Document:

Exhibit 4.2

 

Execution Version

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

T2 BIOSYSTEMS, INC.

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

March 22, 2013

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
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Section 1.
    	
Definitions
    	
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1.1
    	
Certain Definitions
    	
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Section 2
    	
Registration Rights
    	
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2.1
    	
Requested Registration
    	
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2.2
    	
Company Registration
    	
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2.3
    	
Registration on Form S-3
    	
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2.4
    	
Expenses of Registration
    	
8
    
	
 
    	
2.5
    	
Registration Procedures
    	
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2.6
    	
Indemnification
    	
11
    
	
 
    	
2.7
    	
Information by Holder
    	
13
    
	
 
    	
2.8
    	
Restrictions on Transfer
    	
13
    
	
 
    	
2.9
    	
Rule 144 Reporting
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
2.10
    	
Market Stand-Off Agreement
    	
16
    
	
 
    	
2.11
    	
Delay of Registration
    	
16
    
	
 
    	
2.12
    	
Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights
    	
16
    
	
 
    	
2.13
    	
Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights
    	
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2.14
    	
Termination of Registration Rights
    	
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Section 3
    	
Covenants of the Company
    	
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3.1
    	
Basic Financial Information
    	
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3.2
    	
Inspection Rights
    	
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3.3
    	
Confidentiality
    	
18
    
	
 
    	
3.4
    	
Stock Option Vesting
    	
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3.5
    	
Termination of Covenants
    	
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3.6
    	
Observer Rights
    	
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3.7
    	
No Restrictions on Business Activities
    	
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3.8
    	
Restrictive Covenants
    	
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3.9
    	
No Other Arrangements
    	
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3.10
    	
General Regulatory
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
3.11
    	
Non-Promotion
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
3.12
    	
Company Logos
    	
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3.13
    	
Insurance
    	
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Section 4
    	
Right of First Refusal
    	
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4.1
    	
Right of First Refusal to Preferred Holders
    	
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Section 5
    	
Miscellaneous
    	
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5.1
    	
Amendment
    	
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5.2
    	
Notices
    	
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5.3
    	
Governing Law
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
5.4
    	
Successors and Assigns
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
5.5
    	
Entire Agreement
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
5.6
    	
Delays or Omissions
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
5.7
    	
Severability
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
5.8
    	
Titles and Subtitle
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
5.9
    	
Counterparts
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
5.10
    	
Telecopy Execution and Delivery
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
5.11
    	
Further Assurances
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
5.12
    	
Aggregation of Stock
    	
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5.12
    	
Additional Parties
    	
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T2 BIOSYSTEMS, INC.

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Fourth Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”)  is made as of March 22, 2013, by and among T2 Biosystems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),  and the persons and entities listed on Exhibit A hereto (each, an “Investor” or a “Preferred Holder” and collectively, the “Investors” or the “Preferred Holders”).  Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, certain of the Investors are parties to the Series E Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement of even date herewith, among the Company and the Investors listed on the Schedule of Investors thereto (the “Purchase Agreement”),  and it is a condition to the closing of the sale of the Series E Preferred Stock to such Investors (the “Series E Investors”)  that the parties to the Purchase Agreement execute and deliver this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and certain of the Investors are parties to the Third Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement dated as of August 3, 2011 (the “Investors’ Rights Agreement”),  which can be amended with the written consent of the Company and Holders (as defined therein) of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities (as defined therein); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the undersigned Investors comprising of Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities now desire to amend and restate the Investors’ Rights Agreement to facilitate the sale of shares of Series E Preferred Stock to the Series E Investors.

 

NOW, THEREFORE: In consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, and other consideration, the receipt of and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto further agree as follows:

 

Section 1
  Definitions.

 

1.1                               Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(a)              “Closing” shall mean the date of the sale of shares of the Company’s Series E Preferred Stock pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

(b)              “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

 

(c)               “Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Company.

 

 

(d)              “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar successor federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

 

(e)               “Founder” shall mean any of Michael Cima, Tyler Jacks, Lee Josephson, Robert Langer, W. David Lee or Ralph Weissleder.

 

(f)                “Holder” shall mean (i) any Investor that holds Registrable Securities and (ii) any holder of Registrable Securities to whom the registration rights conferred by this Agreement have been duly and validly transferred in accordance with Section 2.12 of this Agreement; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement, a record holder of shares of Preferred Stock convertible into such Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be the Holder of such Registrable Securities; provided, further, that the Company shall in no event be obligated to register shares of Preferred Stock, and that Holders of Registrable Securities will not be required to convert their shares of Preferred Stock into Common Stock in order to exercise the registration rights granted hereunder, until immediately before the closing of the offering to which the registration relates.

 

(g)               “Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c) hereof.

 

(h)              “Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c) hereof.

 

(i)                  “Initial Public Offering” shall mean the closing of the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of the Company’s Common Stock registered under the Securities Act.

 

(j)                 “Initiating Holders” shall mean, collectively, Holders who properly initiate a registration request under this Agreement.

 

(k)              “Investors” shall mean the persons and entities listed on Exhibit A hereto.

 

(1)              “Management Rights Letter” shall mean that certain Management Rights Letter by and among the Company and Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C., Bridge Street 2013 Holdings, L.P. and MBD 2013 Holdings, L.P. of even date herewith and the Management Rights Letters between the Company and each of (i) Aisling Capital III, LP, (ii) Flagship Ventures Fund 2004, L.P. and Flagship Ventures Fund IV, L.P., (iii) Flybridge Capital Partners I,L.P. and Flybridge Capital Partners II, L.P., (iv) Physic Ventures, L.P. and (v) Polaris Venture Partners V, L.P., Polaris Venture Partners Entrepreneurs’ Fund V, L.P., Polaris Venture Partners Founders’ Fund V, L.P. and Polaris Venture Partners Special Founders’ Fund V, L.P., dated August 3, 2011.

 

(m)          “New Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a) hereof.

 

(n)              “Preferred Conversion Stock” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock.

 

(o)              “Preferred Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

 

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(p)              “Preferred Stock” shall mean the Company’s Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, the Company’s Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share and the Series E Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

(q)              “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

(r)                 “Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) shares of Common Stock issuable or issued pursuant to the conversion of the Shares, (ii) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any capital stock of the Company acquired by the Investors after the date hereof and (iii) any Common Stock issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in replacement of the shares referenced in (i) or (ii) above; provided, however, that Registrable Securities shall not include any shares of Common Stock described in clause (i) or (ii) above which have previously been registered or which have been sold to the public through a registration statement or could be sold pursuant to Rule 144, or which have been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not validly assigned in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(s)                The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” shall refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.

 

(t)                 “Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in effecting any registration pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification, and filing fees, printing expenses, accounting fees, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, fees and disbursements of one special counsel for the Holders (selected by a majority-in-interest of the Holders) not to exceed $50,000, blue sky fees and expenses, and expenses of any regular or special audits incident to or required by any such registration, but shall not include Selling Expenses, fees and disbursements of other counsel for the Holders and the compensation of regular employees of the Company, which shall be paid in any event by the Company.

 

(u)              “Requisite Share Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereof.

 

(v)              “Restated Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

 

(w)            “Restricted Securities” shall mean any Registrable Securities required to bear the first legend set forth in Section 2.8(b) hereof.

 

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(x)              “Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 as promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.

 

(y)              “Rule 145” shall mean Rule 145 as promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.

 

(z)               “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar successor federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

 

(aa)       “Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder (other than the fees and disbursements of one special counsel to the Holders not to exceed $50,000 included in Registration Expenses).

 

(bb)       “Series E Preferred Stock” shall mean shares of the Company’s Series E Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

(cc)         “Shares” shall mean (i) Preferred Stock issued to the Investors by the Company, and (ii) any securities issued with respect to the foregoing upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, or similar event or upon any conversion.

 

(dd)       “Transaction Documents” shall mean (i) the Purchase Agreement, (ii) that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Voting Agreement by and among the Company, the Investors and certain other stockholders named therein of even date herewith and (iii) that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement by and among the Company, the Investors and certain other stockholders named therein of even date herewith.

 

Section 2
  Registration Rights

 

2.1                               Requested Registration.

 

(a) Request for Registration. Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.1, if the Company shall receive from Initiating Holders a written request signed by such Initiating Holders that the Company effect any registration with respect to at least thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities (or a lesser amount if such offering shall have an aggregate offering price to the public of not less than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) net of underwriting discounts and commissions) (such request shall state the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be disposed of by such Initiating Holders), the Company will:

 

(i)                                     promptly give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders; and

 

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(ii)                                  as soon as practicable, file and use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration (including, without limitation, filing post-effective amendments, appropriate qualifications under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws, and appropriate compliance with the Securities Act) and to permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request received by the Company within ten (10) days after such written notice from the Company is mailed or delivered; provided that, unless a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 is the Initial Public Offering, the Company also shall use its reasonable best efforts to file the registration statement within sixty (60) days of the receipt of the request from the Initiating Holders.

 

(b) Limitations on Requested Registration. The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any such registration pursuant to this Section 2.1:

 

(i)                                               Prior to the earlier of (A) March 22, 2015 or (B) six (6) months following the effective date of the Initial Public Offering;

 

(ii)                                            In any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification, or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;

 

(iii)                                         After the Company has initiated two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1 (counting for these purposes only registrations which have been declared or ordered effective and pursuant to which securities have been sold); or

 

(iv)                                        During the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration; provided that the Company is actively employing, in good faith, commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.

 

(c) Deferral. If (i) in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), the filing of a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities would be materially detrimental to the Company and the Board concludes, as a result, that it is in the best interests of the Company to defer the filing of such registration statement at such time, and (ii) the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would be materially detrimental to the Company for such registration statement to be filed in the near future and that it is, therefore, in the best interests of the Company to defer the filing of such registration statement, then (in addition to the limitations set forth in Section 2.1(b)(iv) above) the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than sixty (60) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders, and, provided further, that the Company shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than once in any twelve-month period.

 

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(d) Underwriting. If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 2.1(a)(i). In such event, the right of any Holder to include all or any portion of its Registrable Securities in a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities to the extent provided herein. If the Company shall request inclusion in any registration pursuant to Section 2.1 of securities being sold for its own account, or if other persons shall request inclusion in any registration pursuant to Section 2.1, the Initiating Holders shall, on behalf of all Holders, offer to include such securities in the underwriting and such offer shall be conditioned upon the participation of the Company or such other persons in such underwriting and the inclusion of the Company’s and such person’s other securities of the Company and their acceptance of the further applicable provisions of this Section 2 (including Section 2.10). The Company shall (together with all Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the representative of the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company and approved by Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the underwriters advise the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, the number of Registrable Securities that may be so included shall be apportioned pro rata among the selling Holders based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all selling Holders or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders. In no event shall Registrable Securities be excluded from such registration unless all other stockholders’ securities (including securities for the account of the Company) have been first excluded.

 

If a person who has requested inclusion in such registration as provided above does not agree to the terms of any such underwriting, such person shall be excluded therefrom by written notice from the Company, the underwriter or the Initiating Holders. The securities so excluded shall also be withdrawn from registration. Any Registrable Securities or other securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall also be withdrawn from such registration. If shares are so withdrawn from the registration and if the number of shares to be included in such registration was previously reduced as a result of marketing factors pursuant to this Section 2.1(d), then the Company shall then offer to all Holders who have retained rights to include securities in the registration the right to include additional Registrable Securities in the registration in an aggregate amount equal to the number of shares so withdrawn, with such shares to be allocated among such Holders requesting additional inclusion, as set forth above.

 

2.2                               Company Registration.

 

(a) Company Registration. If the Company shall determine to register any of its securities either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders, other than a registration pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.3, a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, a registration relating to the offer and sale of debt securities, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or other Rule 145 transaction, or a registration on any registration form that does not permit secondary sales, the Company will:

 

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(i)                                          promptly give written notice of the proposed registration to all Holders; and

 

(ii)                                       include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), except as set forth in Section 2.2(b) below, and in any underwriting involved therein, all of such Registrable Securities as are specified in a written request or requests made by any Holder or Holders received by the Company within twenty (20) days after such written notice from the Company is mailed or delivered. Such written request may specify all or a part of a Holder’s Registrable Securities. If a Holder decides not to include all of its Registrable Securities in any registration statement thereafter filed by the Company, such Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Registrable Securities in any subsequent registration statement or registration statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

(b) Underwriting. If the registration of which the Company gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i). In such event, the right of any Holder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company and the other holders of securities of the Company with registration rights to participate therein distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the representative of the underwriter or underwriters selected by the Company.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.2, if the underwriters advise the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, the underwriters may (subject to the limitations set forth below) limit the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the registration and underwriting. In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such registration and underwriting unless all other stockholders’ securities have been first excluded. In the event that the underwriters determine that less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such registration and underwriting, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such registration and underwriting shall be apportioned pro rata among the selling Holders based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all selling Holders or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the amount of securities of the selling Holders included in the registration and underwriting be reduced below thirty percent (30%) of the total amount of securities included in such registration and underwriting, unless such registration is the Initial Public Offering, in which case the selling Holders may be excluded if the underwriters make the determination described above.

 

If a person who has requested inclusion in such registration as provided above does not agree to the terms of any such underwriting, such person shall also be excluded therefrom by written notice from the Company or the underwriter. The securities so excluded shall also be withdrawn from such registration. Any Registrable Securities or other securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from such registration.

 

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(c) Right to Terminate Registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.2 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration.

 

2.3                               Registration on Form S-3.

 

(a) Request for Form S-3 Registration. If the Company is then qualified for the use of Form S-3, in addition to the rights contained in the foregoing provisions of this Section 2 and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.3, if the Company shall receive from Initiating Holders a written request signed by such Initiating Holders that the Company effect any registration on Form S-3 or any similar short form registration statement with respect to all or part of the Registrable Securities (such request shall state the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be disposed of and the intended methods of disposition of such shares by such Holder or Holders), the Company will take all such action with respect to such Registrable Securities as required by Sections 2.1(a)(i) and 2.1(a)(ii); provided, that in the case of a registration pursuant to this Section 2.3, the Company also shall use its reasonable best efforts to file the registration statement within sixty (60) days of the receipt of the request from the Initiating Holders.

 

(b) Limitations on Form S-3 Registration. The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or take any action to effect, any such registration pursuant to this Section 2.3:

 

(i)                                          In the circumstances described in either Sections 2.1(b)(ii) or 2.1(b)(iv);

 

(ii)                                       If the Initiating Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) on Form S-3 at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters’ discounts and commissions) of less than Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000); or

 

(iii)                                    If, in a given six-month period, the Company has effected one (1) such registration in such period.

 

(c) Deferral. The provisions of Section 2.1(c) shall apply to any registration pursuant to this Section 2.3.

 

(d) Underwriting. If the Initiating Holders requesting registration under this Section 2.3 intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, the provisions of Section 2.1(d) shall apply to such registration. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as requests for registration or registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

2.4                               Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registrations pursuant to Sections 2.1,  2.2 and 2.3 hereof shall be borne by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered or because a sufficient number of Holders shall have withdrawn so that the minimum offering

 

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conditions set forth in Sections 2.1 and 2.3 are no longer satisfied (in which case all participating Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata among each other based on the number of Registrable Securities requested to be so registered), unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one demand registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a); and provided  further, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness following disclosure by the Company of such material adverse change, then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.3. All Selling Expenses shall be borne pro rata by the selling Holders based on the number of Registrable Securities requested to be so registered.

 

2.5          Registration Procedures. In the case of each registration effected by the Company pursuant to Section 2, the Company will keep each Holder advised in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to the completion thereof. At its expense, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

 

(a)         Keep such registration effective for a period of ending on the earlier of the date which is one hundred twenty (120) days from the effective date of the registration statement or such time as the Holder or Holders have completed the distribution described in the registration statement relating thereto; provided, however, that (i) such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains, at the request of an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, from selling any securities included in such registration, and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 that are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, subject to compliance with applicable Commission rules, such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for up to 12 months, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold;

 

(b)         Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement for the period set forth in subsection (a) above; provided further that in connection with any registration on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 above, the Company agrees to timely file all reports required under the Exchange Act in order to maintain the right to continue to use such Form S-3 and to maintain such registration in effect;

 

(c)          Furnish such number of prospectuses, including any preliminary prospectuses, and other documents incident thereto, including any amendment of or supplement to the prospectus, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate their disposition of their Registrable Securities;

 

(d)         Use its reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdiction as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to

 

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service of process in any such states or jurisdictions unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;

 

(e)          Notify each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or incomplete in light of the circumstances then existing, and following such notification promptly prepare and furnish to such Holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such shares, such prospectus shall not include 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 not misleading or incomplete in light of the circumstances then existing;

 

(f)          Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such registration statement and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration;

 

(g)          Cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant hereunder to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

(h)         Otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission;

 

(i)           In connection with any underwritten offering pursuant to a registration statement filed pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, enter into an underwriting agreement in form reasonably necessary to effect the offer and sale of Common Stock, provided such underwriting agreement contains reasonable and customary provisions, and provided  further, that each Holder participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement; and

 

(j)          Use its reasonable best efforts to furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 2, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, (i) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of Holders requesting registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities, and (ii) a letter dated such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the Holders requesting registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities.

 

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(k) Promptly make available for inspection by the selling Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter or selected by the selling Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent in connection with any such registration statement.

 

2.6          Indemnification.

 

(a)         To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, each of its officers, directors, stockholders, members and partners, legal counsel, and accountants and each person controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to which registration, qualification, or compliance has been effected pursuant to this Section 2, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act any underwriter, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages, and liabilities (or actions, proceedings, or settlements in respect thereof) arising out of or based on: (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any prospectus, offering circular, or other document (including any related registration statement, notification, or the like) incident to any such registration, qualification, or compliance; (ii) 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 (iii) any violation (or alleged violation) by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities laws or any rule or regulation thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any offering covered by such registration, qualification, or compliance, and the Company will reimburse each such Holder, each of its officers, directors, stockholders, members, partners, legal counsel, and accountants and each person controlling such Holder, 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 as they are incurred; provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability, or action arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission based upon written information furnished to the Company and stated to be specifically for use therein by such Holder, any of such Holder’s officers, directors, partners, legal counsel or accountants, any person controlling such Holder, such underwriter or any person who controls any such underwriter; and provided  further that, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.6(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

(b)         To the extent permitted by law, each Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification, or compliance is being effected, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, officers, legal counsel, and accountants and each underwriter, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by such a registration statement, each person who controls the Company or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, each other such Holder, and each of their officers, directors, stockholders, members and partners, and each person controlling such Holder, against all

 

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claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on: (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular, or other document, or (ii) 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 reimburse the Company and such Holders, directors, officers, stockholders, members, partners, legal counsel, and accountants, persons, underwriters, or control persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability, or action as they are incurred, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular, or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use 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 that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 2.6 exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.

 

(c)          Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.6 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”)  promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom; provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such party’s expense; provided,  further, however, that an Indemnified Party (together with all other Indemnified Parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the Indemnifying Party, if representation of such Indemnified Party by the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding; and provided  further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 2.6, to the extent such failure is not materially prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend such action. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, 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 from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.

 

(d)         If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.6 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense referred to herein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such

 

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Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided,  however, that no contribution by any Holder, when combined with any amounts paid by such Holder pursuant to Section 2.6(b), shall exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

(e)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

 

(f)          The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 2.6 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement, and otherwise.

 

2.7          Information by Holder. Each Holder of Registrable Securities shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the distribution proposed by such Holder as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with any registration, qualification, or compliance referred to in this Section 2.

 

2.8          Restrictions on Transfer. The Holder of each certificate representing Registrable Securities by acceptance thereof agrees to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Section 2.8.

 

(a) Subject to Section 2.10, each Holder agrees not to make any sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition of all or any portion of the Restricted Securities, or any beneficial interest therein, unless and until (x) the transferee thereof has agreed in writing for the benefit of the Company to take and hold such Restricted Securities subject to, and to be bound by, the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including, without limitation, these Sections 2.8 and 2.10, and (y):

 

(i)         There is then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such registration statement; or

 

(ii)        Such Holder shall have given prior written notice to the Company of such Holder’s intention to make such disposition and shall have furnished the Company with a detailed description of the manner and circumstances of the proposed disposition, and, if requested by the Company, such Holder shall have furnished the Company, at such Holder’s expense, with (A) an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such disposition will not require registration of such Restricted Securities under the Securities Act or (B) a “no

 

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action” letter from the Commission to the effect that the transfer of such securities without registration will not result in a recommendation by the staff of the Commission that action be taken with respect thereto, whereupon the holder of such Restricted Securities shall be entitled to transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered by the Holder to the Company. It is agreed that the Company will not require opinions of counsel or “no action” letters for transactions made pursuant to Rule 144, except in unusual circumstances.

 

(iii)       Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a)(y)(i) and (a)(y)(ii) above, no such registration statement or opinion of counsel or “no action” letter shall be necessary for: (A) a transfer by a Holder to any of its affiliates (including an affiliated fund now or hereafter existing that is managed by the same manager or managing member or general partner or management company or by an entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such manager or managing member or general partner or management company, each an “Affiliated Fund”); (B) a transfer by a Holder that is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation to a partner, limited partner, retired partner, member, retired member or stockholder of a Holder; (C) a transfer by gift, will or intestate succession of any partner to his or her spouse or to the siblings, lineal descendants or ancestors of such partner or his or her spouse; or (D) the transfer by a Holder exercising its co-sale rights under the Fourth Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co- Sale Agreement by and among the Company and the Investors and certain other stockholders named therein of even date herewith, as amended, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, if in each transfer under clauses (A), (B) or (C) the prospective transferee agrees in all such instances in writing to be subject to the terms hereof to the same extent as if he or she were an original Holder hereunder.

 

(b) Each certificate representing Registrable Securities shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Agreement) be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially similar to the following (in addition to any legend required under applicable state securities laws):

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF CERTAIN STATES. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION OTHERWISE COMPLIES WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO (1) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE, INCLUDING A LOCK-UP PERIOD OF UP TO 180 DAYS IN

 

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THE EVENT OF A PUBLIC OFFERING, AS SET FORTH IN AN INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT, AND (2) VOTING RESTRICTIONS AS SET FORTH IN A VOTING AGREEMENT AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE ORIGINAL HOLDERS OF THESE SHARES, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY.

 

The Holders consent to the Company making a notation on its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Restricted Securities in order to implement the restrictions on transfer established in this Section 2.8.

 

(c) The first legend referring to federal and state securities laws identified in Section 2.8(b) hereof stamped on a certificate evidencing the Restricted Securities and the stock transfer instructions and record notations with respect to such Restricted Securities shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of such Restricted Securities if (i) such securities are registered under the Securities Act; or (ii) such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such securities may be made without registration under the Securities Act; or (iii) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurances, which may, at the option of the Company, include an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that such securities can be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

2.9          Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission that may permit the sale of the Restricted Securities to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

 

(a)         Make and keep public information regarding the Company available as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times from and after the effective date of the first registration under the Securities Act filed by the Company for an offering of its securities to the general public;

 

(b)         File with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements; and

 

(c)          So long as a Holder owns any Restricted Securities, furnish to the Holder forthwith upon written request a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time from and after ninety (90) days following the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company for an offering of its securities to the general public), and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without registration.

 

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2.10 Market Stand-Off Agreement. If requested by the Company and an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, each Holder hereby agrees that such Holder shall not sell or otherwise transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale, of any Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by such Holder (other than those included in the registration) during one hundred and eighty (180) day period or, if required by such underwriter, such longer period of time as is necessary to enable such underwriter to issue a research report or make a public appearance that relates to an earnings release or announcement by the Company within eighteen (18) days before or after the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3 relating to such offering, but in any event not to exceed two hundred ten (210) days following the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Initial Public Offering. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10 shall be applicable to the Holders only if all officers, directors, and stockholders individually owning more than one percent (1%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock are subject to the same restrictions. The obligations described in this Section 2.10 shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-1 or Form S-8 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a registration relating solely to a transaction on Form S-4 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions and may stamp each such certificate with the second legend set forth in Section 2.8(b)  hereof with respect to the shares of Common Stock (or other securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of such one hundred eighty (180) day period. Each Holder agrees to execute a market standoff agreement with said underwriters in customary form consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.10. Any discretionary waiver or release of such agreement by the Company or the underwriters shall apply pro rata to all Holders subject to such agreements, based on the number of shares subject to such agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the restrictions contained in this Section 2.10 shall not apply to any shares of Common Stock (or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) acquired by any Holder following the effective date of the Initial Public Offering.

 

2.11 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to take any action to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise delay any registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.

 

2.12 Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the Company to register securities granted to a Holder by the Company under this Section 2 may be transferred or assigned by a Holder only to: (a) a transferee or assignee who acquires at least five percent (5%) of the Investor’s shares of Registrable Securities (as presently constituted and subject to subsequent adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits, and the like); (b) an affiliate of a Holder (including an Affiliated Fund) or a subsidiary, parent, partner, limited partner, retired partner, member, retired member or stockholder of a Holder; or (c) a Holder’s family member or trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or Holder’s family member; provided that (i) any such transfer or assignment of Registrable Securities is effected in accordance with the terms of Section 2.8 hereof, and applicable securities laws; (ii) the Company is given written notice prior to said transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the securities with respect to which such registration rights are intended to be transferred or assigned; (iii) the transferee or assignee of such rights assumes in writing the obligations of such Holder under this

 

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Agreement, including without limitation the obligations set forth in Section 2.10; and (iv) any such transferee is not engaged in competition with the Company as reasonably determined by the Board.

 

2.13 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company giving such holder or prospective holder any registration rights the terms of which are pari passu with or senior to the registration rights granted to the Holders hereunder.

 

2.14 Termination of Registration Rights. The right of any Holder to request registration or inclusion in any registration pursuant to Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3 shall terminate on the earlier of (i) such date, on or after the closing of the Initial Public Offering, on which all shares of Registrable Securities held or entitled to be held upon conversion by such Holder may immediately be sold under Rule 144 during any ninety (90)-day period; and (ii) five (5) years after the closing of the Initial Public Offering.

 

Section 3
  Covenants of the Company

 

The Company hereby covenants and agrees, as follows:

 

3.1          Basic Financial Information. Provided that twenty percent (20%) of the Preferred Stock originally issued by the Company (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, and other recapitalizations) or the equivalent in Registrable Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall deliver to each Investor who holds at least twenty percent (20%) of the Shares originally purchased by such Investor (the “Requisite Share Amount”)  the following financial information:

 

(a)         as soon as practicable, but in any event within 150 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, which such time period may be waived by the Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities (excluding any of such shares that have been sold to the public or pursuant to Rule 144), an income statement for such fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Company and statement of stockholder’s equity as of the end of such year, and a statement of cash flows for such year, such year-end financial reports to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”),  and audited and certified by an independent public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company;

 

(b)         as soon as practicable, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, an unaudited profit or loss statement, a statement of cash flows for such fiscal quarter and an unaudited balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied with prior practice for earlier periods (with the exception of footnotes that may be required by GAAP) and fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its results of operation for the period specified, subject to year-end audit adjustment;

 

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(c)          as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days of the end of each month, an unaudited income statement and statement of cash flows for such month, and an unaudited balance sheet and statement of stockholders’ equity as of the end of such month, all prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its results of operation for the period specified, subject to year-end audit adjustment and

 

(d)         as soon as practicable, but in any event within 30 days prior to the commencement of each new fiscal year of the Company, an annual budget and operating plan for such fiscal year.

 

(d)         the rights granted to each Investor pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall terminate on the date of the closing of the Initial Public Offering.

 

3.2          Inspection Rights. Provided that twenty percent (20%) of the Preferred Stock originally issued by the by the Company (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, and other recapitalizations) or the equivalent in Registrable Securities remain outstanding, the Company will afford to each Investor who continues to hold such Investor’s Requisite Share Amount reasonable access during normal business hours to all of the Company’s properties, books and records. Investors may exercise their rights under this Section 3.2 only for purposes reasonably related to their interests as a stockholder. The rights granted pursuant to Section 3.1 and this Section 3.2 may be assigned or otherwise conveyed by any Investor to any person that such Investor transfers shares of Shares representing such Investor’s Requisite Share Amount or by any subsequent transferee of any such rights to any transferee, and such transferees shall be deemed to be an Investor for purposes of Sections 3.1 and 3.2 hereof, unless such transferee is reasonably deemed by the Company to be a competitor of the Company. The rights granted to each Investor pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall terminate on the date of the closing of the Initial Public Offering.

 

3.3          Confidentiality. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Holder by reason of this Agreement shall have access to any trade secrets of the Company. The Company shall not be required to comply with any inspection rights of Section 3 in respect of any Holder whom the Company reasonably determines to be a competitor or an officer, employee, director or holder of more than ten percent (10%) of a competitor, nor shall the Company be obligated to disclose any information which the Board determines in good faith is attorney-client privileged and should not, therefore, be disclosed. Each Holder agrees that it will not use any information received by it pursuant to this Agreement in violation of the Exchange Act or reproduce, disclose or disseminate such information to any other person other than its employees, agents or partners having a need to know the contents of such information, and its attorneys, consultants, and other professionals to the extent necessary to obtain their services in connection with monitoring its investment in the Company; and to any prospective purchaser of any Registrable Securities from such Holder, if such prospective purchaser agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 3.3  or as may otherwise be required by law, provided that the Holder promptly notifies the Company of such disclosure and takes reasonable steps to minimize the extent of any such required disclosure unless such information (a) is known or becomes known to the public in general (other than as a result of a breach of this Section 3.3 by such Holder), (b) is or has been independently developed or conceived by the Holder without use of the Company’s confidential information, or (c) is or has

 

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been made known or disclosed to the Holder by a third party without a breach of any obligation of confidentiality such third party may have to the Company. The Company acknowledges that certain of the Investors are in the business of venture capital investing and therefore review the business plans and related proprietary information of many enterprises, including enterprises that may have products or services that compete directly or indirectly with those of the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude or in any way restrict the Investors from investing or participating in any particular enterprise, regardless of whether such enterprise has products or services that compete with those of the Company.

 

3.4          Stock Option Vesting. Unless otherwise decided by the Board and each of the Preferred Stock Directors (as defined in the Fourth Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Voting Agreement dated as of the date hereof, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time), all option grants to employees and consultants of the Company made after the date of this Agreement shall vest over a four (4) year period with twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares subject to each option vesting a year after the vesting commencement date and the remainder of the shares vesting in equal amounts on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis thereafter. Vesting shall be accelerated by one (1) year if within one (1) year after a change in control the option holder, if such option holder is an employee, is discharged without cause or is “constructively discharged” (e.g. by a reduction in compensation).

 

3.5          Termination of Covenants. The covenants set forth in this Section 3 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect after the closing of the Initial Public Offering or upon the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation), provided that in the case of a sale of substantially all assets, such termination shall occur only upon completion of the distribution of all proceeds of such sale to the stockholders of the Company in accordance with the Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

3.6          Founder Board Observer Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement and until consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Founders shall have the right to appoint four (4) designees (“Founder Board Observers”),  provided that such Founder Board Observer is also a Founder. Founder Board Observers shall be permitted to attend each meeting of the Board and to participate in all discussions during each meeting. The Company shall send to each such Founder Board Observer the notice of the time and place of any such meeting in the same manner and at the same time as it shall send such notice to its directors or committee members, as the case may be. The Company shall also provide to each such Founder Board Observer copies of all notices, reports, minutes and consents at the time and in the manner as they are provided to the Board or committee, unless the information is reasonably designated as proprietary information by the Board, the Company receives advice from legal counsel that there is a substantial risk that discussing a specified matter in the presence of, or providing specific document to, a person who is not a member of the Board, would result in the Company’s loss of attorney-client privilege with respect to a specified matter, or if the Company reasonably believes that such specified matter relates directly and substantially to any matter in which such Founder Board Observer has a material business or financial interest (other than by reason of its interests as a stockholder of the Company), or if the Board in good faith wishes to discuss confidential matters related to the business of the Company, the Company may exclude a Founder Board Observer from that portion of the meeting addressing such specified matter or not provide such specific document to the Founder Board Observer.

 

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3.7         No Restrictions on Business Activities.

 

(a)         The Company agrees not to require any Investor to (i) limit or restrict any of its business activities (including, without limitation, business activities of such Investor in the same line of business as the Company or investments by such Investor in any entity engaged in the same line of business of the Company), (ii) send any business opportunities to the Company or (iii) violate any duty or client confidence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any of the Transaction Documents, the Company agrees that any of the Investors may disclose any confidential information of the Company that such Investor receives if such disclosure is requested or required by law, regulation or any regulatory or governmental authority, provided that such disclosing Investor gives the Company, to the extent reasonably practicable and legally permitted, prior written notice of such requirement and an opportunity to seek a protective order with respect thereto.

 

(b)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any of the Transaction Documents, none of the provisions herein or therein shall in any way limit any Investor from engaging in any brokerage, investment advisory, financial advisory, anti-raid advisory, principaling, merger advisory, financing, asset management, trading, market making, arbitrage, investment activity or other similar activities conducted in the ordinary course of its business. The Company acknowledges that the restrictions contained in Section 2.10 of this Agreement shall not apply to any shares of Common Stock (or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock) acquired by the Investors following the effective date of the first registration statement of the Company covering Common Stock or other securities to be sold on behalf of the Company in an underwritten public offering.

 

3.8          Restrictive Covenants. The Company agrees that it will not enter into any agreement that contains a non-competition or non-solicitation covenant that binds any of the Investors.

 

3.9          No Other Arrangements. The Company hereby agrees, represents and warrants to each of the Investors that, except for the Transaction Documents and the Management Rights Letters, the Company is not a party to any agreements, arrangements or understandings, whether written or oral, with any Series E Investors with respect to the rights, privileges or restrictions of the Series E Preferred Stock.

 

3.10        General Regulatory. The Company shall keep the Investors informed, on a current basis, of any events, discussions, notices or changes with respect to any tax (other than ordinary course communications which could not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company), criminal or regulatory investigation or action involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and shall reasonably cooperate with the Investors and their respective affiliates in an effort to avoid or mitigate any cost or regulatory consequences to them that might arise from such investigation or action (including by reviewing written submissions in advance, attending meetings with authorities and coordinating and providing assistance in meeting with regulators).

 

3.11        Non-Promotion. The Company agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of each Investor or its affiliate, as applicable, in each instance, (i) use in advertising, publicity, or otherwise the name of such Investor or its affiliate, or any partner or employee of an

 

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affiliate of such Investor, nor any trade name, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof owned by such Investor or its affiliates, or (ii) represent, directly or indirectly, that any product or any service provided by the Company has been approved or endorsed by such Investor or its affiliate.

 

3.12        Company Logos. The Company grants each of the Investors permission to use the Company’s name and logo in the marketing materials of such Investor or its affiliates. Each of the Investors or their affiliates, as applicable, shall include a trademark attribution notice giving notice of the Company’s ownership of its trademarks in the marketing materials of such Investor in which the Company’s name and logo appear.

 

3.13        Insurance. The Company shall maintain Director and Officer liability insurance of no less than Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) and product liability insurance.

 

Section 4
  Right of First Refusal

 

4.1          Right of First Refusal to Preferred Holders. Provided that fifteen percent (15%) or more of the Preferred Stock originally issued by the Company (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, and other recapitalizations) remains outstanding, the Company hereby grants to each Preferred Holder the right of first refusal to purchase its pro rata share (based on ownership of Preferred Stock) of New Securities (as defined in Section 4.1(a)) which the Company may, from time to time, propose to sell and issue after the date of this Agreement. A Preferred Holder’s pro rata share, for purposes of this right of first refusal, is equal to the ratio of (a) the number of shares of Common Stock then owned by such Preferred Holder (assuming full conversion of the Shares and exercise of all outstanding convertible securities, rights, options and warrants, directly or indirectly, into Common Stock held by such Preferred Holder) to (b) the total number of shares of Common Stock then owned by all Preferred Holders (assuming full conversion of the Shares and exercise of all outstanding convertible securities, rights, options and warrants, directly or indirectly, into Common Stock held by all the Preferred Holders). For purposes of this Section 4.1, a Preferred Holder includes any general partner, managing member and affiliates (including Affiliated Funds) of a Preferred Holder. A Preferred Holder who chooses to exercise the right of first refusal may designate as purchasers under such right itself and/or its partners or affiliates (including Affiliated Funds), in such proportions as it deems appropriate.

 

(a) “New Securities” shall mean any capital stock (including Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock) of the Company whether now authorized or not, and rights, convertible securities, options or warrants to purchase such capital stock, and securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, exercisable or convertible into capital stock; provided that the term “New Securities” does not include:

 

(i)         the Shares and the Preferred Conversion Stock; or

 

(ii)        securities excluded from the definition of Additional Shares of Common Stock pursuant to Article FOURTH Section B.4(d)(i)(D)(I)-(V) of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as such provision is amended, modified, supplemented or replaced.

 

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(b)         In the event the Company proposes to undertake an issuance of New Securities, it shall give each Preferred Holder written notice of its intention, describing the type of New Securities, and their price and the general terms upon which the Company proposes to issue the same. Each Preferred Holder shall have twenty (20) days after any such notice is mailed or delivered to agree to purchase such Holder’s pro rata share of such New Securities for the price and upon the terms specified in the notice by giving written notice to the Company and stating therein the quantity of New Securities to be purchased. If any Preferred Holder fails to so agree in writing within such twenty (20) day period to purchase such Holder’s full pro rata share of an offering of New Securities (a “Nonpurchasing Holder”),  then such Nonpurchasing Holder shall forfeit the right hereunder to purchase that part of such Nonpurchasing Holder’s pro rata share of such New Securities that such Nonpurchasing Holder did not so agree to purchase. The Company shall promptly give each Preferred Holder who has timely agreed to purchase such Holder’s full pro rata share of such offering of New Securities (a “Purchasing Holder”)  written notice of the failure of any Nonpurchasing Holder to purchase such Nonpurchasing Holder’s full pro rata share of such offering of New Securities (the “Overallotment Notice”).  Each Purchasing Holder shall have a right of overallotment such that such Purchasing Holder may agree to purchase a portion of the Nonpurchasing Holders’ unpurchased pro rata shares of such offering on a pro rata basis according to the relative pro rata shares of the Purchasing Holders, at any time within five (5) days after receiving the Overallotment Notice.

 

(c)          In the event the Preferred Holders fail to exercise fully the right of first refusal within said twenty (20) day period plus five (5) days (the “Election Period”),  the Company shall have ninety (90) days thereafter to sell or enter into an agreement (pursuant to which the sale of New Securities covered thereby shall be closed, if at all, within ninety (90) days from the date of said agreement) to sell that portion of the New Securities with respect to which the Preferred Holders’ right of first refusal option set forth in this Section 4.1 was not exercised, at a price and upon terms no more favorable to the purchasers thereof than specified in the Company’s notice to Preferred Holders delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(b). In the event the Company has not sold within such ninety (90) day period following the Election Period, or such ninety (90) day period following the date of said agreement, the Company shall not thereafter issue or sell any New Securities without first again offering such securities to the Preferred Holders in the manner provided in this Section 4.1.

 

(d)         The right of first refusal granted under this Agreement shall expire upon, and shall not be applicable to, (i) the Initial Public Offering or (ii) on the first date upon which no Shares are outstanding with respect to the Preferred Holders.

 

Section 5

Miscellaneous

 

5.1          Amendment. Except as expressly provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated other than by a written instrument referencing this Agreement and signed by the Company and the Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities (excluding any of such shares that have been sold to the public or pursuant to Rule 144). Any such amendment, waiver, discharge or termination effected in

 

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accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each Holder and each future holder of all such securities of Holder. Each Holder acknowledges that by the operation of this paragraph, the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities (excluding any of such shares that have been sold to the public or pursuant to Rule 144) will have the right and power to diminish or eliminate all rights of such Holder under this Agreement.

 

5.2          Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, sent by facsimile or electronic mail or otherwise delivered by hand or by messenger addressed:

 

(a)         if to an Investor, at the Investor’s address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as shown in the Company’s records, as may be updated in accordance with the provisions hereof and required copies (which shall not constitute notice) shall be sent to Todd Finger, McDermott, Will & Emery, 340 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10173-1922 and Richard Birns, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, 575 Lexington Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022 (facsimile: 212-446-2350; electronic mail address: rbirns@bsfllp.com);

 

(b)         if to any Holder, at such address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as shown in the Company’s records, or, until any such holder so furnishes an address, facsimile number or electronic mail address to the Company, then to and at the address of the last holder of such shares for which the Company has contact information in its records; or

 

(c)          if to the Company, one copy should be sent to T2 Biosystems, 101 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421, Attn: Chief Executive Officer, or at such other address as the Company shall have furnished to the Investors, with a required copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Mark J. Macenka, Esq., Goodwin Procter, LLP, Exchange Place, Boston, MA 02109.

 

Each such notice or other communication shall for all purposes of this Agreement be treated as effective or having been given when delivered if delivered personally, or, if sent by mail, at the earlier of its receipt or 72 hours after the same has been deposited in a regularly maintained receptacle for the deposit of the United States mail, addressed and mailed as aforesaid or, if sent by facsimile, upon confirmation of facsimile transfer or, if sent by electronic mail, upon confirmation of delivery when directed to the electronic mail address set forth on the Schedule of Investors.

 

5.3          Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as to matters within the scope thereof, and as to all other matters shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

 

5.4          Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.

 

5.5          Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the exhibits hereto constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and supersedes all prior written or oral agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter.

 

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No party hereto shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner with regard to the subjects hereof or thereof by any warranties, representations or covenants except as specifically set forth herein.

 

5.6          Delays or Omissions. Except as expressly provided herein, no delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party to this Agreement upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-defaulting party, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party to this Agreement, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

5.7          Severability. If any provision of this Agreement becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, portions of such provision, or such provision in its entirety, to the extent necessary, shall be severed from this Agreement, and such court will replace such illegal, void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the same economic, business and other purposes of the illegal, void or unenforceable provision. The balance of this Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

5.8          Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to sections, paragraphs and exhibits shall, unless otherwise provided, refer to sections and paragraphs hereof and exhibits attached hereto.

 

5.9          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be enforceable against the parties that execute such counterparts, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

5.10        Telecopy Execution and Delivery. A facsimile, telecopy or other reproduction of this Agreement may be executed by one or more parties hereto and delivered by such party by facsimile or any similar electronic transmission device pursuant to which the signature of or on behalf of such party can be seen. Such execution and delivery shall be considered valid, binding and effective for all purposes. At the request of any party hereto, all parties hereto agree to execute and deliver an original of this Agreement as well as any facsimile, telecopy or other reproduction hereof.

 

5.11        Further Assurances. Each party hereto agrees to execute and deliver, by the proper exercise of its corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other powers, all such other and additional instruments and documents and do all such other acts and things as may be necessary to more fully effectuate this Agreement.

 

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5.12        Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock held or acquired by affiliated entities or persons or entities under common investment management or control shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights or obligations under this Agreement.

 

5.13        Termination of Investors’ Rights Agreement. By execution of this Agreement, the Company and the other parties to the Investors’ Rights Agreement that are parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge and agree that, effective as of the date hereof, the Investors’ Rights Agreement is hereby terminated and shall be of no further force of effect.

 

5.14        Additional Parties. Additional Investors (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) who purchase shares of Preferred Stock from the Company pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement after the effective date of this Agreement, as a condition to such purchase, shall become a party to this Agreement by executing a signature page to this Agreement, and no consent or waiver of any other party hereto, other than the Company, shall be required to add any such additional party.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Fourth Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
T2 BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
    
	
 
    	
a Delaware corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ John McDonough
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
John McDonough
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President and Chief Executive Officer
    
				

 

***T2 Biosystems, Inc. — Fourth Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement***

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Fourth Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

INVESTORS:

 

	
FLAGSHIP VENTURES FUND 2004, L.P.
    	
 
    
	
By: Flagship Ventures General Partner LLC,
    	
 
    
	
Its General Partner
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Noubar Afeyan
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
Noubar Afeyan
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
Manager
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address: Flagship Ventures
    	
 
    
	
One Memorial Drive, 7th Floor
    	
 
    
	
Cambridge, MA 02142
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
FLAGSHIP VENTURES FUND IV, L.P.
    	
 
    
	
By its General Partner
    	
 
    
	
Flagship Ventures Fund IV General Partner LLC
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Noubar B. Afeyan
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
Noubar B. Afeyan
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
Manager
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address: Flagship Ventures
    	
 
    
	
One Memorial Drive, 7th Floor
    	
 
    
	
Cambridge, MA 02142
    	
 
    
						

 

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POLARIS VENTURE PARTNERS V, L.P.
    	
 
    	
POLARIS VENTURE PARTNERS 
    
	
By: Polaris Venture Management   Co. V, L.L.C.
    	
 
    	
FOUNDERS’ FUND V, L.P.
    
	
Its General Partner
    	
 
    	
By: Polaris Venture Management   Co. V, L.L.C.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ William E. Bilodeau
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ William E. Bilodeau
    
	
 
    	
William E. Bilodeau
    	
 
    	
 
    	
William E. Bilodeau
    
	
 
    	
Attorney-in-fact
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attorney-in-fact
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address: Polaris Venture   Partners
    	
 
    	
Address: Polaris Venture Partners
    
	
1000 Winter Street, Suite 3350
    	
 
    	
1000 Winter Street, Suite 3350
    
	
Waltham, MA 02451
    	
 
    	
Waltham, MA 02451
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
POLARIS VENTURE PARTNERS
    	
 
    	
POLARIS VENTURE PARTNERS SPECIAL
    
	
ENTREPRENEURS’ FUND V, L.P.
    	
 
    	
FOUNDERS’ FUND V, L.P.
    
	
By: Polaris Venture Management Co. V, L.L.C.
    	
 
    	
By: Polaris Venture Management Co. V, L.L.C.
    
	
Its General Partner
    	
 
    	
Its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ William E. Bilodeau
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ William E. Bilodeau
    
	
 
    	
William E. Bilodeau
    	
 
    	
 
    	
William E. Bilodeau
    
	
 
    	
Attorney-in-fact
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Attorney-in-fact
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address: Polaris Venture   Partners
    	
 
    	
Address: Polaris Venture Partners
    
	
1000 Winter Street, Suite 3350
    	
 
    	
1000 Winter Street, Suite 3350
    
	
Waltham, MA 02451
    	
 
    	
Waltham, MA 02451
    

 

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FLYBRIDGE CAPITAL PARTNERS I, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
By: Flybridge Capital Partners G.P. I, L.L.C.
    
	
 
    	
Its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Michael A. Greeley
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Michael A. Greeley
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Member and Manager
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address: Flybridge Capital Partners
    
	
 
    	
500 Boylston Street, 18th Floor
    
	
 
    	
Boston, MA 02116
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
FLYBRIDGE CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
By: Flybridge Capital Partners G.P. II, L.L.C.
    
	
 
    	
Its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Michael A. Greeley
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Michael A. Greeley
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Member and Manager
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address: Flybridge Capital Partners
    
	
 
    	
500 Boylston Street, 18th Floor
    
	
 
    	
Boston, MA 02116
    
				

 

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PARTNERS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
    
	
 
    	
POOLED INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
Partners Healthcare
    
	
 
    	
Its:
    	
Managing General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ John Barker
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
John Barker
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief Investment Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address:
    	
101 Merrimac St., 4th Fl.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Boston, MA 02114
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn: Jennifer Schmelter
    
						

 

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PHYSIC VENTURES, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
By: Physic Ventures Management, L.L.C.,
    
	
 
    	
Its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ William Rosenzweig
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
William Rosenzweig
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Managing Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address: Physic Ventures, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
200 California Street, 5th Floor
    
	
 
    	
San Francisco, CA 94111
    
				

 

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ARCUS VENTURES FUND, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ James B. Dougherty
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
JAMES B. Dougherty
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
GENERAL PARTNER
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address: 55 Broad Street, Suite 1840
    
	
 
    	
New York, NY 10004
    
				

 

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CAMROS CAPITAL, LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Parviz Tayebati
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Parviz Tayebati
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
CEO
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address: 134 Farm Road
    
	
 
    	
Sherborn, MA 01770
    
				

 

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WS INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC (2010A)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address: 650 Page Mill Road
    
	
 
    	
Palo Alto, CA 94304
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
WS INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC (2011A)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address: 650 Page Mill Road
    
	
 
    	
Palo Alto, CA 94304
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
WS INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC (2013A)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address: 650 Page Mill Road
    
	
 
    	
Palo Alto, CA 94304
    

 

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AISLING CAPITAL III, LP
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
    
	
 
    	
Name: ILLEGIBLE
    
	
 
    	
Title: CFO
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Aisling Capital III, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
888 Seventh Avenue, 30th Floor
    
	
 
    	
New York, NY 10106
    
	
 
    	
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
Fax: 212 651 6379
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
With a required copy to:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
    
	
 
    	
340 Madison Avenue
    
	
 
    	
New York, NY 10173-1922
    
	
 
    	
Attn: Todd Finger
    
	
 
    	
Fax: 212 547 5444
    

 

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BROAD   STREET PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS,
    
	
 
    	
L.L.C.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
[ILLEGIBLE]
    
	
 
    	
Title: 
    	
Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
BRIDGE   STREET 2013 HOLDINGS, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
By: Bridge Street   Opportunity Advisors, L.L.C.,
    
	
 
    	
its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
[ILLEGIBLE]
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
MBD   2013 HOLDINGS, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
By: MBD Advisors, L.L.C.,
    
	
 
    	
its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
[ILLEGIBLE]
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address:
    	
200 West Street
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
New York, NY 10282
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn: TJ Carella
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
With a required copy to:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Boies, Schiller &   Flexner LLP
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
575 Lexington Avenue, 7th   Floor
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
New York, NY 10022
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Attn: Richard Birns
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Fax: 212-446-2350
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Email: rbims@bsfllp.com
    
									

 

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MICHAEL CIMA
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/ Michael Cima
    
	
 
    	
Name: Michael Cima
    

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

INVESTORS

 

Flagship Ventures Fund 2004, L.P.

Flagship Ventures Fund IV, L.P.

Polaris Venture Partners V, L.P.

Polaris Venture Partners Entrepreneurs’ Fund V, L.P.

Polaris Venture Partners Founders’ Fund V, L.P.

Polaris Venture Partners Special Founders’ Fund V, L.P.

Flybridge Capital Partners I, L.P.

Flybridge Capital Partners II, L.P.

Partners Healthcare System Pooled Investment Accounts

In-Q-Tel, Inc.

Physic Ventures, L.P.

Arcus Ventures Fund, L.P.

RA Capital Healthcare Fund, LP

Blackwell Partners, LLC

Camros Capital, LLC

WS Investment Company, LLC (2010A)

WS Investment Company, LLC (2011A)

WS Investment Company, LLC (2013A)

Aisling Capital III, LP

Broad Street Principal Investments, L.L.C.

Bridge Street 2013 Holdings, L.P.

MBD 2013 Holdings, L.P.

Michael CimaExhibit 10.1

 

T2 BIOSYSTEMS, INC.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
 2006 EMPLOYEE, DIRECTOR AND CONSULTANT STOCK PLAN

 

(as amended July 1, 2014)

 

1.                                      DEFINITIONS.

 

Unless otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms, as used in this T2 Biosystems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan, have the following meanings:

 

Administrator means the Board of Directors, unless it has delegated power to act on its behalf to the Committee, in which case the Administrator means the Committee.

 

Affiliate means a corporation which, for purposes of Section 424 of the Code, is a parent or subsidiary of the Company, direct or indirect.

 

Agreement means an agreement between the Company and a Participant delivered pursuant to the Plan, in such form as the Administrator shall approve.

 

Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i)                                     Ownership.  Any “Person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities (excluding for this purpose the Company or its Affiliates or any employee benefit plan of the Company) pursuant to a transaction or a series of related transactions which the Board of Directors does not approve; or

 

(ii)                                  Merger/Sale of Assets.  A merger or consolidation of the Company’ whether or not approved by the Board of Directors, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or the parent of such corporation) at least 50% of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or parent of such corporation outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the 

 

 

shareholders of the Company approve an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Committee means the committee of the Board of Directors to which the Board of Directors has delegated power to act under or pursuant to the provisions of the Plan.

 

Common Stock means shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share.

 

Company means T2 Biosystems, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

Disability or Disabled means permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

Employee means any employee of the Company or of an Affiliate (including, without limitation, an employee who is also serving as an officer or director of the Company or of an Affiliate), designated by the Administrator to be eligible to be granted one or more Stock Rights under the Plan.

 

Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock means:

 

(i)                                     If the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market and sales prices are regularly reported for the Common Stock, the closing or last price of the Common Stock on the composite tape or other comparable reporting system for the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date;

 

(ii)                                  If the Common Stock is not traded on a national securities exchange but is traded on the over-the-counter market, if sales prices are not regularly reported for the Common Stock for the trading day referred to in clause (i), and if bid and asked prices for the Common Stock are regularly reported, the mean between the bid and the asked price for the Common Stock at the close of trading in the over-the-counter market for the trading day on which Common Stock was traded immediately preceding the applicable date; and

 

(iii)                               If the Common Stock is neither listed on a national securities exchange nor traded in the over-the-counter market, such value as the Administrator, in good faith, shall determine.

 

ISO means an option meant to qualify as an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Code.

 

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Non-Qualified Option means an option which is not intended to qualify as an ISO.

 

Option means an ISO or Non-Qualified Option granted under the Plan.

 

Participant means an Employee, director or consultant of the Company or an Affiliate to whom one or more Stock Rights are granted under the Plan.  As used herein, “Participant” shall include “Participant’s Survivors” where the context requires.

 

Plan means this T2 Biosystems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan.

 

Shares means shares of the Common Stock as to which Stock Rights have been or may be granted under the Plan or any shares of capital stock into which the Shares are changed or for which they are exchanged within the provisions of Paragraph 3 of the Plan.  The Shares issued under the Plan may be authorized and unissued shares or shares held by the Company in its treasury, or both.

 

Stock-Based Award means a grant by the Company under the Plan of an equity award or an equity based award which is not an Option or a Stock Grant.

 

Stock Grant means a grant by the Company of Shares under the Plan.

 

Stock Right means a right to Shares or the value of Shares of the Company granted pursuant to the Plan - an ISO, a Non-Qualified Option, a Stock Grant or a Stock-Based Award.

 

Survivor means a deceased Participant’s legal representatives and/or any person or persons who acquired the Participant’s rights to a Stock Right by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

 

2.                                      PURPOSES OF THE PLAN.

 

The Plan is intended to encourage ownership of Shares by Employees and directors of and certain consultants to the Company in order to attract and retain such people, to induce them to work for the benefit of the Company or of an Affiliate and to provide additional incentive for them to promote the success of the Company or of an Affiliate.  The Plan provides for the granting of ISOs, Non-Qualified Options, Stock Grants and Stock-Based Awards.

 

3.                                      SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

 

(a)                                 The number of Shares which may be issued from time to time pursuant to this Plan shall be Six Million, Three Hundred Thirty Two Thousand, Eight Hundred Eighty Two (6,332,882), or the equivalent of such number of Shares after the Administrator, in its sole discretion, has interpreted the effect of any stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization or similar transaction in accordance with Paragraph 24 of the Plan.

 

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(b)                                 If an Option ceases to be “outstanding,” in whole or in part (other than by exercise), or if the Company shall reacquire (at not more than its original issuance price) any Shares issued pursuant to a Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award, or if any Stock Right expires or is forfeited, cancelled, or otherwise terminated or results in any Shares not being issued, the unissued Shares which were subject to such Stock Right shall again be available for issuance from time to time pursuant to this Plan.

 

4.                                      ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

 

The Administrator of the Plan will be the Board of Directors, except to the extent the Board of Directors delegates its authority to the Committee, in which case the Committee shall be the Administrator.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Administrator is authorized to:

 

(a)                                 Interpret the provisions of the Plan and all Stock Rights and to make all rules and determinations which it deems necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan;

 

(b)                                 determine the number of Shares for which a Stock Right or Stock Rights shall be granted;

 

(c)                                  Determine which Employees, directors and consultants shall be granted Stock Rights;

 

(d)                                 Specify the terms and conditions upon which a Stock Right or Stock Rights may be granted; and

 

(e)                                  Make changes to any outstanding Stock Right, including, without limitation, to reduce or increase the exercise price or purchase price, accelerate the vesting schedule or extend the expiration date, provided that no such change shall impair the rights of a Participant under any grant previously made without such Participant’s consent;

 

(f)                                   Buy out for a payment in cash or Shares, a Stock Right previously granted and/or cancel any such Stock Right and grant in substitution therefor other Stock Rights, covering the same or a different number of Shares and having an exercise price or purchase price per share which may be lower or higher than the exercise price or purchase price of the cancelled Stock Right, based on such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall establish and the Participant shall accept; and

 

(g)                                  Adopt any sub-plans applicable to residents of any specified jurisdiction as it deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with or take advantage of any tax or other laws applicable to the Company or to Plan Participants or to otherwise facilitate the administration of the Plan, which sub-plans may include additional restrictions or conditions applicable to Stock Rights or Shares issuable pursuant to a Stock Right.

 

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provided, however, that all such interpretations, rules, determinations, terms and conditions shall be made and prescribed in the context of preserving the tax status under Section 422 of the Code of those Options which are designated as ISOs.  Subject to the foregoing, the interpretation and construction by the Administrator of any provisions of the Plan or of any Stock Right granted under it shall be final, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, if the Administrator is the Committee.  In addition, if the Administrator is the Committee, the Board of Directors may take any action under the Plan that would otherwise be the responsibility of the Committee.

 

To the extent permitted under applicable law, the Board of Directors or the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any other person selected by it.  The Board of Directors or the Committee may revoke any such allocation or delegation at any time.

 

5.                                      ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION.

 

The Administrator will, in its sole discretion, name the Participants in the Plan, provided, however, that each Participant must be an Employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate at the time a Stock Right is granted.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may authorize the grant of a Stock Right to a person not then an Employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate; provided, however, that the actual grant of such Stock Right shall be conditioned upon such person becoming eligible to become a Participant at or prior to the time of the execution of the Agreement evidencing such Stock Right.  ISOs may be granted only to Employees.  Non-Qualified Options, Stock Grants and Stock-Based Awards may be granted to any Employee, director or consultant of the Company or an Affiliate.  The granting of any Stock Right to any individual shall neither entitle that individual to, nor disqualify him or her from, participation in any other grant of Stock Rights.

 

6.                                      TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.

 

Each Option shall be set forth in writing in an Option Agreement, duly executed by the Company and, to the extent required by law or requested by the Company, by the Participant.  The Administrator may provide that Options be granted subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the terms and conditions specifically required under this Plan, as the Administrator may deem appropriate including, without limitation, subsequent approval by the shareholders of the Company of this Plan or any amendments thereto.  The Option Agreements shall be subject to at least the following terms and conditions:

 

(a)                                 Non-Qualified Options.  Each Option intended to be a Non-Qualified Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions which the Administrator determines to be appropriate and in the best interest of the Company, subject to the following minimum standards for any such Non-Qualified Option:

 

(i)                                     Option Price.  Each Option Agreement shall state the option price (per share) of the Shares covered by each Option, which option price shall be 

 

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determined by the Administrator but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock.

 

(ii)                                  Number of Shares.  Each Option Agreement shall state the number of Shares to which it pertains.

 

(iii)                               Option Periods.  Each Option Agreement shall state the date or dates on which it first is exercisable and the date after which it may no longer be exercised, and may provide that the Option rights accrue or become exercisable in installments over a period of months or years, or upon the occurrence of certain conditions or the attainment of stated goals or events.

 

(iv)                              Option Conditions.  Exercise of any Option may be conditioned upon the Participant’s execution of a Share purchase agreement in form satisfactory to the Administrator providing for certain protections for the Company and its other shareholders, including requirements that:

 

(A)                               The Participant’s or the Participant’s Survivors’ right to sell or transfer the Shares may be restricted; and

 

(B)                               The Participant or the Participant’s Survivors may be required to execute letters of investment intent and must also acknowledge that the Shares will bear legends noting any applicable restrictions.

 

(b)                                 ISOs.  Each Option intended to be an ISO shall be issued only to an Employee and be subject to the following terms and conditions, with such additional restrictions or changes as the Administrator determines are appropriate but not in conflict with Section 422 of the Code and relevant regulations and rulings of the Internal Revenue Service:

 

(i)                                     Minimum standards.  The ISO shall meet the minimum standards required of Non-Qualified Options, as described in Paragraph 6(a) above, except clause (i) thereunder.

 

(ii)                                  Option Price.  Immediately before the ISO is granted, if the Participant owns, directly or by reason of the applicable attribution rules in Section 424(d) of the Code:

 

(A)                               10% or less of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or an Affiliate, the Option price per share of the Shares covered by each ISO shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Shares on the date of the grant of the Option; or

 

(B)                               More than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or an Affiliate, the Option price per share of 

 

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the Shares covered by each ISO shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant.

 

(iii)                               Term of Option.  For Participants who own:

 

(A)                               10% or less of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or an Affiliate, each ISO shall terminate not more than ten years from the date of the grant or at such earlier time as the Option Agreement may provide; or

 

(B)                               More than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or an Affiliate, each ISO shall terminate not more than five years from the date of the grant or at such earlier time as the Option Agreement may provide.

 

(iv)                              Limitation on Yearly Exercise.  The Option Agreements shall restrict the amount of ISOs which may become exercisable in any calendar year (under this or any other ISO plan of the Company or an Affiliate) so that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time each ISO is granted) of the stock with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by the Participant in any calendar year does not exceed $100,000.

 

7.                                      TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK GRANTS.

 

Each offer of a Stock Grant to a Participant shall state the date prior to which the Stock Grant must be accepted by the Participant, and the principal terms of each Stock Grant shall be set forth in an Agreement, duly executed by the Company and, to the extent required by law or requested by the Company, by the Participant.  The Agreement shall be in a form approved by the Administrator and shall contain terms and conditions which the Administrator determines to be appropriate and in the best interest of the Company, subject to the following minimum standards:

 

(a)                                 Each Agreement shall state the purchase price (per share), if any, of the Shares covered by each Stock Grant, which purchase price shall be determined by the Administrator but shall not be less than the minimum consideration required by the Delaware General Corporation Law on the date of the grant of the Stock Grant;

 

(b)                                 Each Agreement shall state the number of Shares to which the Stock Grant pertains; and

 

(c)                                  Each Agreement shall include the terms of any right of the Company to restrict or reacquire the Shares subject to the Stock Grant, including the time and events upon which such rights shall accrue and the purchase price therefor, if any.

 

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8.                                      TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS.

 

The Board shall have the right to grant other Stock-Based Awards based upon the Common Stock having such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, including, without limitation, the grant of Shares based upon certain conditions, the grant of securities convertible into Shares and the grant of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock awards or stock units.  The principal terms of each Stock-Based Award shall be set forth in an Agreement, duly executed by the Company and, to the extent required by law or requested by the Company, by the Participant.  The Agreement shall be in a form approved by the Administrator and shall contain terms and conditions which the Administrator determines to be appropriate and in the best interest of the Company.

 

9.                                      EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND ISSUE OF SHARES.

 

An Option (or any part or installment thereof) shall be exercised by giving written notice to the Company or its designee, together with provision for payment of the full purchase price in accordance with this Paragraph for the Shares as to which the Option is being exercised, and upon compliance with any other condition(s) set forth in the Option Agreement.  Such notice shall be signed by the person exercising the Option, shall state the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised and shall contain any representation required by the Plan or the Option Agreement.  Payment of the purchase price for the Shares as to which such Option is being exercised shall be made (a) in United States dollars in cash or by check, or (b) at the discretion of the Administrator, through delivery of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal as of the date of the exercise to the cash exercise price of the Option and held for at least six months, or (c) at the discretion of the Administrator, by having the Company retain from the shares otherwise issuable upon exercise of the Option, a number of shares having a Fair Market Value equal as of the date of exercise to the exercise price of the Option, or (d) at the discretion of the Administrator, by delivery of the grantee’s personal recourse note bearing interest payable not less than annually at no less than 100% of the applicable Federal rate, as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code, or (e) at the discretion of the Administrator, in accordance with a cashless exercise program established with a securities brokerage firm, and approved by the Administrator, or (f) at the discretion of the Administrator, by any combination of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above or (g) at the discretion of the Administrator, payment of such other lawful consideration as the Administrator may determine.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator shall accept only such payment on exercise of an ISO as is permitted by Section 422 of the Code.

 

The Company shall then reasonably promptly deliver the Shares as to which such Option was exercised to the Participant (or to the Participant’s Survivors, as the case may be).  In determining what constitutes “reasonably promptly,” it is expressly understood that the issuance and delivery of the Shares may be delayed by the Company in order to comply with any law or regulation (including, without limitation, state securities or “blue sky” laws) which requires the Company to take any action with respect to the Shares prior to their issuance.  The Shares shall, upon delivery, be fully paid, non-assessable Shares.

 

The Administrator shall have the right to accelerate the date of exercise of any installment of any Option; provided that the Administrator shall not accelerate the exercise date of any installment of any Option granted to an Employee as an ISO (and not previously converted into a Non-Qualified Option pursuant to Paragraph 27) if such acceleration would 

 

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violate the annual vesting limitation contained in Section 422(d) of the Code, as described in Paragraph 6(b)(ii).

 

The Administrator may, in its discretion, amend any term or condition of an outstanding Option provided (i) such term or condition as amended is permitted by the Plan, (ii) any such amendment shall be made only with the consent of the Participant to whom the Option was granted, or in the event of the death of the Participant, the Participant’s Survivors, if the amendment is adverse to the Participant, and (iii) any such amendment of any Option shall be made only after the Administrator determines whether such amendment would constitute a “modification” of any Option which is an ISO (as that term is defined in Section 424(h) of the Code) or would cause any adverse tax consequences for the holder of such Option.

 

10.                               ACCEPTANCE OF STOCK GRANTS AND STOCK-BASED AWARDS AND ISSUE OF SHARES.

 

A Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award (or any part or installment thereof) shall be accepted by executing the applicable Agreement and delivering it to the Company or its designee, together with provision for payment of the full purchase price, if any, in accordance with this Paragraph for the Shares as to which such Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award is being accepted, and upon compliance with any other conditions set forth in the applicable Agreement.  Payment of the purchase price for the Shares as to which such Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award is being accepted shall be made (a) in United States dollars in cash or by check, or (b) at the discretion of the Administrator, through delivery of shares of Common Stock held for at least six months and having a Fair Market Value equal as of the date of acceptance of the Stock Grant or Stock Based-A ward to the purchase price of the Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award, or (c) at the discretion of the Administrator, by delivery of the grantee’s personal recourse note bearing interest payable not less than annually at no less than 100% of the applicable Federal rate, as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code, or (d) at the discretion of the Administrator, by any combination of (a), (b) and (c) above; or (e) at the discretion of the Administrator, payment of such other lawful consideration as the Administrator may determine.

 

The Company shall then, if required by the applicable Agreement, reasonably promptly deliver the Shares as to which such Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award was accepted to the Participant (or to the Participant’s Survivors, as the case may be), subject to any escrow provision set forth in the applicable Agreement.  In determining what constitutes “reasonably promptly,” it is expressly understood that the issuance and delivery of the Shares may be delayed by the Company in order to comply with any law or regulation (including, without limitation, state securities or “blue sky” laws) which requires the Company to take any action with respect to the Shares prior to their issuance.

 

The Administrator may, in its discretion, amend any term or condition of an outstanding Stock Grant, Stock-Based Award or applicable Agreement provided (i) such term or condition as amended is permitted by the Plan, and (ii) any such amendment shall be made only with the consent of the Participant to whom the Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award was made, if the amendment is adverse to the Participant.

 

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11.                               RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER.

 

No Participant to whom a Stock Right has been granted shall have rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares covered by such Stock Right, except after due exercise of the Option or acceptance of the Stock Grant or as set forth in any Agreement, and tender of the full purchase price, if any, for the Shares being purchased pursuant to such exercise or acceptance and registration of the Shares in the Company’s share register in the name of the Participant.

 

12.                               ASSIGNABILITY AND TRANSFERABILITY OF STOCK RIGHTS.

 

By its terms, a Stock Right granted to a Participant shall not be transferable by the Participant other than (i) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or (ii) as approved by the Administrator in its discretion and set forth in the applicable Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, an ISO transferred except in compliance with clause (i) above shall no longer qualify as an ISO.  The designation of a beneficiary of a Stock Right by a Participant, with the prior approval of the Administrator and in such form as the Administrator shall prescribe, shall not be deemed a transfer prohibited by this Paragraph.  Except as provided above, a Stock Right shall only be exercisable or may only be accepted, during the Participant’s lifetime, by such Participant (or by his or her legal representative) and shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise) and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process.  Any attempted transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of any Stock Right or of any rights granted thereunder contrary to the provisions of this Plan, or the levy of any attachment or similar process upon a Stock Right, shall be null and void.

 

13.                               EFFECT ON OPTIONS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE OTHER THAN “FOR CAUSE” OR DEATH OR DISABILITY.

 

Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s Option Agreement, in the event of a termination of service (whether as an employee, director or consultant) with the Company or an Affiliate before the Participant has exercised an Option, the following rules apply:

 

(a)                                 A Participant who ceases to be an employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate (for any reason other than termination “for cause,” Disability, or death for which events there are special rules in Paragraphs 14, 15, and 16, respectively), may exercise any Option granted to him or her to the extent that the Option is exercisable on the date of such termination of service, but only within such term as the Administrator has designated in a Participant’s Option Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Except as provided in Subparagraph (c) below, or Paragraph 15 or 16, in no event may an Option intended to be an ISO, be exercised later than three months after the Participant’s termination of employment.

 

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(c)                                  The provisions of this Paragraph, and not the provisions of Paragraph 15 or 16, shall apply to a Participant who subsequently becomes Disabled or dies after the termination of employment, director status or consultancy; provided, however, in the case of a Participant’s Disability or death within three months after the termination of employment, director status or consultancy, the Participant or the Participant’s Survivors may exercise the Option within one year after the date of the Participant’s termination of service, but in no event after the date of expiration of the term of the Option.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if subsequent to a Participant’s termination of employment, termination of director status or termination of consultancy, but prior to the exercise of an Option, the Board of Directors determines that, either prior or subsequent to the Participant’s termination, the Participant engaged in conduct which would constitute “cause,” then such Participant shall forthwith cease to have any right to exercise any Option.

 

(e)                                  A Participant to whom an Option has been granted under the Plan who is absent from the Company or an Affiliate because of temporary disability (any disability other than a Disability as defined in Paragraph 1 hereof), or who is on leave of absence for any purpose, shall not, during the period of any such absence, be deemed, by virtue of such absence alone, to have terminated such Participant’s employment, director status or consultancy with the Company or with an Affiliate, except as the Administrator may otherwise expressly provide.

 

(f)                                   Except as required by law or as set forth in a Participant’s Option Agreement, Options granted under the Plan shall not be affected by any change of a Participant’s status within or among the Company and any Affiliates, so long as the Participant continues to be an employee, director or consultant of the Company or any Affiliate.

 

14.                               EFFECT ON OPTIONS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE “FOR CAUSE”.

 

Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s Option Agreement, the following rules apply if the Participant’s service (whether as an employee, director or consultant) with the Company or an Affiliate is terminated “for cause” prior to the time that all his or her outstanding Options have been exercised:

 

(a)                                 All outstanding and unexercised Options as of the time the Participant is notified his or her service is terminated “for cause” will immediately be forfeited.

 

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(b)                                 For purposes of this Plan, “cause” shall include (and is not limited to) dishonesty with respect to the Company or any Affiliate, insubordination, substantial malfeasance or non-feasance of duty, unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, breach by the Participant of any provision of any employment, consulting, advisory, nondisclosure, non-competition or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company, and conduct substantially prejudicial to the business of the Company or any Affiliate.  The determination of the Administrator as to the existence of “cause” will be conclusive on the Participant and the Company.

 

(c)                                  “Cause” is not limited to events which have occurred prior to a Participant’s termination of service, nor is it necessary that the Administrator’s finding of “cause” occur prior to termination.  If the Administrator determines, subsequent to a Participant’s termination of service but prior to the exercise of an Option, that either prior or subsequent to the Participant’s termination the Participant engaged in conduct which would constitute “cause,” then the right to exercise any Option is forfeited.

 

(d)                                 Any provision in an agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, which contains a conflicting definition of “cause” for termination and which is in effect at the time of such termination, shall supersede the definition in this Plan with respect to that Participant.

 

15.                               EFFECT ON OPTIONS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE FOR DISABILITY.

 

Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s Option Agreement:

 

(a)                                 A Participant who ceases to be an employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate by reason of Disability may exercise any Option granted to such Participant:

 

(i)                                     To the extent that the Option has become exercisable but has not been exercised on the date of Disability; and

 

(ii)                                  In the event rights to exercise the Option accrue periodically, to the extent of a pro rata portion through the date of Disability of any additional vesting rights that would have accrued on the next vesting date had the Participant not become Disabled.  The proration shall be based upon the number of days accrued in the current vesting period prior to the date of Disability.

 

(b)                                 A Disabled Participant may exercise such rights only within the period ending one year after the date of the Participant’s Disability, notwithstanding that the Participant might have been able to exercise the Option as to some or all of the Shares on a later date if the Participant had not become Disabled and had continued to be an employee, director or consultant or, if earlier, within the originally prescribed term of the Option.

 

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(c)                                  The Administrator shall make the determination both of whether Disability has occurred and the date of its occurrence (unless a procedure for such determination is set forth in another agreement between the Company and such Participant, in which case such procedure shall be used for such determination).  If requested, the Participant shall be examined by a physician selected or approved by the Administrator, the cost of which examination shall be paid for by the Company.

 

16.                               EFFECT ON OPTIONS OF DEATH WHILE AN EMPLOYEE, DIRECTOR OR CONSULTANT.

 

Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s Option Agreement:

 

(a)                                 In the event of the death of a Participant while the Participant is an employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate, such Option may be exercised by the Participant’s Survivors:

 

(i)                                     To the extent that the Option has become exercisable but has not been exercised on the date of death; and

 

(ii)                                  In the event rights to exercise the Option accrue periodically, to the extent of a pro rata portion through the date of death of any additional vesting rights that would have accrued on the next vesting date had the Participant not died.  The proration shall be based upon the number of days accrued in the current vesting period prior to the Participant’s date of death.

 

(b)                                 If the Participant’s Survivors wish to exercise the Option, they must take all necessary steps to exercise the Option within one year after the date of death of such Participant, notwithstanding that the decedent might have been able to exercise the Option as to some or all of the Shares on a later date if he or she had not died and had continued to be an employee, director or consultant or, if earlier, within the originally prescribed term of the Option.

 

17.                               EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE ON UNACCEPTED STOCK GRANTS.

 

In the event of a termination of service (whether as an employee, director or consultant) with the Company or an Affiliate for any reason before the Participant has accepted a Stock Grant, such offer shall terminate.

 

For purposes of this Paragraph 17 and Paragraph 18 below, a Participant to whom a Stock Grant has been offered and accepted under the Plan who is absent from work with the Company or with an Affiliate because of temporary disability (any disability other than a Disability as defined in Paragraph 1 hereof), or who is on leave of absence for any purpose, shall not, during the period of any such absence, be deemed, by virtue of such absence alone, to have terminated such Participant’s employment, director status or consultancy with the Company or with an Affiliate, except as the Administrator may otherwise expressly provide.

 

In addition, for purposes of this Paragraph 17 and Paragraph 18 below, any change of employment or other service within or among the Company and any Affiliates shall not be

 

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treated as a termination of employment, director status or consultancy so long as the Participant continues to be an employee, director or consultant of the Company or any Affiliate.

 

18.                               EFFECT ON STOCK GRANTS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE OTHER THAN “FOR CAUSE” OR DEATH OR DISABILITY.

 

Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s Stock Grant Agreement, in the event of a termination of service (whether as an employee, director or consultant), other than termination “for cause,” Disability, or death for which events there are special rules in Paragraphs 19, 20, and 21, respectively, before all Company rights of repurchase shall have lapsed, then the Company shall have the right to repurchase that number of Shares subject to a Stock Grant as to which the Company’s repurchase rights have not lapsed.

 

19.                               EFFECT ON STOCK GRANTS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE “FOR CAUSE”.

 

Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s Stock Grant Agreement, the following rules apply if the Participant’s service (whether as an employee, director or consultant) with the Company or an Affiliate is terminated “for cause”:

 

(a)                                 All Shares subject to any Stock Grant shall be immediately subject to repurchase by the Company at $.01 per share.

 

(b)                                 For purposes of this Plan, “cause” shall include (and is not limited to) dishonesty with respect to the employer, insubordination, substantial malfeasance or non-feasance of duty, unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, breach by the Participant of any provision of any employment, consulting, advisory, nondisclosure, non-competition or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company, and conduct substantially prejudicial to the business of the Company or any Affiliate.  The determination of the Administrator as to the existence of “cause” will be conclusive on the Participant and the Company.

 

(c)                                  “Cause” is not limited to events which have occurred prior to a Participant’s termination of service, nor is it necessary that the Administrator’s finding of “cause” occur prior to termination.  If the Administrator determines, subsequent to a Participant’s termination of service, that either prior or subsequent to the Participant’s termination the Participant engaged in conduct which would constitute “cause,” then the Company’s right to repurchase all of such Participant’s Shares shall apply.

 

(d)                                 Any provision in an agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, which contains a conflicting definition of “cause” for termination and which is in effect at the time of such termination, shall supersede the definition in this Plan with respect to that Participant.

 

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20.                              EFFECT ON STOCK GRANTS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE FOR DISABILITY.

 

Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s Stock Grant Agreement, the following rules apply if a Participant ceases to be an employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate by reason of Disability: to the extent the Company’s rights of repurchase have not lapsed on the date of Disability, they shall be exercisable; provided, however, that in the event such rights of repurchase lapse periodically, such rights shall lapse to the extent of a pro rata portion of the Shares subject to such Stock Grant through the date of Disability as would have lapsed had the Participant not become Disabled.  The proration shall be based upon the number of days accrued prior to the date of Disability.

 

The Administrator shall make the determination both of whether Disability has occurred and the date of its occurrence (unless a procedure for such determination is set forth in another agreement between the Company and such Participant, in which case such procedure shall be used for such determination).  If requested, the Participant shall be examined by a physician selected or approved by the Administrator, the cost of which examination shall be paid for by the Company.

 

21.                               EFFECT ON STOCK GRANTS OF DEATH WHILE AN EMPLOYEE, DIRECTOR OR CONSULTANT.

 

Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s Stock Grant Agreement, the following rules apply in the event of the death of a Participant while the Participant is an employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate: to the extent the Company’s rights of repurchase have not lapsed on the date of death, they shall be exercisable; provided, however, that in the event such rights of repurchase lapse periodically, such rights shall lapse to the extent of a pro rata portion of the Shares subject to such Stock Grant through the date of death as would have lapsed had the Participant not died.  The proration shall be based upon the number of days accrued prior to the Participant’s death.

 

22.                               PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT.

 

Unless the offering and sale of the Shares to be issued upon the particular exercise or acceptance of a Stock Right shall have been effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as now in force or hereafter amended (the “1933 Act”), the Company shall be under no obligation to issue the Shares covered by such exercise unless and until the following conditions have been fulfilled:

 

(a)                                 The person(s) who exercise(s) or accept(s) such Stock Right shall warrant to the Company, prior to the receipt of such Shares, that such person(s) are acquiring such Shares for their own respective accounts, for investment, and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such Shares, in which event the person(s) acquiring such Shares shall be bound by the provisions of the following legend which shall be endorsed upon the certificate(s) evidencing their Shares issued pursuant to such exercise or such grant:

 

“The shares represented by this certificate have been taken for investment and they may not be sold or otherwise transferred by any person, including a pledgee, unless (1) either (a) a Registration

 

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Statement with respect to such shares shall be effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (b) the Company shall have received an opinion of counsel satisfactory to it that an exemption from registration under such Act is then available, and (2) there shall have been compliance with all applicable state securities laws.”

 

(b)                                 At the discretion of the Administrator, the Company shall have received an opinion of its counsel that the Shares may be issued upon such particular exercise or acceptance in compliance with the 1933 Act without registration thereunder.

 

23.                               DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION OF THE COMPANY.

 

Upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, all Options granted under this Plan which as of such date shall not have been exercised and all Stock Grants and Stock-Based Awards which have not been accepted will terminate and become null and void; provided, however, that if the rights of a Participant or a Participant’s Survivors have not otherwise terminated and expired, the Participant or the Participant’s Survivors will have the right immediately prior to such dissolution or liquidation to exercise or accept any Stock Right to the extent that the Stock Right is exercisable or subject to acceptance as of the date immediately prior to such dissolution or liquidation.  Upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, any outstanding Stock-Based Awards shall immediately terminate unless otherwise determined by the Administrator or specifically provided in the applicable Agreement.

 

24.                               ADJUSTMENTS.

 

Upon the occurrence of any of the following events, a Participant’s rights with respect to any Stock Right granted to him or her hereunder shall be adjusted as hereinafter provided, unless otherwise specifically provided in a Participant’s Agreement:

 

(a)                                 Stock Dividends and Stock Splits.  If (i) the shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares or if the Company shall issue any shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend on its outstanding Common Stock, or

 

(i)                                     additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of an Option or acceptance of a Stock Grant may be appropriately increased or decreased proportionately, and appropriate adjustments may be made including, in the purchase price per share, to reflect such events.

 

(b)                                 Corporate Transactions.  If the Company is to be consolidated with or acquired by another entity in a merger, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets other than a transaction to merely change the state of incorporation (a “Corporate Transaction”), the Administrator or the board of directors of any entity assuming the obligations of the Company hereunder (the “Successor Board”), shall, as to

 

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outstanding Options, either (i) make appropriate provision for the continuation of such Options by substituting on an equitable basis for the Shares then subject to such Options either the consideration payable with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock in connection with the Corporate Transaction or securities of any successor or acquiring entity; or (ii) upon written notice to the Participants, provide that all Options must be exercised (either (A) to the extent then exercisable or, (B) at the discretion of the Administrator, all Options being made fully exercisable for purposes of this Subparagraph), within a specified number of days of the date of such notice, at the end of which period the Options shall terminate; or (iii) terminate all Options in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such Options (either (A) to the extent then exercisable or, (B) at the discretion of the Administrator, all Options being made fully exercisable for purposes of this Subparagraph) over the exercise price thereof.

 

With respect to outstanding Stock Grants, the Administrator or the Successor Board, shall either (i) make appropriate provisions for the continuation of such Stock Grants on the same terms and conditions by substituting on an equitable basis for the Shares then subject to such Stock Grants either the consideration payable with respect to the outstanding Shares of Common Stock in connection with the Corporate Transaction or securities of any successor or acquiring entity; or (ii) terminate all Stock Grants in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such Stock Grants over the purchase price thereof, if any.  In addition, in the event of a Corporate Transaction, the Administrator may waive any or all Company repurchase rights with respect to outstanding Stock Grants.

 

(c)                                  Recapitalization or Reorganization.  In the event of a recapitalization or reorganization of the Company other than a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which securities of the Company or of another corporation are issued with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Participant upon exercising an Option or accepting a Stock Grant after the recapitalization or reorganization shall be entitled to receive for the purchase price paid upon such exercise or acceptance of the number of replacement securities which would have been received if such Option had been exercised or Stock Grant accepted prior to such recapitalization or reorganization.

 

(d)                                 Adjustments to Stock-Based Awards.  Upon the happening of any of the events described in Subparagraphs A, B or C above, any outstanding Stock-Based Award shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the events described in such Subparagraphs.  The Administrator or the Successor Board shall determine the specific adjustments to be made under this Paragraph 24, including, but not limited to the effect if any, of a Change in Control and, subject to Paragraph 4, its determination shall be conclusive.

 

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(e)                                  Modification of ISOs.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to Subparagraph a, b or c above with respect to ISOs shall be made only after the Administrator determines whether such adjustments would constitute a “modification” of such ISOs (as that term is defined in Section 424(h) of the Code) or would cause any adverse tax consequences for the holders of such ISOs.  If the Administrator determines that such adjustments made with respect to ISOs would constitute a modification of such ISOs, it may refrain from making such adjustments, unless the holder of an ISO specifically requests in writing that such adjustment be made and such writing indicates that the holder has full knowledge of the consequences of such “modification” on his or her income tax treatment with respect to the ISO.

 

25.                               ISSUANCES OF SECURITIES.

 

Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares subject to Stock Rights.  Except as expressly provided herein, no adjustments shall be made for dividends paid in cash or in property (including without limitation, securities) of the Company prior to any issuance of Shares pursuant to a Stock Right.

 

26.                               FRACTIONAL SHARES.

 

No fractional shares shall be issued under the Plan and the person exercising a Stock Right shall receive from the Company cash in lieu of such fractional shares equal to the Fair Market Value thereof.

 

27.                               CONVERSION OF ISOs INTO NON-QUALIFIED OPTIONS; TERMINATION OF ISOs.

 

The Administrator, at the written request of any Participant, may in its discretion take such actions as may be necessary to convert such Participant’s ISOs (or any portions thereof) that have not been exercised on the date of conversion into Non-Qualified Options at any time prior to the expiration of such ISOs, regardless of whether the Participant is an employee of the Company or an Affiliate at the time of such conversion.  At the time of such conversion, the Administrator (with the consent of the Participant) may impose such conditions on the exercise of the resulting Non-Qualified Options as the Administrator in its discretion may determine, provided that such conditions shall not be inconsistent with this Plan.  Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any Participant the right to have such Participant’s ISOs converted into Non-Qualified Options, and no such conversion shall occur until and unless the Administrator takes appropriate action.  The Administrator, with the consent of the Participant, may also terminate any portion of any ISO that has not been exercised at the time of such conversion.

 

28.                               WITHHOLDING.

 

In the event that any federal, state, or local income taxes, employment taxes, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“F.I.C.A.”) withholdings or other amounts are required by applicable law or governmental regulation to be withheld from the Participant’s salary, wages or

 

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other remuneration in connection with the exercise or acceptance of a Stock Right or in connection with a Disqualifying Disposition (as defined in Paragraph 29) or upon the lapsing of any right of repurchase, the Company may withhold from the Participant’s compensation, if any, or may require that the Participant advance in cash to the Company, or to any Affiliate of the Company which employs or employed the Participant, the statutory minimum amount of such withholdings unless a different withholding arrangement, including the use of shares of the Company’s Common Stock or a promissory note, is authorized by the Administrator (and permitted by law).  For purposes hereof, the fair market value of the shares withheld for purposes of payroll withholding shall be determined in the manner provided in Paragraph 1 above, as of the most recent practicable date prior to the date of exercise.  If the fair market value of the shares withheld is less than the amount of payroll withholdings required, the Participant may be required to advance the difference in cash to the Company or the Affiliate employer.  The Administrator in its discretion may condition the exercise of an Option for less than the then Fair Market Value on the Participant’s payment of such additional withholding.

 

29.                               NOTICE TO COMPANY OF DISQUALIFYING DISPOSITION.

 

Each Employee who receives an ISO must agree to notify the Company in writing immediately after the Employee makes a Disqualifying Disposition of any shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an ISO.  A Disqualifying Disposition is defined in Section 424(c) of the Code and includes any disposition (including any sale or gift) of such shares before the later of (a) two years after the date the Employee was granted the ISO, or (b) one year after the date the Employee acquired Shares by exercising the ISO, except as otherwise provided in Section 424(c) of the Code.  If the Employee has died before such stock is sold, these holding period requirements do not apply and no Disqualifying Disposition can occur thereafter.

 

30.                               TERMINATION OF THE PLAN.

 

The Plan will terminate on July 20, 2016, the date which is ten years from the earlier of the date of its adoption by the Board of Directors and the date of its approval by the shareholders of the Company.  The Plan may be terminated at an earlier date by vote of the shareholders or the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that any such earlier termination shall not affect any Agreements executed prior to the effective date of such termination.

 

31.                               AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND AGREEMENTS.

 

The Plan may be amended by the shareholders of the Company.  The Plan may also be amended by the Administrator, including, without limitation, to the extent necessary to qualify any or all outstanding Stock Rights granted under the Plan or Stock Rights to be granted under the Plan for favorable federal income tax treatment (including deferral of taxation upon exercise) as may be afforded incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code, and to the extent necessary to qualify the shares issuable upon exercise or acceptance of any outstanding Stock Rights granted, or Stock Rights to be granted, under the Plan for listing on any national securities exchange or quotation in any national automated quotation system of securities dealers.  Any amendment approved by the Administrator which the Administrator determines is of a scope that requires shareholder approval shall be subject to obtaining such shareholder approval.  Any modification or amendment of the Plan shall not, without the consent of a Participant, adversely

 

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affect his or her rights under a Stock Right previously granted to him or her.  With the consent of the Participant affected, the Administrator may amend outstanding Agreements in a manner which may be adverse to the Participant but which is not inconsistent with the Plan.  In the discretion of the Administrator, outstanding Agreements may be amended by the Administrator in a manner which is not adverse to the Participant.

 

32.                               EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP.

 

Nothing in this Plan or any Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Company or an Affiliate from terminating the employment, consultancy or director status of a Participant, nor to prevent a Participant from terminating his or her own employment, consultancy or director status or to give any Participant a right to be retained in employment or other service by the Company or any Affiliate for any period of time.

 

33.                               GOVERNING LAW.

 

This Plan shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware.

 

	
Approved by the Board:
    	
March 22,   2013
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Approved by the Shareholders:
    	
March 21,   2013
    

 

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