Demand Registration Clause Samples
The Demand Registration clause outlines the process by which shareholders can require a company to register their shares for public sale. Typically, this clause specifies the minimum number of shares needed to trigger the registration, the procedures for making a demand, and any limitations on the frequency or timing of such requests. Its core function is to provide shareholders with a mechanism to achieve liquidity by facilitating the public resale of their shares, thereby addressing the problem of restricted transferability in private companies.
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Demand Registration. (a) Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.2, if the Company shall receive a written request from the Holders of at least 20% of the Registrable Securities (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of at least 20% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (or a lesser percent if the anticipated aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, is at least $5,000,000), then the Company shall, within 30 days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, effect, as expeditiously as reasonably possible, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities that all Holders request to be registered.
(b) 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 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration 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 enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by all Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter advises the Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); p...
Demand Registration. 1.2.1. At any time upon the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the Company and thereafter, but not more than two (2) times during the term of this Agreement (in the aggregate, for all Holders), any Holder or group of Holders of Registrable Securities which hold an aggregate of at least 12.5% (twelve and one half percent) of the Registrable Securities of the Company then issued (the “Initiating Holders”), may request in writing (a “Demand”) that the Company uses its best efforts to register such Holders’ Registrable Securities, or any part thereof, for trading on any recognized European or United States securities exchange or quotation system (“Exchange”) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.2, provided however that a Demand for registration in the United States or on any European exchange may only be effected after six (6) months from the consummation of the Company’s initial public offering in the United States or on such European exchange and provided further that the aggregate anticipated offering price of such Registrable Securities equals at least US$4,000,000. A Demand, which has not culminated in the registration of the requested Registrable Securities, shall not be counted as a Demand for the purposes of this section, unless the reason for such lack of culmination was due to an action of the Initiating Holders.
1.2.2. As soon as practicable after receipt of the Demand, the Company shall promptly give written notice of the proposed registration, qualification or compliance to all other Holders, and shall file a registration statement covering such shares and shall take all actions under its power and control to include in such registration, qualification or compliance all Registrable Securities held by Holders who explicitly expressed their wish to participate in such registration within twenty (20) days after receipt of the Company’s notice. Thereupon the Company shall take all reasonable actions under its power and control to effect such registration as required and as would permit and facilitate the sale and distribution of all such portion of the Holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request together with all such portion of Registrable Securities of any other Holders joining in such request as aforesaid.
Demand Registration. In addition to the registration obligations of the Company set forth in Section 2.2 herein, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) Subject to Section 2.3(i), upon the written request of the Majority Holders, requesting that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or part of such Designated Holders’ Registrable Securities and specifying the intended method of disposition thereof (the “Demand Notice”), the Company will promptly give written notice of such requested registration to all Designated Holders, and thereupon the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable following the Demand Notice (but in no event later than the date that is 90 days after the Demand Notice) a Registration Statement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 90 days after the initial filing of the Registration Statement. The Company shall include in such Registration Statement:
(i) the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to be registered by such Designated Holders for disposition in accordance with the intended method of disposition stated in such request;
(ii) all other Registrable Securities the holders of which shall have made a written request to the Company for registration thereof within 30 days after the giving of such written notice by the Company (which request shall specify the intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities); and
(iii) all shares of Common Stock which the Company or Persons entitled to exercise “piggy-back” registration rights pursuant to contractual commitments of the Company may elect to register in connection with the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.3; all to the extent requisite to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities and the additional shares of Common Stock, if any, so to be registered; provided, that, the provisions of this Section 2.3 shall not require the Company to effect more than two registrations of Registrable Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.3 within 180 days following the effective date of a registration statement filed by the Company in accordance with Sections 2.2, 2.3 or 2.4 for ...
Demand Registration. (a) On any date after March 15, 2001, the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the "Initiating Rights Holders") may request in writing registration under the Act (a "Demand Registration"). The Demand Registration request shall specify the amount of the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold, the intended method of disposition thereof and the jurisdictions in which registration is desired. Upon the receipt of the Demand Registration request, the Company promptly shall take such steps as are necessary or appropriate to prepare for the registration of the Registrable Securities to be registered. Within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of such request, the Company shall give written notice thereof to all other Rights Holders and include in such registration all Registrable Securities held by a Rights Holder from whom the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein at least ten (10) days prior to the filing of the registration statement. Each such request will also specify the number of Registrable Securities to be registered, the intended method of disposition thereof and the jurisdictions in which registration is desired.
(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any such Demand Registration to become effective not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after it receives a request under this Section 10.2. A registration requested pursuant to this Section 10.2 shall not count as the one Demand Registration to which the Rights Holders are entitled to thereunder unless such registration statement is declared effective and remains effective for at least ninety (90) days.
(c) If Rights Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities proposed to be registered by the Initiating Rights Holders so elect, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of a firm commitment underwritten offering. If any Demand Registration of Registrable Securities is in the form of an underwritten offering, the Rights Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities proposed to be registered by the Initiating Rights Holders shall select and obtain an investment banking firm of national reputation to act as the managing underwriter of the offering (the "Approved Underwriter"); provided, that the Approved Underwriter shall, in any case, be acceptable to the Company in its reasonable judgment.
(d) The Company shall not be oblig...
Demand Registration. (a) In addition to the rights provided in Section 2.1, the Majority Holders shall have the right to request in writing that the Company register all or part of such Holders’ Registrable Securities that are not then registered by an effective Registration Statement (a “Request”) (which Request shall specify the amount of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holders and the intended method of disposition thereof) by filing a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act on Form S-3 under the Securities Act (or in the event that the Company is ineligible to use such form, such other form as the Company is eligible to use under the Securities Act provided that such other form shall be converted into a Form S-3 promptly after Form S-3 becomes available to the Company) covering resales by the Holders as selling shareholders (not underwriters) of all or such portion of the Registrable Securities (a “Demand Registration”); provided, however, that (A) if the Company is not eligible to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, the Company shall be obligated to register the Registrable Securities upon such election only if the Registrable Securities to be registered, in the aggregate, constitute 10% or more of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities that are not registered under an effective Registration Statement, and (B) if the Company is eligible to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, the Company shall be obligated to register the Registrable Securities upon such election; provided, that (i) there shall not be more than one such request during each of the Company’s fiscal quarterly periods and (ii) the Registrable Securities to be registered must include at least 1,000,000 Common Shares, or, in the aggregate, have an anticipated offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, of more than $5,000,000, calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act on the business day preceding such Request.
(b) As promptly as practicable, but no later than 10 days after receipt of a Request, the Company shall give written notice of such requested registration to all Holders of Registrable Securities and Pari Passu Holders of Pari Passu Securities. Subject to Section 2.2(c), the Company shall include in a Demand Registration (i) the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by the Initiating Holders and (ii) the...
Demand Registration. (1) At any time commencing one year from the effective date of the registration statement and expiring four (4) years thereafter, the Holders of the Warrants and/or Warrant Securities representing a "Majority" (as hereinafter defined) of such securities (assuming the exercise of all of the Warrants) shall have the right (which right is in addition to the registration rights under Section (i) hereof), exercisable by written notice to the Company, to have the Company prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), on one occasion, a registration statement and such other documents, including a prospectus, as may be necessary in the opinion of both counsel for the Company and counsel for the Underwriter and Holders, in order to comply with the provisions of the Act, so as to permit a public offering and sale of their respective Warrant Securities for nine (9) consecutive months by such Holders and any other holders of the Warrants and/or Warrant Securities who notify the Company within ten (10) days after receiving notice from the Company of such request.
(2) The Company covenants and agrees to give written notice of any registration request under this Section (i) by any Holder or Holders to all other registered Holders of the Warrants and the Warrant Securities within ten (10) days from the date of the receipt of any such registration request.
(3) In addition to the registration rights under this Section (i) at any time commencing one year after the effective date of the registration statement and expiring four (4) years thereafter, the Holders of Representative's Warrants and/or Warrant Securities shall have the right, exercisable by written request to the Company, to have the Company prepare and file, on one occasion, with the Commission a registration statement so as to permit a public offering and sale for nine (9) consecutive months by such Holders of its Warrant Securities; provided, however, that the provisions of Section (i)(2) hereof shall not apply to any such registration request and registration and all costs incident thereto shall be at the expense of the Holder or Holders making such request.
Demand Registration. (a) At any time after the date that is one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date hereof (or such earlier date (i) as would permit the Company to cause any filings required hereunder to be filed on the 180th day after the date hereof or (ii) as is permitted by waiver under the IPO Underwriting Agreement), any Stockholders that on the date a Demand (as hereinafter defined) is made constitute Demand Stockholders (a “Requesting Stockholder”) shall be entitled to make a written request of the Company (a “Demand”) for registration under the Securities Act of a number of Registrable Securities that, when taken together with the number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered under the Securities Act by such Requesting Stockholder’s Permitted Transferees who are Stockholders, equals or is greater than the Registrable Amount (a “Demand Registration”) and thereupon the Company will, subject to the terms of this Agreement, use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration as promptly as practicable under the Securities Act of:
(i) the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Requesting Stockholders for disposition in accordance with the intended method of disposition stated in such Demand which may be an Underwritten Offering;
(ii) all other Registrable Securities which the Company has been requested to register pursuant to Section 6.1(b); and
(iii) all Class A Shares which the Company may elect to register in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities, but subject to Section 6.1(f); all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof) of the Registrable Securities and the additional Class A Shares, if any, to be so registered.
(b) A Demand shall specify: (i) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Demand Registration, (ii) the intended method of disposition in connection with such Demand Registration, to the extent then known and (iii) the identity of the Requesting Stockholder (or Requesting Stockholders). Within five (5) days after receipt of a Demand, the Company shall give written notice of such Demand to all other Stockholders. Subject to Section 6.1(f), the Company shall include in the Demand Registration covered by such Demand all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein within ten (10) days after the Company’s notice re...
Demand Registration. (a) At any time from the earlier of (i) six (6) months following the completion of an IPO or (ii) the third (3rd) anniversary of the date of this Agreement, if the Holders representing at least a majority of the Registrable Shares then outstanding (the “Initiating Holders”) shall state in writing that such Holders desire to sell Registrable Shares in the public securities markets and request the Company to effect the registration of Registrable Shares under the Securities Act, the Company shall promptly use its best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of the Registrable Shares which the Company has been so requested to register by the Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be required to register the sale or re-sale of any True-Up Shares or Conversion True-Up Shares in an IPO.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2 to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to effect any registration under the Securities Act except in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) The Company shall not be obligated to use its best efforts to file and cause to become effective (A) more than two (2) long-form registration statements initiated pursuant to Section 2(a) (other than those on form S-3 as set forth in Section 4) at the Company’s expense; (B) more than two (2) long-form registration statements initiated pursuant to Section 2(a) at the Holders’ expense; (C) any demand registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with an anticipated aggregate offering price of less than $10,000,000; nor (D) any registration statement during any period in which any other registration statement (other than on Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor form thereto) pursuant to which Primary Shares are to be or were sold has been filed and not withdrawn or has been declared effective within the prior one hundred eighty (180) days.
(ii) The Company may delay the filing or effectiveness of any registration statement for a period of up to ninety (90) days after the date of a request for registration pursuant to this Section 2 if at the time of such request the Company furnishes to the Holders requesting such registration statement pursuant to this Section 2, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that (i) the Company is engaged, or has fixed plans to engage within thirty (30) days of the time of such request, in a firm commitment underwritten public offering of P...
Demand Registration. (a) Subject to the conditions of this Section 2.2, if the Company shall receive a written request from the Holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding shares of the Registrable Securities (the “Initiating Holders”) that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act having an aggregate offering price to the public of not less than $5,000,000 (a “Qualified Public Offering”), then the Company shall, within thirty (30) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 2.2, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities that the Holders request to be registered.
(b) 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 2.2 or any request pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.4(a), as applicable. In such event, the right of any Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration 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 enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.2 or Section 2.4, if the underwriter advises the Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten (including Registrable Securities) then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to ...
Demand Registration. (a) Following the date that is one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date hereof and upon receipt of a written request from a Holder (such Holder, together with its Affiliates, the “Exercising Holder”) requesting that CRIC effect a registration (a “Demand Registration”) under the Securities Act covering all or part of the Registrable Securities, and which notice shall specify the number of Registrable Securities for which registration is requested and the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, CRIC shall use its best efforts to, as soon as reasonably practicable, after receipt of such written request, file with the SEC and use its best efforts to cause to be declared effective, a registration statement (a “Demand Registration Statement”) relating to all of the Registrable Securities that CRIC has been so requested to register for sale, to the extent required to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof) of the Registrable Securities so registered.
(b) If the Demand Registration relates to an underwritten public offering and the managing underwriter of such proposed public offering advises CRIC and the Exercising Holder that, in its reasonable opinion, the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Demand Registration (including securities to be sold by CRIC or any other security holder, including any Holders other than the Exercising Holder (such Holders, the “Non-Exercising Holders”) exceeds the largest number of securities which reasonably can be sold in such offering without having a material adverse effect on such offering, including the price at which such securities can be sold (the “Maximum Offering Size” ), then CRIC shall include in such Demand Registration, up to the Maximum Offering Size, first, the Registrable Securities the Exercising Holder proposes to register, second, the Registrable Securities any Non-Exercising Holder proposes to register, and third, any securities CRIC proposes to register and any securities with respect to which any other security holder has requested registration. CRIC shall not hereafter enter into any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights of priority provided in this Section 2(b).
(c) Each of the E-House Holders and the Sina Holders, in each case, collectively, shall be entitled to an aggregate of three (3) registrations of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2; provided, that a registration requeste...