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Exhibit 10.16




 





REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT




dated as of October 21, 2009



by and between



EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP



and



TYGRIS COMMERCIAL FINANCE GROUP, INC.



 









 









 
















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	Section 1.
	 	Definitions; Interpretation and Construction	 	 	2	 
	Section 2.
	 	Holders of Registrable Securities	 	 	7	 
	Section 3.
	 	Demand Registrations	 	 	7	 
	Section 4.
	 	Piggyback Registration	 	 	10	 
	Section 5.
	 	Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities	 	 	13	 
	Section 6.
	 	Registration Procedures	 	 	14	 
	Section 7.
	 	Registration Expenses	 	 	19	 
	Section 8.
	 	Indemnification	 	 	20	 
	Section 9.
	 	Rule 144	 	 	24	 
	Section 10.
	 	Underwritten Registrations	 	 	24	 
	Section 11.
	 	Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights	 	 	24	 
	Section 12.
	 	Miscellaneous	 	 	25	 











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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT




     REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 21, 2009, is by
and between EverBank Financial Corp, a Florida corporation, (the “Corporation”) and Tygris
Commercial Finance Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”).



          WHEREAS, in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), by and among the
Corporation and the Purchaser, the Corporation shall issue and sell to the Purchaser 366,557 shares
(the “Purchased Shares”) of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “Offering”);




          WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to provide the holders of
Registrable Securities (as defined below) with certain registration and other rights with respect
to the Corporation;




          WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Corporation
and the Purchaser are entering into an acquisition agreement and plan of merger (the
“Acquisition Agreement”), pursuant to which the Corporation has agreed to purchase 100% of
the issued and outstanding common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Purchaser through the
merger of an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation with and into the Purchaser (the
“Merger”), subject to regulatory and other customary closing conditions;




          WHEREAS, upon closing of the Merger, Purchaser intends to distribute the Purchased Shares to
its stockholders (the “Purchaser Dividend”) and such stockholders shall be entitled to the
registration and other rights with respect to the Corporation set forth in this Agreement upon
execution of an Addendum Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto pursuant
to the terms of Section 12(c) of this Agreement; and




          WHEREAS, upon closing of the Merger, the stockholders of the Purchaser will receive shares of
Common Stock as consideration for the Merger as provided in Section 3.1 of the Acquisition
Agreement (the “Merger Consideration”), which shares shall be Registrable Securities upon
execution and delivery of an Addendum Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto pursuant to the terms of Section 12(c) of this Agreement.




          NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:







 









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     Section 1. Definitions; Interpretation and Construction.



               (a) Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, and terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Shareholders Agreement:



          “Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.




          “Arena/Lovett Demand Registration” shall mean a registration of Corporation Securities
pursuant to the delivery by the Arena/Lovett Holders of a demand registration request pursuant to
Section 2 of the Arena/Lovett Registration Rights Agreement.




          “Arena/Lovett Holders” shall mean Arena Capital Investment Fund, L.P., Lovett/Miller
Venture Fund II, Limited Partnership and Lovett/Miller Venture Fund III, Limited Partnership.




          “Arena/Lovett Registration Rights Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated
Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Corporation and the Arena/Lovett Holders, dated as
of November 22, 2002, as amended.




          “Common Stock” shall mean all shares existing or hereafter authorized of any class of
common stock of the Corporation which has the right (subject always to the rights of any class or
series of preferred stock of the Corporation) to participate in the distribution of the assets and
earnings of the Corporation without limit as to per share amount, including any shares of capital
stock into which Common Stock may be converted (as a result of recapitalization, share exchange or
similar event) or are issued with respect to Common Stock, including, without limitation, with
respect to any stock split or stock dividend, or a successor security.




          “Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.




          “Corporation Securities” shall mean (i) the Common Stock, (ii) the Series B Preferred
Stock and (iii) all shares existing or hereafter authorized of any class of preferred stock of the
Corporation which has the right (subject always to the rights of any class or series of preferred
stock of the Corporation ranking senior to or pari passu with such preferred stock) to participate
in the distribution of the assets and earnings of the Corporation without limit as to per share
amount, including (without duplication) any shares of capital stock into which Corporation
Securities may be converted (as a result of recapitalization, share exchange or similar event) or
are issued with respect to Corporation Securities, including, without limitation, with respect to
any stock split or stock dividend, or a successor security.








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          “Demand Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.




          “Demand Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.




          “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any
successor statute thereto and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.




          “FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.




          “Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c) hereof.




          “Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c) hereof.




          “Initial Public Offering” shall mean the completion of an underwritten public offering
of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the
Securities Act, which results in the trading of such securities on the New York Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ Stock Market or other national securities exchange.




          “Institutional Holders” shall mean Sageview and the Arena/Lovett Holders.




          “Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.




          “Merger Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.




          “Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.




          “Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.




          “Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.




          “Piggyback Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.




          “Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)
hereof.








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          “Proceeding” shall mean an action, claim, suit, arbitration or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether
commenced or threatened.




          “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a
prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement,
with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by
such Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in such prospectus.




          “Public Offering” shall mean the sale of Common Stock to the public pursuant to an
effective Registration Statement (other than Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any similar or successor form)
filed under the Securities Act or any comparable law or regulatory scheme of any foreign
jurisdiction.




          “Purchaser” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.




          “Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.




          “Purchaser Dividend” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.




          “Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) the Purchased Shares, (ii) upon consummation
of the Merger and execution of an Addendum Agreement pursuant to Section 12(c) of this
Agreement by each recipient of the Merger Consideration, the Merger Consideration and (iii) any
other securities issued or issuable with respect to any such shares by way of share split, share
dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise. As to any particular
Registrable Securities, once issued such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when
(i) they are sold pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act, (ii)
they are sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (iii) they shall have ceased to be
outstanding or (iv) they have been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights
under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of the securities.




          “Registration Rights Holder” shall mean a holder of Registrable Securities and any
other Person entitled to incidental or piggyback registration rights pursuant to an agreement with
the Corporation.




          “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Corporation
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provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.




          “Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.




          “Sageview Demand Registration” shall mean a registration of Corporation Securities
pursuant to the delivery by Sageview of a demand registration request pursuant to Section 3 of the
Sageview Registration Rights Agreement.




          “Sageview” shall mean Sageview Partners L.P. or any successor or assignee of the
rights of Sageview Partners L.P. under the Sageview Registration Rights Agreement.




          “Sageview Registration Rights Agreement” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement
by and among the Corporation and Sageview, dated as of July 21, 2008, as amended.




          “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency having
jurisdiction under the Securities Act.




          “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor
statute thereto and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.




          “Series B Preferred Stock” shall mean the Corporation’s 4% Series B Cumulative
Participating Perpetual Pay In Kind Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.




          “Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Stock
Redemption and Shareholder Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2008, by and among the Corporation and
the holders of its outstanding capital stock signatory thereto, as may be amended from time to
time.




          “Shelf Underwritten Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)
hereof.




          “Stock Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.




          “Take-Down Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) hereof.








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          “Third Party Demanders” shall mean any Person or Persons exercising demand
registration rights pursuant to an agreement with the Corporation other than a holder of
Registrable Securities and the Institutional Holders.




          “Third Party Demand Registration” means any proposed registration of Corporation
Securities initiated pursuant to a demand for such registration by a Third Party Demander.




          “Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a
registration in which securities of the Corporation are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to
the public.




               (b) Interpretation and Construction. Unless otherwise expressly provided, for the
purposes of this Agreement, the following rules of interpretation shall apply:




               (i) The section headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation hereof.




               (ii) When a reference is made in this Agreement to a section, paragraph or exhibit,
such reference shall be to a section, paragraph or exhibit hereof unless otherwise clearly
indicated to the contrary.




               (iii) Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this
Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”




               (iv) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall,
unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement.




               (v) The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a
subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if.”




               (vi) The word “or” shall not be exclusive.




               (vii) The meaning assigned to each term defined herein shall be equally applicable to
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denoting any gender shall include all genders. Where a word or phrase is defined
herein, each of its other grammatical forms shall have a corresponding meaning.




               (viii) A reference to any legislation or to any provision of any legislation shall
include any amendment to, and any modification or re-enactment thereof, any legislative
provision substituted therefor and all rules, regulations and statutory instruments issued
thereunder or pursuant thereto.




               (ix) A reference to any period of days shall be deemed to be to the relevant number of
calendar days, unless otherwise specified.




               (x) The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement (including the exhibit hereto). In the event an ambiguity or question of intent
or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the
parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party
by virtue of the authorship of any provisions hereof.








     Section 2. Holders of Registrable Securities. A Person is deemed, and shall only be deemed,
to be a holder of Registrable Securities if such
Person owns Registrable Securities or has a right to acquire such Registrable Securities and (i) is
the Purchaser or (ii) has executed an Addendum Agreement pursuant to Section 12(c) of this
Agreement.








     Section 3. Demand Registrations.



               (a) Requests for Registration. Subject to the following paragraphs of this
Section 3(a), on or after the earlier of (i) the sixth anniversary of the date hereof and
(ii) following the Initial Public Offering, the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
shall have the right, by delivering a written notice to the Corporation, to require the Corporation
to register, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, under and in accordance with the provisions
of the Securities Act, the number of Registrable Securities requested to be so registered pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement (any such written notice, a “Demand Notice” and any such
registration, a “Demand Registration”); provided, however, that the
Corporation shall not be obligated to file a registration statement relating to any registration
request under this Section 3(a) within a period of 180 days after the effective date of any
other registration statement relating to any registration request under this Section 3(a).
Following receipt of a Demand Notice for a Demand Registration in accordance with this Section
3(a), the Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to file a Registration Statement as
promptly as practicable and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the
filing thereof.



     No Demand Registration shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Section 3
if the Registration Statement relating thereto (i) does not become effective, (ii) is not
maintained effective for the period required pursuant to this Section 3, or (iii) the
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Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement is subject to a stop order,
injunction, or similar order or requirement of the SEC during such period, in which case, such
requesting holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to an additional Demand Registration
in lieu thereof.



     Within 10 days after receipt by the Corporation of a Demand Notice in accordance with this
Section 3(a), the Corporation shall give written notice (the “Notice”) of such
Demand Notice to all other holders of Registrable Securities and shall, subject to the provisions
of Section 3(b) hereof, include in such registration all Registrable Securities with
respect to which the Corporation received written requests for inclusion therein within 25 days
after such Notice is given by the Corporation to such holders.



     All requests made pursuant to this Section 3 will specify the number of Registrable
Securities to be registered and the intended methods of disposition thereof.



     The Corporation shall be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
with respect to any Demand Registration for a period of at least 180 days after the effective date
thereof or such shorter period during which all Registrable Securities included in such
Registration Statement have actually been sold; provided, however, that such period
shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the holders of Registrable Securities
covered by such Demand Registration refrains from selling any securities included in such
Registration Statement at the request of the Corporation or an underwriter of the Corporation
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; provided, further, that the
Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep any shelf registration statement
continuously effective until such time as each of the Registrable Securities registered pursuant to
such shelf registration statement has been sold in one or more Shelf Underwritten Offerings or
otherwise.



               (b) Priority on Demand Registration. If any of the Registrable Securities registered
pursuant to a Demand Registration are to be sold in a firm commitment Underwritten Offering, and
the managing underwriter or underwriters advise the holders of such securities in writing that, in
its view, the total number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities and other Corporation
Securities proposed to be sold in such offering is such as to adversely affect the success of such
offering (including, without limitation, Corporation Securities proposed to be included by other
holders of Corporation Securities entitled to include securities in such Registration Statement
pursuant to incidental or piggyback registration rights), then there shall be included in such firm
commitment Underwritten Offering the number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities that in the
opinion of such managing underwriter can be sold without adversely affecting such offering, and
such number of Registrable Securities and other Corporation Securities shall be allocated as
follows, unless the underwriter requires a different allocation.




               (i) first, pro rata among the holders of Registrable Securities and the Institutional
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as-converted basis) requested to be included in such Registration Statement by such
holders;




               (ii) second, pro rata among any Registration Rights Holders (other than holders of
Registrable Securities and the Institutional Holders) on the basis of the percentage of the
Corporation Securities (on an as-converted basis, as applicable) requested to be included in
such Registration Statement by such holders; and




               (iii) third, the Corporation Securities for which inclusion in such Registration
Statement was requested by the Corporation.



               (c) Postponement of Demand Registration. The Corporation shall be entitled to
postpone for a reasonable period of time not to exceed 120 days in any 12-month period, the filing
of a Registration Statement if the Corporation delivers to each holder of Registrable Securities
covered by such Demand Registration a certificate signed by the chief executive officer or the
chief financial officer of the Corporation certifying that, in the good faith judgment of the board
of directors of the Corporation, such registration and offering would reasonably be expected to
materially adversely affect or materially interfere with any bona fide material financing of the
Corporation or any material transaction under consideration by the Corporation or would require
disclosure of information that has not been disclosed to the public, the premature disclosure of
which would materially adversely affect the Corporation. Such certificate shall contain a
statement of the reasons for such postponement and an approximation of the anticipated delay. The
holders receiving such certificate shall keep the information contained in such certificate
confidential subject to the same terms set forth in Section 6(p). If the Corporation shall
so postpone the filing of a Registration Statement, the holder of Registrable Securities covered by
such Demand Registration shall have the right to withdraw the request for registration by giving
written notice to the Corporation within 20 days of the anticipated termination date of the
postponement period, as provided in the certificate delivered to the holders.



               (d) Number of Demand Notices. In connection with the provisions of this Section
3, the holders of Registrable Securities shall collectively have up to three Demand Notices
which they are permitted to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Corporation hereunder;
provided, that if the holders of Registrable Securities have already delivered (or caused
to be delivered) three Demand Notices and the number of Registrable Securities actually registered
pursuant to this Section 3 is less than 75% of the Registrable Securities outstanding as of
the latest to occur of the First Closing, the Second Closing and the closing of the Merger (in each
case as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement), such holders shall have such number of additional
Demand Notices as may be required to effect the registration of at least 75% of the Registrable
Securities outstanding as of the latest to occur of the First Closing, the Second Closing and the
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               (e) Registration Statement Form. If any registration requested pursuant to this
Section 3 which is proposed by the Corporation to be effected by the filing of a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any successor or similar short-form registration statement)
shall be in connection with an underwritten Public Offering, and if the managing underwriter shall
advise the Corporation in writing that, in its opinion, the use of another form of Registration
Statement is of material importance to the success of such proposed offering or is otherwise
required by applicable law, then such registration shall be effected on such other form.








     Section 4. Piggyback Registration.



               (a) Right to Piggyback. Except with respect to a Demand Registration, the procedures
for which are addressed in Section 3, if the Corporation proposes to file a registration
statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of Corporation Securities, whether
or not for sale of its own account (other than a registration statement (i) on Form S-4, Form S-8
or any successor forms thereto or (ii) filed solely in connection with an exchange offer or any
employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan), then, each such time, the Corporation shall give
prompt written notice of such proposed filing at least twenty (20) days before the anticipated
filing date (the “Piggyback Notice”) to all of the holders of Registrable Securities. The
Piggyback Notice shall offer such holders the opportunity to include (or cause to be included) in
such registration statement the number of Registrable Securities as each such holder may request (a
“Piggyback Registration”). Subject to Section 4(b) hereof, the Corporation shall
include in each such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the
Corporation has received written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen (15) days after
notice has been given to the applicable holder. The eligible holders of Registrable Securities
shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of the Registrable Securities from a Piggyback
Registration at any time at least two business days prior to the effective date of such Piggyback
Registration. The Corporation shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement for a Piggyback Registration beyond the earlier to occur of (i) 180 days
after the effective date thereof and (ii) consummation of the distribution by the holders of the
Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement.



               (b) Priority on Piggyback Registrations. The Corporation shall use reasonable best
efforts to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to
permit holders of Registrable Securities who have submitted a Piggyback Notice in connection with
such offering to include in such offering all Registrable Securities included in each holder’s
Piggyback Notice on the same terms and conditions as any other shares of Corporation Securities, if
any, of the Corporation included in the offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing
underwriter or underwriters of such Underwritten Offering have informed the Corporation in writing
that it is their good faith opinion that the total amount of Corporation Securities that such
holders, the Corporation and any other Persons having rights to participate in such registration,
intend to include in such offering is such as to adversely affect the success of such offering,
then the amount of Corporation Securities to be offered in such registration shall be reduced to
the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of Corporation Securities to be included in such
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managing underwriter or underwriters and allocating such Corporation Securities to be included
in such offering:




               (i) in respect of any such proposed Underwritten Offering resulting from an
Arena/Lovett Demand Registration that is made prior to July 21, 2010 and relates to a
Registration Statement that is effective on or prior to January 21, 2011, (A) first, among
the Arena/Lovett Holders as required to fulfill the Corporation’s obligations in connection
with the Arena/Lovett Demand Registration pursuant to the Arena/Lovett Registration Rights
Agreement, (B) second, pro rata among any holders of Registrable Securities and any other
Registration Rights Holders (other than the Arena/Lovett Holder initiating the Arena/Lovett
Demand Registration) on the basis of the percentage of the Corporation Securities (on an
as-converted or Common Stock equivalent basis, as applicable) requested to be included in
such Registration Statement by such holders, (C) third, to such Corporation Securities for
which inclusion in such Registration Statement was requested by the Corporation and (D)
fourth, pro rata among any other Persons having rights to participate in such offering and
requesting such registration, on the basis of the percentage of the Corporation Securities
(on an as-converted or Common Stock equivalent basis, as applicable) requested to be
included in such Registration Statement by such Persons;




               (ii) in respect of any such proposed Underwritten Offering resulting from an
Arena/Lovett Demand Registration not meeting the requirements of Section 4(b)(i)
hereof, (A) first, pro rata among the Institutional Holders on the basis of the percentage
of Corporation Securities (on an as-converted basis) requested to be included in such
Registration Statement by such Institutional Holders, (B) second, pro rata among any holders
Registrable Securities and any other Registration Rights Holders (other than the
Institutional Holders) on the basis of the percentage of the Corporation Securities (on an
as-converted basis, as applicable) requested to be included in such Registration Statement
by such holders, (C) third, to such Corporation Securities for which inclusion in such
Registration Statement was requested by the Corporation and (D) fourth, pro rata among any
other Persons having rights to participate in such offering and requesting such
registration, on the basis of the percentage of the Corporation Securities (on an
as-converted or Common Stock equivalent basis, as applicable) requested to be included in
such Registration Statement by such Persons;




               (iii) in respect of any such proposed Underwritten Offering resulting from a Sageview
Demand Registration (A) first, pro rata among the Institutional Holders on the basis of the
percentage of Corporation Securities (on an as-converted basis) requested to be included in
such Registration Statement by such Institutional Holders, (B) second, pro rata among any
holders Registrable Securities and any other Registration Rights Holders (other than the
Institutional Holders) on the basis of the percentage of the Corporation Securities (on an
as-converted basis, as applicable) requested to be included in such Registration Statement
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requested by the Corporation and (D) fourth, pro rata among any other Persons having
rights to participate in such offering and requesting such registration, on the basis of the
percentage of the Corporation Securities (on an as-converted or Common Stock equivalent
basis, as applicable) requested to be included in such Registration Statement by such
Persons;




               (iv) in respect of any such proposed Underwritten Offering resulting from a Third Party
Demand Registration (A) first, pro rata among the Third Party Demanders and the
Institutional Holders on the basis of the percentage of the Corporation Securities (on an
as-converted or Common Stock equivalent basis, as applicable) requested to be included in
such Registration Statement by such holders, (B) second, pro rata among any holders of
Registrable Securities and any other Registration Rights Holders (other than the Third Party
Demanders and the Institutional Holders) on the basis of the percentage of the Corporation
Securities (on an as-converted or Common Stock equivalent basis, as applicable) requested to
be included in such Registration Statement by such holders, (C) third, to such Corporation
Securities for which inclusion in such Registration Statement was requested by the
Corporation and (D) fourth, pro rata among any other Persons having rights to participate in
such offering and requesting such registration, on the basis of the percentage of the
Corporation Securities (on an as-converted or Common Stock equivalent basis, as applicable)
requested to be included in such Registration Statement by such Persons; and




               (v) in respect of any other such proposed Underwritten Offering (other than a Demand
Registration), (A) first, to such Corporation Securities for which inclusion in such
Registration Statement was requested by the Corporation, (B) second, pro rata among the
Institutional Holders on the basis of the percentage of the Corporation Securities (on an
as-converted or Common Stock equivalent basis, as applicable) requested to be included in
such Registration Statement by such holders, (C) third, pro rata among any holders of
Registrable Securities and any other Registration Rights Holders (other than the
Institutional Holders) on the basis of the percentage of the Corporation Securities (on an
as-converted or Common Stock equivalent basis, as applicable) requested to be included in
such Registration Statement by such holders and (D) fourth, pro rata among any other Persons
having rights to participate in such offering and requesting such registration, on the basis
of the percentage of the Corporation Securities (on an as-converted or Common Stock
equivalent basis, as applicable) requested to be included in such Registration Statement by
such Persons.



               (c) Shelf-Take Downs. At any time that a shelf registration statement covering
Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 is effective, if any
holder or group of holders of Registrable Securities delivers a notice to the Corporation (a
“Take-Down Notice”) stating that it intends to effect an Underwritten Offering of all or
part of its Registrable Securities included by it on the shelf registration statement (a “Shelf
Underwritten Offering”) and stating the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the
Shelf Underwritten Offering, then the Corporation shall amend or supplement the shelf registration
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be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the
Shelf Underwritten Offering (taking into account the inclusion of Registrable Securities by any
other holders pursuant to this Section 4(c)). In connection with any Shelf Underwritten
Offering:




               (i) such proposing holder(s) shall also deliver the Take-Down Notice to all other
Persons holding Corporation Securities (including, without limitation, Registrable
Securities) included on such shelf registration statement and permit each such Person to
include such Corporation Securities included on the shelf registration statement in the
Shelf Underwritten Offering if such Person notifies the proposing holders and the
Corporation within five business days after delivery of the Take-Down Notice to such Person;
and




               (ii) in the event that the underwriter determines that marketing factors (including an
adverse effect on the per share offering price) require a limitation on the number of shares
which would otherwise be included in such take down, the underwriter may limit the number of
shares which would otherwise be included in such take-down offering in the same manner as
described in Section 3(b) with respect to a limitation of shares to be included in a
registration.








     Section 5. Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities. Each holder of Registrable Securities agrees, in connection with any Underwritten Offering of
Common Stock pursuant to a Registration Statement (whether or not such holder elected to include
Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement), if requested (pursuant to a written notice)
by the managing underwriter or underwriters in an Underwritten Offering, not to effect any public
sale or distribution of any Registrable Securities (except as part of such Underwritten Offering),
including a sale pursuant to Rule 144, or to make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the
purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities, any other equity securities of the
Corporation or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity
securities of the Corporation without the prior written consent of the Corporation or such
underwriter, as the case may be, or to give any Demand Notice during the period commencing on the
date of the request (which shall be no earlier than 14 days prior to the expected “pricing” of such
offering) and continuing for not more than 180 days (with respect to the Initial Public Offering)
or 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (or Prospectus supplement if the offering is made
pursuant to a “shelf” registration), pursuant to which such public offering shall be made, plus an
extension period, which shall be no longer than 15 days, as may be proposed by the managing
underwriter to address FINRA regulations regarding the publication of research, or such lesser
period as is required by the managing underwriter.



          If any registration pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement shall be in connection
with any underwritten Public Offering, the Corporation will not effect any public sale or
distribution of any Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
Common Stock) (other than a registration statement (i) on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms
thereto or (ii) filed solely in connection with an exchange offer or any employee benefit or
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periods as the managing underwriters may agree to with the Corporation’s Board of Directors or
appropriate coordination committee, as applicable) after the effective date of such registration.








     Section 6. Registration Procedures. Subject to Section 3(c), if and whenever the Corporation is required to use its
reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the
Securities Act as provided in Section 3 and Section 4 hereof, the Corporation shall
effect such registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the
intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Corporation shall
cooperate in the sale of the securities and shall, as expeditiously as possible:



               (a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on such
form as shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the holders thereof or by
the Corporation in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and use
its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and to remain
effective as provided herein (including by means of a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule
415 under the Securities Act if so requested and if the Corporation is then eligible to use such
registration); provided, however, that before filing a Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (including documents that would be incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Corporation shall furnish or otherwise make
available to the holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement,
their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be
filed, which documents will be subject to the reasonable review and comment of such counsel, and
such other documents reasonably requested by such counsel, including any comment letter from the
SEC, and, if requested by such counsel, provide such counsel reasonable opportunity to participate
in the preparation of such Registration Statement and each Prospectus included therein and such
other opportunities to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act,
including reasonable access to the Corporation’s books and records, officers, accountants and other
advisors, in all cases subject to Section 6(p) below. The Corporation shall not file any
such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (including such
documents that, upon filing, would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein) with respect to a Demand Registration to which the holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, their counsel, or the managing
underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object, in writing, on a timely basis, unless, in the
opinion of the Corporation, such filing is necessary to comply with applicable law;



               (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each
Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously
effective during the period provided herein and comply in all material respects with the provisions
of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
Registration Statement; and cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus
supplement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to
the disposition of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, and as so supplemented to
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               (c) notify each selling holder of Registrable Securities, its counsel and the managing
underwriters, if any, promptly, and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in
writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been
filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same
has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental
authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related Prospectus or for
additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose,
(iv) if at any time the Corporation has reason to believe that the representations and warranties
of the Corporation contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated
by Section 6(o) below cease to be true and correct, (v) of the receipt by the Corporation
of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation
or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, and (vi) if the Corporation has knowledge of the
happening of any event that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in
any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement,
Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading, and that in the case of the
Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading (which notice shall notify the selling holders only of
the occurrence of such an event and shall provide no additional information regarding such event to
the extent such information would constitute material non-public information);



               (d) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification
(or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction
at the earliest date reasonably practical;



               (e) if requested by the managing underwriters, if any, or the holders of a majority of the
then outstanding Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an Underwritten Offering,
promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the
managing underwriters, if any, and such holders may reasonably request in order to permit the
intended method of distribution of such securities and make all required filings of such Prospectus
supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Corporation has
received such request; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be
required to take any actions under this Section 6(e) that are not, in the opinion of
counsel for the Corporation, in compliance with applicable law;



               (f) furnish or make available to each selling holder of Registrable Securities, its counsel
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conformed copy of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and Prospectus supplements, if
applicable, and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements (but
excluding schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference,
and all exhibits, unless requested in writing by such holder, counsel or underwriter);



               (g) deliver to each selling holder of Registrable Securities, its counsel, and the
underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including
each form of Prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably
request from time to time in connection with the distribution of the Registrable Securities; and
the Corporation, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 6, hereby consents to the
use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling holders of
Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of
the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any such amendment or supplement thereto;



               (h) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to
register or qualify or cooperate with the selling holders of Registrable Securities, the
underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities
for offer and sale under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of such jurisdictions within the United
States as any seller or underwriter reasonably requests in writing and to keep each such
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such
Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and to take any other action that may be
necessary or advisable to enable such holders of Registrable Securities to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdiction; provided, however,
that the Corporation will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action that would subject it to
general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;



               (i) cooperate with the selling holders of Registrable Securities and the managing
underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not
bearing any legends) representing Registrable Securities to be sold after receiving written
representations from each holder of such Registrable Securities that the Registrable Securities
represented by the certificates so delivered by such holder will be transferred in accordance with
the Registration Statement, and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and
registered in such names as the managing underwriters, if any, or holders may request at least two
(2) business days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities in a firm commitment public offering,
but in any other such sale, within ten (10) business days prior to having to issue the securities;



               (j) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or
authorities within the United States, except as may be required solely as a consequence of the
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will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and
the granting of such approvals, as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the
underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;



               (k) upon the occurrence of, and its knowledge of, any event contemplated by Section
6(c)(vi) above, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such Prospectus will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that if the board of directors of the
Corporation provides written notice to the holders of Registrable Securities that it has determined
that it is advisable to disclose in the Registration Statement material non-public information, the
disclosure of which the board of directors of the Corporation believes would be materially harmful
to the Corporation and its stockholders at that time, the Corporation shall not be required to
prepare and file such amendment, supplement or document for such period as the board of directors
of the Corporation believes such disclosure would be materially harmful to the Corporation;
provided, however, that such period shall be no more than an aggregate of 120 days
in any 12-month period;



               (l) prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the Registrable
Securities, provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities;



               (m) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the
effective date of such Registration Statement;



               (n) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement to be listed on a national securities exchange if shares of the particular
class of Registrable Securities are at that time listed on such exchange, as the case may be, prior
to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement;



               (o) enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement in form, scope and
substance as is customary in underwritten offerings) and take all such other actions reasonably
requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection
therewith (including those reasonably requested by the managing underwriters, if any) to expedite
or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such connection, whether or
not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an
Underwritten Registration, (i) make such representations and warranties to the holders of such
Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, with respect to the business of the
Corporation and its subsidiaries, and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any,
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substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten
offerings, and, if true, confirm the same if and when requested, (ii) use its reasonable best
efforts to furnish to the selling holders of such Registrable Securities opinions of counsel to the
Corporation and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters, if any, and counsels to the selling holders
of the Registrable Securities), addressed to each selling holder of Registrable Securities and each
of the underwriters, if any, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in
underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such counsel and
underwriters, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates
thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Corporation (and, if necessary,
any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Corporation or of any
business acquired by the Corporation for which financial statements and financial data are, or are
required to be, included in the Registration Statement) who have certified the financial statements
included in such Registration Statement, addressed to each selling holder of Registrable Securities
(unless such accountants shall be prohibited from so addressing such letters by applicable
standards of the accounting profession) and each of the underwriters, if any, such letters to be in
customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in
connection with underwritten offerings, (iv) deliver such documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold pursuant
to such Registration Statement, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, to evidence
the continued validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Section
6(o)(i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the
underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Corporation. The above shall be done
at each closing under such underwriting or similar agreement, or as and to the extent required
thereunder;



               (p) make available for inspection by a representative of the selling holders of Registrable
Securities, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable Securities, if
any, and any attorneys or accountants retained by such selling holders or underwriter, at the
offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all financial and other records,
pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, and cause the
officers, directors and employees of the Corporation and its subsidiaries to supply all information
in each case reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, attorney or accountant
in connection with such Registration Statement; provided, however, that any
information that is not generally publicly available at the time of delivery of such information
shall be kept confidential by such Persons unless (i) disclosure of such information is required by
court or administrative order, (ii) disclosure of such information, in the opinion of counsel to
such Person, is required by law or applicable legal process, or (iii) such information becomes
generally available to the public other than as a result of a non-permitted disclosure or failure
to safeguard by such Person. In the case of a proposed disclosure pursuant to (i) or (ii) above,
such Person shall be required to give the Corporation written notice of the proposed disclosure
prior to such disclosure (to the extent permitted by law) and, if requested by the Corporation,
assist the Corporation in seeking to prevent or limit the proposed disclosure. Without limiting
the foregoing, no such information shall be used by such Person as the basis for any market
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               (q) cause its officers to use their reasonable best efforts to support the marketing of the
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement (including, without limitation,
participation in “road shows”) taking into account the Corporation’s business needs; and



               (r) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent
participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in
connection with any filings required to be made with the FINRA.



          The Corporation may require each holder of Registrable Securities as to which any registration
is being effected to furnish to the Corporation in writing such information required in connection
with such registration regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as
the Corporation may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing and the Corporation may
exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any holder who unreasonably fails to
furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.




          Each holder of Registrable Securities agrees if such holder has Registrable Securities covered
by such Registration Statement that, upon receipt of any notice from the Corporation of the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 6(c)(ii), 6(c)(iii),
6(c)(iv), 6(c)(v) or 6(c)(vi) hereof, such holder will forthwith
discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or
Prospectus until such holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 6(k) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Corporation
that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional
or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Prospectus; provided, however, that the time periods under Section 3 with
respect to the length of time that the effectiveness of a Registration Statement must be maintained
shall automatically be extended by the amount of time the holder is required to discontinue
disposition of such securities.








     Section 7. Registration Expenses.  All reasonable fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this
Agreement by the Corporation (including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made
with the SEC and with FINRA and (B) of compliance with securities or Blue Sky laws (including,
without limitation, any fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with
Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 6(h)), (ii)
printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable
Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing
Prospectuses if the printing of Prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriters, if any, or
by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement),
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses of the Corporation, (iv) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Corporation, (v) expenses of the Corporation incurred in connection with any road
show, (vi) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public accountants referred to in
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hereof (including, without limitation, the expenses of any “cold comfort” letters required by this
Agreement) and any other persons, including special experts retained by the Corporation, (vii) fees
and disbursements of one counsel for the holders of Registrable Securities whose shares are
included in a Registration Statement, which counsel shall be selected by the holders of a majority
of the Registrable Securities being sold pursuant to such Registration Statement, and (viii) any
fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by the issuers or sellers of securities,
including, without limitation, liability insurance if the Corporation so desires or if the
underwriters so require, shall each be borne by the Corporation whether or not any Registration
Statement is filed or becomes effective; provided, however, that the Corporation
shall not be required to pay any of the forgoing registration expenses if, as a result of the
withdrawal of a request for a Demand Registration (other than as a result of a material adverse
change in the Corporation’s business, operations, financial condition, operating results or
prospects) the registration statement does not become effective, in which case, each holder of
Registrable Securities shall bear a pro rata of portion of such registration expenses based on the
number of Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration by such holder and,
provided further, that such registration shall not be counted as a registration
pursuant to Section 3(d); provided, further, that the holders of a majority
of the Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration may elect to have such withdrawn
registration statement count as a registration pursuant to Section 3(d), in which event the
Corporation shall bear such registration expenses relating to the withdrawn registration. In
addition, the Corporation shall pay its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all
salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the
expense of any annual audit, the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the
securities to be registered on any securities exchange and rating agency fees and the fees and
expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Corporation.



          The Corporation shall not be required to pay (i) fees and disbursements of any counsel
retained by any holder of Registrable Securities or by any underwriter (except as set forth in
clauses 7(i)(B) and 7(vii)), (ii) any underwriter’s fees (including discounts, commissions or fees
of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals)
relating to the distribution of the Registrable Securities (other than with respect to Registrable
Securities sold by the Corporation or as otherwise set forth in this Section 7), or (iii)
any other expenses of the holders of Registrable Securities not specifically required to be paid by
the Corporation pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 7.








     Section 8. Indemnification.



               (a) Indemnification by the Corporation. In the event of any registration of any
Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Corporation shall
indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each holder of Registrable
Securities whose Registrable Securities are covered by a Registration Statement or Prospectus, the
officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders, accountants, attorneys, agents and
employees of each of them, each Person who controls each such holder (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners,
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accountants, attorneys, agents and employees of each such controlling person, each
underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such underwriter, from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, costs of preparation
and reasonable attorneys’ fees and any legal or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in
connection with any investigation or Proceeding), expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, charges
and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or
based upon any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities
Act, any preliminary, final or summary Prospectus, contained therein or related thereto, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, together with the documents incorporated by reference therein, or
any free writing prospectus utilized in connection therewith, incident to any such registration,
qualification, or compliance, or based on any 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 any violation by the Corporation of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state
securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder applicable to the Corporation and (without
limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 8(a)) will reimburse each such holder,
each of its officers, directors, partners, members, managers, shareholders and employees and each
Person who controls each such holder and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers,
shareholders and employees of each such controlling person, each such underwriter, and each person
who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, loss, damage, liability, or
action; provided that the Corporation will not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such claim, loss, damage, liability, or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue
statement or omission of a material fact by such holder or underwriter, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) of a
material fact is made in such Registration Statement, preliminary, final or summary Prospectus,
contained therein or related thereto, or any amendment or supplement thereto, together with the
documents incorporated by reference therein, or any free writing prospectus utilized in connection
therewith in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation
by such holder or underwriter for use therein. It is agreed that the indemnity agreement contained
in this Section 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 Corporation
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).



               (b) Indemnification by Holder of Registrable Securities. The Corporation may require,
as a condition to including any Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed in
accordance with this Agreement, that the Corporation shall have received an undertaking reasonably
satisfactory to it from the prospective seller of such Registrable Securities to indemnify and hold
harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, severally and not jointly with any other holders
of Registrable Securities, the Corporation, its officers, directors, and each Person who controls
the Corporation (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the
Exchange Act) and all other prospective sellers, from and against all Losses arising out of or
based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities
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summary Prospectus, contained therein or related thereto, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, together with the documents incorporated by reference therein, or any free writing
prospectus utilized in connection therewith, incident to any such registration, qualification, or
compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will
(without limitation of the portions of this Section 8(b)) reimburse the Corporation, its
officers, directors, and each Person who controls the Corporation (within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and all other prospective sellers for any
legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any
such claim, loss, damage, liability, or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or omission is made in such Registration Statement, preliminary, final
or summary Prospectus, contained therein or related thereto, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, together with the documents incorporated by reference therein, or any free writing
prospectus utilized in connection therewith in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Corporation by such holder for inclusion therein; provided,
however, that the obligations of such holder hereunder shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any such claims, losses, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) if
such settlement is effected without the consent of such holder (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld); and provided, further, that the liability of such holder of
Registrable Securities shall be limited to the net proceeds received by such selling holder from
the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement.



               (c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Person shall be entitled to
indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall give prompt
notice to the party from which such indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) of any
claim or of the commencement of any Proceeding with respect to which such Indemnified Party seeks
indemnification or contribution pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the delay
or failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any
obligation or liability except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party has been materially
prejudiced by such delay or failure. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, exercisable by
giving written notice to an Indemnified Party promptly after the receipt of written notice from
such Indemnified Party of such claim or Proceeding, to, unless in the Indemnified Party’s
reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may
exist in respect of such claim, assume, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, the defense of any
such claim or Proceeding, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party;
provided, however, that an Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel in any such claim or Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless: (i) the
Indemnifying Party agrees to pay such fees and expenses; or (ii) the Indemnifying Party fails
promptly to assume, or in the event of a conflict of interest cannot assume, the defense of such
claim or Proceeding or fails to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party,
in which case the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to assume
the defense of such claim or proceeding at the Indemnifying Party’s expense; provided,
further, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any one
such claim or Proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related claims or Proceedings in
the same jurisdiction, arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for
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and expenses of more than one firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at
any time for all of the Indemnified Parties, or for fees and expenses that are not reasonable.
Whether or not such defense is assumed by the Indemnifying Party, such Indemnifying Party will not
be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent (but such consent will not
be unreasonably withheld). The Indemnifying Party shall not consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the
claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation
for which such Indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder.



               (d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to an Indemnified Party in respect of any Losses (other than in accordance with its
terms), then each applicable Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party,
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such
Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying
Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and
Indemnified Party, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made (or omitted) by, or relates
to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent any such action,
statement or omission.



          The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), an
Indemnifying Party that is a selling holder of Registrable Securities shall not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount that such Indemnifying Party has otherwise been, or
would otherwise be, required to pay pursuant to Section 8(b) by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.




               (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.



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     Section 9. Rule 144.



               (a) After an Initial Public Offering, the Corporation shall (i) file the reports required to
be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner, (ii) take such
further action as any holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, and (iii) furnish to
each holder of Registrable Securities forthwith upon written request, (x) a written statement by
the Corporation as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act, (y) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the
Corporation, and (z) such other reports and documents so filed by the Corporation as such holder
may reasonably request in availing itself of Rule 144, all to the extent required from time to time
to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act
within the limitations of the exemption provided by Rule 144. Upon the request of any holder of
Registrable Securities, the Corporation shall deliver to such holder a written statement as to
whether it has complied with such requirements.



               (b) The foregoing provisions of this Section 9 are not intended to modify or otherwise
affect any restrictions on transfers of securities contained in the Shareholders Agreement.








     Section 10. Underwritten Registrations. If any Demand Registration is an Underwritten Offering, the holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Demand Registration shall have the right to select the
investment banker or investment bankers and managers to administer the offering, subject to
approval by the Corporation, not to be unreasonably withheld. The Corporation shall have the right
to select the investment banker or investment bankers and managers to administer any Piggyback
Registration, subject to the rights of any Third Party Demander or Institutional Holder to select
such investment banker pursuant to a registration rights agreement with the Corporation.



          No Person may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Person (i)
agrees to sell the Registrable Securities it desires to have covered by Registration Statement on
the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements in customary form (ii) completes and executes
all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents
required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, provided that such Person shall
not be required to make any representations or warranties other than those related to title and
ownership of such Person’s shares and as to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in a
Registration Statement, Prospectus, offering circular, or other document in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Corporation or the managing underwriter by
such Person for use therein and (iii) cooperates with the Corporation’s reasonable requests in
connection with such registration or qualification (it being understood that the Corporation’s
failure to perform its obligations hereunder, which failure is caused by such person’s failure to
cooperate with such reasonable requests, will not constitute a breach by the Corporation of this
Agreement).








     Section 11. Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Corporation shall not, without the prior written
consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities, enter into any agreement with
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rights the terms of which are more favorable than the registration rights granted to the holders of
Registrable Securities hereunder, or which would reduce the amount of Registrable Securities the
holders can include in any Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof,
unless such rights are subordinate to those of the holders of Registrable Securities.








     Section 12. Miscellaneous.



               (a) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the
provisions of this section, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents
to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given without the written consent of the
holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities; provided, however, that any
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to departures from the provisions of this
Agreement that would be adverse to a right specifically granted to the Institutional Holders shall
require the agreement of such holders; provided, further, that any amendment,
modification, supplement or waiver or consent to departures from the piggyback or similar
registration rights provisions or related cutback provisions contained in the third paragraph of
Section 3(a), Section 3(b) or Section 4 that would be adverse to the rights
of the Institutional Holders or a holder of Registrable Securities shall require the consent of
such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions
hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of holders of Registrable
Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not
directly or indirectly affect the rights of other holders of Registrable Securities may be given by
holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold by such holders pursuant to
such Registration Statement.



               (b) Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally, telecopied (which
is confirmed) or sent by overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to the parties at the
following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice): if
to the Corporation, to the address of its principal executive offices; if to any holder of
Registrable Securities, to such holder’s address as set forth on the records of the Corporation.



               (c) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties, including the
Corporation, subsequent holders of Registrable Securities acquired, directly or indirectly, from
the Purchaser (i) in connection with the Purchaser Dividend or (ii) otherwise in accordance with
the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement; provided, however, that such
successor or assign shall not be entitled to such rights unless the successor or assign shall have
executed and delivered to the Corporation an Addendum Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto (which shall also be executed by the Corporation) promptly following the
acquisition of such Registrable Securities, in which event such successor or assign shall be deemed
a holder of Registrable Securities for purposes of this Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to
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of an Addendum Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (which shall also be
executed by the Corporation) at the closing of the Merger. Except as provided in Section 8
with respect to an Indemnified Party, nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended
or shall be construed to give any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under, in or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained.



               (d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts
(including by facsimile), all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall
become effective when such counterparts have been signed by each of
the parties and delivered to the other parties.



               (e) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under
or related thereto, the relationship of the parties, and/or the interpretation and enforcement of
the rights and duties of the parties, whether arising in law or in equity, in contract, tort or
otherwise, shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the
State of Delaware, without regard to its rules regarding conflicts of law to the extent that the
application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.



               (f) Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions
and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect. Upon such
determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced,
the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the
original intent of the parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law and in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled
to the extent possible.



               (g) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement are intended by
the parties as a final expression of their agreement, and is intended to be a complete and
exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the
subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings,
other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein, with respect to the registration
rights granted by the Corporation with respect to Registrable Securities. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject
matter.



               (h) Securities Held by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries. Whenever the consent or
approval of holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder,
Registrable Securities held by the Corporation or its subsidiaries shall not be counted in
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               (i) Specific Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur and
that the parties would not have an adequate remedy at law in the event that any of the provisions
of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise
breached. Accordingly, it is agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and
provisions of this Agreement exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery or any state appellate
court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to
accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of
Delaware), this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in
equity.



               (j) Term. This Agreement shall terminate with respect to each holder of Registrable
Securities on the date on which such holder ceases to own Registrable Securities; provided,
that, such holder’s rights and obligations pursuant to Section 8, as well as the
Corporation’s obligations to pay expenses pursuant to Section 7, shall survive with respect
to any registration statement in which any Registrable Securities of the holder were included.



               (k) Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any
legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising
hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the
rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by the other party hereto or its successors or
assigns, shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery and any
state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, if the Delaware Court of Chancery
declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the
State of Delaware). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such
action or proceeding for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to
the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring any action
relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby in any court other than
the aforesaid courts. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to
assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with
respect to this Agreement, (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of
the above-named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve in accordance with this
Section 12(k), (b) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction
of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of
notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of
judgment or otherwise), and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, any claim
that (i) the suit, action or proceeding in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the
venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper, or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject
matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.



               (l) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT,
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CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT, IN
THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B)
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT,
BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12(L).




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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of
the date first above written.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Robert
M. Clements	 
	 	 	Name:  	Robert M. Clements	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	 
	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TYGRIS COMMERCIAL FINANCE GROUP, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Douglas
Hollowell	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 



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EXHIBIT A




ADDENDUM AGREEMENT




     This Addendum Agreement is made this ___ day of ____________, 20___, by and between
_______________________ (the “New Holder”) and EverBank Financial Corp (the
“Corporation”), pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 20, 2009
(the “Agreement”), by and among the Corporation and Tygris Commercial Finance Group, Inc.
(the “Purchaser”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.


WITNESSETH:




     WHEREAS, the Corporation has agreed to provide registration rights with respect to the
Registrable Securities as set forth in the Agreement; and



     WHEREAS, the New Holder has acquired Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from the
Purchaser or upon consummation of the Merger as provided in the Acquisition Agreement; and



     WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Purchaser have required in the Agreement that all persons
desiring registration rights must enter into an Addendum Agreement binding the New Holder to the
Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party thereto.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties, the New Holder
acknowledges that it has received and read the Agreement and that the New Holder shall be bound by,
and shall have the benefit of, all of the terms and conditions set out in the Agreement to the same
extent as if it were an original party to the Agreement and shall be deemed to be a holder of
Registrable Securities thereunder.




New Holder






Address:

 


 





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     AGREED
TO on behalf of the Corporation pursuant to Section 12(c) of the Agreement.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EVERBANK FINANCIAL CORP

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 




Exhibit A-2