Observer Rights Sample Clauses

Observer Rights. As long as each of (a) New Enterprise Associates 13, L.P. (“NEA”), (b) NVF (c) RAC, (d) Limulus, (e) Novo and (f) Lightstone, in each case together with their respective Affiliates, owns any shares of Registrable Securities, the Company shall invite a representative of NEA in the case of (a), a representative of NVF in the case of (b), a representative of RAC in the case of (c), a representative of Limulus in the case of (d), a representative of Novo in the case of (e) and a representative of Lightstone in the case of (f), as applicable (each, an “Observer” and collectively, the “Observers”), who shall initially be Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, M.D. for NEA, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx for NVF, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx for RAC, Xxxx Xxxxxx for Limulus, Xxxxxx Xxxxx for Novo, and an individual to be designated in the future for Lightstone to attend and participate in all meetings of the Board in a nonvoting observer capacity and, in this respect, shall give each such Observer copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials that it provides to its directors at the same time and in the same manner as provided to directors; provided, however, that each such Observer shall agree to hold in confidence all information so provided (pursuant to the confidentiality agreement described below); and provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude any such Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel, or if any of NEA, NVF, RAC, Novo or Lightstone or its respective representative is a Competitor of the Company. The foregoing observation rights are contingent upon each Observer’s entering into a confidentiality agreement with the Company in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company (which shall contain provisions similar to those contained in Section 3.5 below).
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Observer Rights. (a) HCV VII shall have the right to appoint an observer to the Board (the “HCV Observer”) as long as HCV VII, together with members of the HCV Group, holds greater than seventy five percent (75%) of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock originally purchased by HCV VII and members of the HCV Group pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The HCV Observer shall have the right to attend all meetings of the Board in a non-voting observer capacity, and the Corporation shall provide to the HCV Observer all materials provided to the members of the Board and notice of such meetings, all in the manner and at the time provided to the members of the Board; provided, however, that the Corporation reserves the right to exclude such representatives from access to any material or meeting or portion thereof if the Corporation believes upon advice of counsel that such exclusion is necessary to preserve the attorney-client privilege or to protect highly confidential information, the disclosure of which should not be made to any person who does not have a fiduciary or other similar duty to the Corporation. The decision of the Board with respect to the privileged or confidential nature of such information shall be final and binding. HCV VII’s rights under this Section 4.2(a) may only be assigned in connection with the transfer of all of the Preferred Stock held by HCV VII to the assignee. In addition and without limiting the foregoing, in the event that HCV VII appoints any person to be the HCV Observer under this Section 4.2(a) who, in the good faith determination of the Board, has conflicting interests with the Corporation, then the Corporation shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to exclude the HCV Observer from access to any meeting, or any portion thereof, and/or deny the HCV Observer access to any information and documents, or any portions thereof.
Observer Rights. As long as the DLB Investor or any of its Affiliates owns not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Series B Preferred Shares it purchased under the Series B Share Purchase Agreement (or an equivalent amount of Common Shares issued upon conversion thereof), the Company shall invite a representative of the DLB Investor to attend all regular meetings of the Company’s board of advisors (the “Advisory Board”) in an observer capacity and, in this respect, shall give such representatives copies of all materials that it provides to its advisors on such Advisory Board; and as long as the Broadline Investor or any of its Affiliates owns not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Series B Preferred Shares Broadline Investor purchased under the Series B Share Purchase Agreement (or an equivalent amount of Common Shares issued upon conversion thereof), the Company shall invite a representative of the Broadline Investor to attend all regular meetings of the Company’s Advisory Board in an observer capacity and, in this respect, shall give such representatives copies of all materials that it provides to its advisors on such Advisory Board; provided, however, that, in each case such representatives shall agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information so provided; and provided further, that, in each case, the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude such representatives from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest, or if the DLB Investor, the Broadline Investor or their representatives are competitors of the Company.
Observer Rights. As long as Xxxxxxxxx owns not less than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock it is purchasing under the Purchase Agreement (or an equivalent amount of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof), the Company shall invite a representative of Xxxxxxxxx to attend all meetings of the Board in a nonvoting observer capacity and, in this respect, shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials that it provides to its directors: provided, however, that such representative shall agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information so provided; and provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude such representative from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest, or if such Investor or its representative is a Competitor of the Company.
Observer Rights. As long as Aventis Inc. (“Aventis”) continues to own not less than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock it is purchasing under the Purchase Agreement (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization) (or an equivalent amount of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof), the Company shall invite one representative of Aventis to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors in a nonvoting observer capacity (the “Aventis Observer”). As long as Casdin Partners Master Fund L.P. (“Casdin”) continues to own not less than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock it is purchasing under the Purchase Agreement (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization) (or an equivalent amount of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof), the Company shall invite one representative of Casdin to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors in a nonvoting observer capacity (the “Casdin Observer”). As long as 6 Dimensions Capital L.P. and 6 Dimensions Affiliates Fund, L.P. (together, “6 Dimensions”) continue to own in the aggregate not less than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock 6 Dimensions is purchasing under the Purchase Agreement (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization) (or an equivalent amount of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof), the Company shall invite one representative of 6 Dimensions to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors in a nonvoting observer capacity (the “6 Dimensions Observer”, and, together with the Aventis Observer and the Casdin Observer, the “Board Observers”). The Company shall give to each Board Observer copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials that it provides to its directors at the same time and in the same manner as provided to such directors; provided, however, that each Board Observer shall agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information so provided; and provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude a Board Observer from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client privilege betwe...
Observer Rights. Each of the Index Holder, New Leaf Holder, Advent Holder, Aisling Holder, Sofinnova Holder and Amunix, so long it owns at least 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations or the like) (or an equivalent amount of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof), shall be entitled to have a representative attend all meetings of the Board in a nonvoting observer capacity and, in this respect, the Company shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials that it provides to its directors; provided, however, that such representative shall agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information so provided; and, provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude such representative from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or would result in disclosure of trade secrets to such representative or if such Investor or its representative is or is affiliated with a Competitor.
Observer Rights. (a) So long as the Company shall not be a company required to file reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall allow (1) two representatives designated by Longitude Venture Partners III, L.P. (“Longitude”), who are reasonably acceptable to the Company and who shall initially be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxx, so long as Longitude shall hold any shares of Preferred Stock, (2) one representative designated by New Enterprise Associates 15, L.P. (“NEA”), who is reasonably acceptable to the Company and who shall initially be Xxxxx Xxxxxx, so long as NEA shall hold any shares of Preferred Stock, (3) one representative designated by Novo, who is reasonably acceptable to the Company and who shall initially be Xxxxxxxx Xxx, so long as Novo shall hold any shares of Preferred Stock, (4), one representative designated by Sanofi US (“Sanofi”), who is reasonably acceptable to the Company and who shall initially be Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, so long as Sanofi shall hold any shares of Preferred Stock, (5) Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx (“Xxxxxxxx”) so long as he shall own at least 25% of the shares of Common Stock that he owned on April 13, 2017, subject to appropriate adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like, and (6) one representative designated by Pivotal bioVenture Partners LLC (“Pivotal”), who is reasonably acceptable to the Company and who shall initially be Xxx Xxxxxxx, so long as Pivotal shall hold any shares of Preferred Stock, to attend all meetings of the Board as observers, but without any right to make any motion or to vote (the “Observers”), and in connection therewith, the Company shall give the Observers copies of all notices, minutes, written consents of the Board to action taken without a meeting and other materials, financial or otherwise, which the Company provides to the Board; provided, however, that the observation rights (including the right to receive notices, minutes, consents and other materials) provided hereby shall be temporarily suspended, and any one or more Observers shall be excluded from access to any material or meeting or portion thereof, if (i) the Company believes, upon the advice of counsel, that such exclusion is necessary or appropriate to preserve the attorney-client privilege or to protect confidential or proprietary information of the Company or a third party; or (ii) with respect to Xxxxxxxx, there exists, with respect to any meeting of...
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Observer Rights. The Company shall, for a period of one year from the Effective Date, grant the Representative the right to send a representative to observe each meeting of the Company’s board of directors; provided, that (i) such representative shall sign a Regulation FD compliant confidentiality agreement which is reasonably acceptable to the Representative and its counsel; (ii) upon written notice to the representative, the Company may exclude such representative from meetings where, upon the written opinion of Company’s counsel, such representative’s presence would compromise an attorney-client privilege. The Company agrees to give the Representative written notice of each such meeting and to provide the Representative with an agenda and minutes of the meeting no later than it gives such notice and provides such items to the other directors, and reimburse the representative of the Representative for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with its attendance at the meeting, including but not limited to, food, lodging and transportation, as well as the same meeting fees or compensation paid to non-employee directors of the Company.
Observer Rights. (i) For so long as the Founding Investor owns any of the shares of the Preferred Stock, the Company shall invite a representative of the Founding Investor to attend all meetings of its Board of Directors in a nonvoting observer capacity and, in this respect, shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials that it provides to its directors at the same time and in the same manner as provided to such directors, and (ii) for so long as BVF Partners, L.P. (“BVF”) owns any of the shares of the Preferred Stock, the Company shall invite a representative of BVF to attend all meetings of its Board of Directors in a nonvoting observer capacity and, in this respect, shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials that it provides to its directors at the same time and in the same manner as provided to such directors; provided, however, in each case, that such representative shall agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information so provided; and provided further, that in each case, the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude such representative from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest, or if the Founding Investor, BVF, or their respective representative is a competitor of the Company.
Observer Rights. (a) As long as Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP (“Perceptive CH II”), owns not less than 500,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock (or an equivalent amount of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof), the Company shall invite a representative of Perceptive CH II to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors in a nonvoting observer capacity and, in this respect, shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials that it provides to its directors at the same time and in the same form as such materials are provided to such directors; provided, however, that such representative shall agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information so provided; and provided further, that the Company reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude such representative from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest, or if such Investor or its representative is a competitor of the Company.
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