Holdback Agreement. (a) If (x) the Corporation shall file a Registration Statement (other than a registration statement (i) on Form S-8 or any successor form thereto, (ii) filed solely in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan or employee benefit plan covering officers or directors of the Corporation or its Affiliates or (iii) on Form S-4 or any successor form thereto, in connection with a merger, acquisition, exchange offer or similar corporate transaction) with respect to an underwritten offering of Shares or similar securities or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, such securities and (y) with reasonable prior notice, the managing underwriter or underwriters advise the Corporation in writing (in which case the Corporation shall notify the Holders with a copy of such underwriter’s notice) that a public sale or distribution of Registrable Shares would materially adversely affect such offering, then, each Holder shall, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable law and unless such managing underwriter or underwriters otherwise agree, refrain from, directly or indirectly, effecting any public sale, distribution or short sale of any Registrable Shares (except as part of such underwritten offering) during the period beginning ten days prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement and continuing until the earliest of (A) the abandonment of such offering, (B) such period of time as is sufficient and appropriate in the opinion of the managing underwriter or underwriters in order to complete the sale and distribution of securities included in such registration (but in no event in excess of 90 days following the effective date of any offering) and (C) the termination in whole or in part of any “hold back” period obtained by the underwriter or underwriters in such offering from the Corporation in connection therewith (each such period, a “Hold Back Period”); provided, that the Holders shall not be subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 4(a) unless each officer and director of the Corporation (regardless of the number of Shares then owned by such officer or director) and each beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock also agree to be bound by such restrictions.
Holdback Agreement. If any such registration shall be in connection with an underwritten public offering, each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees not to effect any public sale or distribution, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, of any equity securities of the Company, or of any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity security of the Company (in each case, other than as part of such underwritten public offering), within seven days before or such period not to exceed 180 days as the underwriting agreement may require (or such lesser period as the managing underwriters may permit) after the effective date of such registration, and the Company hereby also so agrees and agrees to cause each other holder of any equity security, or of any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity security, of the Company purchased from the Company (at any time other than in a public offering) to so agree.
Holdback Agreement. Unless the managing underwriter otherwise agrees, each of the Company and the Holders agrees, and the Company agrees, in connection with any underwritten registration, to use its reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates to agree, not to effect any public sale or private offer or distribution of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents during the ten business days prior to the effectiveness under the Securities Act of any underwritten registration and during such time period after the effectiveness under the Securities Act of any underwritten registration (not to exceed 120 days) (except, if applicable, as part of such underwritten registration) as the Company and the managing underwriter may agree.
Holdback Agreement. If (i) the Company shall file a registration ------------------ statement with respect to the Common Stock or similar securities or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, such securities and (ii) the Company (in the case of a nonunderwritten public offering by the Company pursuant to such registration statement) advises the Holders in writing that a public sale or distribution of Registrable Shares would materially adversely affect such offering or the managing underwriter or underwriters (in the case of an underwritten public offering by the Company pursuant to such registration statement) advises the Company in writing (in which case the Company shall notify the Holders) that a public sale or distribution of Registrable Shares would have material adverse impact on such offering, then each Holder shall, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, refrain from effecting any public sale or distribution of Registrable Shares during the 10 days prior to the effective date of such registration statement and until the earliest of (A) the abandonment of such offering, (B) 90 days from the effective date of such registration statement and (C) if such offering is an underwritten offering, the termination of any "hold back" period obtained by the underwriter or underwriters in such offering from the Company in connection therewith (each such period, a "Hold Back Period"). ----------------
Holdback Agreement. (a) Each Holder agrees not to effect any sale, transfer, or other actual or pecuniary transfer (including heading and similar arrangements) of any Registrable Securities or of any other equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such stock or securities, during the period beginning seven (7) days prior to, and ending ninety (90) days after (or for such shorter period as to which the managing underwriter(s) may agree), the date of the underwriting agreement of each Underwritten Offering made pursuant to a Registration Statement other than Registrable Securities sold pursuant to such Underwritten Offering; and (b) the Company agrees not to effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities (or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities) during the seven (7) days prior to and during the ninety (90)-day period beginning on the effective date of any underwritten Demand Registration (or for such shorter period as to which the managing underwriter or underwriters may agree), except as part of such Demand Registration or in connection with any employee benefit or similar plan, any dividend reinvestment plan, or a business acquisition or combination and to use all reasonable efforts to cause each holder of at least five percent (5%) (on a fully diluted basis) of its equity securities (or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities) which are or may be purchased from the Company at any time after the date of this Agreement (other than in a registered offering) to agree not to effect any sale or distribution of any such securities during such period (except as part of such Underwritten Offering, if otherwise permitted). Each Holder agrees to enter into any agreements reasonably requested by any managing underwriter reflecting the terms of this Section 6.
Holdback Agreement. If the Company at any time shall register shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act (including any registration pursuant to Sections 4 and 5) for sale to the public, the Original Holders shall not sell publicly, make any short sale of, grant an option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of, any shares of Restricted Stock (other than those shares of Common Stock included in such registration pursuant to Sections 4 or 5) without the prior written consent of the Company for a period designated by the Company in writing to the holders of shares of Restricted Stock, which period shall not begin more than 10 days prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement pursuant to which such public offer will be made and shall not last more than 180 days after the effective date of such registration statement.
Holdback Agreement. If during the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall file a registration statement (other than in connection with the registration of securities issuable pursuant to an employee stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or pursuant to a merger, exchange offer or a transaction of the type specified in Rule 145(a) under the Securities Act) with respect to an underwritten public offering of Common Stock or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, such securities or otherwise informs the Investors that it intends to conduct such an offering utilizing an effective registration statement or pursuant to an underwritten Rule 144A and/or Regulation S offering and provides each Investor and each Holder the opportunity to participate in such offering in accordance with and to the extent required by Section 3.02, each Investor and each Holder shall, if requested by the managing Underwriter or Underwriters, enter into a customary “lock-up” agreement relating to the sale, offering or distribution of Registrable Securities, in the form reasonably requested by the managing Underwriter or Underwriters, covering the period commencing on the date of the prospectus pursuant to which such offering may be made and continuing until 90 days from the date of such prospectus or such shorter period as may be agreed by the managing Underwriter or Underwriters.
Holdback Agreement. (a) Each Holder agrees not to effect any sale, transfer, or other actual or pecuniary transfer (including heading and similar arrangements) of any Registrable Securities or of any other equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such stock or securities, during the period beginning seven (7) days prior to, and ending sixty (60) days after (or for such shorter period as to which the managing underwriter(s) may agree), subject to written notice thereof having been given by the Company to each such Holder prior to the beginning of any such period, the date of the underwriting agreement of each Underwritten Offering made pursuant to a Registration Statement other than Registrable Securities sold pursuant to such Underwritten Offering, provided that (i) notwithstanding the foregoing, the duration of the foregoing restrictions shall be no longer than the duration of the shortest restriction generally imposed by the underwriters on any of the Company, the officers, directors or any other affiliate of the Company or any other stockholder of the Company on whom a restriction is imposed or with whom the Company has granted registration rights for any of its equity securities; (ii) the Holders shall not be subject to the foregoing restrictions if and to the extent that the managing underwriter(s) agree to waive the restriction set forth in such underwriting agreement for any of the Persons set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i); and (iii) this Section 6(a) shall not apply more than once in any twelve (12) consecutive month period with respect to any Underwritten Offerings in which the Holders are not permitted to participate to the extent of their pro rata holdings of Registrable Securities, so long as such Holders did not reduce or eliminate their participation in any such Underwritten Offerings through their own voluntary decision. Each Holder agrees to enter into any agreements reasonably requested by any managing underwriter reflecting the terms of this Section 6.
Holdback Agreement. In the event that the Company effects an underwritten public offering of any of the Company's equity securities, the Executive agrees, if requested by the managing underwriters, not to effect any sale or distribution, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, of any equity securities (except as part of such underwritten offering) during the 180-day period commencing with the effective date of the registration statement for such offering.
Holdback Agreement. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if after any registration statement to which the rights hereunder apply becomes effective (and prior to completion of any sales thereunder), the Board of Directors determines in good faith that the failure of the Company to (i) suspend sales of stock under the registration statement or (ii) amend or supplement the registration statement, would have a material adverse effect on the Company, the Company shall so notify each Holder participating in such registration and each Holder shall suspend any further sales under such registration statement until the Company advises the Holder that the registration statement has been amended or that conditions no longer exist which would require such suspension, provided that the Company may impose any such suspension for no more than 30 days and no more than 2 times during any twelve month period.
