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EXHIBIT 4.25
MOBILITY ELECTRONICS, INC.
INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Investors' Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is made as of the 20th
day of April, 1999, by and among Mobility Electronics, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Mobility"), and the purchasers of Series C Preferred Stock listed
on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Investors" or each an "Investor").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors have entered into a Series C
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, of even date herewith (the "Purchase
Agreement"), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company agreed to sell
to the Investors, and the Investors agreed to purchase from the Company, shares
of the Company's Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
"Series C Preferred Stock"); and
WHEREAS, a condition of the Investors' obligations under the Purchase
Agreement is that the Company and the Investors enter into this Agreement in
order to provide the Investors with (i) certain rights to register shares of the
Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), upon
conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock held by the Investors, and (ii)
certain rights to receive or inspect information pertaining to the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein , and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Registration Rights. The Company and the Investors covenant and agree as
follows:
1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Section 1 and Section 2 below:
(a) The term "Holder" means any person owning or having the right to
acquire Registrable Securities or any assignee thereof in accordance with
Section 1.11 hereof.
(b) The term "IPO" means a firm commitment underwritten public offering
by the Company of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a registration
statement on Form S-1 or Form SB-2 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act").
(c) The term "1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
(d) The term "Public Company" means a corporation which has a class of
equity securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act, or
which is required to file periodic reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
1934 Act.
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(e) The term "register," "registered," and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or
similar document in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such
registration statement or document.
(f) The term "Registrable Securities" means (i) the shares of Common
Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion of shares of Series C
Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) any
Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any
warrant, right or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other
distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of the
shares referenced in (i) above, excluding in all cases, however, any
Registrable Securities (I) sold by a Holder in a transaction in which such
Holder's rights under this Section 1 are not assigned, or (II) registered
under the Act, the registration statement in connection therewith has been
declared effective, and such shares have been disposed by such Holder
pursuant to such registration statement; provided, however, that in either
case of (i) or (ii) above, any such securities shall cease to be
Registrable Securities if the registration rights granted hereunder are not
transferred in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.11 below.
(g) The number of shares of "Registrable Securities then outstanding"
shall be determined by the number of shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable upon conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement which are Registrable Securities.
(h) The term "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.2 Demand Registration.
(a) From and after January 1, 2001, the Holders of at least 66 2/3% of
the then outstanding Registrable Securities may notify the Company in
writing that such Holders desire for the Company to cause all or a portion
of such notifying Holders' Registrable Securities to be registered for sale
to the public under the Act. Upon receipt of such written request, the
Company will promptly notify in writing all other Holders of Registrable
Securities of such request, which Holders shall within twenty days
following such notice from the Company notify the Company in writing
whether such persons desire to have Registrable Securities held by them
included in such offering. The Company will, promptly following the
expiration of such twenty day period, prepare and file subject to the
provisions of this Section 1, and use its best efforts to prosecute to
effectiveness, an appropriate filing with the SEC of a registration
statement covering such Registrable Securities and the proposed sale or
distribution thereof under the Act.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1.2 to the contrary, the
Company shall not be obligated to prepare or file any registration
statement pursuant to this Section 1.2 or to prepare or file any amendment
or supplement thereto, at any time when the Company delivers a certificate
signed by the Company's Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board
stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the
Company that
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the filing thereof at the time requested, or the offering of securities
pursuant thereto (i) would materially adversely affect a pending or
proposed public offering of the Company's securities, or an acquisition,
merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization or similar
transaction, negotiations, discussions or pending proposals with respect
thereto or (ii) would materially adversely affect the business or prospects
of the Company in view of the disclosures that may be required thereby of
information about the business, assets, liabilities or operations of the
Company not theretofore disclosed; provided, however, that the filing of a
registration statement, or any supplement or amendment thereto, by the
Company may be deferred pursuant to this Section 1.2 for no longer than 180
days (but only once in every twelve month period) after the delivery of
such demand notice.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1.2 to the contrary: (i)
the Company shall not be required to effect the registration of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1.2 more than one time in
any twelve month period and no more than three times in the aggregate; and
(ii) the Company shall not be required to effect any such registration
unless at least $5 million of Registrable Securities are to be sold in such
registration (with such amount being determined based on the market price
of the Common Stock on the date of the initiating Holder(s) request). If
any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 is in the form of an
underwritten offering, the Company will select and obtain the investment
banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer
the offering, which investment bankers must offer terms which are
reasonably competitive in the marketplace for similar size companies and
similar offerings. The Company shall (together with all Holders proposing
to distribute Registrable Securities through such underwriting) enter into
an underwriting agreement, containing usual and customary terms, with the
managing underwriter selected for such underwriting. If any holder of
Registrable Securities disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such
person may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and
the managing underwriter. The Registrable Securities so withdrawn shall
also be withdrawn from registration.
(d) If any registration statement under this Section 1.2 is not
declared effective (except as a result of Holders withdrawing Registrable
Securities), then the holders of Registrable Securities may request an
additional registration under this Section 1.2.
(e) No registrations effected under this Section 1.2 shall relieve the
Company of its obligations to effect any registrations under, and pursuant
to the terms of, Sections 1.3 and 1.4 hereof.
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1.3 S-3 Registrations.
(a) Once the Company is eligible to effect a registration of its
securities under Form S-3 (or successor form), the Holders will have the
right to request and have effected (but only one registration per twelve
month period) registrations of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as long
as the aggregate proposed offering price is not less $3 million for any
such registration. Upon written request of Holders holding at least $3
million of Registrable Securities, the Company will promptly notify in
writing all other Holders of Registrable Securities of such request, which
Holders shall within twenty days following such notice from the Company
notify the Company in writing whether such persons desire to have
Registrable Securities held by them included in such offering. Following
the expiration of such twenty day period, the Company will use all
reasonable efforts to cause the registration of all Registrable Securities
proposed to be included in the offering on Form S-3 or such successor form
to the extent so requested. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall
not be required under this Section 1.3 to include any of the Holders'
Registrable Securities in any offering on Form S-3 which involves an
underwriting unless such Holders accept the terms of such underwriting as
agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by it.
Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 1.3 shall not be counted as
requests for registration effected pursuant to Sections 1.2.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1.3 to the contrary, the
Company shall not be obligated to prepare or file any registration
statement pursuant to this Section 1.3 or to prepare or file any amendment
or supplement thereto, at any time when the Company delivers a certificate
signed by the Company's Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board
stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the
Company that the filing thereof at the time requested, or the offering of
securities pursuant thereto (i) would materially adversely affect a pending
or proposed public offering of the Company's securities, or an acquisition,
merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization or similar
transaction, negotiations, discussions or pending proposals with respect
thereto or (ii) would materially adversely affect the business or prospects
of the Company in view of the disclosures that may be required thereby of
information about the business, assets, liabilities or operations of the
Company not theretofore disclosed; provided, however, that the filing of a
registration statement, or any supplement or amendment thereto, by the
Company may be deferred pursuant to this Section 1.3 for no longer than 180
days (but only once in every twelve month period) after the delivery of
such demand notice.
1.4 Piggyback Registration. If (but without any obligation to do so) the
Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration effected
by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any Common Stock or
other securities under the Act in connection with the public offering of such
securities solely for cash (other than an initial public offering, registration
relating solely to the sale of securities to participants in a Company stock
option, stock purchase or similar employee benefit plan, a registration on any
form which does not include substantially the same information as would be
required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the
Registrable Securities (including Form S-4 or any form substitution thereof) or
a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock
issuable upon
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conversion of debt securities which are also being registered or a SEC Rule 145
transaction), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder written
notice of such registration. Upon the written request of each Holder given
within twenty days after mailing of such notice by the Company, the Company
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1.8, use all reasonable efforts to
cause to be registered under the Act and any applicable state securities laws
all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be
registered.
1.5 Obligations of the Company. Whenever under this Section 1 the Company
effects the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as
expeditiously as reasonably possible,:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC on any appropriate form a
registration statement with respect to the Registrable Securities proposed
to be registered and use its best efforts to cause such registration
statement to become effective, and, upon the request of the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such
registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty
(120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the
Registration Statement has been completed;
(b) Unless such registration is a firm commitment underwriting, prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective 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 Act with
respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities and other
securities covered by such registration statement for a period of 180 days.
(c) Furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus,
including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of
the Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order
to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them.
(d) Use its best efforts 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 jurisdictions as the
underwriter or such sellers shall reasonably request and do any and all
other acts and things as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by
such registration statement, except that the Company shall not for any such
purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign
corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it is not so qualified, or to
subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any such
jurisdiction, or to consent to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction.
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(e) Immediately notify each seller of Registrable Securities covered by
such registration statement, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto
is required to be delivered under the Act, of the happening of any event as
a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement,
as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances then existing or if it is necessary, in the opinion of
counsel to the Company, to amend or supplement such prospectus to comply
with law, and at the request of any such seller prepare and to send such
seller a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or any amendment of
such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not
include any 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 in the light of the circumstances then existing and
shall otherwise comply in all material respects with law and so that such
prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(f) Otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules
and regulations of the SEC, any make available to its securityholders, as
soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period
of at least twelve (12) months, beginning with the first month of the first
fiscal quarter after the effective date of such registration statement,
which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11 (a) of
the Act.
(g) In the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and
perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and
customary form, with the managing underwriter of such offering. Each Holder
participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its
obligations under such an agreement.
(h) Cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant hereunder
to be listed on each securities exchange or automated trading system on
which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed.
(i) Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable
Securities registered pursuant hereunder and a CUSIP number for all such
Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of
such registration.
1.6 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the
obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 1 with
respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder
shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable
Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities
as shall be required to effect the registration of such Holder's Registrable
Securities.
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1.7 Expenses of Registration. All expenses incurred in connection with
registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to this Section 1 in
connection with one demand registration, all piggyback registrations and all S-3
registrations including, without limitation, all registration, filing and
qualification fees, printers' and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel for
the selling Holders (as a group) (but excluding underwriter's commissions and
fees and any fees of others employed by a selling Holder) shall be borne by the
Company.
1.8 Underwriting Requirements; Cut-backs.
(a) In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of
shares of the Company's capital stock, the Company shall not be required to
include any Holders' Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless
they accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the
Company and the underwriters selected by it (or by other persons entitled
to select the underwriters), and then only in such quantity as the
underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not materially
jeopardize or in any way reduce the success of the offering by the Company
(with the securities being eliminated as provided in (b) below).
(b) The Company has previously granted "piggyback" registration rights
to certain of its securityholders (the "Other Holders"). Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 1 to the contrary, in the event of any request for
registration hereunder, the Company shall provide each Other Holder the
notice required with respect to their registration rights and will allow
such Other Holders to participate in any such registration to the extent of
such registration rights; it being acknowledged and agreed that if the
total amount of securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by
Holders and Other Holders to be included in such offering exceeds the
amount of securities that the underwriters determine in their sole
discretion is compatible with the success of the offering (excluding any
securities to be offered by the Company), then the Company shall be
required to include in the offering only that number of such securities,
including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters determine in their
sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering (the
securities so included to be apportioned pro rata among the selling Holders
and Other Holders according to the total amount of securities entitled to
be included therein owned by each selling Holder and Other Holder or in
such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by such selling
Holders and Other Holders).
1.9 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or
seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration by the
Company of any securities as a result of any controversy that might arise with
respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 1.
1.10 Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are included
in a registration statement under this Section 1:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Act) for such
Holder and each person, if any,
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who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Act or
the 1934 Act against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities, joint or
several) to which they may become subject under the Act, the 1934 Act or
other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a
"Violation"): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in such registration statement, including any
preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any
amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation or
alleged violation by the Company of the Act, the 1934 Act, any state
securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the, the 1934
Act or any state securities law; and, subject to subsection 1.10 (c) below,
the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter or controlling
person, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this subsection 1.10(a) shall not apply to amounts
paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if
such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which
consent shall not be reasonably delayed or withheld), nor shall the Company
be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or
action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation
which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by any
such Holder, underwriter or controlling person.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers
who has signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, any underwriter, any
other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any
controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder, and any agent
of the Company, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities joint
or several) to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject, under
the Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto)
arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent
(and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for
use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will pay, as
incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any person
intended to be indemnified pursuant to this subsection 1.10(b), in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection 1.10(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such
settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent
shall not be reasonably withheld; provided, that, in no event shall any
indemnity under this subsection 1.10(b) exceed the net proceeds from the
offering received by such Holder.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
1.10 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any
governmental action), such
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indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
any indemnifying party under this Section 1.10, deliver to the indemnifying
party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying
party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the
indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party
receiving similar notice, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an
indemnified party (together with all other indemnified party which may be
represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain
one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the
indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the
counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to
actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and
any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding; otherwise,
the indemnified party shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of its
counsel. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party
within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if
prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such
indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this
Section 1.10 with respect to such action, but not with respect to any other
action.
(d) Except as provided in the last sentence of subsection 1.10(c)
above, if the indemnification provided for in this Section 1.10 is held by
a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party
with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense referred to
herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim,
damage, or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the
indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense
as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault
of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the
indemnified party and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions
on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement
entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in
conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting
agreement shall control.
(f) The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 1.10
shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to a registration statement under this Section 1.
1.11 Reports Under the 1934 Act. With a view to making available to the
Holders the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act ("Rule 144") and any
other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell
securities of the Company to the public without
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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, at all times after ninety (90) days after
the effective date of the IPO;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Act and the 1934 Act; and
(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable
Securities, promptly upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it
has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time after
ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement
filed by the Company), the Act and the 1934 Act (at any time after it has become
subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant
whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after it so
qualifies), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the
Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii)
such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of
any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such
securities without registration or pursuant to such form.
1.12 Assignment of Registration Rights. The registration rights of the
Holders under this Section 1 may be assigned (but only with all related
obligations) by a Holder to a transferee or assignee of such securities who
purchases from such Holder at least 10,000 shares of Registrable Securities
(subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends,
combinations and other recapitalizations), provided: (a) the Company is within a
reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name
and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to
which such registration rights are being assigned; (b) such transferee or
assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the provisions of
Section 1. 13 below; and (c) such assignment shall be effective only if
immediately following such transfer the further disposition of such securities
by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the Act.
1.13 Lock-up Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that if requested by the
Company or the underwriters in any underwritten offering, such Holder shall not,
for the period of not more than 180 days (as specified by the managing
underwriter) after the effective date of an IPO (or any other underwritten
public offering of shares of Common Stock, if requested by the managing
underwriter), without the prior written approval of the Company or such
underwriters (as the case may be), directly or indirectly, sell, offer to sell,
contract to sell (including without limitation, any short sale), grant any
option to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common
Stock underlying the Series C Preferred Stock legally or beneficially owned by
such Holder; provided, however, in the event of an initial public offering of
Common Stock, no request shall be necessary, with the consent of such Holder to
the above provisions in this Section 1.13 being hereby granted and accepted,
provided that if the managing underwriter in such initial public offering
requests that Holder execute and deliver a lock-up letter, Holder agrees to do
so, which lock-up letter shall be in such managing underwriter's customary form.
In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer
instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities of each Holder (and
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the shares or securities of every other person subject to the foregoing
restriction) until the end of such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
provisions of this Section 1.13 shall only be applicable to the Holders if all
officers and directors and greater than two percent (2%) stockholders of the
Company enter into similar agreements.
1.14 Termination of Registration Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this
Section 1 to the contrary, no Holder shall be entitled to exercise any right
provided for in this Section 1: (i) at any time more than four (4) years
following the date of the Company's IPO or (ii) at such time as such Holder is
able to sell all of such Holder's Registrable Securities in a single three-month
period in compliance with Rule 144.
1.15 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date
of this Agreement and until Holder's registration rights terminate pursuant to
Section 1.14 above, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of
the Holders of a majority of the Registerable Securities, enter into any
agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company
that would grant to such holder or prospective holder registration rights which
are superior to those granted to the Holders hereunder (although pari passu
rights will be permissible).
2. Covenants of the Company
2.1 Delivery of Financial Statements. The Company shall deliver to each
Holder of a least 20,000 shares Registrable Securities (other than a Holder
reasonably deemed by the Company to be a competitor of the Company):
(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event within ninety (90) days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an income statement for
such fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Company and statement of
stockholder's equity as of the end of such year, and a statement of cash
flows for such year, such year-end financial reports to be in reasonable
detail, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles ("GAAP"), and audited and certified by an independent public
accounting form of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company;
(b) as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45)
days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal
year of the Company, an unaudited income statement, statement of cash flows
for such fiscal quarter and an unaudited balance sheet as of the end of
such fiscal quarter;
(c) within thirty (30) days of the end of each month, an unaudited
income statement and a statement of cash flows and balance sheet for and as
of the end of such month, in reasonable detail;
(d) as soon as practicable, but in any event thirty (30) days prior to
the end of each fiscal year, a budget and business plan for the next fiscal
year, prepared on a monthly basis, including balance sheets, income
statements and statements of cash flows for such months, and, as soon as
prepared, any other budgets or revised budgets prepared by the Company; and
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(e) with respect to the financial statements called for in subsections
(b) and (c) of this Section 2.1, an instrument executed by the Chief
Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company
certifying that such financials were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied with prior practice for earlier periods (with the
exception of footnotes that may be required by GAAP) and fairly present the
financial condition of the Company and its results of operation for the
period specified, subject to year-end audit adjustment. provided that the
foregoing shall not restrict the right of the Company to change its
accounting principles consistent with GAAP, if the Board of Directors
determines that it is in the best interest of the Company to do so.
2.2 Inspection. The Company shall permit each Holder of at least 20,000
shares of Registrable Securities, except for a Holder reasonably deemed by the
Company to be a competitor of the Company, at such Holder's expense, to visit
and inspect the Company's properties, to examine its books of account and
records and to discuss the Company's affairs, finances and accounts with its
officers, all at such reasonable times as may be requested by such Holder;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this
Section 2.2 to provide access to any information which it reasonably considers
to be a trade secret or similar confidential information.
2.3 Termination of Covenants. The covenants set forth in Section 2.1 and
Section 2.2 above shall terminate as to each Holder and be of no further force
or effect on the earlier of (a) immediately prior to the consummation of an IPO
or (b) when the Company first becomes subject to the periodic reporting
requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
2.4 Subsequent Issuances of Preferred Stock. The Company shall not issue
any shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock, or other
securities or rights convertible in Series A Preferred Stock or Series B
Preferred Stock, as the case may be.
3. Miscellaneous
3.1 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the respective permitted successors and assigns of the parties
(including transferees of any Registrable Securities). Nothing in this
Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than
the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights,
remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement,
except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
3.2 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended or
waived in writing and only with the written consent of the Company and the
holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding. Any
amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section shall be binding
upon each holder of any Registrable Securities then outstanding, each future
holder of all such Registrable Securities and the Company.
3.3 Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted by
this
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Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficient upon delivery, when
delivered personally or by overnight courier or sent by telegram or fax, or
forty-eight (48) hours after being deposited in the U.S. mail, as certified or
registered mail, with postage prepaid, and addressed to the party to be notified
at such party's address as set forth below or on Exhibit A hereto, or as
subsequently modified by written notice.
3.4 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to
be unenforceable under applicable law, the parties agree to renegotiate such
provision in good faith. In the event that the parties cannot reach a mutually
agreeable and enforceable replacement for such provision, the (a) such provision
shall be excluded from this Agreement, (b) the balance of the Agreement shall be
interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and (c) the balance of the
Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
3.5 Governing Law. This Agreement and all acts and transactions pursuant
hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws
of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of
laws.
3.6 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement
are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or
interpreting this Agreement.
3.7 Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Series C Preferred Stock held or
acquired by affiliated entities or persons shall be aggregated together for the
purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement.
3.8 Expenses. If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or
interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to
reasonable attorneys' fees, cost and necessary disbursements in addition to any
other relief to which such party may be entitled.
3.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto, if
any) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the
parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof.
3.10 Counterparts. This Agreement 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.
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The parties have executed this Investors' Rights Agreement as of the date
first above written.
COMPANY:
MOBILITY ELECTRONICS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Chief Financial Officer
Address: 00000 Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT
The undersigned has executed this Investors' Rights Agreement as of the
date first written above.
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Sr. Vice President
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Address: VLSI Technology, Inc.
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0000 XxXxx Xxxxx
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Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT
The undersigned has executed this Investors' Rights Agreement as of the
date first written above.
XXXXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS AND
INFORMATION FUND, INC.
BY: J. & X. XXXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED,
ITS INVESTMENT ADVISOR
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Address: 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
(000) 000-0000
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EXHIBIT A
INVESTORS
Name Address
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VLSI Technology, Inc.
Xxxxxxxx Communications and Information Fund, Inc.
