading system and each securities exchange and trading system (if any) on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
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(g) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement and provide a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration;
(h) promptly make available for inspection by the selling Holders, any managing underwriter(s) participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter or selected by the selling Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent, in each case, as necessary or advisable to verify the accuracy of the information in such registration statement and to conduct appropriate due diligence in connection therewith;
(i) notify each selling Holder, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed; and
(j) after such registration statement becomes effective, notify each selling Holder of any request by the SEC that the Company amend or supplement such registration statement or prospectus.
In addition, the Company shall ensure that, at all times after any registration statement covering a public offering of securities of the Company under the Securities Act shall have become effective, its xxxxxxx xxxxxxx policy shall provide that the Company’s directors may implement a trading program under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.
2.5 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as is reasonably required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.
2.6 Expenses of Registration. All expenses (other than Selling Expenses) incurred in connection with registrations, filings, or qualifications pursuant to Section 2, including all registration, filing, and qualification fees; printers’ and accounting fees; fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and the reasonable fees and disbursements, not to exceed Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000), of one counsel for the selling Holders (“Selling Holder Counsel”), shall be borne and paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Subsection 2.1 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all selling Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be
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included in the withdrawn registration), unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Subsections 2.1(a) or 2.1(b), as the case may be; provided further that if, at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders shall have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness after learning of such information then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall not forfeit their right to registration pursuant to Subsections 2.1(a) or 2.1(b). All Selling Expenses relating to Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section 2 shall be borne and paid by the Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities registered on their behalf.
2.7 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration pursuant to this Agreement as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.
2.8 Indemnification. If any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 2:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each selling Holder, and the partners, members, officers, directors, and stockholders of each such Holder; legal counsel, accountants and investment advisers for each such Holder; any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for each such Holder; and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any Damages, and the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Subsection 2.8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, nor shall the Company be liable for any Damages to the extent that they arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of any such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person expressly for use in connection with such registration.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each Person (if any) who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act), any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement, and any controlling Person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any Damages, in each case only to the extent that such Damages arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of such selling Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such selling Holder will pay to the Company and each other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any
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claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Subsection 2.8(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the selling Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further that in no event shall the aggregate amounts payable by any selling Holder by way of indemnity or contribution under Subsections 2.8(b) and 2.8(d) exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such selling Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such selling Holder), except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such selling Holder.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Subsection 2.8 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action) for which a party may be entitled to indemnification hereunder, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Subsection 2.8, give the indemnifying party notice of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in such action and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, participate jointly with any other indemnifying party to which notice has been given, and to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such action.
(d) To provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either: (i) any party otherwise entitled to indemnification hereunder makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Subsection 2.8 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case, notwithstanding the fact that this Subsection 2.8 provides for indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any party hereto for which indemnification is provided under this Subsection 2.8, then, and in each such case, such parties will contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses to which they may be subject (after contribution from others) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of each of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements, omissions, or other actions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability, or expense, as well as to reflect any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact, or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact, relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, however, that, in any such case (x) no Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of all such Registrable Securities offered and sold by such Holder pursuant to such registration statement, and (y) no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from
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any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; and provided further that in no event shall a Holder’s liability pursuant to this Subsection 2.8(d), when combined with the amounts paid or payable by such Holder pursuant to Subsection 2.8(b), exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of willful misconduct or fraud by such Xxxxxx.
(e) Unless otherwise superseded by an underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering, the obligations of the Company and Holders under this Subsection 2.8 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration under this Section 2, and otherwise shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
2.9 Reports Under Exchange Act. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of SEC Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company shall:
(a) make and keep available adequate current public information, as those terms are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the registration statement filed by the Company for the IPO;
(b) use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements); and
(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) to the extent accurate, a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the registration statement filed by the Company for the IPO), the Securities Act, and the Exchange Act (at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies); (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company; and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration (at any time after the Company has become subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act) or pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies to use such form).
2.10 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Investors holding at least fifty-five percent (55%) of the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would (i) provide to such holder or prospective holder the right to include securities in any registration on other than either a pro rata basis with respect to the Registrable Securities or on a subordinate basis after all Holders have had the opportunity to include in the
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registration and offering all shares of Registrable Securities that they wish to so include or (ii) allow such holder or prospective holder to initiate a demand for registration of any securities held by such holder or prospective holder; provided that this limitation shall not apply to Registrable Securities acquired by any additional Investor that becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Subsection 6.9.
2.11 “Market Stand-off” Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the IPO, and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days), (i) lend; offer; pledge; sell; contract to sell; sell any option or contract to purchase; purchase any option or contract to sell; grant any option, right, or warrant to purchase; or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for Common Stock held immediately before the effective date of the registration statement for the IPO or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash, or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Subsection 2.11 shall apply only to the IPO and shall not apply to (a) the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement, (b) the sale of any shares of Common Stock purchased by any Holder in connection with the IPO, whether or not pursuant to an underwriting agreement, a private placement that is concurrent with the IPO, or otherwise, (c) transactions (including, without limitation, any swap, hedge or similar agreement or arrangement) or announcements, in each case, relating to securities (including shares of Common Stock) acquired in the IPO or securities (including shares of Common Stock) acquired in open market or other transactions from and after the IPO or that otherwise do not involve or relate to securities of the Company owned by a Holder prior to the IPO or (d) the transfer of any shares to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the Holder or the immediate family of the Holder, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein and any such transfer to the trust shall not involve a disposition for value; provided, further, that the foregoing provisions of this Subsection 2.11 shall be applicable to the Holders only if all officers, directors and all stockholders individually owning more than one percent (1%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (after giving effect to conversion into Common Stock of all outstanding Preferred Stock) are subject to the same restrictions. In the event that the Company and/or its underwriters agree to allow any Company security holder to hold its securities of the Company subject to lockup restrictions which are more favorable to such securityholder than the lock-up restrictions applicable to the Company securities held by a Series A Lead (whether contained herein or in any lock-up agreement), the lock-up restrictions applicable to such Company securities held by such Series A Lead will be automatically amended to conform to the more favorable lock-up restrictions applicable to the Company securities held by such securityholder. The underwriters in connection with such registration are intended third party beneficiaries of this Subsection 2.11 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Each Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in connection with such registration that are consistent with this Subsection 2.11 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. In the event that the Company or the managing underwriter waives or terminates any of
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the restrictions contained in this Subsection 2.11 or in a lock-up agreement with respect to the securities of any Holder, officer, director or greater than one percent (1%) stockholder of the Company (in any such case, the “Released Securities”), the restrictions contained in this Subsection 2.11 and in any lock-up agreements executed by the Investors shall be waived or terminated, as applicable, to the same extent and with respect to the same percentage of securities of each Investor as the percentage of Released Securities represent with respect to the securities held by the applicable Holder, officer, director or greater than one-percent (1%) stockholder.
2.12 Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) The Preferred Stock and the Registrable Securities shall not be sold, pledged, or otherwise transferred, and the Company shall not recognize and shall issue stop-transfer instructions to its transfer agent with respect to any such sale, pledge, or transfer, except upon the conditions specified in this Agreement, which conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act. A transferring Holder will cause any proposed purchaser, pledgee, or transferee of the Preferred Stock and the Registrable Securities held by such Holder to agree to take and hold such securities subject to the provisions and upon the conditions specified in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not require any transferee of shares pursuant to an effective registration statement or, following the IPO, SEC Rule 144, in each case, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Each certificate, instrument, or book entry representing (i) the Preferred Stock, (ii) the Registrable Securities, and (iii) any other securities issued in respect of the securities referenced in clauses (i) and (ii), upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or similar event, shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of Subsection 2.12(c)) be notated with a legend substantially in the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR A VALID EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE STOCKHOLDER, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.
The Holders consent to the Company making a notation in its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Restricted Securities in order to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Subsection 2.12.
(c) The holder of such Restricted Securities, by acceptance of ownership thereof, agrees to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Section 2. Before any proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of any Restricted Securities, unless there is in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the proposed transaction, or following the
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IPO, the transfer is made pursuant to SEC Rule 144, the Holder thereof shall give notice to the Company of such Xxxxxx’s intention to effect such sale, pledge, or transfer, provided that no such notice shall be required in connection if the intended sale, pledge or transfer complies with SEC Rule 144. Each such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer in sufficient detail and, if reasonably requested by the Company, shall be accompanied at such Holder’s expense by either (i) a written opinion of legal counsel who shall, and whose legal opinion shall, be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, addressed to the Company, to the effect that the proposed transaction may be effected without registration under the Securities Act; (ii) a “no action” letter from the SEC to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of such Restricted Securities without registration will not result in a recommendation by the staff of the SEC that action be taken with respect thereto; or (iii) any other evidence reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of the Restricted Securities may be effected without registration under the Securities Act, whereupon the Holder of such Restricted Securities shall be entitled to sell, pledge, or transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the notice given by the Holder to the Company. The Company will not require such a legal opinion or “no action” letter (x) in any transaction in compliance with SEC Rule 144; or (y) in any transaction in which such Holder distributes Restricted Securities to an Affiliate of such Holder for no consideration; provided that, other than in connection with a transaction in compliance with SEC Rule 144 following the IPO, each transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the terms of this Subsection 2.12. Each certificate, instrument, or book entry representing the Restricted Securities transferred as above provided shall be notated with, except if such transfer is made pursuant to SEC Rule 144 or pursuant to an effective registration statement, the appropriate restrictive legend set forth in Subsection 2.12(b), except that such certificate instrument, or book entry shall not be notated with such restrictive legend if, in the opinion of counsel for such Holder and the Company, such legend is not required in order to establish compliance with any provisions of the Securities Act. The Company will, at the request of a Holder of Restricted Securities, remove the restrictive legend from such Restricted Securities (i) that are transferred in accordance with SEC Rule 144 or (ii) to the extent such restrictive legend is no longer required in the opinion of counsel for the Company following the transfer of such Restricted Securities.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 2.12 above, no such restriction shall apply to a transfer by a Holder (y) that is (i) a partnership transferring to its partners or former partners in accordance with partnership interests; (ii) a corporation transferring to a wholly-owned subsidiary, or a parent corporation that owns all of the capital stock of the Holder; (iii) a limited liability company transferring to its members or former members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability company; (iv) an entity transferring to an Affiliate; or (v) an individual transferring to the Holder’s family member or trust for the benefit of an individual Holder; provided, that in each case the transferee will agree in writing to be subject to the terms of this Agreement to the same extent as if he were an original Holder hereunder or (z) in any transaction in compliance with SEC Rule 144.
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2.13 Termination of Registration Rights. The right of any Holder to request registration or inclusion of Registrable Securities in any registration pursuant to Subsections 2.1 or 2.2 shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of:
(a) the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Certificate of Incorporation;
(b) such time after consummation of the IPO as Rule 144 or another similar exemption under the Securities Act is available for the sale of all of such Holder’s shares without limitation during a three-month period without registration; or
(c) the third (3rd) anniversary of the IPO.
3. Information and Observer Rights.
3.1 Delivery of Financial Statements. The Company shall deliver to each Major Investor, provided that the Board of Directors has not reasonably determined that such Major Investor is a competitor of the Company:
(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, (i) a balance sheet as of the end of such year, and a comparison between (x) the actual amounts as of and for such fiscal year and (y) the comparable amounts for the prior year and as included in the Budget (as defined in Subsection 3.1(e)) for such year, with an explanation of any material differences between such amounts and a schedule as to the sources and applications of funds for such year, (ii) statements of income and of cash flows for such year, and (iii) a statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end of such year, all such financial statements audited and certified by independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company;
(b) as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, unaudited statements of income and cash flows for such fiscal quarter, and an unaudited balance sheet and a statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end of such fiscal quarter, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments; and (ii) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP);
(c) as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each quarter of each fiscal year of the Company, a statement showing the number of shares of each class and series of capital stock and securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of capital stock outstanding at the end of such quarter, the Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of any outstanding securities convertible or exercisable for Common Stock and the exchange ratio or exercise price applicable thereto, and the number of shares of issued stock options and stock options not yet issued but reserved for issuance, if any, all in sufficient detail as to permit the Major Investors to calculate their respective percentage equity ownership in the Company, and certified by the chief financial officer or chief executive officer of the Company as being true, complete, and correct;
(d) as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days of the end of each month, an unaudited income statement for such month, and an unaudited balance sheet as of the end of such month, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and (ii) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP);
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(e) as soon as practicable, but in any event thirty (30) days before the end of each fiscal year, a budget and business plan for the next fiscal year (collectively, the “Budget”), approved by the Board of Directors and prepared on a monthly basis, including balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flow for such months and, promptly after prepared, any other budgets or revised budgets prepared by the Company;
(f) with respect to the financial statements called for in Subsection 3.1(a), Subsection 3.1(b) and Subsection 3.1(d), an instrument executed by the chief financial officer and chief executive officer of the Company certifying that such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied with prior practice for earlier periods (except as otherwise set forth in Subsection 3.1(b) and Subsection 3.1(d)) and fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its results of operation for the periods specified therein; and
(g) such other information relating to the financial condition, business, prospects, or corporate affairs of the Company as any Major Investor may from time to time reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated under this Subsection 3.1 to provide information to a Major Investor that (i) the Company reasonably determines in good faith to be a trade secret or confidential information (unless such trade secret or confidential information is covered by an enforceable confidentiality agreement, in a form acceptable to the Company, including Subsection 3.5 of this Agreement); or (ii) the disclosure of which would, upon advice of counsel, adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel.
If, for any period, the Company has any subsidiary whose accounts are consolidated with those of the Company, then in respect of such period the financial statements delivered pursuant to the foregoing sections shall be the consolidated and consolidating financial statements of the Company and all such consolidated subsidiaries.
For purposes of this Agreement, 5AM Ventures, Avidity, the Fidelity Investors, Venrock, Fairmount, Tellus and Viridian are deemed not to be competitors of the Company.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Subsection 3.1 to the contrary, the Company may cease providing the information set forth in this Subsection 3.1 during the period starting with the date thirty (30) days before the Company’s good-faith estimate of the date of filing of a registration statement if it reasonably concludes it must do so to comply with the SEC rules applicable to such registration statement and related offering; provided that the Company’s covenants under this Subsection 3.1 shall be reinstated at such time as the Company is no longer actively employing its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.
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3.2 Inspection; Other Requests.
(a) The Company shall permit each Major Investor (provided that the Board of Directors has not reasonably determined that such Major Investor is a competitor of the Company), at such Major Investor’s expense, to visit and inspect the Company’s properties; examine its books of account and records; and discuss the Company’s affairs, finances, and accounts with its officers, during normal business hours of the Company as may be reasonably requested by the Major Investor; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Subsection 3.2 to provide access to any information that it reasonably and in good faith considers to be a trade secret or confidential information (unless such trade secret or confidential information is covered by an enforceable confidentiality agreement, in form acceptable to the Company, including Subsection 3.5 of this Agreement) or the disclosure of which would, upon the advice of counsel, adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel.
(b) The Company shall promptly and accurately respond to, and shall use its best efforts to cause its transfer agent to respond to, requests for information made on behalf of any Series A Lead relating to (a) accounting or securities law matters required in connection with its audit or (b) the actual holdings of such Series A Lead, including in relation to the total outstanding shares of the Company. Inquiries with respect to audit inquiries and holdings confirmation requests for the Series A Leads should be directed to a representative of the Company (the “Inquiry Contact”), who shall initially be Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, at xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx; provided that if the specified Inquiry Contact is no longer the appropriate person for such inquiries, the Company shall promptly provide the Series A Leads in writing (including by e-mail) with the contact information for a new Inquiry Contact.
3.3 Observer Rights.
(a) As long as 5AM Ventures continues to own beneficially any shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any class or series of Preferred Stock), the Company shall invite a representative of 5AM Ventures (the “5AM Ventures Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof in a nonvoting observer capacity. The Company shall give the 5AM Ventures Observer copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials at the same time and in the same manner that it provides to the members of the Board of Directors or any of its committees; provided, however, that 5AM Ventures shall, and shall cause the 5AM Ventures Observer to, hold in confidence all information so provided in accordance with Subsection 3.5; and provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude the 5AM Ventures Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could, upon the advice of counsel, adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest.
(b) As long as the Fidelity Investors continue to own beneficially any shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any class or series of Preferred Stock), the Company shall invite a representative of Fidelity (the “Fidelity Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof in a nonvoting observer capacity. The Company shall give the Fidelity Observer, or Fidelity if no Fidelity Observer is then designated by Fidelity, copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials at the same time and in the same manner that it provides to the members of the Board of Directors or any of its committees; provided, however, that Fidelity shall, and shall cause the
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Fidelity Observer to, hold in confidence all information so provided in accordance with Subsection 3.5; and provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude the Fidelity Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could, upon the advice of counsel, adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest.
(c) As long as Viridian continues to own beneficially any shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any class or series of Preferred Stock), the Company shall invite a representative of Viridian (the “Viridian Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof in a nonvoting observer capacity. The Company shall give the Viridian Observer copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials at the same time and in the same manner that it provides to the members of the Board of Directors or any of its committees; provided, however, that Viridian shall, and shall cause the Viridian Observer to, hold in confidence and trust all information so provided; and provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude the Viridian Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could, upon the advice of counsel, adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest.
(d) As long as Venrock continues to own beneficially any shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any class or series of Preferred Stock), the Company shall invite two representatives of Venrock (the “Venrock Observers”), who shall initially be Xxxxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx, to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof in a nonvoting observer capacity. The Company shall give the Venrock Observers copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials at the same time and in the same manner that it provides to the members of the Board of Directors or any of its committees; provided, however, that Venrock shall, and shall cause the Venrock Observers to, hold in confidence and trust all information so provided; and provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude the Venrock Observers from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could, upon the advice of counsel, adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest.
(e) As long as Fairmount continues to own beneficially any shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any class or series of Preferred Stock), the Company shall invite a representative of Fairmount (the “Fairmount Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof in a nonvoting observer capacity. The Company shall give the Fairmount Observer copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials at the same time and in the same manner that it provides to the members of the Board of Directors or any of its committees; provided, however, that Fairmount shall, and shall cause the Fairmount Observer to, hold in confidence and trust all information so provided; and provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude the Fairmount Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could, upon the advice of counsel, adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest.
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(f) As long as Tellus continues to own beneficially any shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any class or series of Preferred Stock), the Company shall invite a representative of Tellus (the “Tellus Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof in a nonvoting observer capacity. The Company shall give the Tellus Observer copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials at the same time and in the same manner that it provides to the members of the Board of Directors or any of its committees; provided, however, that Tellus shall, and shall cause the Tellus Observer to, hold in confidence and trust all information so provided; and provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude the Tellus Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could, upon the advice of counsel, adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest.
3.4 Termination of Information and Observer Rights. The covenants set forth in Subsection 3.1, Subsection 3.2 and Subsection 3.3 and shall terminate and be of no further force or effect (i) immediately before the consummation of the IPO, (ii) when the Company first becomes subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 12(g) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (iii) upon the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Certificate of Incorporation, or (iv) the consummation of a transaction approved by the Board of Directors (including a majority of the Preferred Directors) which results in the securities of the Company (or the securities of an entity that holds one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding share capital of the Company) being listed on a national securities exchange or trading system; provided, however, that in the event the rights set forth in Subsection 3.1 terminate upon a Deemed Liquidation Event, if the consideration received by the Series A Leads in such Deemed Liquidation Event is not solely in the form of cash and/or publicly traded securities, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Series A Leads receive financial information from the acquiring company or other successor to the Company comparable to those set forth in Subsection 3.1.
3.5 Confidentiality. Each Investor agrees that such Investor will keep confidential and will not disclose, divulge, or use for any purpose (other than to monitor its investment in the Company) any confidential information obtained from the Company (including notice of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement), unless such confidential information (a) is known or becomes known to the public in general (other than as a result of a breach of this Subsection 3.5 by such Investor), (b) is or has been independently developed or conceived by such Investor without use of the Company’s confidential information, or (c) is or has been made known or disclosed to such Investor by a third party without a breach of any obligation of confidentiality such third party may have to the Company; provided, however, that an Investor may disclose confidential information (i) to its attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other professionals to the extent necessary to obtain their services in connection with monitoring its investment in the Company; (ii) to any prospective purchaser of any Registrable Securities from such Investor, if such prospective purchaser agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Subsection 3.5;
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(iii) to any existing or prospective Affiliate, partner, member, stockholder, or wholly owned subsidiary of such Investor in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Investor informs such Person that such information is confidential and directs such Person to maintain the confidentiality of such information pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Subsection 3.5; or (iv) as may otherwise be required by law, regulation, rule, court order or subpoena, provided that such Investor promptly notifies the Company of such disclosure and takes reasonable steps to minimize the extent of any such required disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Series A Lead may identify its investment in the Company and the value of such Series A Lead’s security holdings in the Company in accordance with applicable investment reporting and disclosure regulations or internal policies and respond to examinations, demands, requests or reporting requirements of a regulatory authority without prior notice to or consent from the Company.
4. Rights to Future Stock Issuances.
4.1 Right of First Offer. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Subsection 4.1 and applicable securities laws, if the Company proposes to offer or sell any New Securities, the Company shall first offer such New Securities to each Major Investor. An Investor shall be entitled to apportion the right of first offer hereby granted to it in such proportions as it deems appropriate, among (i) itself, (ii) its Affiliates and (iii) its beneficial interest holders, such as limited partners, members or any other Person having “beneficial ownership,” as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, of such Major Investor (“Investor Beneficial Owners”); provided that each such Affiliate or Investor Beneficial Owner (x) agrees to enter into this Agreement and each of the Amended and Restated Voting Agreement and Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement of even date herewith among the Company, the Investors and the other parties named therein, as an “Investor” under each such agreement (provided that any competitor shall not be entitled to any rights as an Investor or Major Investor under Subsections 3.1, 3.2 and 4.1 hereof), and (y) is an “accredited investor” (as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act).
(a) The Company shall give notice (the “Offer Notice”) to each Major Investor, stating (i) its bona fide intention to offer such New Securities, (ii) the number of such New Securities to be offered, and (iii) the price and terms, if any, upon which it proposes to offer such New Securities.
(b) By notification to the Company within twenty (20) days after the Offer Notice is given, each Major Investor may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice, up to that portion of such New Securities which equals the proportion that the Common Stock then held by such Major Investor (including all shares of Common Stock then issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of the Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then held by such Major Investor) bears to the total Common Stock of the Company then outstanding (assuming full conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of all Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then outstanding). At the expiration of such twenty (20) day period, the Company shall promptly notify each Investor that elects to purchase or acquire all the shares available to it (each, a “Fully Exercising Investor”) of any other Major Investor’s failure to do likewise. During the ten (10) day period commencing after the Company has given such notice, each Fully Exercising
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Investor may, by giving notice to the Company, elect to purchase or acquire, in addition to the number of shares specified above, up to that portion of the New Securities for which Major Investors were entitled to subscribe but that were not subscribed for by the Major Investors which is equal to the proportion that the Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then held, by such Fully Exercising Investor bears to the Common Stock issued and held, or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of the Preferred Stock and any other Derivative Securities then held, by all Fully Exercising Investors who wish to purchase such unsubscribed shares. The closing of any sale pursuant to this Subsection 4.1(b) shall occur within the later of ninety (90) days of the date that the Offer Notice is given and the date of initial sale of New Securities pursuant to Subsection 4.1(c).
(c) If all New Securities referred to in the Offer Notice are not elected to be purchased or acquired as provided in Subsection 4.1(b), the Company may, during the ninety (90) day period following the expiration of the periods provided in Subsection 4.1(b), offer and sell the remaining unsubscribed portion of such New Securities to any Person or Persons at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than, those specified in the Offer Notice. If the Company does not enter into an agreement for the sale of the New Securities within such period, or if such agreement is not consummated within thirty (30) days of the execution thereof, the right provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such New Securities shall not be offered unless first reoffered to the Major Investors in accordance with this Subsection 4.1.
(d) The right of first offer in this Subsection 4.1 shall not be applicable to (i) Exempted Securities (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation); (ii) shares of Common Stock issued in the IPO (other than with respect to the rights of each Series A Lead as provided in Subsection 4.1(e) below); and (iii) the issuance of shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
(e) In connection with an IPO, in the event a Series A Lead indicates a desire to purchase shares of the Common Stock in such IPO, then, subject to compliance with all applicable securities laws and regulations (including, without limitation, applicable rules promulgated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and other such self-regulating organizations), the Company shall, and shall require the managing underwriter or underwriters of such IPO to, offer to such Series A Lead, on terms at least as favorable and at the same price as those granted to any other purchasers of Common Stock in such IPO, the opportunity to purchase up to fifteen percent (15%) of the shares offered to the public in such IPO. If the allocations set forth in the first sentence of this Subsection 4.1(e) are not permissible because of compliance with applicable securities laws and regulations, each Series A Lead shall be entitled to purchase in a separate private placement (which may be conducted, in whole or in part, concurrently with the IPO) the same number of shares of Common Stock as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, which shares shall be at the same price issued in the IPO and shall be deemed to be Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Board of Directors of the Company, following consultation with outside legal counsel to the Company and the managing underwriter or underwriters, believes in good faith that the allocation of shares pursuant to this Subsection 4.1(e) would be materially detrimental to the success of the IPO and/or the separate private placement, the Company and each Series A Lead agree to negotiate in good faith to the
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extent reasonably necessary to prevent such material detriment (including, without limitation, by discussing a reasonable reduction to the aggregate allocation hereunder). With respect to the Fidelity Investors, (i) for purposes of the rights under this provision, shares shall be aggregated among the Fidelity Investors and (ii) the foregoing rights may be exercised by Fidelity on behalf of funds and accounts advised or sub-advised by Fidelity (including the Fidelity Investors). With respect to Avidity, for purposes of the rights under this provision, shares shall be aggregated among the entities comprising Avidity. With respect to 5AM Ventures, for purposes of the rights under this provision, shares shall be aggregated among the entities comprising 5AM Ventures.
4.2 Termination. The covenants set forth in Subsection 4.1 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect (a) immediately before the consummation of the IPO (but subject to compliance with Subsection 4.1(e)), (b) upon the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Certificate of Incorporation, whichever event occurs first, or (c) subject to compliance with Subsection 4.1(e), the consummation of a transaction approved by the Board of Directors (including a majority of the Preferred Directors) which results in the securities of the Company (or the securities of an entity that holds one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding share capital of the Company) being listed on a national securities exchange or trading system.
5. Additional Covenants.
5.1 Insurance. The Company shall maintain, from financially sound and reputable insurers Directors and Officers liability insurance in an amount and on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Board of Directors, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such insurance policy to be maintained until such time as the Board of Directors (including a majority of the Preferred Directors) determines that such insurance should be discontinued or cancelled. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.1 to the contrary, for so long as any Preferred Directors are serving on the Board of Directors, the Company shall not cease to maintain a Directors and Officers liability insurance policy in an amount of at least Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) unless approved by a majority of the Preferred Directors, and the Company shall annually, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, deliver to each Major Investor who so requests it a certification that such a Directors and Officers liability insurance policy remains in effect.
5.2 Employee Agreements. The Company will cause (i) each Person now or hereafter employed by it or by any subsidiary (or engaged by the Company or any subsidiary as a consultant/independent contractor) with access to confidential information and/or trade secrets to enter into a nondisclosure and proprietary rights assignment agreement and (ii) each Key Employee to enter into a noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreement, substantially in the form approved by the Board of Directors, with such changes to such form as may be necessary, on the advice of counsel to the Company, to comply with applicable law. In addition, the Company shall not amend, modify, terminate, waive, or otherwise alter, in whole or in part, any of the above-referenced agreements or any restricted stock agreement between the Company and any employee, without the consent of a majority of the Preferred Directors.
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5.3 Employee Stock. Unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Preferred Directors, all future employees and consultants of the Company who purchase, receive options to purchase, or receive awards of shares of the Company’s capital stock after the date hereof shall be required to execute restricted stock or option agreements, as applicable, providing for (i) vesting of shares over a four (4) year period, with 25% of such shares vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant and the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments over the following three (3) year period, and (ii) a market stand-off provision substantially similar to that in Subsection 2.11. Without the prior approval by the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Preferred Directors, the Company shall not amend, modify, terminate, waive or otherwise alter, in whole or in part, any stock purchase, stock restriction or option agreement with any existing employee or service provider if such amendment would cause it to be inconsistent with this Subsection 5.3. In addition, unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Preferred Directors, the Company shall retain (and not waive) a “right of first refusal” on employee transfers until the Company’s IPO and shall have the right to repurchase unvested shares at cost upon termination of employment of a holder of restricted stock.
5.4 Qualified Small Business Stock. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, as well as any shares into which such shares are converted, within the meaning of Section 1202(f) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), to constitute “qualified small business stock” as defined in Section 1202(c) of the Code; provided, however, that such requirement shall not be applicable if the Board of Directors of the Company determines, in its good-faith business judgment, that such qualification is inconsistent with the best interests of the Company. The Company shall submit to its stockholders (including the Investors) and to the Internal Revenue Service any reports that may be required under Section 1202(d)(1)(C) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. In addition, within twenty (20) business days after any Investor’s written request therefor, the Company shall, at its option, either (i) deliver to such Investor a written statement indicating whether (and what portion of) such Investor’s interest in the Company constitutes “qualified small business stock” as defined in Section 1202(c) of the Code or (ii) deliver to such Investor such factual information in the Company’s possession as is reasonably necessary to enable such Investor to determine whether (and what portion of) such Investor’s interest in the Company constitutes “qualified small business stock” as defined in Section 1202(c) of the Code.
5.5 Matters Requiring Investor Director Approval. So long as the holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to elect the Preferred Directors, the Company hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Investors that it shall not, without approval of the Board of Directors, which approval must include the affirmative vote of a majority of the Preferred Directors:
(a) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to, or own any stock or other securities of, any subsidiary or other corporation, partnership, or other entity unless it is wholly owned by the Company;
(b) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to any Person, including, without limitation, any employee or director of the Company or any subsidiary, except advances and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business or under the terms of an employee stock or option plan approved by the Board of Directors;
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(c) guarantee, directly or indirectly, or permit any subsidiary to guarantee, directly or indirectly, any indebtedness except for trade accounts of the Company or any subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business;
(d) make any investment inconsistent with any investment policy approved by the Board of Directors;
(e) incur any aggregate indebtedness in excess of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) that is not already included in a Budget approved by the Board of Directors, other than trade credit incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f) otherwise enter into or be a party to any transaction with any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any “associate” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of any such Person, except transactions resulting in (i) payments to or by the Company in an amount less than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) per year, or (ii) hiring, terminating, or changing the compensation of non-executive employees;
(g) hire, terminate, or change the compensation of the executive officers, including approving any option grants or stock awards to executive officers;
(h) change the principal business of the Company, enter new lines of business, or exit the current line of business;
(i) sell, assign, license, pledge, or encumber material technology or intellectual property, other than licenses granted in the ordinary course of business; or
(j) enter into any corporate strategic relationship involving the payment, contribution, or assignment by the Company or to the Company of money or assets greater than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) that is not already included in a budget approved by the Board of Directors (including a majority of the Preferred Directors).
5.6 Board Matters. Unless otherwise determined by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office, the Board of Directors shall meet at least quarterly in accordance with an agreed-upon schedule. The Company shall reimburse the nonemployee directors and board observers for all reasonable out-of-pocket travel expenses incurred (consistent with the Company’s travel policy) in connection with attending meetings of the Board of Directors. Each Series A Director shall have the right, but not obligation, to sit on each committee of the Board of Directors.
5.7 Successor Indemnification. If the Company or any of its successors or assignees consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, then to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assignees of the Company assume the obligations of the Company with respect to indemnification of members of the Board of Directors as in effect immediately before such transaction, whether such obligations are contained in the Company’s Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation, or elsewhere, as the case may be.
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5.8 Indemnification Matters. The Company hereby acknowledges that one (1) or more of the directors nominated to serve on the Board of Directors by the Investors (each an “Investor Director”) may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by one or more of the Investors and certain of their Affiliates (collectively, the “Investor Indemnitors”). The Company hereby agrees (a) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to any such Investor Director are primary and any obligation of the Investor Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such Investor Director are secondary), (b) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by such Investor Director and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of any such Investor Director to the extent legally permitted and as required by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company (or any agreement between the Company and such Investor Director), without regard to any rights such Investor Director may have against the Investor Indemnitors, and, (c) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Investor Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Investor Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Investor Indemnitors on behalf of any such Investor Director with respect to any claim for which such Investor Director has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Investor Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Investor Director against the Company. The Investor Directors and the Investor Indemnitors are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Subsection 5.8 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions of this Subsection 5.8 as though they were a party to this Agreement.
5.9 Right to Conduct Activities. The Company hereby agrees and acknowledges that each of 5AM Ventures, Avidity, each Fidelity Investor, Venrock, Fairmount, Tellus, Tang Capital and Viridian (together with their respective Affiliates) is a professional investment organization, and as such reviews the business plans and related proprietary information of many enterprises, some of which may compete directly or indirectly with the Company’s business (as currently conducted or as currently propose to be conducted) (“Other Companies”). Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude or in any way restrict the Investors from evaluating or purchasing securities, including publicly traded securities, of a particular enterprise, or investing or participating in any particular enterprise whether or not such enterprise has products or services which compete with those of the Company. The Company hereby agrees that, to the extent permitted under applicable law, each of 5AM Ventures, Avidity, each Fidelity Investor, Venrock, Fairmount, Tellus, Tang Capital and Viridian (and their respective its Affiliates) shall not be liable to the Company for any claim arising out of, or based upon, (i) the investment by 5AM Ventures, Avidity, any Fidelity Investor, Venrock, Fairmount, Tellus, Tang Capital or Viridian (or their respective its Affiliates) in any entity competitive with the Company, or (ii) actions taken by any partner, officer, employee or other representative of 5AM Ventures, Avidity, any Fidelity Investor, Venrock, Fairmount, Tellus, Tang Capital or Viridian (or their respective its Affiliates) to assist any such competitive company, whether or not such action was taken as a member of the board of directors of such competitive company or otherwise, and whether or not such action has a detrimental effect on the Company; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 5.9 shall relieve (x) any of the Investors from liability associated with the
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unauthorized disclosure of the Company’s confidential information obtained pursuant to this Agreement, or (y) any director or officer of the Company from any liability associated with his or her fiduciary duties to the Company. The Company acknowledges that the execution of this Agreement and the access to the Company’s confidential information shall in no way be construed to prohibit or restrict the Series A Leads or their respective Affiliates from maintaining, making or considering investments in Other Companies, or from otherwise operating in the ordinary course of business.
5.10 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Advancement Matters. The Company and Board of Directors shall endeavor to consider and reasonably address issues of diversity, equality, inclusion and advancement as such matters relate to both recruiting and operations.
5.11 Harassment Policy. The Company shall endeavor, within sixty (60) days following the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or such other period of time so determined by the Board of Directors (including a majority of the Preferred Directors), adopt and thereafter maintain in effect (i) a Code of Conduct governing appropriate workplace behavior, and (ii) an Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Policy prohibiting discrimination and harassment at the Company. Such policy shall be reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors.
5.12 Cybersecurity. The Company shall, within one hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing, use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) identify and restrict access (including through physical and/or technical controls) to the Company’s confidential business information and trade secrets and any information about identified or identifiable natural persons maintained by or on behalf of the Company (collectively, “Protected Data”) to those individuals who have a need to access it and (b) implement reasonable physical, technical and administrative safeguards designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of its technology and systems (including servers, laptops, desktops, cloud, containers, virtual environments and data centers) and all Protected Data.
5.13 Publicity. Neither the Company nor any of its representatives shall use the name of any Series A Lead or the name(s) of any of their respective Affiliates (including, without limitation, investment advisers) in the context of such Series A Lead’s investment in the Company in any public manner or format (including reference on or links to websites, press releases, etc.) without the prior approval of such Series A Lead. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, without the prior approval of any Series A Lead, disclose the terms and/or amount of such investment that are specific to the Series A Leads as required by law, rule, regulation or listing standard to do so; provided that to the extent applicable the Company (x) shall promptly notify the applicable Series A Lead of such requirement and will cooperate with such Series A Lead to the extent practicable to limit the information disclosed to only such information that the Company, as advised by counsel, is required by law, rule, regulation or listing standard to be disclosed and (y) will, to the extent practicable and at the request and expense of such Series A Lead, seek to obtain a protective order over, or confidential treatment of, such information.
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5.14 FCPA. The Company shall (and shall cause each of its subsidiaries and Affiliates to), within sixty (60) days following the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), adopt and thereafter maintain in effect systems of internal controls (including, but not limited to, accounting systems, purchasing systems and billing systems) and written policies to ensure compliance with the FCPA or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law, and to ensure that all books and records of the Company accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, all transactions and dispositions of funds and assets.
5.15 Termination of Covenants. The covenants set forth in this Section 5, except for Subsections 5.7, 5.8 and 5.9, shall terminate and be of no further force or effect (a) immediately before the consummation of the IPO, (b) upon a Deemed Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Certificate of Incorporation, or (c) the consummation of a transaction approved by the Board of Directors (including a majority of the Preferred Directors) which results in the securities of the Company (or the securities of an entity that holds one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding share capital of the Company) being listed on a national securities exchange or trading system
6. Miscellaneous.
6.1 Successors and Assigns. The rights under this Agreement may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee of Registrable Securities that (a) is an Affiliate of a Holder; (b) is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member or trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or one or more of such Holder’s Immediate Family Members; or (c) after such transfer, holds at least two percent (2%) of the shares of Registrable Securities (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, and other recapitalizations) or, if less, all of the Registrable Securities held by such Holder; provided, however, that (x) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee and the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred; and (y) such transferee agrees in a written instrument delivered to the Company to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the provisions of Subsection 2.11. For the purposes of determining the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by a transferee, the holdings of a transferee (1) that is an Affiliate or stockholder of a Holder; (2) who is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member; or (3) that is a trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or such Holder’s Immediate Family Member shall be aggregated together and with those of the transferring Holder; provided further that all transferees who would not qualify individually for assignment of rights shall, as a condition to the applicable transfer, establish a single attorney-in-fact for the purpose of exercising any rights, receiving notices, or taking any action under this Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement inure to the benefit of and are binding upon the respective successors and permitted assignees of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assignees any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.
6.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal law of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of Delaware.
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6.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
6.4 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
6.5 Notices.
(a) All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier of actual receipt or (i) personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent, if sent by electronic mail or facsimile during the recipient’s normal business hours, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next business day; (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one (1) business day after the business day of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next-day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at their addresses or e-mail addresses as set forth on Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable) hereto, or to the principal office of the Company and to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer, in the case of the Company, or to such email address, facsimile number, or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Subsection 6.5. If notice is given to the Company, a copy shall also be sent to Faber Daeufer & Itrato PC, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, and if notice is given to the Investors, a copy shall also be sent to (i) in the case of 5AM Ventures and Avidity, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, P.A., 000 X. Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, and (ii) in the case of the Fidelity Investors, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attn: .
(b) Consent to Electronic Notice. Each Investor and Key Holder consents to the delivery of any stockholder notice pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), as amended or superseded from time to time, by electronic transmission pursuant to Section 232 of the DGCL (or any successor thereto) at the electronic mail address or the facsimile number set forth below such Investor’s or Key Holder’s name on the Schedules hereto, as updated from time to time by notice to the Company, or as on the books of the Company. To the extent that any notice given by means of electronic transmission is returned or undeliverable for any reason, the foregoing consent shall be deemed to have been revoked until a new or corrected electronic mail address has been provided, and such attempted electronic notice shall be ineffective and deemed to not have been given. Each Investor and Key Holder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any change in such stockholder’s electronic mail address, and that failure to do so shall not affect the foregoing.
6.6 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the Investors holding at least fifty-five percent (55%) of the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock; provided that the Company may
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in its sole discretion waive compliance with Subsection 2.12(c) (and the Company’s failure to object promptly in writing after notification of a proposed assignment allegedly in violation of Subsection 2.12(c) shall be deemed to be a waiver); and provided further that any provision hereof may be waived by any waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(a) this Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term hereof may not be waived with respect to any Investor without the written consent of such Investor, unless such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver applies to all Investors in the same fashion (it being agreed that a waiver of the provisions of Section 4 with respect to a particular transaction shall be deemed to apply to all Investors in the same fashion if such waiver does so by its terms, notwithstanding the fact that certain Investors may nonetheless, by agreement with the Company, purchase securities in such transaction);
(b) for so long as a Series A Lead or any of its Affiliates hold any Registrable Securities, any provision of Section 4 (including any definition that is included in Section 4, other than the term “Preferred Stock” which may be amended without such Series A Lead’s consent to include any newly created series of preferred stock in accordance with this Agreement), may not be amended, modified, terminated (other than pursuant to Subsection 4.2) or waived without the prior written consent of such Series A Lead; provided, for purposes of clarity, neither the inclusion as an “Investor” of one or more additional parties to this Agreement nor an amendment and/or restatement of this Agreement that does not modify the language set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement shall be deemed to be an amendment, modification or waiver that requires such Series A Lead’s consent for purposes of this Subsection 6.6(b);
(c) the next to last paragraph of Subsection 3.1, Subsection 5.9 and this clause (c) of this Subsection 6.6) may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived with respect to 5AM Ventures, Avidity, a Fidelity Investor, Venrock, Fairmount, Tellus, Tang Capital or Viridian without the written consent of such entity for so long as such entity or its Affiliates continues to hold any Registrable Securities;
(d) Subsection 1.1, Subsection 1.23(b) as it relates to 5AM Ventures, Subsection 2.11, Subsection 3.1, Subsection 3.3(a) and this clause (d) of this Subsection 6.6 may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of 5AM Ventures for so long as 5AM Ventures or its Affiliates continues to hold any Registrable Securities;
(e) Subsection 1.23(b) as is relates to Viridian, Subsection 3.3(c), and this clause (e) of this Subsection 6.6 may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of Viridian for so long as Viridian or its Affiliates continues to hold any Registrable Securities;
(f) Subsection 3.3(d) and this clause (f) of this Subsection 6.6) may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of Venrock for so long as Venrock or its Affiliates continues to hold any Registrable Securities;
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(g) Subsection 3.3(e) and this clause (g) of this Subsection 6.6 may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of Fairmount for so long as Fairmount or its Affiliates continues to hold any Registrable Securities;
(h) Subsection 3.3(f) and this clause (h) of this Subsection 6.6 may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of Tellus for so long as Tellus or its Affiliates continues to hold any Registrable Securities;
(i) Subsection 1.3, Subsection 1.23(b) as it relates to Avidity, Subsection 2.11, Subsection 3.1, and this clause (i) of this Subsection 6.6 may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of Avidity for so long as Avidity or its Affiliates continues to hold any Registrable Securities;
(j) Subsection 1.12, Subsection 1.13, Subsection 1.23(b) as it relates to the Fidelity Investors, Subsection 2.11, Subsection 3.1, Subsection 3.3(b), and this clause (j) of this Subsection 6.6 may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived without the written consent of the Fidelity Investors for so long as any Fidelity Investors or any of its Affiliates continue to hold any Registrable Securities; and
(k) Subsection 1.37, Subsection 3.2(b), the proviso at the end of Subsection 3.4, the last sentence of Subsection 3.5, Subsection 4.1(e), Subsection 5.13 and this clause (k) of this Subsection 6.6 may not be amended, modified, terminated or waived as it applies to a Series A Lead without the written consent of such Series A Lead for so long as such Series A Lead or its Affiliates continues to hold any Registrable Securities.
Further, this Agreement may not be amended, modified or terminated, and no provision hereof may be waived, in each case, in any way which would adversely affect the rights of the Key Holders hereunder in a manner disproportionate to any adverse effect such amendment, modification, termination or waiver would have on the rights of the Investors hereunder, without also the written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Key Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Schedule A hereto may be amended by the Company from time to time to add transferees of any Registrable Securities in compliance with the terms of this Agreement without the consent of the other parties; and Schedule A hereto may also be amended by the Company after the date of this Agreement without the consent of the other parties to add information regarding any additional Investor who becomes a party to this Agreement in accordance with Subsection 6.9. The Company shall give prompt notice of any amendment, modification or termination hereof or waiver hereunder to any party hereto that did not consent in writing to such amendment, modification, termination, or waiver. Any amendment, modification, termination, or waiver effected in accordance with this Subsection 6.6 shall be binding on all parties hereto, regardless of whether any such party has consented thereto. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.
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6.7 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision shall be reformed and construed so that it will be valid, legal, and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.
6.8 Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement and such Affiliated persons may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.
6.9 Additional Investors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company issues additional shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock after the date hereof pursuant to the Purchase Agreement any purchaser of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock may become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering an additional counterpart signature page to this Agreement, and thereafter shall be deemed an “Investor” for all purposes hereunder. No action or consent by the Investors shall be required for such joinder to this Agreement by such additional Investor, so long as such additional Investor has agreed in writing to be bound by all of the obligations as an “Investor” hereunder.
6.10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including any Schedules and Exhibits hereto) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties is expressly canceled. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Prior Agreement shall be deemed amended and restated and superseded and replaced in its entirety by this Agreement, and shall be of no further force or effect.
6.11 Dispute Resolution. The parties (a) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of the state courts of Delaware and to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement, (b) agree not to commence any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement except in the state courts of Delaware or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and (c) hereby waive, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL: EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS, THE SECURITIES OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR THEREOF. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS SECTION HAS BEEN FULLY
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DISCUSSED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY EXCEPTIONS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
6.12 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power, or remedy of such nonbreaching or nondefaulting party, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of or acquiescence to any such breach or default, or to any similar breach or default thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. All remedies, whether under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: | ||
Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
KEY HOLDERS: | ||
Viridian, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
KEY HOLDERS: | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
Avidity Master Fund LP | ||
By: Avidity Capital Partners Fund (GP) LP, its general partner | ||
By: Avidity Capital Partners (GP) LLC, its general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Member |
Avidity Capital Fund II LP | ||
By: Avidity Capital Partners Fund (GP) LP, its general partner | ||
By: Avidity Capital Partners (GP) LLC, its general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Member |
Avidity Private Master Fund I LP | ||
By: Avidity Capital Partners Fund (GP) LP, its general partner | ||
By: Avidity Capital Partners (GP) LLC, its general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
5AM Ventures VII, L.P. | ||
By: 5AM Partners VII, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Member |
5AM Opportunities II, L.P. | ||
By: 5AM Opportunities II (GP), LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
Tellus BioVentures, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | |
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | |
Title: | Manager |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
Fairmount SPV III, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Member |
Fairmount Healthcare Fund LP | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Member |
Fairmount Healthcare Fund II LP | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
VENROCK HEALTHCARE CAPITAL PARTNERS EG, L.P. | ||
By: VHCP Management EG, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxx |
VENROCK HEALTHCARE CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P. | ||
By: VHCP Management III, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: VR Advisor, LLC, its manager | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxx |
VHCP CO-INVESTMENT HOLDINGS III, LLC | ||
By: VHCP Management III, LLC, its manager | ||
By: VR Advisor, LLC, its manager | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxx |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
Viridian, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Member |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
XXXXXXXX FAMILY 2021 IRREVOCABLE TRUST | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Trustee |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
XXXXXXX FAMILY 2021 IRREVOCABLE TRUST | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Title: | Trustee |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
WEDBUSH HEALTHCARE PARTNERS 2022 FUND, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Director |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
FIDELITY ADVISOR SERIES VII: FIDELITY ADVISOR BIOTECHNOLOGY FUND | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
FIDELITY CAPITAL TRUST: FIDELITY STOCK SELECTOR SMALL CAP FUND | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
FIDELITY SECURITIES FUND: FIDELITY SERIES SMALL CAP OPPORTUNITIES FUND | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
FIDELITY MT. XXXXXX STREET TRUST: FIDELITY SERIES GROWTH COMPANY FUND | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
FIDELITY MT. XXXXXX STREET TRUST: FIDELITY GROWTH COMPANY FUND | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
FIDELITY GROWTH COMMINGLED POOL | ||
By: Fidelity Management Trust Company, as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
FIDELITY MT. XXXXXX STREET TRUST: FIDELITY GROWTH COMPANY K6 FUND | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS: | ||
TANG CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | CFO |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE A
Investors
5AM Ventures VII, L.P.
5AM Opportunities II, L.P.
Avidity Master Fund LP
Avidity Capital Fund II LP
Avidity Private Master Fund I LP
Fidelity Advisor Series VII: Fidelity Advisor Biotechnology Fund
Fidelity Securities Fund: Fidelity Series Small Cap Opportunities Fund
Fidelity Capital Trust: Fidelity Stock Selector Small Cap Fund
Fidelity Mt. Xxxxxx Street Trust: Fidelity Series Growth Company Fund
Fidelity Mt. Xxxxxx Street Trust: Fidelity Growth Company Fund
Fidelity Growth Company Commingled Pool
Fidelity Mt. Xxxxxx Street Trust : Fidelity Growth Company K6 Fund
Tang Capital Partners, LP
Wedbush Healthcare Partners 2022 Fund, LLC
Tellus BioVentures, LLC
Fairmount SPV III, LLC
Fairmount Healthcare Fund LP
Fairmount Healthcare Fund II LP
Viridian, LLC
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
XXXXXXXX FAMILY 2021 IRREVOCABLE TRUST
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
XXXXXXX FAMILY 2021 IRREVOCABLE TRUST
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners EG, L.P.
Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners III, L.P.
VHCP Co-Investment Holdings III, LLC
SCHEDULE B
Key Holders
Viridian, LLC
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx