EXHIBIT 10.19
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INVESTOR'S RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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September 16, 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. REGISTRATION RIGHTS......................................................................................1
1.1. DEFINITIONS.....................................................................................1
1.2. COMPANY REGISTRATION............................................................................2
1.3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY......................................................................2
1.4. FURNISH INFORMATION.............................................................................4
1.5. EXPENSES OF COMPANY REGISTRATION................................................................4
1.6. UNDERWRITING REQUIREMENTS.......................................................................4
1.7. DELAY OF REGISTRATION...........................................................................5
1.8. INDEMNIFICATION.................................................................................5
1.9. REPORTS UNDER SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934...................................................7
1.10. FORM S-3 REGISTRATION...........................................................................7
1.11. ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS...............................................................8
1.12. "MARKET STAND-OFF"AGREEMENT.....................................................................9
1.13. TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS..............................................................9
2. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY................................................................................10
2.1. DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS...............................................................10
2.2. TERMINATION OF INFORMATION COVENANTS...........................................................10
2.3. POSITIVE COVENANTS.............................................................................10
2.4. BOARD REPRESENTATION AND OBSERVER RIGHTS.......................................................12
2.5. MOST FAVORED NATION............................................................................12
2.6. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN COVENANTS...............................................................12
3. MISCELLANEOUS...........................................................................................12
3.1. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.........................................................................12
3.2. GOVERNING LAW..................................................................................13
3.3. COUNTERPARTS...................................................................................13
3.4. TITLES AND SUBTITLES...........................................................................13
3.5. NOTICES........................................................................................13
3.6. EXPENSES.......................................................................................13
3.7. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS.........................................................................13
3.8. SEVERABILITY...................................................................................13
3.9. AGGREGATION OF STOCK...........................................................................13
3.10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT; WAIVER............................................................14
INVESTOR'S RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS INVESTOR'S RIGHTS AGREEMENT is made as of the 16th day of
September, 1999, by and between Predictive Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and Cisco Systems Inc., a California corporation, herein
referred to as an "Investor."
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor are parties to the Common Stock
Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (the "Purchase Agreement");
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Company to enter into the Purchase
Agreement and to induce the Investor to invest funds in the Company pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement, the Investor and the Company hereby agree that this
Agreement shall govern the rights of the Investor to cause the Company to
register shares of Common Stock issuable to the Investor and certain other
matters as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
1.1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Section 1:
(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.
(c) The term "Holder" means any person owning or
having the right to acquire Registrable Securities or any assignee thereof in
accordance with Section 1.11 hereof.
(d) The term "1934 Act" shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(e) The term "register", "registered," and
"registration" refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a
registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Act, and the
declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or
document.
(f) The term "Registrable Securities" means (i) the
1,378,052 shares of Common Stock issued to the Investor pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement and (ii) 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
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to, or in exchange for or in replacement of the shares referenced in (i) above,
excluding in all cases, however, any Registrable Securities sold by a person in
a transaction in which his rights under this Section 1 are not assigned.
(g) 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.
(h) The term "SEC" shall mean the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
1.2. 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 stockholder(s) other than the Holder)
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
to the Company's initial public offering or 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
3.5, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1.6, cause to be
registered under the Act all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder
has requested to be registered.
1.3. 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 its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective,
and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period
of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or until the distribution contemplated in
the Registration Statement has been completed; provided, however, that (i) such
120-day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the
Holder refrains from selling any securities included in such registration at the
request of an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company;
and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3
which are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, such 120-day
period shall be extended, if necessary, to keep the registration statement
effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold, provided that Rule
415, or any successor rule under the Act, permits an offering on a continuous or
delayed basis, and provided further that applicable rules under the Act
governing the obligation to file a post-effective amendment permit, in lieu of
filing a post-effective amendment which (I) includes any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or (II) reflects facts or events representing a
material or fundamental change in the
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information set forth in the registration statement, the incorporation by
reference of information required to be included in (I) and (II) above to be
contained in periodic reports filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934
Act in the registration statement.
(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 the Holders such numbers of copies of
a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the
requirements of the Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request
in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them.
(d) Use its 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 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.
(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.
(i) Use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish,
at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities
pursuant to this Section 1, on the date that such Registrable Securities are
delivered to the underwriters for sale in connection with a registration
pursuant to this Section 1, if such securities are being sold through
underwriters, or, if such securities are not being sold through underwriters, on
the date that the registration statement with respect to such securities becomes
effective, (i) an opinion, dated
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such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such
registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in
an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to
the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and (ii) a letter
dated such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the
Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified
public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed
to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of
Registrable Securities.
1.4. FURNISH INFORMATION.
(a) It shall be a condition precedent to the
obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 1 with
respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder
shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable
Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities
as shall be required to effect the registration of such Holder's Registrable
Securities.
(b) The Company shall have no obligation with respect
to any registration requested pursuant to Section 1.10 if, due to the operation
of subsection 1.4(a), the number of shares or the anticipated aggregate offering
price of the Registrable Securities to be included in the registration does not
equal or exceed the number of shares or the anticipated aggregate offering price
required to originally trigger the Company's obligation to initiate such
registration as specified in subsection 1.10(b)(2).
1.5. 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 1.2 for each Holder (which right may be assigned as provided
in Section 1.11), including (without limitation) all registration, filing, and
qualification fees, printers and accounting fees relating or apportionable
thereto, and the fees and expenses of one counsel to the Holders, if the Company
counsel does not make itself available for this purpose, but excluding
underwriting discounts and commissions relating to Registrable Securities.
1.6. 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 1.2 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 (or by
other persons entitled to select the underwriters), and then only in such
quantity as the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not,
jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total amount of
securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholder(s) 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 Company shall be required
to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including
Registrable Securities, which the underwriters determine in their sole
discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering (the securities so
included to be apportioned pro rata among the selling stockholder(s) 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 stockholder(s)), but in no
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event shall the amount of securities of the selling Holders included in the
offering be reduced below fifteen percent (15%) of the total amount of
securities included in such offering. For purposes of the preceding
parenthetical concerning apportionment, for any selling shareholder which is a
holder of Registrable Securities and which is a partnership or corporation, the
partners, retired partners and stockholder(s) 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
shareholder", and any pro-rata reduction with respect to such "selling
shareholder" shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying
registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such
"selling shareholder", as defined in this sentence.
1.7. 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.
1.8. 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, the 1934 Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or
violations (collectively a "Violation"): (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement,
including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or
any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged
violation by the Company of the Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities law or
any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act, or the 1934 Act or any state
securities law; 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 investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained
in this subsection 1.8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any
such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such settlement is effected
without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss,
claim, damage, liability, or action to the extent that it arises out of or is
based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such
registration by any such Holder, underwriter or controlling person.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling
Holder will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each
of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, any underwriter, any
other Holder selling securities in such registration
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statement and any controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder,
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
or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any
Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such
Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration;
and each such Holder will pay, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this subsection 1.8(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 1.8(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
1.8(b) exceed the gross proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party
under this Section 1.8 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 1.8,
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
1.8, but the omission so to deliver written 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 1.8.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this
Section 1.8 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,
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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 1.8 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable
Securities in a registration statement under this Section 1, and otherwise.
1.9. 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
(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.
1.10. 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:
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(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, 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 1.10: (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 $1,000,000; (3) if the
Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the President 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
stockholder(s) 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 1.10; provided, however,
that the Company shall not utilize this right more than once in any twelve month
period; (4) if the Company has, within the 12-month period preceding the date of
such request, already effected two registrations on Form S-3; 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 file
a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and other
securities so requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of
the request or requests of the Holders. All expenses incurred in connection with
a registration requested pursuant to Section 1.10, 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 1.10 shall not be counted as registrations effected
pursuant to Sections 1.2.
1.11. 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 300,000 shares of Registrable Securities (subject to appropriate
adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and other
recapitalizations), provided: (a) the Company is, within a reasonable time after
such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such
transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such
registration rights are being assigned; (b) such transferee or assignee agrees
in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including without limitation the provisions of Section 1.12 below;
and (c) such assignment shall be effective only if immediately following such
transfer the further disposition
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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
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1.12. "MARKET STAND-OFF" AGREEMENT. The Investor 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 such 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) all officers and directors of the Company and all
other persons with registration rights (whether or not pursuant to this
Agreement) enter into similar agreements; and
(c) such market stand-off time period shall not
exceed (180) days.
In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose
stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities of each
Investor (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 1.12 shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee
benefit plans on Form S-l 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.
1.13. TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The right of any
Holder to request registration or inclusion in any registration pursuant to
Section 1 shall terminate on the earlier of (a) after five years following the
consummation of the sale of securities pursuant to a registration statement
filed by the Company under the Act in connection with the initial firm
commitment underwritten offering of its securities to the general public or (b)
if all shares of Registrable Securities held may immediately be sold under Rule
144 during any 90-day period.
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2. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
2.1. DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Company shall
deliver to each Investor:
(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event within
ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an income
statement for such fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Company and statement of
shareholder'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;
(b) as soon as practicable, but in any event within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of
each fiscal year of the Company, an unaudited profit or loss statement and an
unaudited balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter;
(c) with respect to the financial statements called
for in subsections (b) of this Section 2.1, an instrument executed by the Chief
Financial Officer or President of the Company and certifying that such
financials were prepared in accordance with gaap consistently applied with prior
practice for earlier periods (with the exception of footnotes that may be
required by gaap) and fairly present the financial condition of the Company and
its results of operation for the period specified, subject to year-end audit
adjustment;
(d) such other information relating to the financial
condition, business, prospects or corporate affairs of the Company as the
Investor or any assignee of the Investor may from time to time reasonably
request, provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated under this
subsection (d) or any other subsection of Section 2.1 to provide information
which it deems in good faith to be a trade secret or similar confidential
information.
2.2. TERMINATION OF INFORMATION COVENANTS. The covenants set
forth in subsections 2.1 shall terminate as to Investor 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 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.
2.3. POSITIVE COVENANTS. The Company agrees as follows:
(a) The Company will promptly pay and discharge, or
cause to be paid and discharged, when due and payable, all lawful taxes,
assessments, and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the income,
profits, property, or business of the Company or any subsidiary; provided,
however, that any such tax, assessment, charge, or levy need not be paid if the
validity thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and if the Company shall have set aside on its books adequate
reserves with respect thereof, and provided further, that the Company will pay
all such taxes, assessments, charges, or levies forthwith upon the commencement
of proceedings to foreclose any lien that may have attached
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as security therefor. The Company will promptly pay or cause to be paid when
due, or in conformance with customary trade terms, all other indebtedness
incident to the operations of the Company;
(b) The Company will keep its properties and those of
its subsidiaries in good repair, working order, and condition, reasonable wear
and tear excepted, and from time to time make all needful and proper repairs,
renewals, replacements, additions, and improvements thereto; and the Company and
its subsidiaries will at all times comply with the provisions of all material
leases to which any of them is a party or under which any of them occupies
property so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder;
(c) Except as otherwise decided in accordance with
policies adopted by the Company's Board of Directors, the Company will keep its
assets and those of its subsidiaries that are of an insurable character insured
by financially sound and reputable insurers against loss or damage by fire,
extended coverage, and explosion insurance in amounts customary for companies in
similar businesses similarly situated; and the Company will maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance against other hazards,
risks, and liabilities to persons and property to the extent and in the manner
customary for companies in similar businesses similarly situated;
(d) The Company will keep true records and books of
account in which full, true, and correct entries will be made of all dealings or
transactions in relation to its business and affairs in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis;
(e) The Company and all its subsidiaries shall duly
observe and conform to all valid requirements of governmental authorities
relating to the conduct of their businesses or to their property or assets; and
(f) The Company shall maintain in full force and
effect its corporate existence, rights, and franchises and all licenses and
other rights to use patents, processes, licenses, trademarks, trade names, or
copyrights owned or possessed by it or any subsidiary and deemed by the Company
to be necessary to the conduct of its business.
(g) The Company will retain independent public
accountants of recognized national standing who shall certify the Company's
financial statements at the end of each fiscal year. In the event the services
of the independent public accountants so selected, or any firm of independent
public accountants hereafter employed by the Company are terminated, the Company
will promptly thereafter notify the Holders and will request the firm of
independent public accountants whose services are terminated to deliver to the
Holders a letter from such firm setting forth the reasons for the termination of
their services. In the event of such termination, the Company will promptly
thereafter engage another firm of independent public accountants of recognized
national standing. In its notice to the Holders the Company shall state whether
the change of accountants was recommended or approved by the Board of Directors
of the Company or any committee thereof.
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(h) The Company and all its subsidiaries shall duly
observe and conform to all valid requirements of governmental authorities
relating to the conduct of their businesses or to their properties or assets.
(i) The Company will cause each person now or
hereafter employed by it or any subsidiary with access to confidential
information to enter into a proprietary information and inventions agreement
substantially in the form approved by the Board of Directors.
2.4. BOARD REPRESENTATION AND OBSERVER RIGHTS. Until such time
as the Investor holds less than 750,000 shares of Common Stock, a representative
of Investor shall serve on the Company's Board of Directors. In the event that
during the period set forth above, a designee of Investor is not a member of the
Board of Directors, the Company shall invite a representative of 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;
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 of
if such Investor or its representative is a direct competitor of the Company.
2.5. MOST FAVORED NATION. For a period of three (3) months
following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not enter into any
agreement or commitment to sell, transfer or otherwise convey any security of
the Company in connection with a financing transaction, other than the sale of
securities pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Company under the
Act in connection with the initial firm commitment underwritten offering of its
securities to the general public, at a valuation of less than $12.00 per share.
2.6. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. The covenants set forth
in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect
upon the consummation of 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.
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.
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3.2. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed under the laws of the State of New York as applied to agreements among
California residents entered into and to be performed entirely within
California.
3.3. 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.
3.4. 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.
3.5. NOTICES. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required
or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed
effectively given upon personal delivery to the party to be notified or upon
deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or 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.
3.6. 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.
3.7. 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 in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Investor.
Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be
binding upon each holder of any Registrable Securities then outstanding, each
future holder of all such Registrable Securities, and the Company.
3.8. 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.
3.9. 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.
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3.10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT; WAIVER. 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement
as of the date first above written.
PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx, President
Address: 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
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CISCO SYSTEMS INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Address: 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
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