EXHIBIT 10.18
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of
July 11, 1997 by and among Tetra Tech, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Tetra
Tech"), and the parties listed on SCHEDULE A attached hereto (each, a "Holder"
and collectively, the "Holders").
R E C I T A L S
A. Tetra Tech, CDC Acquisition Corporation, a California corporation
("Acquisition"), CommSite Development Corporation, a California corporation
("CDC"), and the Holders are parties to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
dated as of July 11, 1997 (the "Reorganization Agreement"), pursuant to which
Acquisition will merge with and into CDC; and
B. Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, the shareholders of CDC will
receive shares of the common stock, $.01 par value, of Tetra Tech ("Tetra Tech
Common Stock"); and
C. This Agreement is the Registration Rights Agreement referred to in
SECTION 7.12 of the Reorganization Agreement and, pursuant thereto, must be
entered into by the parties as a condition to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Reorganization Agreement.
A G R E E M E N T
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following respective meanings:
"EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.
"FORM S-3" shall mean such form under the Securities Act as in effect
on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act
subsequently adopted by the SEC which permits inclusion or incorporation of
substantial information by reference to other documents filed by Tetra Tech with
the SEC.
"PROSPECTUS" shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration
Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect
to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement and by all other amendments and
supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all
material incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
"REGISTER", "REGISTERED" and "REGISTRATION" shall mean and refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement and
taking all other actions that are necessary or appropriate in connection
therewith, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration
Statement by the SEC.
"REGISTRATION EXPENSES" shall have the meaning set forth in SECTION 6.
"REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" shall mean the shares of Tetra Tech Common
Stock (i) issued pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, and (ii) issued as a
dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in
replacement of the shares referenced in (i) above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
Registrable Securities shall not include any shares of Tetra Tech Common Stock
that have previously been registered or sold to the public or have been sold in
a private transaction (excluding the issuance of the Tetra Tech Common Stock
pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement).
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall mean any registration statement of
Tetra Tech in compliance with the Securities Act that covers Registrable
Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the Prospectus, all amendments and supplements to such Registration
Statement, including all post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all
material incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.
"RULE 144" shall mean Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or
any similar successor rule, as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
"RULE 144A" shall mean Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act
or any similar successor rule, as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
"RULE 145" shall mean Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act,
or any similar successor rule, as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
"RULE 415" shall mean Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act,
or any similar successor rule, as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
"SECURITIES ACT" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
from time to time.
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"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATION" or "UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING" shall mean a
registration in which securities of Tetra Tech are sold to an underwriter or
through an underwriter as agent for reoffering to the public.
2. TETRA TECH REGISTRATION. If Tetra Tech shall determine to register
any shares of Tetra Tech Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Tetra Tech Common Stock, for its own
account or for the account of any stockholder (other than a registration
relating to the sale of securities to employees of Tetra Tech pursuant to an
employee benefit plan or pursuant to a transaction of the type described in
Rule 145 under the Securities Act), the Holders shall be entitled to include
Registrable Securities in such registration (and related underwritten offering,
if any) on the following terms and conditions:
(a) Tetra Tech shall promptly give written notice of such
determination to each Holder and each such Holder shall have the right to
request, by written notice given to Tetra Tech within 30 days of the receipt by
such Holder of such notice, that a specific number of Registrable Securities
held by such Holder be included in such Registration Statement;
(b) If the Registration Statement relates to an underwritten
offering, the notice called for by SECTION 2(a) shall specify the name of the
managing underwriter for such offering and the number of securities to be
registered for the account of Tetra Tech and for the account of any other
stockholder of Tetra Tech;
(c) If the Registration Statement relates to an underwritten
offering, each Holder to be included therein must (i) sell such person's
Registrable Securities on the same basis provided in the underwriting
arrangements approved by Tetra Tech and (ii) complete and execute all
questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, hold-back agreements,
underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements or by the SEC;
(d) If the managing underwriter for the underwritten offering under
the Registration Statement to be filed by Tetra Tech determines that inclusion
of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities in such offering would
adversely affect the ability of the underwriter for such offering to sell all of
the securities requested to be included for sale or the price per share in such
offering, the number of shares that may be included in such registration in such
offering shall be allocated as follows: (i) first, Tetra Tech shall be
permitted to include all shares of capital stock to be registered thereby;
(ii) second, the Holders under that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of June 11, 1997 by and among Tetra Tech and the parties listed on Schedule A
attached thereto, on a pro rata basis based on the total number of
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Registrable Securities held thereby (or on such other basis as may be agreed
among them), shall be allowed to include such amount of the Registrable
Securities as the managing underwriter deems appropriate; (iii) third, the
Holders, on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities
held thereby (or on such other basis as may be agreed among them), shall be
allowed to include such amount of the Registrable Securities as the managing
underwriter deems appropriate; and (iv) fourth, any other selling stockholder
exercising piggyback registration rights shall be allowed to include securities
in such amounts as may be deemed appropriate by such managing underwriter;
(e) Holders shall have the right to withdraw their Registrable
Securities from the Registration Statement at any time prior to the effective
date thereof, but if the same relates to an underwritten offering, they may only
do so during the time period and on terms deemed appropriate by the underwriters
for such underwritten offering; and
(f) Tetra Tech shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any
registration initiated by it under this SECTION 2 prior to the effective date of
such registration for any reason without liability to any Holder as a result
thereof, whether or not any Holder has elected to include such securities in
such registration.
3. FORM S-3 REGISTRATION.
(a) Tetra Tech shall file a Registration Statement on Form S-3
providing for the sale by the Holders, pursuant to Rule 415, and/or any similar
rule that may be adopted by the SEC, of the Registrable Securities, and Tetra
Tech shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration
Statement to become effective on or before November 30, 1997 and to keep such
Registration Statement continuously effective for a period ending on the date on
which all Holders are eligible to sell Registrable Securities under Rule 144
without any volume limitation (or similar successor Rule).
(b) No Holder shall have the right to register securities under this
Agreement unless such Holder provides and/or confirms in writing prior to or
after the filing of the Registration Statement such information (including,
without limitation, information as to the number of Registrable Securities that
such Holder has sold pursuant to any such Registration Statement from time to
time) as Tetra Tech requests in connection with such Registration Statement.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for a period not to exceed 90 days
in any 12-month period, Tetra Tech shall not be obligated to prepare and file,
or be prevented from delaying or abandoning, the Registration Statement required
hereunder if Tetra Tech, in its good faith judgment, reasonably believes that
the filing or maintenance of such Registration Statement would require the
disclosure of material non-public information regarding Tetra Tech and,
accordingly, that the filing thereof, at the time requested, or the offering of
Tetra
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Tech Common Stock pursuant thereto, would materially and adversely affect (A) a
pending or scheduled public offering or private placement of securities of Tetra
Tech, (B) an acquisition, merger, consolidation or similar transaction by or of
Tetra Tech, (C) preexisting and continuing negotiations, discussions or pending
proposals with respect to any of the foregoing transactions, or (D) the
financial condition of Tetra Tech in view of the disclosure of any pending or
threatened litigation, claim, assessment or governmental investigation which
might be required thereby.
In the event that Tetra Tech, in good faith, reasonably believes that such
conditions are continuing after such 90-day period, it may, with the consent of
the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities subject (or to be
subject) to the Registration Statement, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, extend such 90-day period for an additional 30 days. Any further
delay shall require the consent of the Holders of all such shares.
4. RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC SALE BY HOLDERS OF REGISTRABLE SECURITIES.
Each Holder whose Registrable Securities are included (in whole or in part) in a
Registration Statement filed by Tetra Tech under SECTION 2 for sale in an
underwritten offering agrees, if requested by the managing underwriter of such
offering, not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the
purchase of, dispose of or effect any public sale or distribution of securities
of the same series and class as (or securities exchangeable or exercisable for
or convertible into securities of the same series and class as) the Registrable
Securities included in the Registration Statement, including a sale pursuant to
Rule 144 (except as part of such underwritten registration), during the ten day
period prior to, and during the 180 day period (or shorter period requested by
the underwriter) beginning on the closing date of such underwritten offering, to
the extent timely notified in writing by Tetra Tech or the managing underwriter.
5. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In connection with Tetra Tech's registration
obligations pursuant to SECTIONS 2 or 3 hereof, Tetra Tech will use its diligent
efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Registrable
Securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended method or methods of
disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto Tetra Tech will:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with
respect to such Registrable Securities and use its diligent efforts to cause
such Registration Statement to become effective; PROVIDED that, before filing
any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto, Tetra Tech will furnish to the Holders of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement and their counsel, copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed at least ten days prior thereto, and Tetra Tech
will not file any such Registration Statement or amendment thereto or any
Prospectus or any supplement thereto to which any such Holder shall reasonably
object within such ten day period; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that Tetra Tech will not
name or otherwise provide any information
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with respect to any Holder in any Registration Statement or Prospectus without
the express written consent of such Holder, unless required to do so by the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, post-effective
amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as
may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such Registration Statement;
(c) promptly notify the selling Holders (i) when the Prospectus or
any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with
respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the
same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional
information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings
for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by Tetra Tech of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for
sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
such purpose and (v) of the happening of any event which makes any statement
made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any document incorporated
therein by reference untrue or which requires the making of any changes in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by
reference in order to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances then existing;
(d) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement at the earliest
possible moment;
(e) furnish to each selling Holder, without charge, at least one
signed copy of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents
incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits (including those incorporated
by reference);
(f) deliver to each selling Holder, without charge, such reasonable
number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement (and any post-effective
amendment thereto) and such number of copies of the Prospectus (including each
preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto (and any
documents incorporated by reference therein) as such Holder may reasonably
request; Tetra Tech consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offer
and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto;
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(g) prior to any offering of Registrable Securities covered by a
Registration Statement, register or qualify or cooperate with the selling
Holders in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable
Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions as any such selling Holder reasonably requests, and use its
reasonable efforts to keep each such registration or qualification effective,
including through new filings, or amendments or renewals, during the period such
Registration Statement is required to be kept effective pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement; and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable
to enable the disposition in all such jurisdictions reasonably requested by the
Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement,
PROVIDED that under no circumstances shall Tetra Tech be required in connection
therewith or as a condition thereof to qualify to do business or to file a
general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions;
(h) cooperate with the selling Holders and the managing underwriter
or underwriters to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, free of any and all
restrictive legends, such certificates to be in such denominations and
registered in such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or
such Holders may request;
(i) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by SECTION 5(c)(v)
above, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or
file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of the Registrable Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading;
(j) make generally available to the holders of Tetra Tech's
outstanding securities earnings statements satisfying the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 60 days after the end of any
12 month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at
the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Securities are sold to
underwriters in a firm or best efforts underwritten offering, or, if not sold to
underwriters in such an offering, (ii) beginning with the first month of Tetra
Tech's first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12 month period;
(k) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar
for all Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement from and
after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;
(l) use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered
by each Registration Statement to be listed, subject to notice of issuance,
prior to the date of the
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first sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration
Statement, on each securities exchange on which the Tetra Tech Common Stock is
then listed, and admitted to trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, if the Tetra
Tech Common Stock is then admitted to trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market;
(m) enter into such agreements (including underwriting agreements in
customary form containing, among other things, reasonable and customary
indemnities) and take such other actions as a majority of the Holders shall
reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such
Registrable Securities; and
(n) cooperate with the selling Holders and the managing underwriter
or underwriters in their marketing efforts with respect to the sale of the
Registrable Securities, including participation by Tetra Tech management in
"road show" presentations.
Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from Tetra Tech of the
happening of any event of the kind described in SECTION 5(c)(v) hereof, such
Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities under
the Prospectus related to the applicable Registration Statement until such
Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by SECTION 5(i) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by Tetra
Tech that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. It shall be a condition
precedent to the obligations of Tetra Tech to take any action pursuant to this
SECTION 5 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that
such Holder shall furnish to Tetra Tech such information regarding itself and
the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be required by the Securities Act
to effect the registration of such Holder's Registrable Securities.
6. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. All expenses incident to any registration to
be effected hereunder and incident to Tetra Tech's performance of or compliance
with this Agreement, including without limitation all registration and filing
fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, printing
expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., stock exchange and qualification fees, fees and disbursements of
Tetra Tech's counsel and of independent certified public accountants of Tetra
Tech (including the expenses of any special audit required by or incident to
such performance), the fees of one counsel and one accountant representing the
Holders in such offering, expenses of the underwriters that are customarily
requested in similar circumstances by such underwriters (excluding discounts,
commissions or fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar
securities industry professionals relating to the distribution of the
Registrable Securities, which will be borne by the Holders), all such expenses
being herein called "Registration Expenses," will be borne by Tetra Tech. Tetra
Tech will also pay its internal expenses, the expense of any annual audit and
the fees and expenses of any person retained by Tetra Tech.
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7. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION BY TETRA TECH. Tetra Tech agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers,
directors, partners and employees and each person who controls such Holder
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act) from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including any investigation,
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount
paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted)
(collectively, "Damages") to which such Holder may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state securities law or
regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such Damages arise out of or
are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary
prospectus or any amendment or supplement 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, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading and (iii) any violation or alleged
violation by Tetra Tech of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state
securities or blue sky laws in connection with the Registration Statement,
Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
PROVIDED that Tetra Tech will not be liable to any Holder to the extent that
such Damages arise from or are based upon any untrue statement or omission
(x) based upon written information furnished to Tetra Tech by such Holder
expressly for the inclusion in such Registration Statement, (y) made in any
preliminary prospectus if such Holder failed to deliver a copy of the Prospectus
with or prior to the delivery of written confirmation of the sale by such Holder
to the party asserting the claim underlying such Damages and such Prospectus
would have corrected such untrue statement or omission and (z) made in any
Prospectus if such untrue statement or omission was corrected in an amendment or
supplement to such Prospectus and such Holder failed to deliver such amendment
or supplement prior to or concurrently with the sale of Registrable Securities
to the party asserting the claim underlying such Damages.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION BY HOLDER OF REGISTRABLE SECURITIES. Each Holder
of Registrable Securities whose Registrable Securities are sold under a
Prospectus which is a part of a Registration Statement agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless Tetra Tech, its directors and each officer who signed such
Registration Statement and each person who controls Tetra Tech (within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act), and each other Holder of
Registrable Securities whose Registrable Securities are sold under the
Prospectus which is a part of such Registration Statement (and such Holder's
officers, directors and employees and each person who controls such Holder
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act), under the same
circumstances as the foregoing indemnity from Tetra Tech to each Holder of
Registrable Securities to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement of a
material fact or omission of a material fact that was made in the Prospectus,
the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance
upon and in conformity with information relating to such
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Holder furnished in writing to Tetra Tech by such Holder expressly for use
therein, PROVIDED that in no event shall the aggregate liability of any selling
Holder of Registrable Securities exceed the amount of the net proceeds received
by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such
indemnification obligation. Tetra Tech and the selling Holders shall be
entitled to receive indemnities from underwriters, selling brokers, dealer
managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the
distribution, to the same extent as customarily furnished by such persons in
similar circumstances.
(c) CONDUCT OF INDEMNIFICATION PROCEEDINGS. Any person entitled to
indemnification hereunder will (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party
of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such
indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any person
entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate
counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such person and not of the
indemnifying party unless (A) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees
or expenses, (B) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense
of such claim and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such person or
(C) in the reasonable judgment of such person and the indemnifying party, based
upon advice of their respective counsel, a conflict of interest may exist
between such person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in
which case, if the person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such
person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying
party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of
such claim on behalf of such person). If such defense is not assumed by the
indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability
for any settlement made without its consent (but such consent will not be
unreasonably withheld). No indemnified party will be required to consent to
entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an
unconditional term thereof the giving by all claimants or plaintiffs to such
indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or
litigation. Any indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to,
assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses
of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party
with respect to such claim. As used in this SECTION 7(c), the terms
"indemnifying party", "indemnified party" and other terms of similar import are
intended to include only Tetra Tech (and its officers, directors and control
persons as set forth above) on the one hand, and the Holders (and their
officers, directors, partners, employees, attorneys and control persons as set
forth above) on the other hand, as applicable.
(d) CONTRIBUTION. If for any reason the foregoing indemnity is
unavailable, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the indemnifying party on the one hand and the
indemnified party on the other, or (ii) if the allocation provided by
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CLAUSE (i) above is not permitted by applicable law or provides a lesser sum to
the indemnified party than the amount hereinafter calculated, in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the
indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other but
also the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount such Holder would have been required to pay to an indemnified party if
the indemnity under SECTION 7(b) hereof was available. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligation of any person to
contribute pursuant to this SECTION 7(d) shall be several and not joint.
(e) TIMING OF PAYMENTS. An indemnifying party shall make payments of
all amounts required to be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
SECTION 7 to or for the account of the indemnified party from time to time
promptly upon receipt of bills or invoices relating thereto or when otherwise
due or payable.
(f) SURVIVAL. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in
this SECTION 7 shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of a participating Holder, its officers,
directors, partners, attorneys, agents or any person, if any, who controls such
Holder as aforesaid, and shall survive the transfer of such Registrable
Securities by such Holder.
8. PREPARATION; REASONABLE INVESTIGATION. In connection with the
preparation and filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement:
(a) Tetra Tech shall, with respect to a Registration Statement filed
pursuant to SECTION 3, give the Holders of such Registrable Securities so
registered, their underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel and
accountants the opportunity to participate in the preparation of such
Registration Statement (other than reports and proxy statements incorporated
therein by reference and lawfully and properly filed with the SEC) and each
Prospectus included therein or filed with the SEC, and each amendment thereof or
supplement thereto; and
(b) Tetra Tech shall give the Holders of such Registrable Securities
so registered, their underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel and
accountants such reasonable access to its books and records and such
opportunities to discuss the business of Tetra Tech with its officers and the
independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements as
shall be necessary, in the opinion of such Holders or such underwriters, to
conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11(b)(3) of the
Securities Act.
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9. RULE 144. Tetra Tech covenants that it will use commercially
reasonable efforts to file, on a timely basis, the reports required to be filed
by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder, and it will take such further action
as any Holder may reasonably request (including, without limitation, compliance
with the current public information requirements of Rule 144(c) and Rule 144A),
all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell
Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitation of the conditions provided by Rule 144, Rule 144A or any similar rule
or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder,
Tetra Tech will deliver to such holder a written statement verifying that it has
complied with such information and requirements.
10. SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to
exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of
damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this
Agreement. Tetra Tech agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate
compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions
of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
11. NOTICES. All notices and other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by United States first-class
mail, postage prepaid, sent by facsimile or delivered personally by hand or
nationally recognized courier addressed (a) if to a Holder, as indicated on the
list of Holders attached hereto as SCHEDULE A, or at such other address as such
Holder or permitted assignee shall have furnished to Tetra Tech in writing, or
(b) if to Tetra Tech, at such address or facsimile number as Tetra Tech shall
have furnished to each Holder in writing. All such notices and other written
communications shall be effective on the date of mailing, facsimile transfer or
delivery.
12. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS: ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS. The rights and benefits
of a Holder hereunder may not be assigned to a transferee or assignee, without
the consent of Tetra Tech; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, no later than the 10th day
prior to the filing of the Registration Statement under SECTION 3 hereof, the
rights and benefits of a Holder hereunder may be transferred in connection with
a transfer or assignment of any Registrable Securities held by such Holder
(i) by gift to immediate family members of such Holder, or trusts or other
entities for the sole benefit thereof, or (ii) by gift to any entity in which
such Holder, his or her immediate family members, or trusts or other entities
for the sole benefit thereof beneficially own all of the voting securities;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in each case, the transferee executes an instrument
pursuant to which the transferee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions
hereof as a Holder, and such other documents as Tetra Tech or its counsel may
reasonably require, after which, such transferee shall be deemed a "Holder"
hereunder. Any transfer of Registrable Securities, and rights hereunder, shall
be subject to compliance with applicable securities laws and the restrictions
contained in the Investment Letter executed by each Holder pursuant to the
Reorganization Agreement.
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13. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
14. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT; WAIVER. This Agreement, the
Reorganization Agreement and the other agreements contemplated thereby
constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties
with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof. Without limiting the foregoing,
the rights of the Holders to registration pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement shall be subject to the limitations on resale contained in the
Investment Letter (as defined in the Reorganization Agreement). Neither this
Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated,
except by a written instrument signed by Tetra Tech and the holders of at least
51% of the Registrable Securities and any such amendment, waiver, discharge or
termination shall be binding upon all the parties hereto, but in no event shall
the obligation of any party hereto be materially increased, except upon the
written consent of such party.
15. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be original, and all of which together shall
constitute one instrument.
16. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to
principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
17. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. The covenants and agreements set forth
herein are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective
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successors and assigns and such covenants and agreements shall not be construed
as conferring, and are not intended to confer, any rights or benefits upon any
other persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.
TETRA TECH: TETRA TECH, INC.
By: /s/ Li-San Hwang
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Li-San Hwang
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
HOLDERS: The Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Community
Property Trust Dated 3/28/97
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Co-Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Co-Trustee
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF HOLDERS
Number of Shares of Tetra Tech
Common Stock Issued Pursuant
Holder's Name/Address/Telecopier No. to the Reorganization Agreement
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The Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. 84,821 shares
Xxxxx Community Property Trust
Dated 3/28/97
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx 84,821 shares
X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx 84,821 shares
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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