AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of
August 18, 1997, between International Wireless Communications Holdings, Inc., a
corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the "Company"), and the
individuals and entities listed on SCHEDULE 1 hereto (each such individual or
entity, a "Stockholder;" and collectively, the "Stockholders").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, certain of the Stockholders purchased shares of Series F-1
and Series F-2 Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share of International
Wireless Communications, Inc., a Delaware Corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company ("IWC"), that were converted into shares of Series F-1
and Series F-2 Preferred Stock of the Company, respectively (the "Series F-1
Preferred Stock" and "Series F-2 Preferred Stock," respectively; collectively,
the "Series F Preferred Stock"), on August 8, 1996 pursuant to the Agreement and
Plan of Merger among the Company and IWC;
WHEREAS, such Stockholders were granted registration rights pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 18, 1995 among IWC and
such Stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the Company succeeded to the rights and obligations of IWC
under such agreement pursuant to the Consent, Waiver, Amendment, Assignment and
Assumption Agreement among the Company and the parties thereto (such
Registration Rights Agreement, as so amended, being referred to as the "Prior
Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, certain of the Stockholders are lenders under the Loan
Agreement dated as of August 18, 1997 (the "IWCH Loan Agreement") among the
Company and the lenders named therein and the Loan Agreement dated as of August
18, 1997 (the "PWH Loan Agreement;" together with the IWCH Loan Agreement, the
"Loan Agreements") among Pakistan Wireless Holdings Limited, an indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company ("PWH") and the lenders named therein; and
WHEREAS, subject to certain terms and conditions, the Notes, as that
term is defined in the IWCH Loan Agreement (individually, an "IWCH Note;"
collectively, the "IWCH Notes") may be exchanged for shares of Series G-1 and
Series G-2 Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company (the
"Series G-1 Preferred Stock" and "Series G-2 Preferred Stock," respectively;
collectively, the "Series G Preferred Stock"); and
WHEREAS, subject to certain terms and conditions, the Notes, as that
term is defined in the PWH Loan Agreement (individually, a "PWH Note";
collectively, the "PWH Notes" and, together with the IWCH Notes, the "Notes")
may be exchanged for Series H-1 and Series H-2 Preferred Stock, par value $0.1
per share of the Company (the "Series H-1 Preferred
Stock" and "Series X-0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx," respectively; collectively, the "Series
H Preferred Stock"); and
WHEREAS, the Company has issued or will issue to certain of the
Investors the Warrants, as that term is defined in the IWCH Loan Agreement
(individually, a "Warrant"; collectively, the "Warrants"); and
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to grant to holders of Series G and
Series H Preferred Stock issuable upon exchange of the Notes and to holders of
the Warrants the registration rights set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Stockholders desire to amend and restate the Prior
Agreement and certain of the Stockholders desire to accept in lieu of the
registration rights granted to them thereunder the registration rights granted
to them under this Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms
used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the preambles hereto and in
this Section 1.
1.1 "Class A Holder" shall mean any Holder which has received,
as of the date of any registration request, aggregate proceeds (net of selling
expenses and fees and expenses of counsel), whether received by such Holder in
the form of dividends, redemption payments or other distributions from the
Company in respect of Series F Registrable Securities, or upon the sale or other
disposition of Series F Registrable Securities in a distribution pursuant to a
registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act or pursuant
to a sale under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, equal to or in excess of
one-half of the purchase Price paid by such Holder for the Series F Preferred
Shares purchased by such Holder under the Securities Purchase Agreement.
1.2 "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities
Act.
1.3 "Common Stock" shall mean the Common Stock of the Company,
par value $.01 per share, or in the case of a conversion, reclassification or
exchange of such shares of such Common Stock, shares of the stock into or for
which such shares of Common Stock shall be converted, reclassified or exchanged,
and all provisions of this Agreement shall be applied appropriately thereto and
to any stock resulting from any subsequent conversion, reclassification or
exchange therefor.
1.4 "Electra" means Electra Investment Trust P.L.C, a
corporation organized under the laws of England and Wales ("EIT"), and Electra
Associates, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware.
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1.5 "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or any similar federal statute enacted hereafter, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in
effect from time to time.
1.6 "Form S-3" means such form under the Securities Act as in
effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act
subsequently adopted by the Commission which permits inclusion or incorporation
of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company
with the Commission.
1.7 "Holder" shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities,
and for purposes of this Agreement holders of Series F, Series G and Series H
Preferred Stock and the Warrants shall be treated as Holders of the Registrable
Securities underlying such series of Preferred Stock or Warrants, and references
to Registrable Securities held by such Holders shall include such underlying
Registrable Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Person who acquires any of
the Registrable Securities in a distribution pursuant to a registration
statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act or pursuant to a sale
under Rule 144 of the Securities Act shall not be considered a Holder with
respect to such securities.
1.8 "Initiating Holders" shall mean the Holders of Registrable
Securities representing at least twenty percent (20%) of either (a) the Series F
Registrable Securities then outstanding or (b) the Series G/H Registrable
Securities then outstanding.
1.9 "IPO" shall mean (i) the time at which the Company becomes a
registered public company under the Exchange Act subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or (ii) the first time
at which an offering, whether primary or secondary, of Common Stock or options,
warrants or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
Common Stock, is registered pursuant to an effective registration statement
(other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor
forms thereto) filed by the Company under the Securities Act or (iii) the merger
of the Company into a corporation or other entity which at the time of such
merger is required to file reports, proxy statements and other information with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act. An Initial Public Offering will be deemed to be consummated (i) on the
date such registration is declared effective by the Commission and (ii) in the
case of a merger, upon the effectiveness of the merger.
1.10 "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
political subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
1.11 "Preferred Stock" shall mean the Preferred Stock par value
$.01 per share, of the Company, including the Series F, Series G and Series H
Preferred Stock.
1.12 "Register," "registered" and "registration" shall refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement with the
Commission in
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compliance with the Securities Act and applicable rules and regulations
thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such
registration statement by the Commission.
1.13 "Registrable Securities" shall mean the Series F Registrable
Securities and the Series G/H Registrable Securities
1.14 "Registration Expenses" shall mean all expenses incurred by
the Company in compliance with this Agreement, excluding underwriters' discounts
and commissions but including, without limitation, all registration and filing
fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the
compensation of regular employees of the Company and the fees and expenses of a
single counsel for the Holders (provided such counsel shall also be counsel to
the Company or the fees and expenses of such counsel payable by the Company in
connection with any registration hereunder shall not exceed $50,000), all blue
sky fees and expenses, and the expense of any special audits incident to or
required by any such registration.
1.15 "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or any similar federal statute enacted hereafter, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect
from time to time.
1.16 "Securities Purchase Agreement" shall mean that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 18, 1995, among the Company
and certain of the Stockholders, as amended from time to time.
1.17 "Selling Expenses" shall mean all underwriting discounts and
commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities.
1.18 "Series F Preferred Shares" shall mean the Series F
Preferred Stock issued by the Company pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
1.19 "Series F Registrable Securities" shall mean the (i) the
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series F
Preferred Shares (including, without limitation, any shares of Series F-1
Preferred Stock into which any shares of Series F-2 Preferred Stock constituting
Preferred Shares are converted) and (ii) any other shares of Common Stock
acquired after the date of this Agreement, or shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable upon conversion of securities acquired after the date of this Agreement
(other than the Series G/H Preferred Shares or Warrants), in each case pursuant
to Section 2.3 or 2.5 of the Stockholders' Agreement and held by the
Stockholders and their Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Stockholders'
Agreement) from time to time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such Registrable
Securities shall cease to be included within the definition of Registrable
Securities when (a) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such
securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such
securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration
statement, (b) they shall have been sold as permitted by Rule 144 (or any
successor provision) under the Securities Act, (c) they shall have been
otherwise transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a legend
restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by
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the Company and subsequent public distribution of them shall not require
registration of them under the Securities Act or (d) they shall have ceased to
be outstanding.
1.20 "Series G/H Preferred Shares" shall mean the shares of
Series G and Series H Preferred Stock of the Company issuable upon exchange of
the Notes or upon the conversion of any other Series G or Series H Preferred
Stock.
1.21 "Series G/H Registrable Securities" shall mean the (i)
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series G/H
Preferred Shares (or the exercise of any Warrants), (ii) any other shares of
Common Stock acquired after the date of this Agreement, or shares of Common
Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of securities acquired after the date
of this Agreement, in each case pursuant to Section 2.3 or 2.5 of the
Stockholders' Agreement and held by the Stockholders and their Permitted
Transferees (as defined in the Stockholders' Agreement) from time to time (other
than Series F Registrable Securities) and (iii) shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant
to the Loan Agreements; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such Registrable Securities
shall cease to be included within the definition of Registrable Securities when
(a) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall
have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have
been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement, (b) they shall
have been sold as permitted by Rule 144 (or any successor provision) under the
Securities Act, (c) they shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates
for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been
delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of them shall not
require registration of them under the Securities Act or (d) they shall have
ceased to be outstanding.
1.22 "Stockholders' Agreement" shall mean that certain Sixth
Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof,
among the Company and certain stockholders of the Company.
2. REQUESTED REGISTRATION.
2.1 REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION. The Initiating Holders, by
written request to the Company, may require the Company to effect a registration
(a "Demand Registration") with respect to Registrable Securities at any time
after the earlier of (i) December 31, 1997 or (ii) the consummation of an IPO.
If the Initiating Holders elect to exercise their rights as permitted by clause
(i) above prior to an IPO, then in connection therewith the Company shall take
(or prior thereto the Company shall have taken) all such actions as shall be
necessary to effect a stock-split with respect to its shares of Common Stock
such that, after giving effect to such stock-split and after giving effect to
the distribution of the Registrable Securities contemplated by the IPO, the
public float criteria with respect to a NASDAQ-NMS listed company shall be
satisfied. Upon any such registration request, the Company shall:
(i) promptly give written notice of the proposed
registration to all other Holders (the "Demand Registration Notice"); and
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(ii) as soon as practicable, but not later than sixty
(60) days after receipt of the request from the Initiating Holders, use its best
efforts and take all appropriate action to file such registration statement with
the Commission, and shall use its best efforts and take all appropriate action
to effect such registration as soon as possible following such filing
(including, without limitation, the execution of an undertaking to file
post-effective amendments, appropriate qualifications under the blue sky or
other state securities laws reasonably requested by Initiating Holders and
appropriate compliance with applicable regulations issued under the Securities
Act) 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 given within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Demand
Registration Notice.
The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to
effect, any such registration pursuant to this Section 2 after the second of
such registrations pursuant to this Section 2 have been declared or ordered
effective; PROVIDED that, if neither the first registration pursuant to this
Section 2 to be declared or ordered effective nor the second registration
pursuant to this Section 2 to be declared or ordered effective is a
Series F-Initiated No-Cutback Registration (as defined below), then thereafter
Holders of Registrable Securities representing at least twenty percent (20%) of
the Series F Registrable Securities then outstanding (as the Initiating Holders)
will have the right to request additional registrations pursuant to this
Section 2 until one such additional registration is a Series F-Initiated
No-Cutback Registration. A "SERIES F-INITIATED NO-CUTBACK REGISTRATION" is a
registration pursuant to this Section 2 which is declared or ordered effective,
is requested by Holders of Series F Registrable Securities as the Initiating
Holders and in which no Series F Registrable Securities requested to be included
are excluded pursuant to Section 2.5 below.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders
requesting registration pursuant to this Section 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 seriously detrimental to
the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and
it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement,
the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such
filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of
the Initiating Holders; PROVIDED, that the Company may not utilize this right
more than once in any twelve-month period.
2.2 ADDITIONAL SHARES TO BE INCLUDED. The registration
statement filed pursuant to the request of the Initiating Holders may, subject
to the provisions of Section 2.5 below, include (a) other securities of the
Company (the "Additional Shares") which are held by Persons who by virtue of
agreements with the Company (other than this Agreement) are entitled to include
their securities with the Holders referred to in Section 2.1 above
(collectively, the "Other Stockholders"), and (b) securities of the Company
being sold for the account of the Company (the "Company Shares").
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2.3 WITHDRAWAL OF REGISTRATION. If the Initiating Holders
inform the Company by written notice that they are withdrawing their
registration request made pursuant to Section 2.1 above and the Initiating
Holders pay all of the Company's third party Registration Expenses with respect
to such registration incurred to the date of such notice, then the registration
statement need not be filed and all efforts pursuant to this Agreement will not
count as a registration (or an exercise of rights) under this Section 2;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (a) if at the time of such withdrawal, the Initiating
Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business or
prospects of the Company from that known to the Initiating Holders at the time
of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness
following disclosure by the Company of such material adverse change, then the
Initiating Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and all
efforts pursuant to this Agreement will not count as a registration (or an
exercise of rights) under this Section 2, or (b) if the Company decides to
proceed with the registration on its own behalf, or on behalf of Other
Stockholders, then the Initiating Holders shall not be required to pay any of
the Company's third party Registration Expenses and such registration will not
count as a registration (or an exercise of rights) under this Section 2.
2.4 UNDERWRITING.
(a) If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the
Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting,
they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to
this Section 2 and the Company shall include such information in the Demand
Registration Notice, and such Demand Registration Notice shall also state that
any registration pursuant to this Section 2 shall be conditioned upon such
Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's
Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein and
subject to the limitations provided herein. A Holder may elect to include in
such underwriting all or a part of the Registrable Securities he holds.
(b) The Company shall (together with all Holders and Other
Stockholders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting)
enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the representative
of the underwriter or underwriters selected by the Company, provided that a
majority in interest of the Initiating Holders shall approve such selection in
their sole discretion.
2.5 LIMITATIONS ON SHARES TO BE INCLUDED. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section 2, if the representative of the underwriters
advises the Company or the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors
require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten or that the
inclusion of Additional Shares or Company Shares may adversely affect the sale
price (of the shares to be registered) that may be obtained, then, FIRST, the
Company Shares shall be excluded from such registration to the extent so
required by such limitation, SECOND, the Series F Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such registration
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held by the Class A Holders and the Additional Shares requested to be included
in such registration statement held by Other Stockholders, if any, shall be
excluded from such registration to the extent so required by such limitation,
pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities or Additional Shares,
as the case may be, which they have requested be included in such registration
at the time of filing such registration statement, THIRD, the Series F
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration statement
held by Holders (other than Class A Holders), if any, shall be excluded from
such registration to the extent so required by such limitation, pro rata based
on the number of Series F Registrable Securities which they have requested be
included in such registration at the time of filing such registration statement,
and FOURTH, the Series G/H Registrable Securities requested to be included in
such registration held by Holders, if any, shall be excluded from such
registration to the extent so required by such limitation, pro rata based on the
number of Series G/H Registrable Securities which they have requested be
included in such registration at the time of filing such registration statement,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at the time of such registration request the Common
Stock of the Company shall be publicly traded, and on each day on which the
Common Stock is traded during the three-month period immediately preceding the
date on which the Initiating Holders shall have requested such registration the
Common Stock shall have a Daily Closing Price (as defined in Section 11 below)
which is equal to or greater than $18.75 (as such number may be adjusted
appropriately for stock splits, subdivisions, combinations, reclassifications or
other recapitalizations), then FIRST, the Company Shares shall be excluded from
such registration to the extent so required by such limitation, SECOND, the
Series F Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration
held by all Holders and the Additional Shares requested to be included in such
registration held by Other Stockholders, if any, shall be excluded from such
registration to the extent so required by such limitation, pro rata based on the
number of Series F Registrable Securities and Additional Securities, as the case
may be, which they have requested be included in such registration at the time
of filing such registration statement, and THIRD, the Series G/H Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration held by Holders, if
any, shall be excluded from such registration statement to the extent so
required by such limitation, pro rata based on the number of Series G/H
Registrable Securities which they have requested be included in such
registration at the time of filing such registration statement PROVIDED,
FURTHER, HOWEVER, that in any event the Holders shall be entitled to include not
less than 25% of the shares being registered in such offering.
If the Company or any Holder or Other Stockholder who has requested
inclusion in such registration as provided above disapproves of the terms of any
such underwriting, such Person may elect to withdraw such Person's Registrable
Securities, Additional Shares or Company Shares, as the case may be, therefrom
by written notice to the Company, the underwriter and the Initiating Holders;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Holders, in consultation with their financial and
legal advisors, determine that such revocation would materially delay the
registration or otherwise require a recirculation of the prospectus contained in
the registration statement, then such Person shall have no such right to revoke
its request. If the withdrawal of any Registrable Securities, Additional Shares
or Company Shares, as the case may be, would allow, within the marketing
limitations set forth above, the inclusion in the underwriting of a greater
number of shares of Registrable Securities, Company Shares or Additional Shares,
then, to the extent practicable and without delaying the underwriting, the
Company, the Holders and the Other Stockholders shall have an opportunity to
include additional shares of Registrable
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Securities, Company Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, in the
proportions discussed above.
3. COMPANY REGISTRATION.
3.1 If the Company shall determine to register any of its
securities either for its own account or the account of a security holder or
holders exercising any demand registration rights, other than a registration
relating solely to employee benefit plans, or a registration relating solely to
a Rule 145 (under the Securities Act) transaction, the Company will:
(a) promptly give to each Holder written notice thereof
(which shall include a list of the jurisdictions in which the Company intends to
attempt to qualify such securities under the applicable blue sky or other state
securities laws); and
(b) the Company shall include in such registration (and any
related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any
underwriting involved therein (the "Piggy-back Registration"), all the
Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests made by any
Holder within thirty (30) days after receipt of the written notice from the
Company described in clause (a) above, except as set forth in Section 3.3 below.
Such written request may specify all or a part of a Holder's Registrable
Securities.
3.2 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 3.1(a). The right of any Holder to require registration
pursuant to this Section 3 shall be conditioned upon such Holder's participation
in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's Registrable Securities
in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to
distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the
Company and any Other Stockholders distributing their securities through such
underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
representative of the underwriter or underwriters selected by the Company.
3.3 LIMITATIONS ON SHARES TO BE INCLUDED. With respect to
Company registrations or registrations effected by the Company for the account
of a security holder or holders exercising any demand registration rights,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3, if the representative of
the underwriters advises the Company in writing that marketing factors require a
limitation or elimination on the number of shares to be underwritten, the
representative may (subject to the allocation priority set forth below) limit
the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the registration and
underwriting. The Company shall so advise all Holders of securities requesting
registration.
(a) The number of shares of securities that are entitled to
be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated FIRST, to
Company Shares being sold for the Company's own account, SECOND, to Series G/H
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration at the time
of filing of such registration statement, pro rata based
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on the number of such Series G/H Registrable Securities requested to be included
by each holder thereof, THIRD, to Series F Registrable Securities requested to
be included in such registration at the time of filing such registration
statement by Holders (other than Class A Holders, if any), pro rata based on the
number of such Series F Registrable Securities, and FOURTH, to Series F
Registable Securities requested to be included in such registration at the time
of filing such registration statement by Class A Holders and Additional Shares
requested to be included in such registration by Other Stockholders (including
those stockholders exercising demand registration rights and on whose account
the Company determined to register securities pursuant to the exercise of such
demand registration right, or otherwise), pro rata based on the number of such
Series F Registrable Securities and Additional Shares, as the case may be
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at the time of such registration request the Common
Stock of the Company shall be publicly traded, and on each day on which the
Common Stock is traded during the three-month period immediately preceding the
date on which the Holders shall have requested such registration the Common
Stock shall have a Daily Closing Price which is equal to or greater than $18.75
(as such number may be adjusted appropriately for stock splits, subdivisions,
combinations, reclassifications or other recapitalizations), then the number of
shares of securities that are entitled to be included in the registration and
underwriting shall be allocated FIRST, to Company Shares for securities being
sold for the Company's own account, SECOND, to Series G/H Registrable Securities
requested by Holders to be included in such registration at the time of filing
of such registration statement, pro rata based on the number of such Series G/H
Registrable Securities and THIRD, to Series F Registrable Securities requested
by Holders to be included in such registration at the time of filing such
registration statement and to Additional Shares requested to be included in such
registration by Other Stockholders at the time of filing such registration
statement (including those Stockholders exercising demand registration rights
and on whose account the Company determined to register its securities pursuant
to the exercise of such demand registration right, or otherwise), pro rata based
on the number of such Series F Registrable Securities and such Additional Shares
PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that in any event the Holders shall be entitled to
include not less than 25% of the shares (other than Company Shares) being
registered in such offering.
(b) If any Holder or Other Stockholder disapproves of the
terms of any such underwriting, he may elect to withdraw therefrom by written
notice to the Company and the underwriter.
3.4 WITHDRAWAL FROM REGISTRATION. Any Holder requesting
inclusion of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 3 may, at any time
prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to such
registration, revoke such request by delivering written notice of such
revocation to the Company. If the withdrawal of any Registrable Securities or
Additional Shares would allow, within the marketing limitations set forth above,
the inclusion in the underwriting of a greater number of shares of Registrable
Securities or Additional Shares, then, to the extent practicable and without
delaying the underwriting, the Company shall offer to the Holders and to the
Other Stockholders an opportunity to include additional shares of Registrable
Securities or Additional Shares, as the case may be, in the proportions
discussed in Section 3.3 above.
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3.5 TERMINATION OR WITHDRAWAL BY COMPANY. The Company shall
have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under
this Section 3 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not
any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. Upon such
termination or withdrawal, the Company shall give to each Holder which had
elected to include securities in such registration, written notice of such
termination or withdrawal.
4. REGISTRATION ON FORM S-3. In addition to the rights set forth in
Sections 2 and 3 above, if at any time (i) Initiating Holders request that the
Company file a registration statement on Form S-3 (or any successor form
thereto) for a public offering of all or any portion of the Registrable
Securities held by such requesting Holder or Holders, and (ii) the Company is a
registrant entitled to use Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto) to register
such securities, then the Company shall use its best efforts to register
(including by means of a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act if so requested in such request) under the Securities Act on Form
S-3 (or any successor form thereto), for public sale in accordance with the
method of disposition specified in such notice, the number of shares of
Registrable Securities specified in such notice. Registrations effected
pursuant to this Section 4 shall not be counted as demands for registration or
registrations effected pursuant to Section 2 or 3, respectively.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION. All Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with the registration or qualification of, or compliance with, any
registration statement under Sections 2, 3 or 4 of this Agreement, shall be
borne by the Company. Each seller shall bear his or its own Selling Expenses
with respect to the securities sold by him or it.
6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
6.1 In the case of each registration to be effected by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will keep each Holder advised in
writing as to the initiation of each registration and all amendments thereto and
as to the completion thereof, advise any such Holder, upon request, of the
progress of such proceedings, use its best efforts to effect the registration of
any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, and will, at its expense:
(a) Prepare and file with the Commission a registration
statement covering such Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause
such registration statement to be declared effective by the Commission and to
keep such registration effective for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days
or until the Holder or Holders have completed the distribution described in the
registration statement relating thereto, whichever first occurs; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for a
period of time equal to the period the Holders refrain from selling any
securities included in such registration at the request of an underwriter of
Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company; PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER,
that the Company shall keep such registration effective for longer than one
hundred and twenty (120) days (or such longer period if extended in accordance
with the previous proviso), up to an additional period of one hundred twenty
(120) days or until the Holder or Holders have completed the distribution
described in the registration statement relating thereto, whichever first
occurs, if the direct third party costs and expenses
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associated with such extended registration are borne by the selling Holders;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that 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 (or such longer period as provided above)
shall be extended, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective
until all such Registrable Securities are sold, and the costs and expenses
associated with such extended registration shall be borne by the Company;
PROVIDED that (1) Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule under
the Securities Act, permits an offering on a continuous or delayed basis, and
(2) applicable rules and regulations under the Securities Act governing the
obligation to file a post-effective amendment permit the incorporation by
reference into the registration statement of information contained in periodic
reports filed pursuant to Section 13 or l5(d) of the Exchange Act, in lieu of
filing a post-effective amendment which (y) includes any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act or (z) reflects facts or events
representing a material or fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement;
(b) Subject to the provisos set forth in Section 6.1(a)
above, prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to
such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as
may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective and to comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement until such time as
all of such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the
intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in
such registration statement;
(c) Furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement and each Holder two conformed copies of
such registration statement and of each such amendment and supplement thereto
(in each case including all exhibits), such number of copies of the prospectus
contained in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus
and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under
the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act,
and such other documents, as such seller or Holder, as the case may be, may
reasonably request;
(d) Promptly notify each seller of Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement and each Holder at any time when a
prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities
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 or incomplete
in the light of the circumstances then existing, and at the request of any such
seller, prepare and furnish to such seller a reasonable number of copies of a
supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as
thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such shares, such prospectus shall not
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or incomplete in the light of the circumstances then existing;
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(e) Use its best efforts (i) to register or qualify all
Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such registration
statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such states of the
United States of America where an exemption is not available and as the sellers
of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement shall
reasonably request, (ii) to keep such registration or qualification in effect
for so long as such registration statement remains in effect and (iii) to take
any other action which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such
sellers to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities to
be sold by such sellers, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose
be required to (x) qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in
any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause
(e) be obligated to be so qualified, (y) subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction or (z) consent to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction;
(f) Use its best efforts to cause all Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or
approved by such other federal or state governmental agencies or authorities as
may be necessary in the opinion of counsel to the Company and counsel to the
seller or sellers of Registrable Securities to enable the seller or sellers
thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(g) Use its best efforts to list all such Registrable
Securities registered in such registration on each securities exchange or
automated quotation system on which the Common Stock of the Company is then
listed, or, if the Common Stock of the Company is not then listed, to list all
such Registrable Securities registered in such registration on the Nasdaq
National Market, or any other securities exchange or automated quotation system
on which the Company's Common Stock then qualifies for listing;
(h) Provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and
registrar for all Registrable Securities and a CUSIP number for all such
Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such
registration;
(i) Enter into such customary agreements (including
underwriting agreements in customary form and reasonably acceptable to the
Company) and take all such other actions as the holders of a majority of the
Registration Securities being sold or the underwriters, if any, reasonably
request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities;
(j) Make available for inspection by any seller of
Registrable Securities and each Holder, any underwriter participating in any
disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or
accountant retained by any such seller, Holder or underwriter, all financial and
other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and
cause the Company's officers, directors, employees and independent accountants
to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, Holder,
underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such registration
statement, which information shall be subject to reasonable restrictions
concerning confidentiality and non-disclosure;
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(k) Furnish to each selling Holder upon request a signed
counterpart, addressed to the selling Holder, of
(i) an opinion of counsel for the Company, dated the
effective date of the registration statement and in form reasonably acceptable
to the Company and such Holder, and
(ii) "comfort" letters signed by the Company's
independent public accountants who have examined and reported on the Company's
financial statements included in the registration statement, to the extent
permitted by the standards of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants,
in the case of (i) and (ii) covering substantially the same matters with respect
to the registration statement (and the prospectus included therein) and (in the
case of the accountants' "comfort" letters) with respect to events subsequent to
the date of the financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of
issuer's counsel and in accountants' "comfort" letters delivered to the
underwriters in underwritten public offerings of securities;
(l) Furnish to each selling Holder upon request a copy of
all correspondence from or to the Commission in connection with any such
offering;
(m) In the event of the issuance of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement, or of any order
suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or suspending the
qualification of any Registrable Securities included in such registration
statement for sale in any jurisdiction, the Company will use its reasonable best
efforts promptly to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and
(n) Otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and, if required, make
available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an
earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve months, but not more
than eighteen months, beginning with the first month after the effective date of
the registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.
6.2 In connection with the preparation and filing of each
registration statement under this Agreement, the Company will give the Holders
on whose behalf such Registrable Securities are to be registered and their
underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel and accountants, the
opportunity to participate in the preparation of such registration statement,
each prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission, and each
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and will give each such Holder such
access to the Company's books and records and such opportunities to discuss the
business of the Company with its officers, its counsel and the independent
public accountants who have certified the Company's financial statements, as
shall be necessary, in the opinion of such Holders or such underwriters or their
respective counsel, in order to conduct a reasonable and diligent investigation
within the meaning of the Securities Act, subject in all cases to the limitation
on reimbursement of fees and expenses of such Holders' counsel provided in
Section 1.12 hereof. Without limiting the
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foregoing, each registration statement, prospectus, amendment, supplement or any
other document filed with respect to a registration under this Agreement shall
be subject to review and reasonable approval by the Holders registering
Registrable Securities in such registration and by their counsel, subject in all
cases to the limitation on reimbursement of fees and expenses of such Holders'
counsel provided in Section 1.14 hereof.
7. INDEMNIFICATION.
7.1 INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY. In the event of any
registration of any securities of the Company under the Securities Act, to the
extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder, each of its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys
and consultants and each Person controlling such Holder, and each underwriter,
if any, and each Person who controls any underwriter, against all claims,
losses, damages and liabilities, joint and several (or actions, proceedings or
settlements in respect thereof) arising out of or based upon any untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any
prospectus, offering circular or other document (including any related
registration statement, notification or the like) incident to any such
registration, qualification or compliance, or based upon 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, or any violation by
the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation thereunder
applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the
Company in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance,
and will reimburse each such Holder, each of its officers, directors, partners,
employees, agents, attorneys and consultants and each Person controlling such
Holder, each such underwriter and each Person who controls any such underwriter,
for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating and defending or settling any such claim, loss, damage, liability
or action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, 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 made in reliance
upon and based upon written information furnished to the Company by such Holder
or underwriter and expressly stated to be specifically for use therein.
7.2 INDEMNIFICATION BY THE HOLDERS. To the extent permitted by
law, 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 officers,
directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and consultants, and each
underwriter, if any, of the Company's securities covered by such a registration
statement, each Person who controls the Company (other than such Holder) or such
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, each other Holder and each of their officers, directors,
partners, employees, agents, attorneys and consultants, and each Person
controlling such Holder, against all claims, losses, damages, expenses and
liabilities, joint and several (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or
based upon 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, each of its officers,
directors, partners,
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employees, agents, attorneys and consultants, each underwriter, each Person who
controls the Company (other than such Holder) or such underwriter, each other
Holder and each of their officers, directors, partners, employees, agents,
attorneys and consultants and each Person controlling such Holder for any legal
or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, 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 or omitted from such
registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Holder with respect to such Holder and expressly stated to be
specifically for use therein; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the liability of any such
Holder under this Section 7.2, shall be limited to the amount of proceeds
received by such Holder in the offering giving rise to such liability.
7.3 NOTICES OF CLAIMS, PROCEDURES, ETC. Each party entitled to
indemnification under this Section (the "Indemnified Party") shall give notice
to the party required to provide indemnification (the "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 any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the
Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and the
Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at the Indemnified Party's
sole expense, PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to
give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations under this Section 7 unless such failure is prejudicial to the
ability of the Indemnifying Party to defend such claim or action.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Indemnified Party shall have the right to
employ its own counsel in any such litigation, proceeding or other action if (i)
the employment of such counsel has been authorized by the Indemnifying Party, in
its sole and absolute discretion, or (ii) the named parties in any such claims
(including any impleaded parties) include any such Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnifying Party shall have been advised in writing
(in suitable detail) by counsel to the Indemnified Party either (A) that there
may be one or more legal defenses available to such Indemnified Party which are
different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party, or
(B) that there is a conflict of interest by virtue of the Indemnified Party and
the Indemnifying Party having common counsel, in any of which events, the legal
fees and expenses of a single counsel for all Indemnified Parties with respect
to each such claim, defense thereof, or counterclaims thereto, shall be borne by
Indemnifying Party. 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 (x) 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, or (y) which requires action other than the payment of money by the
Indemnifying Party. Each Indemnified Party shall cooperate to the extent
reasonably required and furnish such information regarding itself or the claim
in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as
shall be reasonably required in connection with defense of such claim and
litigation resulting therefrom.
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7.4 CONTRIBUTION. If the indemnification provided for in this
Section 7 shall for any reason be held by a court to be unavailable to an
Indemnified Party under Section 7.1 or 7.2 hereof in respect of any loss, claim,
damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, then, in lieu of the
amount paid or payable under Section 7.1 or 7.2, the Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party under Section 7.1 or 7.2 shall contribute to the aggregate
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating the same), (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnified
Party and the Indemnifying Party, with respect to the statements or omissions
which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action or proceeding
in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party
from the offering of the securities covered by such registration statement;
PROVIDED, that for purposes of this clause (ii), the relative benefits received
by a selling Holder shall be deemed not to exceed the amount of proceeds
received by such seller. 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. In addition, no Person shall be obligated to contribute
hereunder any amounts in payment for any settlement of any action or claim
effected without such Person's consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
8. INFORMATION BY HOLDER. Each Holder shall furnish to the Company
such information regarding such Holder and the distribution proposed by such
Holder as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be
reasonably required in connection with any registration, qualification or
compliance referred to in this Agreement.
9. TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights with
respect to any Registrable Securities to cause the Company to register such
securities granted to a Holder by the Company under this Agreement may be
transferred or assigned by a Holder, in whole or in part, to a transferee or
assignee of at least 20,000 Registrable Securities, and, in such case, the
Company shall be given written notice stating the name and address of said
transferee or assignee and identifying the securities with respect to which such
registration rights are being transferred or assigned. Any such transferee or
assignee shall execute an agreement whereby such transferee or assignee agrees
to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
10. RECORDS UNDER EXCHANGE ACT. With a view to making available to
the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and any other rule
or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit a Holder to sell
securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a
registration on Form S-3, the Company agrees 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 ninety (90) days (or such shorter period as may then be permitted by the
rules and regulations of the Commission
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in effect at such timed) after the effective date of the first registration
statement filed by the Company for the offering of its securities to the general
public;
(b) take such action, including the voluntary registration of
its Common Stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, as is necessary to enable
the Holders to utilize Form S-3 for the sale of their Registrable Securities,
such action to be taken as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year
in which the first registration statement filed by the Company for the offering
of its securities to the general public is declared effective;
(c) 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; and
(d) furnish to any Holder forthwith upon request (i) a written
statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of
Rule 144 under the Securities Act (at any time after ninety (90) days after the
effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company, or such
shorter period as may be then permitted by the rules and regulations of the
Commission in effect at such time), the Securities Act and the Exchange 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 and
quarterly reports 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 Commission which-permits
the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such
form.
11. DAILY CLOSING PRICE. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Daily
Closing Price" for each day shall be, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or,
if not reported therein, as reported in another newspaper of national
circulation chosen by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, the closing
sales price or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices regular way, on the New York Stock Exchange
Composite Tape, or if the Common Stock is not then listed or admitted to trading
on the New York Stock Exchange, on the largest principal national securities
exchange on which such stock is then listed or admitted to trading, or if not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, then the
average of the last reported sales price for such shares in the over-the-counter
market, as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation System, or, if such sales prices shall not be reported thereon, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices so reported, or, if such bid and
asked prices shall not be reported thereon, as the same shall be reported by the
National Quotation Bureau Incorporated, or, if such firm at the time is not
engaged in the business of reporting such prices, as furnished by any similar
firm then engaged in such business and selected by the Company or, if there is
no such firm, as furnished by any member of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., selected by the Company.
12. NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS; AGREEMENTS BY STOCKHOLDERS. The
Company will not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its
securities which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will
not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities
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which grants or modifies any existing agreement with respect to its securities
to grant to the holder of its securities (a) in connection with an incidental
registration of such securities registration rights with equal or higher
priority to the rights granted to the Holders under Sections 2 and 3 of this
Agreement or (b) in connection with a demand registration the right to require
registration of any of such holder's securities before the earlier of (i) the
date on which the Holders shall have exercised any demand registration rights
under Section 2 hereof or (ii) the date on which the Company shall have
consummated an IPO and a period ending 6 months after any lock-up period
applicable to the Holders of the Registrable Securities shall have terminated.
In addition, the Company hereby covenants and agrees to cause all of
its stockholders to which it grants (or has previously granted) registration
rights to (i) acknowledge the priorities and limitations of inclusion of
securities set forth in this Agreement and (ii) agree that in connection with
any sale of securities registered on Form S-3 which includes Registrable
Securities on behalf of any Holders, such other stockholder shall provide at
least three (3) business days notice to the Holders of any intended sale of
securities registered on such Form and shall afford the Holders an opportunity
to participate in such sale, and further agree that no such sale by such other
stockholder shall be effected unless the priorities and limitations set forth in
Section 3.3(a) of this Agreement (without reference to the first paragraph of
Section 3.3), as between the Holders and such other stockholder, are respected.
13. BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their
respective successors and permitted assigns, legal representatives and heirs.
This Agreement does not create, and shall not be construed as creating any
rights enforceable by any other Person.
14. COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the complete
understanding among the parties with respect to its subject matter and
supersedes all existing agreements and understandings, whether oral or written,
among them. No alteration or modification of any provisions of this Agreement
shall be valid unless made in writing and signed, (a) by Holders of at least
seventy-five percent (75%) of the Series F Registrable Securities then
outstanding, (b) by holders of at least a majority of the Series G/H Registrable
Securities then outstanding and (c) and by the Company. By entering into this
Agreement, each party thereto agrees to terminate the Prior Agreement effective
upon the effectiveness of this Agreement.
15. SECTION HEADINGS. The section headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
16. NOTICES. All notices, offers, acceptances and other
communications required or permitted to be given or to otherwise be made to any
party to this Agreement shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a
written instrument delivered by hand, first class mail (registered or certified,
return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery, if to the Company, to it at 400 South E1 Camino
Real, Ste. 1275, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Xx. Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
President, with a copy to
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq., and if to
any Holder, to the address of such Holder as set forth in the stock transfer
books of the Corporation.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the
next business day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery. Any party may change the address to
which each such notice or communication shall be sent by giving written notice
to the other parties of such new address in the manner provided herein for
giving notice.
17. GOVERNING LAW; CHOICE OF FORUM. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED
TO HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND DELIVERED AT AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN
NEW YORK, NEW YORK. THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE
SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY
CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES OR PRINCIPLES). ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH
RESPECT HERETO SHALL ONLY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
THIS AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS
PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID
COURTS AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OR CLAIM TO SUCH JURISDICTION WHICH
EITHER OR BOTH MAY HAVE BASED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM
NON CONVENIENS. IF ANY ACTION IS COMMENCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, THE
PARTIES HERETO HEREBY CONSENT TO THE REMOVAL OF SUCH ACTION TO THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES CT CORPORATION
SYSTEM, AS THE DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT, OF THE COMPANY TO RECEIVE, FOR AND
ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY, SERVICE OF PROCESS IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS IN
ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER AND SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON DELIVERY
THEREOF TO SUCH AGENT. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS SERVED ON
SUCH AGENT WILL BE PROMPTLY FORWARDED BY MAIL TO THE COMPANY AT ITS ADDRESS SET
FORTH IN SECTION 16, BUT THE FAILURE OF THE COMPANY TO RECEIVE SUCH COPY SHALL
NOT AFFECT IN ANY WAY THE SERVICE OF SUCH PROCESS. THE COMPANY FURTHER
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY
REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE COMPANY AT ITS ADDRESS,
SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN
SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF
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ELECTRA, OR ANY HOLDER OF ANY OF THE SECURITIES TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER
MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED
AGAINST THE COMPANY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
18. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
19. SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement which is
determined to be illegal, prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall,
as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such illegality,
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof which shall be severable and enforceable according to their terms and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this Agreement as of the
date first set forth above.
INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
STOCKHOLDER
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(Print Name of Stockholder)
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(Signature of Stockholder or Authorized
Signatory)
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(Print Name and Title of Authorized
Signatory, if applicable)
