amended and restated INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.6
amended and restated INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of February 7, 2011, by Chimerix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the investors listed on Schedule A, each of which is herein referred to as an “Investor.”
Whereas, certain of the Investors are purchasing shares of the Company’s Series F Preferred Stock (the “Series F Stock”), and warrants to purchase additional shares of Series F Stock, pursuant to that certain Series F Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) of even date herewith (the “Financing”);
Whereas, certain of the Investors (the “Prior Investors”) include (i) holders of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Stock”), Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Stock”), Series B-1 Preferred Stock (the “Series B-1 Stock”), Series C Preferred Stock (the “Series C Stock”), Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Stock”) and Series E Preferred Stock (the “Series E Stock” which, together with the Series A Stock, the Series B Stock, the Series B-1 Stock, the Series C Stock, the Series D Stock, and the Series F Stock, shall be referred to collectively as the “Preferred Stock”), (ii) Shellwater & Co., as nominee for the University of California, San Diego, (iii) General Electric Capital Corporation and (iv) Silicon Valley Bank;
Whereas, the Prior Investors are parties to an Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated July 24, 2009 (the “Prior Agreement”);
Whereas, the Prior Investors desire to amend and restate and supersede in its entirety the Prior Agreement and to accept the rights and covenants herein, in lieu of their rights and covenants under the Prior Agreement;
Whereas, the obligations in the Purchase Agreement are conditioned upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and
Whereas, in connection with the consummation of the Financing, the Company and the Investors have agreed to the registration rights, information rights, and other rights as set forth below.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of these premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree hereto as follows:
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SECTION 1. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Section 1:
(a) The term “Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(b) The term “Form S-3” means such form under the Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Act subsequently adopted by the SEC (as defined below) which permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
(c) The term “Holder” means any person owning or having the right to acquire Registrable Securities or any assignee thereof in accordance with Section 1.13 hereof.
(d) The term “1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(e) The term “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Act, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or document.
(f) The term “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Series A Stock, Series B Stock, Series B-1 Stock, Series C Stock, Series D Stock, Series E Stock and Series F Stock (including any of such shares issuable upon exercise of warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement), (ii) the Common Stock issuable or issued upon exercise of warrants outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and (iii) any Common Stock of the Company 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 (i) or (ii) above.
(g) The number of shares of “Registrable Securities then outstanding” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, or issuable upon exercise of warrants outstanding, which are Registrable Securities, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the outstanding Series A Stock, Series B Stock, Series B-1 Stock, Series C Stock, Series D Stock, Series E Stock and Series F Stock which are Registrable Securities.
(h) The term “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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(a) If the Company shall receive at any time not earlier than the earlier of (i) four (4) years after the date of this Agreement and (ii) six (6) months after the effective date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of the Company (other than a registration statement relating either to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or a transaction pursuant to Rule 145 under the Act) a written request from the Series F Requisite Investors (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), that the Company register for sale under the Act all or any portion of the shares of Registrable Securities held by such Holders having an aggregate anticipated price to the public (before any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of not less than $5,000,000:
(i) within ten (10) days after the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file as soon as practicable the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered, subject to the limitations of Section 1.2(b).
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder (“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 Section 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include its 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 (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant to this Agreement, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all Holders, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder; 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. For purposes of the preceding sentence concerning allocation, for any Holder that is a partnership or corporation, the partners, retired partners and stockholders of such Holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single “Holder”, and any pro rata reduction with respect to such Holder shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such “Holder”, as defined in this sentence.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and the filing of such registration statement should therefore be delayed, the Company shall have the right to delay taking action with respect to such filing for two periods of not more than sixty (60) days each in any twelve (12) month period after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders.
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(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause the Section 1.3 registration statement to become effective; 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 Section 1.12 below.
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(a) Prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best 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 until the distribution contemplated in the Registration Statement has been completed; provided, however, that (i) such 120-day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains from selling any securities included in such registration at the request of an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company; and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 which are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, such 120-day period shall be extended, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until the majority of such Registrable Securities are sold, provided that Rule 415 under the Act, or any successor rule under the Act, permits an offering on a continuous or delayed basis, and provided further that applicable rules under the Act governing the obligation to file a post-effective amendment permit, in lieu of filing a post-effective amendment which (I) includes any prospectus required by Section 5 of the Act or (II) reflects facts or events representing a material or fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement, the incorporation by reference of information required to be included in (I) and (II) above to be contained in periodic reports filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act in the registration statement.
(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 provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement.
(c) Furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them.
(d) Use its reasonable 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 to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions.
(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 to the registration statement 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.
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(g) Cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement 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 to this Agreement and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration.
(i) Use its reasonable best efforts to furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale, 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 as of 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, or if not underwritten, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters and reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Holder offering the greatest number of Registrable Securities for sale in the registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities, and (ii) a “comfort” letter dated as of 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, or if not underwritten, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters and reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Holder offering the greatest number of Registrable Securities for sale in the registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities.
(a) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 1 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 shall be required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.
(b) The Company shall have no obligation with respect to any registration requested pursuant to Section 1.2 or Section 1.12 if, due to the operation of Section 1.5(a), the number of shares or the anticipated aggregate offering price of the Registrable Securities to be included in the registration does not equal or exceed the number of shares or the anticipated aggregate offering price required to originally trigger the Company’s obligation to initiate such registration as specified in Section 1.2(a) or Section 1.12(b)(2), whichever is applicable.
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(a) To the extent permitted by applicable federal and state law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Act) for such Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the 1934 Act, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a “Violation”): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the 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 Company of the Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act, the 1934 Act or any state securities law; and the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter or controlling person, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 1.10(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder, underwriter or controlling person.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, 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 Act, any underwriter, any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject, under the Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will pay any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 1.10(b), in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 1.10(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, that, in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 1.10(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 1.10 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 1.10, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; 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 to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 1.10, but the omission so to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 1.10.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 1.10 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense as well as 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 alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state 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. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph of Section 1.10, in no case shall any one Holder be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the net proceeds received by such Holder from the offering of Registrable Securities; provided, however, that no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution for any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party or parties under this Section, notify such party or parties from whom such contribution may be sought, but the omission so to notify such party or parties from contribution may be sought shall not relieve such party from any other obligation it or they may have thereunder or otherwise under this Section. No party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or claim settled without its prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.
(f) The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 1.10 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement under this Section 1, and otherwise.
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company for the offering of its securities to the general public;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Act and the 1934 Act; and
(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company), the Act and the 1934 Act (at any time after it 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 it 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 which permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such form.
(a) promptly give written notice of the proposed registration, and any related qualification or compliance, to all other Holders; and
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(b) as soon as practicable, effect such registration and all such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Holder’s or Holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within 15 days after giving of such written notice by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance, pursuant to this Section 1.12: (1) if Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the Holders; (2) if the Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (before any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of less than $2,500,000; (3) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such Form S-3 registration to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for one (1) period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Holder or Holders under this Section 1.12 in any twelve (12) month period, provided that the Company shall not register any other of its securities during such ninety (90) day period other than pursuant to a Special Registration Statement (as defined below); (4) if the Company has already effected one (1) registration on Form S-3 within the preceding six (6) months; or (5) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance.
(c) Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and other securities so requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests of the Holders. All expenses incurred in connection with a registration requested pursuant to Section 1.12, including (without limitation) all registration, filing, qualification, printer’s and accounting fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one (1) special counsel for the selling Holder or Holders and another counsel for the Company, shall be borne by the Company; provided that following such time as the Company has effected two (2) registrations on Form S-3 pursuant to this Section 1.12 during any consecutive twelve (12) month period, all expenses incurred in connection with any further Form S-3 registrations effected pursuant to this Section 1.12 during such period shall be borne pro rata by the Holder or Holders participating in the Form S-3 registration. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 1.12 shall not be counted as demands for registration or registrations effected pursuant to Sections 1.2 or 1.3, respectively.
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1.14 “Market Stand-Off” Agreement. Each Investor hereby agrees that, during the period of duration specified by the Company and an underwriter of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Act in connection with the Company’s initial public offering, it shall not, to the extent requested by the Company and such underwriter, directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell, contract to sell (including, without limitation, any short sale), grant any option to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of (other than to donees who agree to be similarly bound, effective immediately upon the transfer of securities to any such donees) any securities of the Company held by it at any time during such period except Common Stock included in such registration; provided, however, that:
(a) such agreement shall not exceed one hundred eighty (180) days (or such longer period, not to exceed 18 days after the expiration of the 180-day period, as the underwriters or the Company shall request in order to facilitate compliance with NASD Rule 2711) following the effective date of such registration statement of the Company filed under the Act; and
(b) all executive officers and directors of the Company then holding Common Stock and each stockholder of the Company holding in the aggregate at least 1% of the Company's equity securities on a fully-diluted basis (whether or not pursuant to this Agreement) enter into similar agreements; provided, however, that all restrictions set forth in this Section 1.14 on all such Investors shall terminate and be of no further force or effect if any such officer or director or any such stockholder is released from, or otherwise no longer bound by, such restrictions.
In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may place restrictive legends on the certificates representing, and impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to, the Registrable Securities of the Investor (and the shares or securities of every other person subject to the foregoing restriction) until the end of such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations described in this Section 1.14 shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-l or Form S-8 or similar forms which may be promulgated in the future, or a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction on Form S-4 or similar forms which may be promulgated in the future (a “Special Registration Statement”).
1.15 Termination of Registration Rights.
(a) No Holder shall be entitled to exercise any right provided for in this Section 1 after five (5) years following the consummation of the sale of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Company under the Act in connection with the initial firm commitment underwritten offering of its securities to the general public, in connection with which all shares of Preferred Stock convert into Common Stock.
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(b) In addition, the right of any Holder to request registration or inclusion in any registration pursuant to Section 1.3 shall terminate on the closing of the first Company-initiated registered public offering of Common Stock of the Company if all shares of Registrable Securities held or entitled to be held upon conversion by such Holder may immediately be sold under Rule 144 during any 90-day period, or on such date after the closing of the first Company-initiated registered public offering of Common Stock of the Company as all shares of Registrable Securities held or entitled to be held upon conversion by such Holder may immediately be sold under Rule 144 during any 90-day period.
SECTION 2. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
(a) but not later than 120 days following the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an income statement for such fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Company and statement of stockholder’s equity as of the end of such fiscal year, and a schedule as to the sources and applications of funds for such fiscal year, such fiscal year-end financial reports to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and audited and certified by independent public accountants selected by the Company’s Board of Directors, including at least one of the Series F Directors (as such term is defined in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as in effect from time to time (the “Restated Certificate”));
(b) but not later than 45 days following the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a preliminary unaudited income statement for such fiscal year, and a preliminary unaudited balance sheet of the Company and a preliminary unaudited statement of stockholder’s equity as of the end of such fiscal year;
(c) but not later than 30 days following the end of each calendar month or fiscal quarter of the Company, unaudited financial statements of the Company for such month or fiscal quarter; and
(d) but not later than 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year of the Company, an annual operating budget of the Company for such fiscal year, which shall be approved by the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the commencement of such fiscal year.
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(a) The Company shall deliver a notice by certified mail (“Notice”) to the Major Investors stating (i) its bona fide intention to offer such Shares, (ii) the number of such Shares to be offered, and (iii) the price and terms, if any, upon which it proposes to offer such Shares. If the consideration to be paid by others for the Shares is not cash, the fair market value of the consideration shall be determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors and a reasonably detailed explanation of such determination of fair market value shall be included in the Notice. All Major Investors electing to participate in the offering of such Shares shall pay the cash equivalent thereof as so determined.
(b) By written notification received by the Company within 20 calendar days after giving of the Notice, each Major Investor may elect to purchase or obtain, at the price and on the terms specified in the Notice, up to that portion of such Shares which equals the proportion that the number of shares of Common Stock issued and held, including all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock then held, by such Major Investor bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding (assuming full conversion of all convertible securities) (the “Pro Rata Portion”). The Company shall promptly, in writing, inform each Major Investor which purchases all the shares available to it (“Fully-Exercising Investor”) of any other Major Investor’s failure to do likewise (the “Non-Fully Exercising Investor”). During the ten-day period commencing after such information is given, each Fully-Exercising Investor shall be entitled to obtain that portion of the Shares not subscribed for by the Major Investors which is equal to the proportion that the number of shares of Common Stock issued and held, including all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Preferred Stock then held, by such Fully-Exercising Investor bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and held, including all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock then held, by all Fully-Exercising Investors who wish to purchase some of the unsubscribed shares.
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(c) If all Shares are not elected to be obtained as provided in Section 2.7(b), the Company may, for 90 business days following the expiration of the period provided in Section 2.7(b), offer the remaining unsubscribed portion of such Shares 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 Notice. If the Company does not enter into an agreement for the sale of the Shares within such period, the right provided hereunder shall be deemed to be revived and such Shares shall not be offered unless first reoffered to the Major Investors in accordance herewith.
(d) The right of first offer in this Section 2.7 shall not be applicable to the issuance or sale of (i) (A) up to 7,242,242 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations and splits with respect to such shares of Common Stock) issued pursuant to the exercise of the stock options granted pursuant to the Company’s 2002 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “Option Plan”) and outstanding on the date hereof, (B) up to 3,770,584 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations and splits with respect to such shares of Common Stock) issued as restricted stock awards, or issuable upon exercise of stock options issued or granted after the date hereof pursuant to the Option Plan or (C) shares of Common Stock issued as restricted stock awards, or issuable upon exercise of stock options issued or granted after the date hereof pursuant to the Option Plan to the extent that any stock options or restricted stock awards previously granted pursuant to clause (A) or clause (B) of this Section 2.7(d)(i) are canceled or expire unexercised or are repurchased upon termination of service to the Company, in each such case, issued to employees, officers, directors or consultants for the primary purpose of soliciting or retaining their employment or services for the benefit of the Company, (ii) Shares issued upon or after consummation of a bona fide, firmly underwritten public offering of shares of Common Stock, registered under the Act pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1, in connection with which all shares of Preferred Stock convert into Common Stock, (iii) Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants outstanding as of the date hereof, (iv) Shares issued as acquisition consideration in connection with a bona fide business acquisition by the Company, whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets, sale or exchange of stock or otherwise, if such issuance or sale is approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, (v) Shares in an amount covering up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations and the like with respect to such shares), issued pursuant to any leasing arrangement or debt financing from a bank or similar financial institution, or pursuant to any research and development or other strategic partnership, licensing or collaborative arrangements and other similar transactions, if such issuance or sale is approved by the Company’s Board of Directors including the affirmative vote or written consent of at least one of the Series F Directors (as defined in the Restated Certificate), (vi) Shares issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (vii) Shares issued upon the exercise of warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (viii) Shares issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock or (ix) Shares issued in connection with any stock split or other stock dividend by the Company.
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(e) Any and all rights arising under this Section 2.7 with respect to the issuance or sale of any Shares may be waived, either prospectively or retrospectively, by the written consent of (i) the Major Investors that hold a majority of the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series E Stock held by all Major Investors, voting as a separate class, and (ii) the Series F Requisite Investors, voting as a separate class, and any such waiver shall be effective as to all Major Investors with such rights under this Section 2.7.
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3.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware as applied to agreements among Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Delaware.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
COMPANY: | ||
CHIMERIX, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
Address: |
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx 000 | |
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Fax: | (000) 000-0000 |
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INVESTORS: | ||
Alta Biopharma Partners III, L.P | ||
By: Alta Biopharma Management Partners III, LLC | ||
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: CFO | ||
Address: | Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
00xx Xxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Fax: | ||
Alta Biopharma Partners III GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG | ||
By: Alta Biopharma Management Partners III, LLC | ||
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: CFO | ||
Address: | Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
00xx Xxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Fax: | ||
Alta Embarcadero Biopharma Partners III, LLC | ||
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: CFO | ||
Address: | Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
00xx Xxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Fax: |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
INVESTORS: | ||
Asset Management Partners 2004, L.P. | ||
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Xx. | ||
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | ||
Title: Member of General Partner | ||
Asset Management Partners | ||
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | ||
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | ||
Title: General Partner | ||
Address: |
0000 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | |
Fax: | (000) 000-0000 |
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INVESTORS: | |
Canaan VII L.P. | |
By: Canaan Partners VII LLC | |
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Title: General Partner | |
Address: 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Xxxxx 000 | |
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | |
Fax: (000) 000-0000 |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
INVESTORS: | ||
Xxxxxxx Healthcare IV, X.X. | ||
Xxxxxxx Affiliates IV, L.P. | ||
By: | FHM IV, LP, its general partner | |
By: | FHM IV, LLC, its general partner | |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Authorized Representative Officer | ||
Address: | c/o Frazier Healthcare Ventures | |
0 Xxxxx Xx Xxxx., Xxxxx 0000 | ||
000 Xxxxx Xx. | ||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Fax: | (000) 000-0000 |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
INVESTORS: | |
Morningside Venture Investments Limited | |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx / Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Title: Authorized Signatures | |
Address: | |
2nd Floor, Le Prince xx Xxxxxx, 0-0 | |
Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX00000 | |
Monaco |
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INVESTORS: | ||
New Leaf Ventures II, L.P. | ||
By: New Leaf Venture Associates II, L.P. | ||
Its: General Partner | ||
By: New Leaf Venture Management II, L.L.C. | ||
Its: General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
Address: | ||
Times Square Tower | ||
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Fax: (000) 000-0000 | ||
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: | ||
Fulbright & Xxxxxxxx L.L.P. | ||
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Fax: (000) 000-0000 |
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INVESTORS: | ||
A.M. Xxxxxx Life Science Ventures IV, L.P. | ||
By: AMP&A Management IV, LLC | ||
Its: General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Ford S. Worthy | |
Name: | Ford S. Worthy | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Partner | |
PV IV CEO Fund, L.P. | ||
By: AMP&A Management IV, LLC | ||
Its: General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Ford S. Worthy | |
Name: | Ford S. Worthy | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Partner | |
A.M. Xxxxxx Life Science Ventures III, L.P. | ||
By: AMP&A Management III, LLC | ||
Its: General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Ford S. Worthy | |
Name: | Ford S. Worthy | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Partner | |
PV III CEO Fund, LP | ||
By: AMP&A Management III, LLC | ||
Its: General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Ford S. Worthy | |
Name: | Ford S. Worthy | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Partner |
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INVESTORS: | ||
Sanderling Venture Partners V, L.P. | ||
Sanderling V Biomedical, L.P. | ||
Sanderling V Limited Partnership | ||
Sanderling V Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG | ||
By: Middleton, XxXxxx & Xxxxx | ||
Associates V, LLC | ||
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Managing Director | ||
Address: | 000 Xxxxx Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Xxxxx 0000 | ||
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Fax: | (000) 000-0000 | |
Sanderling Ventures Management V | ||
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Owner | ||
Address: | 000 Xxxxx Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Xxxxx 0000 | ||
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
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Fax: | (000) 000-0000 |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
INVESTORS: | ||
Sanderling Venture Partners VI Co-Investment Fund, L.P. | ||
Sanderling VI Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG | ||
Sanderling VI Limited Partnership | ||
By: Middleton, XxXxxx Xxxxx & | ||
Associates VI, LLC | ||
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Managing Director | ||
Address: | 000 Xxxxx Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Xxxxx 0000 | ||
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||
Fax: | (000) 000-0000 | |
Sanderling Ventures Management VI | ||
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Owner | ||
Address: | 000 Xxxxx Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Xxxxx 0000 | ||
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000
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Fax: | (000) 000-0000 |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
INVESTORS: | ||
Sanderling V Biomedical Co-Investment Fund, L.P. | ||
Sanderling Venture Partners V Co-Investment Fund, L.P. | ||
By: Middleton, XxXxxx & Xxxxx | ||
Associates V, LLC | ||
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Managing Director | ||
Address: | 000 Xxxxx Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Xxxxx 0000 | ||
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||
Fax: | (000) 000-0000 |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
INVESTORS: | |
Sanderling V Strategic Exit Fund, L.P. | |
By: Middleton, XxXxxx & Xxxxx Associates V, LLC | |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Managing Director |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
INVESTORS: | |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Xxx Xxxxxxx | |
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Xxx Xxxxxxx | |
/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx |
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SCHEDULE A
Investors
Alta Biopharma Partners III, L.P.
Alta Biopharma Partners III GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG
Alta Embarcadero Biopharma Partners III, LLC
Asset Management Partners
Asset Management Partners 2004, L.P.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Canaan VII L.P.
Xxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx M. D. Cool
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx III
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Healthcare IV, X.X.
Xxxxxxx Affiliates IV, L.P.
General Electric Capital Corporation **
Xxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Living Trust dated 12/10/96
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxx
Morningside Venture Investments Limited
New Leaf Ventures II, L.P.
A.M. Xxxxxx Life Science Ventures IV, L.P.
PV IV CEO Fund, L.P.
A.M. Xxxxxx Life Science Ventures III, L.P.
PV III CEO Fund, LP
Sanderling Venture Partners V, L.P.
Sanderling V Biomedical, L.P.
Sanderling V Limited Partnership
Sanderling V Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG
Sanderling Ventures Management V
Sanderling V Biomedical Co-Investment Fund, L.P.
Sanderling Venture Partners V Co-Investment Fund, L.P.
Sanderling V Strategic Exit Fund, L.P.
Sanderling Venture Partners VI Co-Investment Fund, L.P.
Sanderling VI Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG
Sanderling VI Limited Partnership
Sanderling Ventures Management VI
Shellwater & Co., as nominee for the University of California, San Diego *
Silicon Valley Bank***
* | Solely for purposes of the “piggyback” registration rights granted pursuant to Section 1.3 herein. |
** | Solely for purposes of the registration rights granted pursuant to Section 1 herein. |
*** | Solely for purposes of the “piggyback” and Form S-3 registration rights granted pursuant to Sections 1.3 and 1.12, respectively, herein. |