Common use of Agreement to Lock-Up Clause in Contracts

Agreement to Lock-Up. Transferee hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter (in connection with an IPO), the Company (in connection with a Direct Listing) or the SPAC (in connection with a SPAC Transaction), during the period commencing on the date of (a) the effectiveness of the registration statement for the IPO or Direct Listing or (b) the closing of the SPAC Transaction, and ending on the date specified by the Company or the managing underwriter (for an IPO), the Company (for a Direct Listing) or the Company and the SPAC (for a SPAC Transaction) (such period not to exceed 180 days), (i) lend; offer; pledge; sell; contract to sell; sell any option or contract to purchase; purchase any option or contract to sell; grant any option, right or warrant to purchase; or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock (or other equity securities of the Company) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for such Common Stock or other equity securities (or, in the case of a SPAC Transaction, any shares of the common stock or other share capital of the SPAC or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable, directly or indirectly, for such common stock or other share capital), whether such shares or any such securities are then owned by the Transferee or are thereafter acquired, or (ii) engage in any hedging or other transaction or arrangement (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) that is designed to, or that reasonably could be expected to, lead to or result in a sale or disposition (whether by the Transferee or someone other than the Transferee), or a transfer of any of the economic consequences of ownership, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of any shares of such securities, whether or not any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of Common Stock, the common stock or share capital of the SPAC or other securities, in cash, or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Section 6(b) shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement in an IPO. The underwriters in connection with an IPO, and the SPAC in a SPAC Transaction, are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6(b) and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Transferee further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriters (in connection with an IPO), the Company (in connection with a Direct Listing), and the Company or the SPAC (in connection with a SPAC Transaction) that are consistent with this Section 6(b) or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. Stop-Transfer Instructions. Transferee agrees that, in order to ensure compliance with the restrictions imposed by this Agreement, the Company may issue appropriate “stop-transfer” instructions to its transfer agent, if any, and if the Company acts as its own transfer agent, it may make appropriate notations to the same effect in its own records. The Company will not be required (a) to transfer on its books any Transferred Shares that have been sold or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or (b) to treat as owner of such Transferred Shares, or to accord the right to vote or pay dividends, to any Transferee to whom such Transferred Shares have been so transferred. Transferee further understands and agrees that the Company shall require written assurances, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Company (which may include a requirement that Transferee’s counsel provide a legal opinion acceptable to the Company) and a transfer fee to be paid to the Company, before the Company effects any future transfers of the Transferred Shares.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Loan and Security Agreement (Spire Global, Inc.), Loan and Security Agreement (NavSight Holdings, Inc.)

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Agreement to Lock-Up. Transferee Each Key Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter (in connection with an IPO), the Company (in connection with a Direct Listing) or the SPAC (in connection with a SPAC Transaction)underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of (a) the effectiveness of final prospectus relating to the registration by the Company for its own behalf of shares of its Common Stock or any other equity securities under the Securities Act on a registration statement for the IPO or Direct Listing or (b) the closing of the SPAC Transaction, on Form S-1 and ending on the date specified by the Company or and the managing underwriter (for an IPO), the Company (for a Direct Listing) or the Company and the SPAC (for a SPAC Transaction) (such period not to exceed 180 daysone hundred eighty (180) days in the case of the Initial Offering (as defined below), or such other period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (iy) the publication or other distribution of research reports, and (z) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, without limitation, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto), or ninety (90) days in the case of any registration other than the Initial Offering, (a) lend; offer; pledge; sell; contract to sell; sell any option or contract to purchase; purchase any option or contract to sell; grant any option, right right, or warrant to purchase; or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock (or other equity securities of the Company) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for such Common Stock held immediately before the effective date of the registration statement for such offering or (b) enter into any swap or other equity securities (or, in the case of a SPAC Transaction, any shares of the common stock or other share capital of the SPAC or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable, directly or indirectly, for such common stock or other share capital), whether such shares or any such securities are then owned by the Transferee or are thereafter acquired, or (ii) engage in any hedging or other transaction or arrangement (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) that is designed to, or that reasonably could be expected to, lead transfers to or result in a sale or disposition (whether by the Transferee or someone other than the Transferee), or a transfer of any of the economic consequences of ownershipanother, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of any shares the economic consequences of ownership of such securities, whether or not any such transaction described in the foregoing clause (a) or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunderb) would is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock, the common stock or share capital of the SPAC Stock or other securities, in cash, or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Section 6(b) 5.1 shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement, or the transfer of any shares to any Affiliate or trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the Key Holder or any family member of the Key Holder, provided that any such Affiliate or trustee of such trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, and shall be applicable to the Key Holders only if all officers and directors are subject to the same restrictions and the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a similar agreement in an IPOfrom all stockholders individually owning more than one percent (1%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (after giving effect to conversion into Common Stock of all outstanding Preferred Stock). The underwriters in connection with an IPO, and the SPAC in a SPAC Transaction, such registration are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6(b) 5.1 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Transferee further agrees to execute Any discretionary waiver or termination of the restrictions of any or all of such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriters (in connection with an IPO)shall apply pro rata to all parties subject to such agreements, based on the Company (in connection with a Direct Listing)number of shares subject to such agreements. For purposes hereof, and the Company or the SPAC (in connection with a SPAC Transaction) that are consistent with this Section 6(b) or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. Stop-Transfer Instructions. Transferee agrees that, in order to ensure compliance with the restrictions imposed by this Agreement, the Company may issue appropriate stop-transferInitial Offeringinstructions to its transfer agent, if any, and if the Company acts as its own transfer agent, it may make appropriate notations to the same effect in its own records. The Company will not be required (a) to transfer on its books any Transferred Shares that have been sold or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or (b) to treat as owner of such Transferred Shares, or to accord the right to vote or pay dividends, to any Transferee to whom such Transferred Shares have been so transferred. Transferee further understands and agrees that the Company shall require written assurances, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Company (which may include a requirement that Transferee’s counsel provide a legal opinion acceptable to means the Company) and a transfer fee to be paid to ’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of its Common Stock registered under the Company, before the Company effects any future transfers of the Transferred SharesSecurities Act.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Energy Exploration Technologies, Inc.), Sale Agreement (Energy Exploration Technologies, Inc.)

Agreement to Lock-Up. Transferee Each Key Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter (in connection with an IPO), the Company (in connection with a Direct Listing) or the SPAC (in connection with a SPAC Transaction)underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of (a) the effectiveness of final prospectus relating to the registration by the Company of shares of its Common Stock or any other equity securities under the Securities Act on a registration statement for the IPO on Form S-1 or Direct Listing or (b) the closing of the SPAC TransactionForm S-3, and ending on the date specified by the Company or and the managing underwriter (for an IPO), the Company (for a Direct Listing) or the Company and the SPAC (for a SPAC Transaction) (such period not to exceed 180 days(x) one hundred eighty (180) days in the case of the Company’s initial public offering ( the “IPO”), or such other period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (1) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (2) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto), or (y) ninety (90) days in the case of any registration other than the IPO, or such other period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (1) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (2) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto), (ia) lend; , offer; , pledge; , sell; , contract to sell; , sell any option or contract to purchase; , purchase any option or contract to sell; , grant any option, right or warrant to purchase; , or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Capital Stock (or other equity securities of the Company) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for such Common Stock or other equity securities (or, in the case of a SPAC Transaction, any shares of the common stock or other share capital of the SPAC or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable, directly or indirectly, for such common stock or other share capital), whether such shares or any such securities of Capital Stock are then owned by the Transferee Key Holder or are thereafter acquired), or (iib) engage in enter into any hedging swap or other transaction or arrangement (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) that is designed to, or that reasonably could be expected to, lead transfers to or result in a sale or disposition (whether by the Transferee or someone other than the Transferee), or a transfer of any of the economic consequences of ownershipanother, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of any shares the economic consequences of such securitiesownership of the Capital Stock, whether or not any such transaction described in clause (a) or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunderb) would above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock, the common stock or share capital of the SPAC Capital Stock or other securities, in cash, cash or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Section 6(b) 5 shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement in an IPOagreement, and shall only be applicable to the Key Holders if all officers, directors and holders of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock (after giving effect to the conversion into Common Stock of all outstanding Preferred Stock) are subject to the same restrictions. The underwriters in connection with an IPO, and the SPAC in a SPAC Transaction, IPO and/or other registration(s) are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6(b) 5 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Transferee Each Key Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriters (in connection with an IPO), the Company (in connection with a Direct Listing), and the Company or the SPAC (in connection with a SPAC TransactionIPO and/or other registration(s) that are consistent with this Section 6(b) 5 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. Stop-Transfer Instructions. Transferee agrees that, in order to ensure compliance with Any discretionary waiver or termination of the restrictions imposed of any or all of such agreements by this Agreement, the Company may issue appropriate “stop-transfer” instructions or the underwriters shall apply pro rata to its transfer agentall holders of Capital Stock subject to such agreements, if any, and if based on the Company acts as its own transfer agent, it may make appropriate notations number of shares subject to the same effect in its own records. The Company will not be required (a) to transfer on its books any Transferred Shares that have been sold or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or (b) to treat as owner of such Transferred Shares, or to accord the right to vote or pay dividends, to any Transferee to whom such Transferred Shares have been so transferred. Transferee further understands and agrees that the Company shall require written assurances, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Company (which may include a requirement that Transferee’s counsel provide a legal opinion acceptable to the Company) and a transfer fee to be paid to the Company, before the Company effects any future transfers of the Transferred Sharesagreements.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Adoption Agreement (Denim LA, Inc.), Adoption Agreement (Denim LA, Inc.)

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Agreement to Lock-Up. Transferee Each Key Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter (in connection with an IPO), the Company (in connection with a Direct Listing) or the SPAC (in connection with a SPAC Transaction)underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of (a) the effectiveness of final prospectus relating to the registration by the Company of shares of its Common Stock or any other equity securities under the Securities Act on a registration statement for the IPO on Form S-1 or Direct Listing or (b) the closing of the SPAC TransactionForm S-3, and ending on the date specified by the Company or and the managing underwriter (for an IPO), the Company (for a Direct Listing) or the Company and the SPAC (for a SPAC Transaction) (such period not to exceed 180 days(x) one hundred eighty (180) days in the case of the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”), or such other period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (1) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (2) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto), or (y) ninety (90) days in the case of any registration other than the IPO, or such other period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (1) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (2) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto), (ia) lend; , offer; , pledge; , sell; , contract to sell; , sell any option or contract to purchase; , purchase any option or contract to sell; , grant any option, right or warrant to purchase; , or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Capital Stock (or other equity securities of the Company) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for such Common Stock or other equity securities (or, in the case of a SPAC Transaction, any shares of the common stock or other share capital of the SPAC or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable, directly or indirectly, for such common stock or other share capital), whether such shares or any such securities of Capital Stock are then owned by the Transferee Key Holder or are thereafter acquired), or (iib) engage in enter into any hedging swap or other transaction or arrangement (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) that is designed to, or that reasonably could be expected to, lead transfers to or result in a sale or disposition (whether by the Transferee or someone other than the Transferee), or a transfer of any of the economic consequences of ownershipanother, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of any shares the economic consequences of such securitiesownership of the Capital Stock, whether or not any such transaction described in clause (a) or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunderb) would above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock, the common stock or share capital of the SPAC Capital Stock or other securities, in cash, cash or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Section 6(b) 5 shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement in an IPOagreement, and shall only be applicable to the Key Holders if all officers, directors and holders of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock (after giving effect to the conversion into Common Stock of all outstanding Preferred Stock) are subject to the same restrictions. The underwriters in connection with an IPO, and the SPAC in a SPAC Transaction, IPO and/or other registration(s) are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6(b) 5 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Transferee Each Key Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriters (in connection with an IPO), the Company (in connection with a Direct Listing), and the Company or the SPAC (in connection with a SPAC TransactionIPO and/or other registration(s) that are consistent with this Section 6(b) 5 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. Stop-Transfer Instructions. Transferee agrees that, in order to ensure compliance with Any discretionary waiver or termination of the restrictions imposed of any or all of such agreements by this Agreement, the Company may issue appropriate “stop-transfer” instructions or the underwriters shall apply pro rata to its transfer agentall holders of Capital Stock subject to such agreements, if any, and if based on the Company acts as its own transfer agent, it may make appropriate notations number of shares subject to the same effect in its own records. The Company will not be required (a) to transfer on its books any Transferred Shares that have been sold or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or (b) to treat as owner of such Transferred Shares, or to accord the right to vote or pay dividends, to any Transferee to whom such Transferred Shares have been so transferred. Transferee further understands and agrees that the Company shall require written assurances, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Company (which may include a requirement that Transferee’s counsel provide a legal opinion acceptable to the Company) and a transfer fee to be paid to the Company, before the Company effects any future transfers of the Transferred Sharesagreements.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Adoption Agreement (Denim LA, Inc.)

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