AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.3
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Amendment and Waiver to Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into effective March 31, 2010 by and among Ellie Mae, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons holding the majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities and set forth on the signature pages hereto (the “Majority Holders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company’s predecessor, Ellie Mae, Inc., a California corporation (the “Predecessor”), and the Majority Holders are party to that Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated December 21, 2005 (the “Investor Rights Agreement”) (capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Company became party to the Investor Rights Agreement by operation of law upon the reincorporation of the Predecessor as the Company effective November 30, 2009;
WHEREAS, under Section 6.2 of the Investor Rights Agreement, the Company and Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities (as such term is defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) may amend, on behalf of all other holders of Registrable Securities, terms of the Investor Rights Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Majority Holders hold at least a majority of the Registrable Securities; and
WHEREAS, the Majority Holders and the Company now desire to amend the Investor Rights Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. | Section 3.1 of the Investor Rights Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: |
3.1 “New Securities”. For purposes of this Section 3, the term “New Securities” shall mean shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or any other class of capital stock of the Company, whether or not now authorized, securities of any type that are convertible into shares of such capital stock, and options, warrants or rights to acquire shares of such capital stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “New Securities” shall not include: (a) securities issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series D Preferred Stock, Series E Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series G-2 Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock; (b) securities offered to the public pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act; (c) securities issued pursuant to the acquisition of another corporation by the Company by merger, purchase of substantially all of the assets, or other reorganization whereby the Company owns not less than 51% of the voting power of such corporation; (d) up to an aggregate of 12,250,000 shares of Common Stock (or related options) issued or issuable at any time to officers, directors,
employees or consultants of the Company, pursuant to any stock grant, stock option plan or stock purchase plan or other stock incentive agreement or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors (which figure shall include any options outstanding on the date hereof); (e) securities issued in connection with equipment lease or working capital debt financings, so long as the number of securities so issued does not exceed one percent of the then outstanding capital stock of the Company; (f) convertible securities issued in connection with business or partnership relationships with third parties designed to incentivize such third parties; (g) shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or recapitalization of the Company; and (h) shares of the Company’s capital stock issued pursuant to Exchange Agreements (as such term is defined in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation).
2. | Each of the undersigned hereby waives on its behalf and on behalf of all Holders of Registrable Securities any provision, right, requirement, or obligation existing in or arising from Section 3 of the Investor Rights Agreement with respect to any issuance of shares of capital stock by the Company prior to the date of this Amendment. |
3. | From and after the date of this Amendment, the Investor Rights Agreement is amended by this Amendment. Except as expressly amended pursuant hereto, the Investor Rights Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. |
4. | This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. |
5. | This Amendment and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law. |
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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The parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.
COMPANY: | ELLIE MAE, INC., a Delaware corporation | |||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||||||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
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MAJORITY STOCKHOLDERS:
Alta California Partners II, LP | ||
By: | Alta California Management Partners II, LLC it General Partner | |
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Member | |
Alta California Partners II, LP – New Pool | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Alta Embarcadero Partners II, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Member | |
AMA98 Corporate, L.P. | ||
AMA98 Investors, L.P. | ||
AMA98 Partners, L.P. | ||
AMA98 Ventures, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xx Xxxx | |
Managing Member of Alloy Ventures 1998, LLC the general partner of AMA98 Corporate, LP, AMA98 Investors, LP, AMA98 Partners LP, AMA98 Ventures, LP | ||
Charter Legacy, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX | |
Name: | XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX | |
Title: | EVP |
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Xxxxxx Family Foundation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Trustee | |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | ||
Xxxxxx Mae | ||
By: | /s/ PHILSON LESCOTT 4-9-10 | |
Name: | PHILSON LESCOTT | |
Title: | VP, SF Customer Technology Officer | |
Xxxxx X. and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx 1989 Revocable Trust | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | ||
Title: | Trustee | |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Co., Inc. fbo Xxxxx Xxxxxxx XXX | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Co., Inc. fbo Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx XXX | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Genworth Financial Services, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Title: | CFO & SVP | |
GKM SBIC, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Gr Managing Member of GKM SBIC Mgmt, LLC | |
Hotung Venture Capital Corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Tsui-Xxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Tsui-Xxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | President | |
Xxxxx-Xxxx XX Venture Capital Corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Shan-Xxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | ||
Title: | President | |
Shengtung Venture Capital Corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Tsui-Xxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Tsui-Xxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | President | |
Industry Ventures Fund IV, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Member |
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PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
The First American Corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: | CFO | |
The Pidwell Family Living Trust dated 6/25/87 | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Trustee | |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
W Capital Partners II, L.P. |
By: | WCP XX XX, L.P. its General Partner | |
By: | WCP XX XX, LLC its General Partner | |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | ||
Managing Member |
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