HyperMedia Communications, Inc.
SEC Form 10-K FY97
Exhibit 4.20
HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
SERIES I PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
December 23, 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Purchase and Sale of Stock............................................1
1.1 Sale and Issuance of Series I Preferred Stock................1
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company.........................2
2.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification................2
2.2 Capitalization...............................................2
2.3 Subsidiaries.................................................2
2.4 Authorization................................................3
2.5 Valid Issuance of Preferred and Common Stock.................3
2.6 Governmental Consents........................................3
2.7 Litigation...................................................3
2.8 Patents and Trademarks.......................................4
2.9 Compliance with Other Instruments............................4
2.10 Permits......................................................4
2.11 Disclosure...................................................5
2.12 Title to Property and Assets.................................5
2.13 Tax Returns and Audits.......................................5
2.14 Brokers or Finders...........................................5
3. Representations and Warranties of the Investor........................5
3.1 Experience...................................................5
3.2 Investment...................................................5
3.3 Rule 144.....................................................6
3.4 Access to Data...............................................6
3.5 Authorization................................................6
3.6 Accredited Investor..........................................6
4. Conditions of Investor's Obligations at Closing.......................7
4.1 Representations and Warranties...............................7
4.2 Performance..................................................7
4.3 Compliance Certificate.......................................7
4.4 Blue Sky.....................................................7
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5. Conditions of the Company's Obligations at Closing....................7
5.1 Representations and Warranties...............................7
5.2 Payment of Purchase Price....................................7
5.3 Blue Sky.....................................................7
5.4 Proceedings and Documents....................................7
6. Restrictions on Transferability; Registration Rights..................8
6.1 Certain Definitions..........................................8
6.2 Restrictions.................................................9
6.3 Restrictive Legend...........................................9
6.4 Notice of Proposed Transfers................................10
6.5 Requested Registration......................................10
6.6 Company Registration........................................12
6.7 Registration on Form S-3....................................13
6.8 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights...............14
6.9 Expenses of Registration....................................14
6.10 Registration Procedures.....................................15
6.11 Indemnification.............................................16
6.12 Information by Holder.......................................18
6.13 Rule 144 Reporting..........................................18
6.14 Transfer of Registration Rights.............................19
6.15 Standoff Agreement..........................................19
7. Miscellaneous........................................................19
7.1 Governing Law...............................................19
7.2 Survival....................................................19
7.3 Successors and Assigns......................................20
7.4 Entire Agreement; Amendment.................................20
7.5 Notices, Etc................................................20
7.6 Delays or Omissions.........................................20
7.7 California Corporate Securities Law.........................21
7.8 Expenses....................................................21
7.9 Finder's Fee................................................21
7.10 Counterparts................................................21
7.11 Severability................................................21
Exhibit A Certificate of Determination of Preferences of Series I
Preferred Stock
Exhibit B Schedule of Exceptions
Exhibit C Schedule of Investors
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SERIES I PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SERIES I PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 23rd
day of December, 1997, by and between HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a
California corporation (the "Company"), and MK GVD FUND (the "Investor").
THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Purchase and Sale of Stock.
1.1 Sale and Issuance of Series I Preferred Stock.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Company shall adopt
and file with the Secretary of State of California on or before the Initial
Closing (as defined below) the Certificate of Determination of Preferences of
Series I Preferred Stock (the "Certificate of Determination"), in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Investor agrees to purchase at the Initial Closing, and the
Company agrees to sell and issue to the Investor at the Initial Closing and any
Subsequent Closings (as defined below), an aggregate of up to that number of
shares (the "Shares") of the Company's Series I Preferred Stock (the "Series I
Preferred") equal to $2,000,000 divided by the Purchase Price (as defined below)
at each Closing. The number of shares of Series I Preferred to be sold and
issued at each Closing shall be determined by the Company and the Investor on or
before the date of such Closing, but in no event shall the aggregate of such
numbers exceed the maximum set forth in the preceding sentence. The purchase
price per Share (the "Purchase Price") shall be determined by multiplying 10
times 85% of the average closing bid price of a share of the Company's Common
Stock as reported on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market for the 10 trading days ending 5
business days before the date of a Closing.
(c) Purchase and Sale Closings. The purchase and sale
of the Shares shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, at any times on or before
June 30, 1998 as the Company and the Investor agree upon orally or in writing
(the first of which times is designated the "Initial Closing," all others of
which are designated "Subsequent Closings" and all of which times are
collectively designated as "Closings"), but in any event no later than three
business days after Investor's receipt of a written request from the Company
setting forth the number of shares to be purchased and sold at the Closing in
question. At each Closing the Company shall deliver to the Investor a
certificate representing the Series I Preferred that the Investor is purchasing
against payment of the aggregate purchase price therefor by check, wire transfer
or any combination thereof.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
Except as set forth in (i) the forms, reports and documents, including the
exhibits thereto, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, (ii) the documents and other materials provided to directors of the
Company prior to and during meetings of the Company's Board of Directors or
(iii) the Schedule of Exceptions attached hereto as Exhibit B, the Company
hereby represents and warrants as follows:
2.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of California and has all requisite corporate power and
authority to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Company is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on its
business or properties. True and accurate copies of the Company's Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws, each as amended and in effect at the Initial Closing,
have been delivered to the Investor.
2.2 Capitalization. Immediately prior to the Initial Closing,
the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 50,000,000 shares of
Common Stock ("Common Stock"), of which 3,200,137 shares are issued and
outstanding on the date of this Agreement, and 10,064,516 shares of Preferred
Stock ("Preferred Stock"), of which (i) 8,064,516 shares are designated Series E
Preferred Stock, all of which are issued and outstanding, (ii) 175,000 shares
are designated Series F Preferred Stock, 82,250 of which are issued and
outstanding, (iii) 175,000 shares are designated Series G Preferred Stock,
50,344 of which are issued and outstanding, (iv) 400,000 shares are designated
Series H Preferred Stock, 117,000 of which are issued and outstanding and (v)
200,000 shares are designated Series I Preferred Stock, none of which is issued
and outstanding. All such issued and outstanding shares have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The Company
has reserved an aggregate of 200,000 shares of Series I Preferred for issuance
hereunder. The Company has reserved 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock for
issuance upon conversion of the Series I Preferred. An aggregate of 1,100,000
shares of Common Stock are reserved for issuance under the Company's 1991 Stock
Plan, 1993 Director Option Plan and 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. There are
options outstanding under the Company's 1991 Stock Plan and 1993 Director Option
Plan to purchase an aggregate of approximately 553,554 shares and approximately
155,000 shares, respectively, of the Company's Common Stock. There are warrants
outstanding to purchase an aggregate of approximately 183,356 shares of the
Company's Common Stock. There are no other outstanding rights, options,
warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights for the
purchase or acquisition from the Company of any securities of the Company. All
outstanding shares have been issued in compliance with state and federal
securities laws.
2.3 Subsidiaries. The Company does not presently own or
control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation,
association, or other business entity. The Company is not a participant in any
joint venture, partnership, or similar arrangement.
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2.4 Authorization. All corporate action on the part of the
Company, its officers, directors and shareholders necessary for the
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of all
obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder, and the authorization,
issuance (or reservation for issuance), sale and delivery of the Shares being
sold hereunder and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares has
been taken or will be taken prior to the Initial Closing, and this Agreement
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, subject to: (i) judicial principles limiting the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, and other equitable
remedies; and (ii) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect generally relating to or affecting
creditors' rights.
2.5 Valid Issuance of Preferred and Common Stock. The shares
of Series I Preferred that are being purchased by the Investor hereunder, when
issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for
the consideration expressed herein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid,
and nonassessable, and will be free of restrictions on transfer other than
restrictions on transfer under this Agreement and under applicable state and
federal securities laws. The Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series
I Preferred purchased under this Agreement has been duly and validly reserved
for issuance and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Certificate
of Determination and the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the
"Restated Articles"), will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and
nonassessable and will be free of restrictions on transfer other than
restrictions on transfer under this Agreement and under applicable state and
federal securities laws.
2.6 Governmental Consents. No consent, approval, order or
authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or
filing with, any federal, state or local governmental authority on the part of
the Company is required in connection with the offer, sale or issuance of the
Shares (and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares) or the
consummation of any other transaction contemplated hereby, except for the
following: (i) the filing of the Certificate of Determination in the office of
the Secretary of State of the State of California, which shall be filed by the
Company on or prior to the Initial Closing; (ii) the filing of such notices as
may be required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"); and (iii) the filing of a notice of exemption pursuant to Section
25102(f) of the California Corporate Securities Law of 1968, as amended (the
"California Securities Law"), which shall be filed by the Company promptly
following each Closing. Based in part on the representations of the Investor set
forth in Section 3 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Shares in
conformity with the terms of this Agreement are exempt from the registration
requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act and from the qualification
requirements of Section 25110 of the California Securities Law.
2.7 Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, currently
threatened before any court, administrative agency or other governmental body
against the Company which questions the validity of this Agreement or the right
of the Company to enter into it, or to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby, or
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which could result, either individually or in the aggregate, in any material
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, property,
assets or liabilities of the Company. The foregoing includes, without
limitation, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or threatened
(or any basis therefor known to the Company) involving the prior employment of
any of the Company's employees, their use in connection with the Company's
business of any information or techniques allegedly proprietary to any of their
former employers, or their obligations under any agreements with prior
employers. The Company is not a party or subject to, and none of its assets is
bound by, the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of
any court or government agency or instrumentality.
2.8 Patents and Trademarks. The Company has sufficient title
and ownership of all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, trade secrets, information, proprietary rights and processes
(collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary for its business as now
conducted without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others.
There are no outstanding options, licenses, or agreements of any kind relating
to the foregoing, nor is the Company bound by or a party to any options,
licenses or agreements of any kind with respect to the Intellectual Property of
any other person or entity. The Company has not received any communications
alleging that any material Intellectual Property of the Company has violated or
would violate any of the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity.
2.9 Compliance with Other Instruments. The Company is not in
violation or default of any provision of its Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws, each as amended and in effect on and as of each Closing. The Company is
not in violation or default of any material provision of any instrument,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan, contract, commitment, judgment, decree, order or
obligation to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or
assets are bound which would materially adversely affect the condition
(financial or otherwise), business, property, assets or liabilities of the
Company or, to the best of its knowledge, of any provision of any federal, state
or local statute, rule or governmental regulation which would materially
adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise), business, property,
assets or liabilities of the Company. The execution, delivery and performance of
and compliance with this Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Shares,
will not result in any such violation, be in conflict with or constitute, with
or without the passage of time or giving of notice, a default under any such
provision, require any consent or waiver under any such provision (other than
any consents or waivers that have been obtained), or result in the creation of
any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or charge upon any of the properties or
assets of the Company pursuant to any such provision.
2.10 Permits. The Company has all franchises, permits,
licenses, and any similar authority necessary for the conduct of its business as
now being conducted by it, the lack of which could materially and adversely
affect the business, properties, prospects, or financial condition of the
Company, and the Company believes it can obtain, without undue burden or
expense, any similar authority for the conduct of its business as planned to be
conducted. The Company is not in default in any material respect under any of
such franchises, permits, licenses, or other similar authority.
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2.11 Disclosure. No representation, warranty or statement by
the Company in this Agreement, or in any written statement or certificate
furnished to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or, when
taken together, omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
2.12 Title to Property and Assets. The Company has good and
marketable title to all of its properties and assets free and clear of all
mortgages, liens and encumbrances, except liens for current taxes and
assessments not yet due and possible minor liens and encumbrances which do not,
in any case, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the property
subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the Company. With respect
to the property and assets it leases, the Company is in compliance with such
leases and, to the best of its knowledge, holds a valid leasehold interest free
of all liens, claims or encumbrances. The Company's properties and assets are in
good condition and repair in all material respects.
2.13 Tax Returns and Audits. The Company has accurately
prepared all United States income tax returns and all state and municipal tax
returns required to be filed by it, if any, has paid all taxes, assessments,
fees and charges when and as due under such returns and has made adequate
provision for the payment of all other taxes, assessments, fees and charges
shown on such returns or on assessments received by the Company. To the best of
the Company's knowledge, no deficiency assessment or proposed adjustment of the
Company's United States income tax or state or municipal taxes is pending.
2.14 Brokers or Finders. The Company has not agreed to incur,
directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage or finders' fees, agents'
commissions or other similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Investor. The Investor hereby
represents and warrants that:
3.1 Experience. The Investor is experienced in evaluating
companies such as the Company, is able to fend for itself in transactions such
as the one contemplated by this Agreement, has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters that Investor is capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of Investor's prospective investment in the Company, and has the
ability to bear the economic risks of the investment.
3.2 Investment. The Investor is acquiring the Shares (and the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares) for investment for such
Investor's own account and not with the view to, or for resale in connection
with, any distribution thereof. Such Investor understands that the Shares (and
the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares) have not been
registered under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption from the
registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other
things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent
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as expressed herein. Such Investor further represents that it does not have any
contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell,
transfer or grant participation to any third person with respect to any of the
Shares (or any Common Stock acquired upon conversion thereof). Such Investor
understands and acknowledges that the offering of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement will not, and any issuance of Common Stock on conversion may not, be
registered under the Securities Act on the ground that the sale provided for in
this Agreement and the issuance of securities hereunder is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
3.3 Rule 144. The Investor acknowledges that the Shares (and
the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares) must be held
indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an
exemption from such registration is available. Such Investor is aware of the
provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act which permit limited
resale of shares purchased in a private placement subject to the satisfaction of
certain conditions. Such Investor covenants that, in the absence of an effective
registration statement covering the stock in question, such Investor will sell,
transfer, or otherwise dispose of the Shares (and any Common Stock issued on
conversion thereof) only in a manner consistent with such Investor's
representations and covenants set forth in this Section 3. In connection
therewith, such Investor acknowledges that the Company will make a notation on
its stock books regarding the restrictions on transfers set forth in this
Section 3 and will transfer securities on the books of the Company only to the
extent not inconsistent therewith.
3.4 Access to Data. The Investor has received and reviewed
information about the Company and has had an opportunity to discuss the
Company's business, management and financial affairs with its management and to
review the Company's facilities. Such Investor understands that such
discussions, as well as any written information issued by the Company, were
intended to describe the aspects of the Company's business and prospects which
the Company believes to be material, but were not necessarily a thorough or
exhaustive description. The foregoing, however, does not limit or modify the
representations and warranties of the Company in Section 2 of this Agreement or
the right of the Investor to rely thereon.
3.5 Authorization. This Agreement when executed and delivered
by the Investor will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the
Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to: (i) judicial
principles respecting election of remedies or limiting the availability of
specific performance, injunctive relief, and other equitable remedies; and (ii)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
hereafter in effect generally relating to or affecting creditors' rights.
3.6 Accredited Investor. The Investor acknowledges that it is
an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D as promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and shall
submit to the Company such further assurances of such status as may be
reasonably requested by the Company. For state securities law purposes, the
principal address of the Investor is that set forth on Exhibit C.
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4. Conditions of Investor's Obligations at Closing. The obligations of
the Investor under subsection 1.1(b) of this Agreement are subject to the
fulfillment on or before each Closing of each of the following conditions, the
waiver of which shall not be effective against any Investor who does not consent
in writing thereto:
4.1 Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Section 2 shall be true on and as of the
Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had
been made on and as of the date of such Closing.
4.2 Performance. The Company shall have performed and complied
with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that
are required to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.
4.3 Compliance Certificate. The President or any Vice
President of the Company shall deliver to the Investor at the Closing a
certificate stating that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 have
been fulfilled.
4.4 Blue Sky. The Company shall have obtained all necessary
permits and qualifications, if any, or secured an exemption therefrom, required
by any state or country prior to the offer and sale of the Shares.
5. Conditions of the Company's Obligations at Closing. The obligations
of the Company to the Investor under this Agreement are subject to the
fulfillment on or before each Closing of each of the following conditions by
that Investor:
5.1 Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Investor contained in Section 3 shall be true on and as of the
Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had
been made on and as of the Closing.
5.2 Payment of Purchase Price. The Investor shall have
delivered the purchase price specified in Section 1.1 against delivery of the
Shares.
5.3 Blue Sky. The Company shall have obtained all necessary
permits and qualifications, if any, or secured an exemption therefrom, required
by any state or country for the offer and sale of the Shares.
5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other
proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated at the Closing
hereby, and all documents and instruments incident to these transactions, shall
be reasonably satisfactory in substance to the Company and its counsel.
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6. Restrictions on Transferability; Registration Rights
6.1 Certain Definitions. As used in this Section 6, the
following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission
or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
"Conversion Shares" means the Common Stock issued or issuable
upon conversion of the Shares.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Holder" shall mean the Investor, if it still holds
Registrable Securities, and any person holding Registrable Securities to whom
the rights under this Agreement have been transferred in accordance with Section
6.14 hereof.
"Initiating Holders" shall mean the Investor or transferees of
the Investor under Section 6.14 hereof who in the aggregate are Holders of not
less than 35% of the Registrable Securities.
The terms "register", "registered" and "registration" refer to
a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the
effectiveness of such registration statement.
"Registration Expenses" shall mean all expenses incurred by
the Company in complying with Sections 6.5, 6.6 and 6.7 hereof, including,
without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, printing
expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue
sky fees and expenses, and the expense of any special audits incident to or
required by any such registration (but excluding the compensation of regular
employees of the Company which shall be paid in any event by the Company).
"Registrable Securities" means any Common Stock of the Company
issued or issuable in respect of the Shares or Conversion Shares or other
securities issued or issuable with respect to the Shares or Conversion Shares
upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or similar event, or any
Common Stock otherwise issued or issuable with respect to the Shares or
Conversion Shares; provided, however, that shares of Common Stock or other
securities shall only be treated as Registrable Securities if and so long as
they have not been (A) sold to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a
public distribution or a public securities transaction, or (B) sold in a
transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities
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Act under Section 4(1) thereof so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive
legends with respect thereto are removed upon the consummation of such sale.
"Restricted Securities" shall mean the securities of the
Company required to bear the legend set forth in Section 6.3 hereof.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
"Selling Expenses" shall mean all underwriting discounts,
selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the securities
registered by the Holders and all fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Holders (as limited by Section 6.9).
6.2 Restrictions. The Shares and the Conversion Shares shall
not be sold, assigned, transferred or pledged except upon the conditions
specified in this Section 6, which conditions are intended to ensure compliance
with the provisions of the Securities Act. The Investor will cause any proposed
purchaser, assignee, transferee or pledgee of the Shares and the Conversion
Shares to agree to take and hold such securities subject to the provisions and
upon the conditions specified in this Section 6.
6.3 Restrictive Legend. Each certificate representing (i) the
Shares, (ii) the Conversion Shares, 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 Section 6.4 below) be
stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in the following form (in addition
to any legend required under applicable state securities laws):
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR PLEDGED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH MAY
BE COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY) REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO IT
STATING THAT SUCH SALE OR TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM THE
REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SAID
ACT."
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE TRANSFERRED
ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDER,
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A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY."
Each Investor consents to the Company making a notation on its
records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Restricted
Securities in order to implement the restrictions on transfer established in
this Section 6.
6.4 Notice of Proposed Transfers. The holder of each
certificate representing Restricted Securities, by acceptance thereof, agrees to
comply in all respects with the provisions of this Section 6. Prior to any
proposed sale, assignment, transfer or pledge of any Restricted Securities,
unless there is in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act
covering the proposed transfer, the holder thereof shall give written notice to
the Company of such holder's intention to effect such transfer, sale, assignment
or pledge. Each such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the
proposed transfer, sale, assignment or pledge in sufficient detail, and 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 transfer
of the Restricted Securities may be effected without registration under the
Securities Act, or (ii) a "no action" letter from the Commission to the effect
that the transfer of such securities without registration will not result in a
recommendation by the staff of the Commission that action be taken with respect
thereto, or (iii) any other evidence reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the
Company, whereupon the holder of such Restricted Securities shall be entitled to
transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the notice
delivered by the holder to the Company. The Company will not require such a
legal opinion or "no action" letter (a) in any transaction in compliance with
Rule 144, (b) in any transaction in which an Investor which is a corporation
distributes Restricted Securities after six (6) months after the purchase
thereof solely to its majority owned subsidiaries or affiliates for no
consideration, or (c) in any transaction in which an Investor which is a
partnership distributes Restricted Securities after six (6) months after the
purchase thereof solely to partners thereof for no consideration; provided that
each transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the terms of this Section
6.4. Each certificate evidencing the Restricted Securities transferred as above
provided shall bear, except if such transfer is made pursuant to Rule 144, the
appropriate restrictive legend set forth in Section 6.3 above, except that such
certificate shall not bear 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.
6.5 Requested Registration.
(a) Request for Registration. In case the Company
shall receive from Initiating Holders a written request that the Company effect
any registration, qualification or compliance with respect to the Registrable
Securities, the Company will:
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(i) promptly give written notice of the
proposed registration, qualification or compliance to all other Holders; and
(ii) as soon as practicable, use its best
efforts to effect such registration, qualification or compliance (including,
without limitation, the execution of an undertaking to file post-effective
amendments, appropriate qualification under applicable blue sky or other state
securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable regulations issued
under the Securities Act and any other governmental requirements or regulations)
as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and
distribution of all or such portion of such Registrable Securities as are
specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable
Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in
a written request received by the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt
of such written notice from the Company; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any such registration,
qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 6.5:
(1) In any particular jurisdiction in
which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of
process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance unless the
Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be
required by the Securities Act;
(2) During the period starting with
the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company's estimated date of filing of, and
ending on the date six (6) months immediately following the effective date of,
any registration statement pertaining to securities of the Company (other than a
registration of securities in a Rule 145 transaction or with respect to an
employee benefit plan), provided that the Company is actively employing in good
faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become
effective and that the Company's estimate of the date of filing such
registration statement is made in good faith;
(3) After the Company has effected
two (2) such registrations pursuant to this subparagraph 6.5(a), each such
registration has been declared or ordered effective and the securities offered
pursuant to each such registration have been sold; or
(4) If the Company shall furnish to
such Holders a certificate, signed by the President of the Company, stating that
in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors it would be seriously
detrimental to the Company or its shareholders for a registration statement to
be filed in the near future, then the Company's obligation to use its best
efforts to register, qualify or comply under this Section 6.5 shall be deferred
for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of
receipt of written request from the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that
the Company may not use this right more than once in any twelve (12) month
period.
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Subject to the foregoing clauses (1) through (4), the Company shall
file a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities so requested
to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests
of the Initiating Holders.
(b) Underwriting. In the event that a registration
pursuant to Section 6.5 is for a registered public offering involving an
underwriting, the Company shall so advise the Holders as part of the notice
given pursuant to Section 6.5(a)(i). The right of any Holder to registration
pursuant to Section 6.5 shall be conditioned upon such Holder's participation in
the underwriting arrangements required by this Section 6.5 and the inclusion of
such Holder's Registrable Securities in the underwriting, to the extent
requested, to the extent provided herein.
The Company shall (together with all Holders proposing to distribute
their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement
in customary form with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting
by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which managing underwriter
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 6.5, if the managing underwriter advises the
Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the
number of shares to be underwritten, then the Company shall so advise all
Holders of Registrable Securities and the number of shares of Registrable
Securities that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be
allocated among all Holders thereof in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to
the respective amounts of Registrable Securities held by such Holders at the
time of filing the registration statement; provided, however, that the number of
shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall not
be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the
underwriting. No Registrable Securities excluded from the underwriting by reason
of the underwriter's marketing limitation shall be included in such
registration. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the
above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares
allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.
If any Holder of Registrable Securities disapproves of the terms of the
underwriting, such person may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to
the Company, the managing underwriter and the Initiating Holders. The
Registrable Securities and/or other securities so withdrawn shall also be
withdrawn from registration, and such Registrable Securities shall not be
transferred in a public distribution prior to ninety (90) days after the
effective date of such registration.
6.6 Company Registration.
(a) Notice of Registration. If at any time or from
time to time, the Company shall determine to register any of its securities,
either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders other
than (i) a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, or (ii) a
registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction, the Company
will:
(i) promptly give to each Holder written
notice thereof; and
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(ii) include in such registration (and any
related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any
underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a
written request or requests made within thirty (30) days after receipt of such
written notice from the Company by any Holder, but only to the extent that such
inclusion will not diminish the number of securities included by holders of the
Company's securities who have demanded such registration.
(b) Underwriting. If the registration of which the
Company gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an
underwriting, the Company shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written
notice given pursuant to Section 6.6(a)(i). In such event, the right of any
Holder to registration pursuant to Section 6.6 shall be conditioned upon such
Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of 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 and the other holders distributing their securities
through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary
form with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Company
(or by the holders who have demanded such registration). Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section 6.6, if the managing underwriter determines that
marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be
underwritten, the managing underwriter may limit the number of Registrable
Securities to be included in the registration and underwriting on a pro rata
basis based on the total number of securities (including, without limitation,
Registrable Securities) entitled to registration pursuant to registration rights
granted to the participating Holders by the Company; provided, however, that no
such reduction may reduce the number of securities being sold by the Holders to
less than thirty percent (30%) of the shares being sold in such offering. To
facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the
Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any
Holder or other holder to the nearest 100 shares. If any Holder or other holder
disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, he or she may elect to
withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the managing
underwriter. Any securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall
be withdrawn from such registration, and shall not be transferred in a public
distribution prior to ninety (90) days after the effective date of the
registration statement relating thereto.
(c) Right to Terminate Registration. The Company
shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it
under this Section 6.6 prior to the effectiveness of such registration, whether
or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration.
6.7 Registration on Form S-3.
(a) If any Holder or Holders of not less than twenty
percent (20%) of the Registrable Securities requests that the Company file a
registration statement on Form S-3 (or any successor form to Form S-3) for a
public offering of shares of the Registrable Securities, the reasonably
anticipated aggregate price to the public of which, net of underwriting
discounts and
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commissions, would exceed $500,000, and the Company is a registrant entitled to
use Form S-3 to register the Registrable Securities for such an offering, the
Company shall use its best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be
registered for the offering on such form. The Company will (i) promptly give
written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders, and (ii) as
soon as practicable, use its best efforts to effect such registration
(including, without limitation, the execution of an undertaking to file
post-effective amendments, appropriate qualification under applicable blue sky
or other state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable
regulations issued under the Securities Act and any other governmental
requirements or regulations) as may be so requested and as would permit or
facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Registrable
Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion
of the Registrable Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such request
as are specified in a written request received by the Company within thirty (30)
days after receipt of such written notice from the Company. The substantive
provisions of Section 6.5(b) shall be applicable to each registration initiated
under this Section 6.7.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
not be obligated to take any action pursuant to this Section 6.7: (i) in any
particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a
general consent to service of process in effecting such registration,
qualification or compliance unless the Company is already subject to service in
such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act; (ii)
during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company's
estimated date of filing of, and ending on the date six (6) months immediately
following the effective date of, a registration statement (other than with
respect to a registration statement relating to a Rule 145 transaction, an
offering solely to employees or any other registration which is not appropriate
for the registration of Registrable Securities), provided that the Company is
actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective; or (iii) if the Company shall
furnish to such Holder a certificate signed by the President of the Company
stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, it would be
seriously detrimental to the Company or its shareholders for registration
statements to be filed in the near future, then the Company's obligation to use
its best efforts to file a registration statement shall be deferred for a period
not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days from the receipt of the request to
file such registration by such Holder or Holders; provided, however, that the
Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month
period.
6.8 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and
after the date hereof, the Company shall not enter into any agreement granting
any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company registration
rights with respect to such securities unless such new registration rights,
including standoff obligations, are subordinate to the registration rights
granted Holders hereunder.
6.9 Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses
incurred in connection with any registration pursuant to Sections 6.5, 6.6 and
6.7 and the reasonable cost of one special
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legal counsel to represent all of the Holders together in any such registration
shall be borne by the Company. If a registration proceeding is begun upon the
request of Initiating Holders pursuant to Section 6.5, but such request is
subsequently withdrawn, then the Holders of Registrable Securities to have been
registered may either: (i) bear all Registration Expenses of such proceeding,
pro rata on the basis of the number of shares to have been registered, in which
case the Company shall be deemed not to have effected a registration pursuant to
subparagraph 6.5(a) of this Agreement; or (ii) require the Company to bear all
Registration Expenses of such proceeding, in which case the Company shall be
deemed to have effected a registration pursuant to subparagraph 6.5(a) of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, if at the time of the
withdrawal, the Holders 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, then the Holders shall not be required to pay any
of said Registration Expenses. In such case, the Company shall be deemed not to
have effected a registration pursuant to subparagraph 6.5(a) of this Agreement.
Unless otherwise stated, all other Selling Expenses relating to securities
registered on behalf of the Holders shall be borne by the Holders of the
registered securities included in such registration pro rata on the basis of the
number of shares so registered.
6.10 Registration Procedures. In the case of each
registration, qualification or compliance effected by the Company pursuant to
this Section 6, the Company will keep each Holder advised in writing as to the
initiation of each registration, qualification and compliance and as to the
completion thereof. At its expense the Company will:
(a) Prepare and file with the Commission a
registration statement with respect to such securities and use its best efforts
to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective for at least
one hundred eighty (180) days or until the distribution described in the
registration statement has been completed; and
(b) Prepare and file with the Commission 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 provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such registration statement.
(c) Furnish to the Holders participating in such
registration and to the underwriters of the securities being registered such
reasonable number of copies of the registration statement, preliminary
prospectus, final prospectus and such other documents as such underwriters may
reasonably request in order to facilitate the public offering of such
securities.
(d) Use its best 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
Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith
or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent
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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 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 managing underwriter of such offering. Each Holder
participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its
obligations under such an agreement.
(f) Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating
thereto is required to be delivered under the Act of the happening of any event
as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as
then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then
existing.
(g) Cause all such Registrable Securities registered
pursuant hereunder to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar
securities issued by the Company are then listed.
(h) Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all
Registrable Securities registered pursuant hereunder and a CUSIP number for all
such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of
such registration.
(i) Use its best efforts to furnish, at the request
of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Section 6, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the
underwriters for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section
6, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, or, if such
securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the
registration statement with respect to such securities becomes effective, (i) an
opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the
purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to
underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters,
if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and
(ii) a letter dated such date, from the independent certified public accountants
of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent
certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering,
addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting
registration of Registrable Securities.
6.11 Indemnification.
(a) The Company will indemnify each Holder, each of
its officers and directors and partners, and each person controlling such Holder
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to which
registration, qualification or compliance has been effected pursuant to this
Section 6, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any
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underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all
expenses, claims, losses, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any
litigation, commenced or threatened, arising out of or based on any untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any
registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus, offering circular or
other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto, incident to any such
registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged
omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which
they were made, not misleading, or any violation or any alleged violation by the
Company of any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act or any state securities law applicable to the Company in connection
with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and the Company will
reimburse each such Holder, each of its officers and directors, and each person
controlling such Holder, each such underwriter and each person who controls any
such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses as reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss,
damage, liability or action, as such expenses are incurred, provided that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim,
loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission, made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an
instrument duly executed by such Holder, controlling person or underwriter and
stated to be specifically for use therein.
(b) Each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held
by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration,
qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Company, each of
its directors and officers, each underwriter, if any, of the Company's
securities covered by such a registration statement, each person who controls
the Company or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act, and each other such Holder, each of its officers and directors
and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged
untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such registration
statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document, or any omission (or
alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse
the Company, such Holders, such directors, officers, persons, underwriters or
control persons for any legal or any other expenses as reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage,
liability or action, as such expenses are incurred, in each case to the extent,
but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement)
or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement,
prospectus, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by an instrument
duly executed by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein.
(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this
Section 6.11 (the "Indemnified Party") shall give notice to the party required
to provide indemnification (the
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"Indemnifying Party") promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge
of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the
Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation
resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall
conduct the defense of such claim or litigation, shall be approved by the
Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the
Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party's expense;
provided, however, that an Indemnified Party (together with all other
Indemnified Parties which 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 proceeding. The failure
of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 6 unless the failure to
give such notice is materially prejudicial to an Indemnifying Party's ability to
defend such action. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or
litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to
entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an
unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such
Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or
litigation.
6.12 Information by Holder. The Holder or Holders of
Registrable Securities included in any registration shall furnish to the Company
such information regarding such Holder or Holders, the Registrable Securities
held by them and the distribution proposed by such Holder or Holders as the
Company may request in writing and as shall be required in connection with any
registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section 6.
6.13 Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available the
benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission which may at any
time permit the sale of the Restricted Securities to the public without
registration, after such time as a public market exists for the Common Stock of
the Company, the Company agrees to use its best efforts to:
(a) Make and keep public information available, as
those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at
all times after the effective date that the Company becomes subject to the
reporting requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act;
(b) File with the Commission 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 it has become subject to such reporting
requirements); and
(c) So long as a Holder owns any Restricted
Securities, to furnish to the Holder forthwith upon request a written statement
by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of said Rule
144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of
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the first registration statement filed by the Company for an offering of its
securities to the general public), and of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), a
copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such
other reports and documents of the Company and other information in the
possession of or reasonably obtainable by the Company as a Holder may reasonably
request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing
a Holder to sell any such securities without registration.
6.14 Transfer of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the
Company to register securities granted to any party hereto under Sections 6.5,
6.6 and 6.7 may be assigned to a transferee or assignee reasonably acceptable to
the Company in connection with any transfer or assignment of Registrable
Securities by such party (together with any affiliate); provided that (a) such
transfer may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable securities
laws, (b) notice of such assignment is given to the Company, and (c) such
transferee or assignee (i) is a wholly-owned subsidiary or constituent partner
(including limited partners, retired partners, spouses and ancestors, lineal
descendants and siblings of such partners or spouses who acquire Registrable
Securities by gift, will or intestate succession) of such party, or (ii)
acquires from such party at least 50,000 shares of Registrable Securities (as
appropriately adjusted for stock splits and the like).
6.15 Standoff Agreement. Each Holder agrees in connection with
any registration of the Company's securities (other than a registration of
securities in a Rule 145 transaction or with respect to an employee benefit
plan), upon request of the Company or the underwriters managing any underwritten
offering of the Company's securities, not to sell, make any short sale of, loan,
pledge (or otherwise encumber or hypothecate), grant any option for the purchase
of, or otherwise directly or indirectly dispose of any Registrable Securities
(other than those included in the registration) without the prior written
consent of the Company and such managing underwriters for such period of time,
not to exceed ninety (90) days, as the Board of Directors establishes pursuant
to its good faith negotiations with such managing underwriters; provided,
however, that such Holder shall not be subject to such lockup unless the
officers and directors of the Company who own stock of the Company shall also be
bound by such restrictions.
7. Miscellaneous.
7.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all
respects by the laws of the State of California, without regard to any
provisions thereof relating to conflicts of laws among different jurisdictions.
7.2 Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements made herein shall survive any investigation made by the Investor and
the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby. All statements as to
factual matters contained in any certificate or exhibit
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delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant hereto shall be deemed to be
the representations and warranties of the Company hereunder as of such date of
such certificate or exhibit.
7.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding
upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the
parties hereto; provided, however, that the rights of an Investor to purchase
Shares shall not be assignable without the consent of the Company.
7.4 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement and the other
documents delivered pursuant hereto constitute the full and entire understanding
and agreement among the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof.
Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or
terminated other than by a written instrument signed by the party against whom
enforcement of any such amendment, waiver, discharge or termination is sought;
provided, however, that holders of fifty-one percent (51%) of the outstanding
Shares (whether or not converted) may waive or amend, on behalf of the Investor
and other holders of Shares, any provisions hereof benefitting the Investor so
long as the effect thereof will be that the Investor and other holders of Shares
will be treated equally.
7.5 Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or
otherwise delivered by hand or by messenger, addressed (a) if to the Investor,
at the Investor's principal offices at 0000 X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, or at such other address as the Investor shall have furnished
to the Company in writing, or (b) if to any other holder of any Shares, at such
address as such holder shall have furnished the Company in writing, or, until
any such holder so furnishes an address to the Company, then to and at the
address of the last holder of such Shares who has so furnished an address to the
Company, or (c) if to the Company, at its principal offices at 000 Xxxxxxx'x
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 addressed to the
attention of the Corporate Secretary, or at such other address as the Company
shall have furnished to the Investor. If notice is provided by mail, notice
shall be deemed to be given three (3) business days after proper deposit in the
U.S. Mail.
7.6 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any
right, power or remedy accruing to any holder of any Shares upon any breach or
default of the Company under this Agreement shall impair any such right, power
or remedy of such holder, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such
breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in 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. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or
character on the part of any holder of any breach or default under this
Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any holder of any provisions or
conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to
the extent specifically set forth in such writing or as provided in this
Agreement. All remedies, either under this Agreement or by law or otherwise
afforded to any holder, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
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7.7 California Corporate Securities Law. THE SALE OF THE
SECURITIES WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN QUALIFIED WITH
THE COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE ISSUANCE OF
SUCH SECURITIES OR THE PAYMENT OR RECEIPT OF ANY PART OF THE CONSIDERATION
THEREFOR PRIOR TO SUCH QUALIFICATION IS UNLAWFUL, UNLESS THE SALE OF SECURITIES
IS EXEMPT FROM THE QUALIFICATION BY SECTION 25100, 25102, OR 25105 OF THE
CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONS CODE. THE RIGHTS OF ALL PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT ARE
EXPRESSLY CONDITIONED UPON SUCH QUALIFICATION BEING OBTAINED, UNLESS THE SALE IS
SO EXEMPT.
7.8 Expenses. The Company and the Investor shall bear their
own expenses and legal fees incurred on its behalf with respect to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
7.9 Finder's Fee. The Company and the Investor shall each
indemnify and hold the other harmless from any liability for any commission or
compensation in the nature of a finder's fee (including the costs, expenses and
legal fees of defending against such liability) for which the Company or the
Investor, or any of their respective partners, employees, or representatives, as
the case may be, is responsible.
7.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be enforceable against the parties
actually executing such counterparts, and all of which together shall constitute
one instrument.
7.11 Severability. In the event that any provision of this
Agreement becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
illegal, unenforceable or void, this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect without said provision; provided that no such severability shall be
effective if it materially changes the economic benefit of this Agreement to any
party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. MK GVD FUND
Signature: /s/ XXXX XXXXX Signature: /s/ XXXX XXXXXX
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By: By:
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Its: CFO Its: General Partner
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION OF PREFERENCES
OF SERIES I PREFERRED STOCK
[See Tab 5]
EXHIBIT B
SCHEDULE OF EXCEPTIONS
This disclosure of exceptions is made and given pursuant to Section 2
of the Series I Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of December 23, 1997
(the "Agreement"), by and between HyperMedia Communications, Inc. (the
"Company") and MK GVD Fund (the "Investor"). Unless the context otherwise
requires, all capitalized terms are used herein as defined in the Agreement. The
numbers below correspond to the section numbers of representations and
warranties in the Agreement that are most directly modified by the disclosures,
but all disclosures are intended to modify all of the Company's representations
and warranties.
2.8 The Company has received a letter, dated May 2, 1996, from the law firm
of Xxxxxx Roof Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx on behalf of Elk Industries, Inc.
("Elk"), alleging that a product and/or service of the Company
infringes a patent issued to Elk. Because the Company views the
allegation as groundless, it has not responded to the letter.
The Company recently received a letter from Xxxxxxxxx & Falconer on
behalf of Testdrive Corporation demanding the Company cease using the
name "TestDrive" in NewMedia Magazine. In response to such letter, the
Company has indicated to Testdrive that it believes the Company has
superior rights to the name "Test Drive". The Company has received no
further correspondence with respect to this matter.
The Company is aware of a company based in Maine named "HyperMedia
Communications, Inc." ("Maine HyperMedia"). Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx, on behalf of the Company, sent Maine HyperMedia a letter dated
June 18, 1996 asking Maine HyperMedia to cease and desist from using
the name "HyperMedia Communications, Inc." Maine HyperMedia continues
to use the name and the Company is not pursuing any action against them
at this time.
2.9 The Company received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
threatening delisting of the Company's Common Stock from the SmallCap
based on inadequate levels of capital and surplus.
2.12 Imperial Bank has a security interest, perfected in a filed UCC-1, in
most of the Company's assets. The Bank issued a "First Amendment to
Credit Terms and Conditions and Addendum Thereto" which deleted future
profitability covenants through the balance of the term of the
agreement starting with the third quarter of 1997.
