EXHIBIT 10.3
BROADBAND SPORTS, INC.
INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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THIS INVESTORS' RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of the
21st day of May, 1999, by and among Broadband Sports, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), each of the investors listed on Schedule A hereto
(each an "Investor" and collectively the "Investors"), Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and NMSS Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the Company and certain of the Investors have entered into,
as of the date hereof, a Series B Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (the
"Initial Series B Agreement") pursuant to which the Company will issue and sell
shares of the Series B Preferred Stock of the Company (the "Series B Preferred
Stock") to the Investors;
WHEREAS, certain of the Company's and such Investors' obligations
under the Series B Agreement are conditioned upon the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by such Investors and the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company may sell and issue additional shares of Series B
Preferred Stock (the "Additional Series B Shares") to certain Investors and
other investors (the "Additional Series B Investors") pursuant to the Initial
Series B Agreement (or an agreement substantially similar to the Series B
Agreement) entered into between the Company and such Additional Series B
Investors (collectively with the Initial Series B Agreement, the "Series B
Agreement").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual premises and covenants set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is acknowledged hereby, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Registration Rights.
1.1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) The term "Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(b) The term "Form S-3" means such form under the Act as in
effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Act subsequently
adopted by the SEC which permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial
information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
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(c) The term "Founders' Shares" means 37,916,660 shares of
Common Stock (subject to appropriate adjustments for stock splits, stock
dividends, combinations and other recapitalizations (collectively, a
"Recapitalization")) issued to and held by Xxxxx Xxxxxxx as of the date hereof,
9,787,500 shares of Common Stock (subject to appropriate adjustments for any
Recapitalization) issued to and held by Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx as of the date
hereof and 82,633,340 shares of Common Stock (subject to appropriate adjustments
for any Recapitalization) issued to and held by NMSS Partners, LLC, as of the
date hereof.
(d) The term "Holder" means any person owning or having the
right to acquire Registrable Securities or any assignee thereof in accordance
with Section 1.13 hereof.
(e) The term "1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
(f) 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 Act, and the declaration or ordering of
effectiveness of such registration statement or document.
(g) The term "Registrable Securities" means (i) the Common Stock
issuable or issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, (ii) the
shares of Common Stock (the "Venture Capital Shares") held as of the date hereof
by Sequoia Capital VIII, Sequoia International Technology Partners VIII, Sequoia
International Technology Partners VIII (Q), CMS Partners LLC, Institutional
Venture Partners VIII, L.P., IVM Investment Fund VIII, LLC and IVP Broadband
Fund, L.P., (iii) the Founders' Shares, and (iv) any Common Stock of the Company
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), (ii)
or (iii) above, excluding in all cases, however, any Registrable Securities that
have been sold by a person in a transaction in which his or her rights under
this Section 1 are not assigned or that have been sold by a person pursuant to a
registration statement under the Act covering such Registrable Securities that
has been declared effective by the SEC or in an open market transaction under
Rule 144 of the Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Section 1.1(g), neither the Founders' Shares (or any shares of Common Stock
otherwise deemed "Registrable Securities" with respect thereto pursuant to
clause (iv) of this Section 1.1(g)) shall be deemed Registrable Securities and
the holders thereof shall not be deemed Holders for the purposes of Sections
1.2, 1.6, 1.12 and 1.14.
(h) The number of shares of "Registrable Securities then
outstanding" shall be determined by the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding which are, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to then exercisable or convertible securities which are, Registrable
Securities.
(i) The term "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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1.2. Request for Registration.
(a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier
of the two-year anniversary of the date hereof or one year after the effective
date of the first registration statement for a public offering of securities of
the Company (other than a registration statement relating either to the sale of
securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock
purchase or similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction), a written request from
the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that
the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the
registration of at least thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then
outstanding, then the Company shall:
(i) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give
written notice of such request to all Holders; and
(ii) as soon as practicable, use commercially reasonable
efforts to effect the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities
which the Holders request to be registered, together with all or such portion of
the Registrable Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such request as
are specified in a written request received by the Company, within twenty (20)
days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with Section
3.6, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b).
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder
("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 subsection 1.2(a) and the Company
shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection
1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably
acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event,
the right of any Holder to include his 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 (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the
Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders
proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall
(together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.4(e)) enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters
selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that
marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be
underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of
Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto,
and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the
underwriting shall be allocated among all Holders thereof, including the
Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of
Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder; provided, however,
that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such
underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely
excluded from the underwriting.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to
Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a
certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in
the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be
seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration
statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such
registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action
with respect to such filing for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt
of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company
may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to
take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) After the Company has effected two (2) registrations
requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1.2
and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
(ii) During the period starting with the date sixty (60) days
prior to the Company's good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending
on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a
registration subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is
actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective; or
(iii) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of
Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant
to a request made pursuant to Section 1.12 below.
1.3. Company 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 of its stock or
other securities under the Act in connection with the public offering of such
securities solely for cash (other than a registration relating solely to the
sale of securities to participants in a Company stock 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 or a registration in which the only Common Stock being
registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities which are
also being registered), 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 (20) days after mailing of such notice by the Company
in accordance with Section 3.6, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 1.8, use its reasonable efforts to cause to be registered under the Act
all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be
registered. Each holder hereby acknowledges that the Company is currently in
the process of registering shares of its Common Stock under the Act in
connection with an initial public offering that satisfies the requirements of
this Section 1.3 (the "Proposed Initial Public Offering") and, in connection
therewith and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement, each Holder hereby waives its right to receive notice of and
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otherwise participate in such proposed registration to the extent that the
registration statement related thereto is filed with the SEC within 60 days of
the date of this Agreement.
1.4. Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 1 to
effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as
expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with
respect to such Registrable Securities and use commercially reasonable efforts
to cause such registration statement to become effective;
(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to
such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such
registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the
Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
registration statement;
(c) Furnish to each Holder such numbers of copies of a prospectus,
including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the
Act, and such other documents as it may reasonably request from time to time in
order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by it;
(d) Use commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the
securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or
Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the
Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith
or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent
to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is
already required to qualify to do business or subject to service in such
jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Act;
(e) 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;
(f) Notify each Holder 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 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;
(g) Cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant
hereunder to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities
issued by the Company are then listed; and
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(h) 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.
1.5. 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 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.
1.6. Expenses of Demand Registration. All expenses other than underwriting
discounts and commissions incurred in connection with registrations, filings or
qualifications pursuant to Section 1.2, including (without limitation) all
registration, filing and qualification fees, printers' and accounting fees, fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Company (including fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company in its capacity as counsel to the selling Holders
hereunder; if Company counsel does not make itself available for this purpose,
the Company will pay the reasonable fees and disbursements, not to exceed
$20,000, of one counsel for the selling Holders) shall be borne by the Company;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any
expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 1.2 if the
registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of
a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all
participating Holders shall bear such expenses), unless the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one
demand registration pursuant to Section 1.2.
1.7. Expenses of Company Registration. The Company shall bear and pay all
expenses incurred in connection with any registration, filing or qualification
of Registrable Securities with respect to the registrations pursuant to Section
1.3 for each Holder, including (without limitation) all registration, filing,
and qualification fees, printers and accounting fees relating or apportionable
thereto and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in its
capacity as counsel to the selling Holders thereunder (if Company counsel does
not make itself available for this purpose, the Company will pay the reasonable
fees and disbursements, not to exceed $20,000, of one counsel for the selling
Holders selected by them), but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions
relating to Registrable Securities.
1.8. Underwriting Requirements. In connection with any offering involving
an underwriting of shares of the Company's capital stock, the Company shall not
be required under Section 1.3 to include any of the Holders' securities in such
underwriting unless they accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon
between the Company and the underwriters selected by it and then only in such
quantity as the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not,
jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total amount of
securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholders to be
included in such offering exceeds the amount of securities sold other than by
the Company that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is
compatible with the success of the offering, then the number of shares
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of Holders' securities to be included in such offering shall be reduced in such
manner as the Company and the underwriters determine to permit the success of
such offering (the securities so included to be apportioned pro rata among the
selling stockholders according to the total amount of securities entitled to be
included therein owned by each selling stockholder or in such other proportions
as shall mutually be agreed to by such selling stockholders) but in no event
shall (i) the amount of securities of the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities included in the offering be reduced below thirty percent (30%) of the
total amount of securities included in such offering, unless such offering is
the initial public offering of the Company's securities in which case the
selling stockholders may be excluded if the underwriters make the determination
described above and no other stockholders' securities are included, (ii)
notwithstanding (i) above, any shares being sold by a stockholder exercising a
demand registration right similar to that granted in Section 1.2 be excluded
from such offering, or (iii) the number of shares of Registrable Securities to
be included in such offering (excluding any Founders' Shares and Venture Capital
Shares) be reduced unless the Founders' Shares and Venture Capital Shares are
first entirely excluded from such underwriting. For purposes of the preceding
parenthetical concerning apportionment, for any selling stockholder which is a
holder of Registrable Securities and which is a partnership or corporation, the
partners, retired partners and stockholders of such holder, or the estates and
family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the
benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single "selling
stockholder," and any pro-rata reduction with respect to such "selling
stockholder" shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying
registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such
"selling stockholder," as defined in this sentence.
1.9. Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or
seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as
the 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, 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 or
the 1934 Act, 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, or any
rule or regulation promulgated under the Act or the 1934 Act; and the Company
will pay to each such Holder, underwriter or controlling person any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
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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 (1) 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 unreasonably withheld), or
(2) 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
stockholder of the Company that is selling securities in such registration
statement and any controlling person of any such underwriter or such other
stockholder, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or
several) to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject, under the Act
or the 1934 Act, 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 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 unreasonably withheld;
provided, that, in no event shall any indemnity under this subsection 1.10(b)
exceed the gross 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 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
similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually
satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party
(together with all other indemnified parties 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. 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, but the omission so to deliver written
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notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it
may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 1.10.
(d) 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
therein, 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 in a
registration statement under this Section 1, and otherwise.
1.11. Reports Under Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With a view to making
available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act 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 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 SEC Rule 144, at all times after ninety (90) days
after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the
Company for the offering of its securities to the general public;
(b) take such action, including the voluntary registration of its
Common Stock under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, as is necessary to enable the
Holders to utilize Form S-3 for the sale of their Registrable Securities, such
action to be taken as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year in
which the first registration statement filed by the Company for the offering of
its securities to the general public is declared effective;
(c) 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
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(d) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any
Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the
Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC 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 which permits the
selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such form.
1.12. Form S-3 Registration. In case the Company shall receive from any
Holder or Holders a written request or requests that the Company effect a
registration on Form S-3 and any related qualification or compliance with
respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or
Holders, the Company will:
(a) promptly give written notice of the proposed registration, and
any related qualification or compliance, to all other Holders; and
(b) as soon as practicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to
effect such registration and all such qualifications and compliances as may be
so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all
or such portion of such Holder's or Holders' Registrable Securities as are
specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable
Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such request as are
specified in a written request given within 15 days after receipt of such
written notice from the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance,
pursuant to this section 1.12: (1) if Form S-3 is not available for such
offering by the Holders; (2) if the Holders, together with the holders of any
other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration,
propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an
aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters' discounts or
commissions) of less than $500,000; (3) if the Company shall furnish to the
Holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company
stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the
Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders
for such Form S-3 Registration to be effected at such time, in which event the
Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration
statement for a period of not more than 60 days after receipt of the request of
the Holder or Holders under this Section 1.12; provided, however, that the
Company shall not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month
period; (4) if the Company has, within the twelve (12) month period preceding
the date of such request, already effected two registrations on Form S-3 for the
Holders pursuant to this Section 1.12; or (5) in any particular jurisdiction in
which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a
general consent to service of process in effecting such registration,
qualification or compliance.
(c) Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to file a registration statement covering the Registrable
Securities and other
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securities so requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of
the request or requests of the Holders. All expenses other than underwriting
discounts and commissions incurred in connection with the first two (2)
registrations requested pursuant to Section 1.12, including (without limitation)
all registration, filing and qualification fees, printers' and accounting fees,
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company (including fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company in its capacity as counsel to the
selling Holders hereunder; if Company counsel does not make itself available for
this purpose, the Company will pay the reasonable fees and disbursements, not to
exceed $20,000, of one counsel for the selling Holders) shall be borne by the
Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for
any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 1.12 if
the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders
of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all
participating Holders shall bear such expenses), unless the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to have the
Company bear the expenses of one (1) Form S-3 registration pursuant to this
Section 1.12. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, all
expenses incurred in connection with a registration requested pursuant to this
Section 1.12, including (without limitation) all registration, filing,
qualification, printer's and accounting fees and the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for the selling Holder or Holders and counsel for the
Company, shall be borne pro rata by the Holder or Holders participating in the
Form S-3 Registration. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 1.12
shall not be counted as demands for registration or registrations effected
pursuant to Sections 1.2 or 1.3, respectively.
1.13. Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the Company
to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1 may be assigned
(but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee or assignee
of such securities who, after such assignment or transfer, holds at least two
million (2,000,000) shares of Registrable Securities (subject to appropriate
adjustment for any Recapitalization ) 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 1.15 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. For the purposes of
determining the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by a transferee
or assignee, the holdings of transferees and assignees of a partnership who are
partners or retired partners of such partnership (including spouses and
ancestors, lineal descendants and siblings of such partners or spouses who
acquire Registrable Securities by gift, will or intestate succession) shall be
aggregated together and with the partnership; provided that all assignees and
transferees who would not qualify individually for assignment of registration
rights shall have a single attorney-in-fact for the purpose of exercising any
rights, receiving notices or taking any action under this Section 1.
1.14. Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. Except with respect
to Additional Series B Investors, from and after the date of this Agreement, the
Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders of a
majority of the outstanding Registrable
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Securities, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of
any securities of the Company which would allow such holder or prospective
holder (a) to include such securities in any registration filed under Section
1.2 hereof, unless under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective
holder may include such securities in any such registration only to the extent
that the inclusion of his securities will not reduce the amount of the
Registrable Securities of the Holders which is included or (b) to make a demand
registration which could result in such registration statement being declared
effective prior to the earlier of either of the dates set forth in subsection
1.2(a) or within one hundred twenty (120) days of the effective date of any
registration effected pursuant to Section 1.2.
1.15. "Market Stand-Off" Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that, during
the period of duration specified by the Company and an underwriter of Common
Stock or other securities of the Company, following the effective date of a
registration statement of the Company filed under the Act, it shall not, to the
extent requested by the Company and such underwriter, 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 (other
than to donees who agree to be similarly bound) any securities of the Company
held by it at any time during such period except Common Stock included in such
registration; provided, however, that:
(a) such agreement shall be applicable only to the first
registration statement of the Company which covers Common Stock (or other
securities) to be sold on its behalf to the public in an underwritten offering;
(b) such market stand-off time period shall not exceed 180 days; and
(c) all executive officers and directors of the Company and all
other persons with registration rights enter into similar agreements.
In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-
transfer instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities of each Holder
(and the shares or securities of every other person subject to the foregoing
restriction) until the end of such period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations described in this Section
1.15 shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans
on Form S-1 or Form S-8 or similar forms which may be promulgated in the future,
or a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction on Form
S-4 or similar forms which may be promulgated in the future.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in connection with the
Proposed Initial Public Offering, each Investor hereby agrees to the terms of
the lock-up letter attached hereto as Schedule B, which terms are incorporated
herein by this reference.
1.16. Termination of Registration Rights.
(a) No Holder shall be entitled to exercise any right provided for
in this Section 1 after three (3) years following the consummation of the sale
of securities pursuant
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to a registration statement filed by the Company under the Act in connection
with the initial firm commitment underwritten offering of its Common Stock to
the general public.
(b) In addition, the right of any Holder to request registration
or inclusion in any registration pursuant to this Section 1 shall terminate on
such date after the closing of the first Company-initiated registered public
offering of Common Stock of the Company as all shares of Registrable Securities
held or entitled to be held upon conversion by such Holder may immediately be
sold under Rule 144 during any 90-day period.
2. Covenants of the Company.
2.1. Delivery of Audited Financial Statements. The Company shall
deliver to each Investor, 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 schedule as to the
sources and applications of funds 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 independent public
accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company.
2.2. Delivery of Quarterly Financial Statements. The Company shall
deliver to each Investor holding at least two million (2,000,000) shares of
Registrable Securities (subject to appropriate adjustment for any
Recapitalization), 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 profit or loss statement, schedule as to the
sources and application of funds for such fiscal quarter and an unaudited
balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter.
2.3. Assignment of Right to Receive Financial Information. The
rights, if any, to receive certain financial information regarding the Company
pursuant to this Section 2 may be assigned by an Investor to a transferee or
assignee of such Investor that, after such assignment or transfer, holds at
least two million (2,000,000) shares of Registrable Securities (subject to
appropriate adjustment for any Recapitalization ) provided; the Company is,
within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of
the name and address of such transferee or assignee. For the purposes of
determining the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by a transferee
or assignee, the holdings of transferees and assignees of a partnership who are
partners or retired partners of such partnership (including spouses and
ancestors, lineal descendants and siblings of such partners or spouses who
acquire Registrable Securities by gift, will or intestate succession) shall be
aggregated together and with the partnership.
2.4. Termination of Financial Covenants. The covenants set forth in
this Section 2 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect when the
sale of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Company
under the Act in connection with the firm commitment underwritten offering of
its securities to the general public is consummated or when
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the Company first becomes subject to the periodic reporting requirements of
Sections 12(g) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, whichever event shall first occur.
3. Miscellaneous.
3.1. Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties (including
transferees of any shares of 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. Additional Series B Investors. Upon the sale of Additional
Series B Shares to Additional Series B Investors, the Company, without prior
action on the part of any of the Investors, shall require each Additional Series
B Investor to execute this Agreement. Each such Additional Series B Investor,
upon execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and such Additional
Series B Investor, shall be deemed an Investor hereunder.
3.3. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
under the laws of the State of California as applied to agreements among
California residents entered into and to be performed entirely within
California.
3.4. 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.
3.5. 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.
3.6. Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or
permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed
effectively given (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified; or
(ii) by deposit with an overnight delivery service or with the United States
Post Office, by certified mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the party to
be notified at the address indicated for such party on the signature page
hereof, or at such other address as such party may designate by ten (10) days'
advance written notice to the other parties.
3.7. 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, costs and necessary disbursements in
addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.
3.8. Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be
amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either
generally or
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in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with
the written consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of the then-
outstanding Registrable Securities subject to or enjoying the rights under the
provisions being amended or waived. Any amendment or waiver effected in
accordance with this Section 3.7 shall be binding upon each holder of any
Registrable Securities then outstanding, each future holder of all such
Registrable Securities, and the Company.
3.9. Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are
held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be excluded
from this Agreement and the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if
such provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
3.10. Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Registrable Securities 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.
3.11. 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
BROADBAND SPORTS, INC.
By:/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, President
Address: 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
NMSS PARTNERS, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company
By: M&K Financial Capital Corp.,
Manager
By: ---------------------------------
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Address:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Address: 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx, XX
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Address: 1440 Veteren #612
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Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
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INVESTOR:
By:
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Name:
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Address:
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Schedule A
Schedule of Investors
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Schedule B
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Broadband Sports, Inc.
Lock-Up Agreement
May __, 0000
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Company L.L.C.
As Representatives of the
Several Underwriters
x/x Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned is a securityholder of BroadBand Sports, Inc. (the "Company")
and wishes to facilitate the public offering (the "Offering") of Common Stock of
the Company ("Common Stock") pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1
(the "Registration Statement") to be transmitted for filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on or about May 26, 1999.
In consideration of the foregoing, in order to induce you to act as underwriters
in the Offering, and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby irrevocably agrees that it will
not, directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract to sell, transfer the
economic risk of ownership in, make any short sale, pledge, loan or otherwise
dispose of (each, a "Disposition") any shares of Common Stock or any options or
warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for or any other rights to purchase or
acquire Common Stock (collectively, "Securities"), without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC acting alone or of each of the Representatives
of the Underwriters acting jointly, beginning on the date of the prospectus and
ending 180 days from the date of the final prospectus related to the Offering
(the "Lock-Up Period").
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to shares
of the Company's Common Stock acquired pursuant to an effective registration
statement filed by the Company or on the open market after the consummation of
the Offering.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if the undersigned is a corporation or
partnership, it may distribute Securities on a pro rata basis to shareholders or
limited partners, respectively, so long as such transaction does not involve a
disposition for value; and (ii) if the undersigned is an individual, he or she
may transfer Securities either during his or her lifetime or, on death, by will
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or intestacy to his or her immediate family or to a charitable organization or
to a trust the beneficiaries of which are exclusively the undersigned and/or a
member or members of his or her immediate family; provided in each such case,
however, that prior to any such transfer each donee, transferee or distributee
shall execute an agreement, satisfactory to Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC, pursuant to
which each donee, transferee or distributee shall agree to receive and hold such
Securities subject to the provisions hereof, and there shall be no further
transfer except in accordance with the provisions hereof. For the purposes of
this paragraph, "immediate family" shall mean spouse, lineal descendant, father,
mother, brother or sister of the transferor and "charitable organization" shall
mean an organization described in Section 501(c)(3)of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.
The foregoing restriction on Dispositions is expressly agreed to preclude the
holder of the Securities from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which
is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a Disposition of
Securities during the Lock-Up Period even if such Securities would be disposed
of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other
transactions would include without limitation any short sale (whether or not
against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without
limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any Securities or with
respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that
includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from
Securities.
The undersigned hereby waives any rights of the undersigned to sell shares of
Common Stock or any other security issued by the Company pursuant to the
Registration Statement, and acknowledges and agrees that for a period of 180
days from the effective date of the Registration Statement the undersigned has
no right to require the Company to register under the Securities Act of 1933
such Common Stock or other securities issued by the Company and beneficially
owned by the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that the agreements of the undersigned are
irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned's heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns. The undersigned agrees and consents to
the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's transfer agent
against the transfer of Common Stock or other securities of the Company held by
the undersigned except in compliance with this agreement.
Very truly yours,
Dated:
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Address
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