Document:

Exhibit 10.8

 

Execution Version

 

MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

 

June 30, 2009

 

This Management Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the date written above (the “Effective Date”) by and between Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC (formerly known as FTPS Opco, LLC ), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and Advent International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Advisor”).  The Company and the Advisor are referred to in this Agreement individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

 

Recitals

 

Certain investment funds advised by the Advisor (the “Investors”) have acquired Class A Units of FTPS Holding, LLC (formerly known as Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdco”), which holds 100% of the equity interest of the Company, pursuant to the Master Investment Agreement entered into on March 27, 2009, as amended June 30, 2009, by and among Fifth Third Bank, a bank chartered under the laws of the State of Ohio, Fifth Third Financial Corporation, an Ohio corporation, Advent-Kong Blocker Corp., a Delaware corporation, Holdco and the Company.

 

The Advisor is in the business of providing advisory services to private equity pooled investment funds (the “Advent Funds”) and other services to the portfolio companies in which the Advent Funds invest.  The Advisor has staff specifically skilled in the areas of corporate finance, acquisitions, strategic corporate planning, management and advisory services, among other areas.

 

The Company has required, and will continue to require, the Advisor’s special skills and advisory services in addition to those the Advisor’s affiliates will be providing in connection with the investment in Holdco; and the Advisor has provided, and is willing to continue to provide, these skills and advisory services to the Company; in each case, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

Agreement

 

In consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       The Services.

 

(a)                                  The Advisor hereby agrees that, during the Term (as defined below), the Advisor and/or one or more of its affiliates will provide the following services to the Company and/or its subsidiaries, if and as reasonably and specifically requested by the Company  and if and as agreed to by provided by the Advisor (these services that are to be provided only through this Agreement are referred to in this Agreement collectively as the “Services”):

 

(i)                                     supplemental advice with respect to the development and implementation of alternative strategies for improving the operating, marketing and financial performance of the Company, and other senior management matters related to the business, administration and policies of the Company; and

 

(ii)                                  supplemental advice in connection with the negotiation and consummation of agreements, contracts, documents and instruments related to the Company’s finances and alternative financing arrangements or relationships with banks or other financial institutions.

 

(b)                                 The Advisor shall have no obligation to the Company as to the time commitment involved in, or the method or timing of, rendering the Services (provided that the Services shall be rendered in a reasonably timely manner), and the Company shall not have any right to dictate or direct the details of the Advisor’s (or its affiliate’s) performance of any requested Services.

 

 

(c)                                  The Services are not exclusive to the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and this Agreement shall in no way prohibit the Advisor, the Advent Funds or any of their affiliates or any of their respective shareholders, partners (general, limited and so-called “operating”), members (both managing and otherwise), officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Related Parties”) from engaging in other activities, whether or not competitive with any business of the Company or any of its affiliates. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Services provided hereunder are intended to supplement but in no way replace or limit the management of the Company by the Board of Directors of the Company and the expertise that will be brought to the Company by the members of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.                                       Payment of Services Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses.

 

(a)                                  Services Fees.  In exchange for the Services, the Company hereby agrees to pay to the Advisor or its designee(s) a services fee, payable in advance in annual installments (beginning on the Effective Date and, for each succeeding fiscal year of the Company thereafter, on the first business day of such fiscal year), in an amount for the 2009 fiscal year equal to $500,000 and in an amount per each subsequent year equal to $1,000,000 (the “Services Fees”), which Services Fees shall not be prorated on a daily basis for any partial fiscal year during the Term.

 

(b)                                 Payments by Wire.  Each payment or reimbursement made pursuant to this Section 2 shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified on Exhibit A attached to this Agreement or to any other account(s) as the Advisor may specify in writing to the Company.

 

(c)                                  Reimbursement of Expenses.  In addition to the Services Fees, the Company agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred and paid by the Advisor and/or any of its affiliates in connection with this Agreement or in connection with performing the Services (including, but not limited to, air travel, out-of-pocket and other expenses) in an amount not to exceed $100,000 per calendar year during the Term (or pro rata portion thereof for a partial calendar year during the Term) (the “Expenses Cap”); provided that travel expenses incurred by Advisor for travel to and from the Company’s headquarters shall not apply towards the Expenses Cap.

 

3.                                       Term and Termination.

 

(a)                                  This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date and shall continue in full force and effect unless and until it is automatically terminated on the earlier of: (i) the date on which the Advisor, in its sole discretion, provides written notice of termination to the Company; (ii) immediately before a registration statement relating to Holdco’s or the Company’s equity securities is declared effective; or (iii)  the date on which the Advisor and its affiliates have transferred, directly or indirectly in one or more transactions, more than 66.6% of the units of beneficial interest of Holdco held by the Advisor and its affiliates on the Effective Date (the period beginning on the Effective Date through and including such earlier date is referred to in this Agreement as the “Term”).

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any subsequently-executed agreement that does not explicitly and specifically terminate the Advisor’s rights under this Section 3(b), all of the Company’s owed and unpaid obligations under Section 2  above, all of the Company’s obligations under Section 4 below and each of the provisions of Section 5 shall survive any termination of this Agreement to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law.

 

4.                                       Indemnification and Exculpation.

 

(a)                                  Indemnity.  The Company will indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of the Advisor and each Related Party (each, an “Indemnified Party,” and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Losses.  As used in this Agreement, the term “Losses” shall mean, collectively, any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, whether joint or several, expenses of any nature (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts incurred in connection with any Proceeding.  A “Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing, appeal or other proceeding (including any discovery event, issue or matter therein or related thereto), whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise, whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative nature, and whether formal or informal, in which an Indemnified Party was, is or will be involved as a party, in each case, in any way relating to (x) the Services or (y) this Agreement.

 

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(b)                                 Expenses.  The Company will, at an Indemnified Party’s election, either advance (after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, whether before or after final disposition of any Proceeding) or reimburse (as incurred) that Indemnified Party for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with investigating, preparing, pursuing, defending or assisting in the defense of any Proceeding for which the Indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification under this Section 4, whether or not that Indemnified Party is a party to this Agreement; provided that, (i) subject to Section 4(c) below, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof at its own expense, with counsel satisfactory to that Indemnified Party in its reasonable judgment and (ii) any such defense is prosecuted actively and with reasonable diligence.  Advances shall be unsecured, interest free and made without regard to an Indemnified Party’s ability to repay the expenses and without regard to the Indemnified Party’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Separate Counsel.  Any Indemnified Party may, at its own expense, retain separate counsel to participate in that defense, and in any Proceeding in which both the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and an Indemnified Party, on the other hand, is, or is reasonably likely to become, a party; provided that Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ one separate counsel at the expense of the Company and to control its own defense of that action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to that Indemnified Party, a conflict or potential conflict exists between the Company, on the one hand, and that Indemnified Party, on the other hand, that would make that separate representation advisable.

 

(d)                                 Settlements.  The Company agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the applicable Indemnified Party, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in, any Proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this Agreement (if any Indemnified Party is a party thereto or has been threatened to be made a party thereto) unless that settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of the applicable Indemnified Party and each other Indemnified Party from all liability arising, or that may arise, out of that Proceeding.  Provided the Company is not in breach of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement, the Company will not be obligated under this Agreement to indemnify any Indemnified Party that settles or compromises any claim subject to indemnification under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

(e)                                  Limitations on Indemnity and Expenses.  The Company will not be obligated to indemnify an Indemnified Party under this Section 4 for any Losses that are determined by a court, in a final judgment from which no further appeal may be taken, to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnified Party.  If an Indemnified Party is advanced or reimbursed under this Agreement for any expenses, then that advancement or reimbursement of expenses shall be refunded to the extent it is determined by a court, in a final judgment from which no further appeal may be taken, that such expenses relate to Losses that resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnified Party.

 

(f)                                    Contribution.  The Company agrees that if any indemnification sought by any Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 4 is unavailable for any reason or is insufficient to hold that Indemnified Party harmless against any Losses referred to in this Agreement (other than because of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnified Party ), then the Company shall contribute to the Losses for which that indemnification is held unavailable or insufficient in that proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received (or anticipated to be received) by the Company, on the one hand, and that Indemnified Party, on the other hand, in connection with the actions or omissions that gave rise to those Losses or, if that allocation is not permitted by applicable law, not only the relative benefits but also the relative faults of the Company, on the one hand, and that Indemnified Party, on the other hand, as well as any other equitable considerations, subject to the limitation that, in any event, the aggregate contribution by the Indemnified Parties to all Losses with respect to which contribution is available under this Agreement shall not exceed the aggregate amount of Services Fees actually received by the Advisor in connection with the actions or omissions that gave rise to those Losses (excluding any amounts paid as reimbursement of expenses).

 

(g)                                 Exculpation.  Neither the Advisor nor any other Indemnified Party shall be liable to the Company or any of its affiliates for any act or omission, whether actual or alleged, suffered or taken by the Advisor or any other Indemnified Party, unless such action or omission is determined by a court, in a final judgment from which no further appeal may be taken, to have resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and without limiting the foregoing, in no event will an Indemnified Party be liable to the Company or any of its affiliates for (i) any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or

 

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consequential damages, including without limitation, lost profits or savings, whether or not such damages are foreseeable, or (ii) any third party claims (whether based in contract, tort or otherwise) in any way relating to (x) the Services or (y) this Agreement.

 

(h)                                 Director Indemnity.  For the avoidance of doubt, any director designated by the Advisor or any of its affiliates who is serving on the Company’s board of directors shall not be entitled to seek indemnification under this Agreement in his or her capacity as a director of the Company; those directors instead will be entitled to indemnification provided under applicable law, pursuant to the Company’s organizational documents, and any other contractual arrangements applicable to those directors.

 

(i)                                     Disclaimers.

 

(i)                                     Disclaimer.  The Advisor makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, in respect of the Services.

 

(ii)                                  Freedom to Pursue Opportunities, Etc.  In the event that the Advisor or any of its Related Parties or any of their respective clients, affiliates and other associated Persons, as defined below (collectively, the “Advisor Parties”), acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity of the Company or any of its affiliates, none of the Advisor Parties shall have any duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present that corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its affiliates and, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Advisor Parties shall be liable to the Company or any of its affiliates for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that any of the Advisor Parties directly or indirectly pursues or acquires that opportunity for itself, directs that opportunity to another Person or does not present that opportunity to the Company or any of its affiliates.  The Advisor Parties shall have the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly, engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company, including those competing with the Company and do business with any customer or supplier of the Company.  As used in this Agreement, the term “Person” shall be construed in the broadest sense and shall means a natural person, a partnership, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a limited liability company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and any other entity and any federal, state, municipal, foreign or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any private or public court or tribunal.

 

(j)                                     Third Party Beneficiaries.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Advisor and its Related Parties have relied on this Section 4 and are express third party beneficiaries of this Section 4 with the express right and ability to enforce the Company’s obligations under this Section 4 directly against the Company to the full extent of such obligations.

 

5.                                       Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                  Assignment.  Except as provided below, neither the Company nor the Advisor shall have the right to assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party.  The Advisor acknowledges that its Services are unique.  Accordingly, any purported assignment by the Advisor (other than as specifically permitted below) shall be void.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any affiliate of the Advisor that provides services similar to the Services.

 

(b)                                 Amendments and Waivers.  No amendment of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement shall be effective, unless in writing and executed by the Advisor and the Company.  No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement shall be effective, unless in writing and executed by the party against whom such waiver is to be effective.  No waiver on any one occasion shall extend to or effect or be construed as a waiver of any right or remedy on any future occasion.  No course of dealing of any Person nor any delay or omission in exercising any right or remedy shall constitute an amendment of this Agreement or a waiver of any right or remedy of any Party.

 

(c)                                  Choice of Law.  This Agreement (and any claim, controversy or cause of action arising under this Agreement, related thereto or in connection therewith, whether in contract, tort or otherwise) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic substantive laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the domestic substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

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(d)                                 Consent to Jurisdiction.  Each of the Parties agrees that all actions, suits or proceedings arising out of, or based upon, this Agreement or the subject matter of this Agreement shall be brought and maintained exclusively in the United States District Court the Southern District of New York or any New York State court (the “Chosen Courts”).  Each of the Parties by execution of this Agreement (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts for the purpose of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of, or based upon, this Agreement or the subject matter of this Agreement and (ii) hereby waives to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such action, suit or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts, that it is immune from extraterritorial injunctive relief or other injunctive relief, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that any such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or maintained in one of the Chosen Courts, that any such action, suit or proceeding brought or maintained in one of the Chosen Courts should be dismissed on grounds of forum  non  conveniens, should be transferred to any court other than one of the Chosen Courts, should be stayed by virtue of the pendency of any other action, suit or proceeding in any court other than one of the Chosen Courts, or that this Agreement or the subject matter of this Agreement may not be enforced in or by any of the Chosen Courts.  Each of the Parties hereby consents to service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding in any manner permitted by the laws of the State of New York, agrees that service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at the address specified in or pursuant to Section 5(h) is reasonably calculated to give actual notice and waives and agrees not to assert by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such action, suit or proceeding any claim that service of process made in accordance with Section 5(h) does not constitute good and sufficient service of process.  The provisions of this Section 5(d) shall not restrict the ability of any Party to enforce in any court any judgment obtained in a Chosen Court.

 

(e)                                  Waiver of Jury Trial.  TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT, OR OTHERWISE), ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE, CLAIM, DEMAND, CAUSE OF ACTION, ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF, OR BASED UPON, THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT OF THIS AGREEMENT, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE.  Each of the Parties acknowledges that it has been informed by each other Party that the provisions of this Section 5(e) constitute a material inducement upon which that Party is relying and will rely in entering into this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Any of the Parties may file an original counterpart or a copy of this Agreement with any court as written evidence of the consent of each of the Parties to the waiver of its right to trial by jury.

 

(f)                                    Independent Contractor.  The Parties agree and understand that the Advisor is and shall act as an independent contractor of the Company in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, and no Party has the right or ability to contract for, or on behalf of, the other Party or to effect any transaction for the account of the other Party.  The Advisor is not, and in the performance of its duties under this Agreement will not hold itself out as, an employee, agent or partner of the Company.

 

(g)                                 Merger/Entire Agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any prior communication or agreement with respect thereto.

 

(h)                                 Notice.  All notices, demands, and communications of any kind that any Party may require or desire to serve upon any other Party under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be served upon that other Party and that other Party’s copied persons as specified below (a) by personal delivery to the address set forth for it below or to any other address as that Party shall have specified by notice to each other Party, (b) by mailing a copy thereof by certified or registered mail, (c) by Federal Express or any other reputable overnight courier service, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested, or (d) by facsimile or email (if such facsimile is promptly confirmed by automated or telephone confirmation thereof or if the email is promptly confirmed by email or telephone confirmation thereof), addressed to that Party and copied persons at that addresses.  In the case of service by personal delivery, it shall be deemed complete on the first business day after the date of actual delivery to that address.  In case of service by mail or by overnight courier, it shall be deemed complete, whether or not received, on the third day after the date of mailing as shown by the registered or certified mail receipt or courier service receipt.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice to any Party or copied Person of change of address shall be deemed complete only upon actual receipt by an officer or agent of that Party or copied person.

 

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If to the Company:

 

	
Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC
    
	
38 Fountain Square Plaza
    
	
Cincinnati, OH 45263
    
	
Attention:
    	
Charles   Drucker
    
	
Facsimile:
    	
513-579-4300
    

 

with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:

 

	
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
    
	
125 Broad Street
    
	
New York, New York 10004
    
	
Attention:
    	
Alexandra D. Korry
    
	
Facsimile:
    	
212-291-9085
    
	
Email:
    	
korrya@sullcrom.com
    

 

If to the Advisor:

 

	
Advent International Corporation
    
	
75 State Street
    
	
Boston, MA 02109
    
	
Attention:
    	
Christopher   Pike
    
	
Facsimile:
    	
(617)   951-0566
    
	
Email:
    	
cpike@adventinternational.com
    

 

with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:

 

	
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
    
	
100 Federal Street, 34th Floor
    
	
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
    
	
Attention:
    	
James   Westra
    
	
Facsimile:
    	
617-772-8333
    
	
Email:
    	
james.westra@weil.com
    

 

(i)                                     Severability.  If in any judicial or arbitral proceedings a court or arbitrator shall refuse to enforce any provision of this Agreement, then that unenforceable provision shall be deemed eliminated from this Agreement for the purpose of those proceedings to the extent necessary to permit the remaining provisions to be enforced.  To the full extent, however, that the provisions of any applicable law may be waived, they are hereby waived to the end that this Agreement be, deemed to be a valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms, and in the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be found to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be construed by limiting it so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent consistent with and possible under applicable law.

 

(j)                                     Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by each of the Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(k)                                  Headings.  All descriptive headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in construing or applying any provision of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Management Agreement to be executed on its behalf as an instrument under seal as of the date first above written by its officer or representative thereunto duly authorized.

 

	
 
    	
FIFTH   THIRD PROCESSING SOLUTIONS, LLC

(formerly   known as FTPS Opco, LLC)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Charles D. Drucker
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Charles   D. Drucker
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief   Executive Officer
    

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT]

 

 

	
 
    	
ADVENT   INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Christopher Pike
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Christopher   Pike
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT]Exhibit 4.2

 

SMITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES US CORP.

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of November 3, 2011, by and among Smith Electric Vehicles US Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the holders of the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), listed on Exhibit A hereto (the “Series C Holders”), the holders of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), listed on the signature pages hereto (the “Series B Holders”) and the holders of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), listed on signature pages hereto (the “Common Holders”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Series B Holders and the Common Holders entered into an Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2011 (the “Original Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company sold and issued to the Series C Holders senior secured convertible promissory notes (collectively, the “Notes”), which Notes are being converted into shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms thereof (the “Conversion”);

 

WHEREAS, the Notes contemplate that the Series C Holders would enter into this Agreement in connection with the Conversion; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Definitions.

 

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

 

(a)           “Affiliate” means any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with another Person.

 

(b)           “Affiliated Fund” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(a)(iii) hereof.

 

(c)           “Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

 

(d)           “Business Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Business Purchase Agreement, dated January 2011, among the Company, Smith Electric Vehicles Europe Limited and the other parties thereto.

 

(e)           “Certificate of Incorporation” means the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended or amended and restated from time to time after the date hereof.

 

(f)            “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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

 

(h)           “Common Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

(i)            “Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

(j)            “Control” (including its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise).

 

(k)           “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereto.

 

(l)            “Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

(m)          “Co-Sale Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement to which the Company is a party.

 

(n)           “Deemed Liquidation Event” shall have the meaning set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

(o)           “Election Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c) hereof.

 

(p)           “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.

 

(q)           “Holder” shall mean (i) any Series B Holder or Series C Holder that holds Registrable Securities (as defined herein) and (ii) any holder of Registrable Securities to whom the registration rights conferred by this Agreement shall have been duly and validly transferred in accordance with Section 2.12 of this Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

(t)            “Initial Public Offering” shall mean the closing of the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of Common Stock registered under the Securities Act.

 

(u)           “Initiating Holders” shall mean any Holder or Holders who in the aggregate hold not less than thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided, that, for the purpose of Section 2.3 of this Agreement, the term “Initiating Holders” shall mean any Holder or Holders who in the aggregate hold not less than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Registrable Securities.

 

(v)           “Major Holder” shall mean a Series B Holder or a Series C Holder that holds, together with its Affiliates, at least 1,000,000 shares (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits and the like) of Common Stock (including Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock).

 

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

 

(x)            “Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

(y)           “Offering Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).

 

(z)            “Original Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

(aa)         “Person” shall means a natural person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity.

 

(bb)         “Registrable Securities” shall mean: (i) shares of Common Stock owned as of the date hereof by the Common Holders; (ii) shares of Series B Preferred Conversion Stock; (iii) shares of Series C Preferred Conversion Stock; (iv) shares of Common Stock hereafter acquired or issued pursuant to the exercise or conversion of any securities hereafter acquired by the Series B Holders or Series C Holders pursuant to the right of first refusal set forth in Section 2.4 of the Co-Sale Agreement and/or pursuant to the right of first refusal set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement; and (v) 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 the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above; provided, however, that Registrable Securities shall not include any shares of Common Stock described above which have previously been registered (as defined below) or which have been sold to the public either pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act or Rule 144.

 

(cc)         The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” shall refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the

 

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Securities Act and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.

 

(dd)         “Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in effecting any registration pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification, 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), provided such fees and disbursements of counsel are limited in amount to $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 employee compensation shall be paid in any event by the Company.

 

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

 

(ff)           “Rights Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

 

(gg)         “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.

 

(hh)         “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.

 

(ii)           “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.

 

(jj)           “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 included in Registration Expenses).

 

(kk)         “Series B Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

(ll)           “Series B Preferred Conversion Stock” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

(mm)       “Series B Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

(nn)         “Series C Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

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(oo)         “Series C Preferred Conversion Stock” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

(pp)         “Series C Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

(qq)         “Subject Securities” shall mean all Registrable Securities held by the Series B Holders and Series C Holders and the shares of Common Stock held at any time by the Common Holders; provided, however, that Subject Securities shall not include any shares of Common Stock described above which have been previously registered or which have been sold to the public either pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act or Rule 144.

 

(rr)           “Tanfield” means Tanfield Group PLC.

 

2.                                       Registration Rights: Restrictions on Transfer.

 

2.1           Demand 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 of the Registrable Securities of the Company with an aggregate offering price to the public (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) of not less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (such request shall state the number of shares of Registrable Securities requested to be disposed of by such Initiating Holders), the Company will promptly give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Holders whereupon such other Holders shall give written notice to the Company within 20 days after the date of the Company’s notice (the “Notice Period”) if they propose to dispose of any shares of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration, stating the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be disposed of by such Holder or Holders and whether such Holder or Holders desire for such disposition to be underwritten.

 

(b)           The Common Holders may register securities for sale for their own account in any registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.1, subject to limitations on the number of shares which may be imposed by the underwriter as set forth in Section 2.1(f) below.  At the time the Company shall give the notice to Holders required by Section 2.1(a), it shall also give the same notice to the Common Holders whereupon each Common Holder shall give written notice to the Company within the Notice Period if it proposes to dispose of any shares of Common Stock held by it pursuant to such registration, stating the number of shares of Common Stock to be disposed of by such Common Holder and whether such Common Holder desires for such disposition to be underwritten.

 

(c)           The Company shall, 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 Subject Securities of any Holder or Holders or the Common Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request received by the

 

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Company within the Notice Period; provided that unless a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 is the Company’s Initial Public Offering, the Company also shall use its reasonable best efforts to file the registration statement within ninety (90) days of the receipt of the request from the Initiating Holders.

 

(d)           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) February 10, 2016 or (B) six (6) months following the effective date of the Company’s 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 (x) registrations where at least 75% of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered are in fact registered and which have been declared or ordered effective and pursuant to which securities have been sold, and (y) registrations that closed, or were withdrawn at the request of the Holders (other than as a result of a material adverse change to the Company)); 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 ninety (90) days (or in the case of the Company’s Initial Public Offering, one hundred eighty (180) days) after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration (other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans); provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.

 

(e)           Deferral.  If (i) in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, the filing of a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities would be materially detrimental to the Company and the Board of Directors of the Company 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 of Directors of the Company, 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(d)(iv) above) the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided  that the Company shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than twice in any twelve-month period.

 

(f)            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

 

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Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 and the Company shall include such information in the written notices referred to in Sections 2.1(a) and 2.1(b).  In such event, the right of any Holder or the Common Holders to include all or any portion of their Subject Securities in a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s or such Common Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s or such Common Holder’s Subject 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 and the Common 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 other person’s 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 and the Common Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company, which managing underwriter(s) shall be reasonably acceptable to Initiating Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by such Initiating Holders.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the managing underwriter(s) advise the Company in writing that (i) marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, or (ii) the number of shares proposed to be included in the registration would reduce the offering price per share, then the number of shares to be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated first among all Holders who indicated to the Company their decision to distribute any of their Registrable Securities through such underwriting, in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective numbers of shares of Registrable Securities owned by such Holders at the time of filing the registration statement, then, if all such Registrable Securities have been included in the underwriting, to the Common Holders who have indicated to the Company their decision to distribute any of their Subject Securities (not otherwise constituting Registrable Securities) through such underwriting, in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the number of shares of Subject Securities owned by the Common Holders at the time of filing the registration statement, and the remainder, if any, to the Company.  No stock excluded from the underwriting by reason of managing underwriter(s)’ marketing limitation shall be included in such registration.  In no event shall Registrable Securities be excluded from such registration unless all other stockholders’ securities and 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 managing underwriter(s) or the Initiating Holders.  The securities so excluded shall also be withdrawn from registration.  Any Subject 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(f), then the Company shall then offer to all Holders, and thereafter to the Common Holders who have retained rights to include securities in the registration, the right to include additional Subject Securities in the registration in an aggregate amount equal to the number of shares so

 

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withdrawn, with such shares to be allocated first among such Holders requesting additional inclusion, as set forth above, and thereafter to the Common Holders, as set forth above.

 

2.2           Piggyback Registration.

 

(a)           Piggyback 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 Section 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:

 

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

 

(ii)           use its commercially reasonable efforts to 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 Subject Securities as are specified in a written request or requests made by any Holder or Holders or the Common Holders received by the Company within twenty (20) days after the date of such written notice from the Company.  Such written request may specify all or a part of a Holder’s or Common Holder’s Subject Securities.

 

(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 and the Common Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i).  In such event, the right of any Holder or the Common Holders to registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s or the Common Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s or the Common Holder’s Subject Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein.  All Holders and the Common 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 managing underwriter(s) advise the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten or the number of shares proposed to be included in the registration would reduce the offering price per share, the managing underwriter(s) may (subject to the limitations set forth below) limit the number of Subject Securities to be included in the registration and underwriting.  In such event, the number of shares to be included in the registration and underwriting shall be allocated first to the Company (for up to the full number of shares it desires to sell in such registration and underwriting), second to all Holders who indicated to the Company their decision to distribute any of their Registrable Securities through such underwriting, in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective numbers of shares of Registrable Securities owned by such Holders at the time of filing the registration statement (or

 

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in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders), and third to the Common Holders who have indicated to the Company their decision to distribute any of their Subject Securities (not otherwise constituting Registrable Securities) through such underwriting, in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the number of shares of Subject Securities owned by the Common Holders at the time of filing the registration statement (or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Common Holders).  In no event shall any Registrable Securities be excluded from such registration and underwriting unless all other stockholders’ securities have been first excluded.  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 Company’s Initial Public Offering, in which case the selling Holders may be excluded if the managing underwriter(s) 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 managing underwriter(s).  The securities so excluded shall also be withdrawn from such registration.  Any Subject Securities or other securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from such registration.

 

(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 or the Common Holders have 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, and shall receive from Initiating Holders a written request signed by such Initiating Holders that the Company effect a 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 requested to be disposed of and whether such Holder or Holders desire for such disposition to be underwritten), the Company will take all such actions with respect to such Registrable Securities as required by Section 2.1(a), (b) and (c); 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 ninety (90) 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(d)(ii) or 2.1(d)(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

 

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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 the prior six-month period, the Company has effected one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 2.3 in such period.

 

(c)           Deferral.  The provisions of Section 2.1(e) 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 Sections 2.1(f) 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  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 Subject Securities to be registered (in which case all participating Holders and Common Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata among each other based on the number of Subject 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 (provided that such option shall not be available if the Company already has effected two demand registrations pursuant to Section 2.1); and provided, further, 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, or their learning of, such material adverse change, then the Holders and Common Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.3, as the case may be.  All Selling Expenses shall be borne pro rata by the selling Holders and Common Holders based on the number of Subject 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 seller of Subject Securities in such registration 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 ending on the earlier of the date which is nine (9) months from the effective date of the registration statement or such time as the sellers of Subject Securities in such registration have completed the distribution described in the registration statement relating thereto;

 

(b)           prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration

 

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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;

 

(c)           furnish such number of prospectuses, including any preliminary prospectuses, and other documents incident thereto, including any amendment of or supplement to the prospectus, as a seller of Subject Securities in such registration from time to time may reasonably request;

 

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

 

(e)           notify each seller of Subject 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 in light of the circumstances then existing, and following such notification promptly prepare and furnish to such sellers 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 in light of the circumstances then existing;

 

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

 

(g)           cause all such Subject 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; provided further that each Holder and Common Holder participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement; and

 

(j)            use its commercially reasonable efforts to furnish, at the request of any Holder or the Common Holders requesting registration of Subject Securities pursuant to this Section 2, on the date that such Subject 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

 

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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, addressed to the underwriters, and (ii) a letter dated such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters.

 

2.6           Indemnification.

 

(a)           To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, each Common Holder and each of their respective officers, directors and partners, and each person controlling such Holder or Common Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to which a registration 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 registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any free writing prospectus related thereto filed with the Commission in connection with such registration (together, the “Offering Documents”); (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, and the Company will reimburse each such Holder, Common Holder and each of their respective officers, directors and partners, and each person controlling such Holder or Common 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 by such Holder, Common Holder or any of their respective officers, directors and partners, and any person controlling such Holder or Common Holder, as the case may be, such underwriter or any person who controls any such underwriter, and stated to be specifically for use in any Offering Document; 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).

 

(b)           To the extent permitted by law, each Holder and each Common Holder will, if Subject Securities held by such Holder or Common Holder, as the case may be, are included in the securities as to which such registration is being effected, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, officers and partners, 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 or Common Holder, and each of their respective officers, directors and

 

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partners, and each person controlling such Holder or Common Holder, against all 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 Offering 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, Common Holders, directors, officers, partners, 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 Offering Document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder or Common Holder, as the case may be, and stated to be specifically for use therein; provided that the obligations of such Holder or Common Holder hereunder shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claims, losses, damages, liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) if such settlement is effected without the consent of such Holder or Common Holder, as the case may be (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); and provided, further, that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 2.6(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder or Common Holder, as the case may be.

 

(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, 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 the Indemnifying Party is not prejudiced thereby.  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

 

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by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided that no contribution by any Holder or Common Holder, when combined with any amounts paid by such Holder or Common Holder pursuant to Section 2.6(b), shall exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder or Common Holder, as the case may be. 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 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 such underwriting agreement shall control.

 

2.7           Information by Holder and the Common Holders.  Each Holder of Registrable Securities and Common Holder owning Subject Securities shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder or such Common Holder, as the case may be, and the distribution proposed by such Holder or such Common 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           Securities Laws Restrictions on Transfer.  (a) Each Holder and Common Holder, in addition to any other restrictions to which he, she or it may be subject (including, without limitation, under the Co-Sale Agreement), agrees not to make any sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition of all or any portion of the equity securities of the Company owned by it, 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 equity securities subject to, and to be bound by, the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section 2.8 and Section 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 or such Common Holder shall have given prior written notice to the Company of such Holder’s or such Common Holder’s, as the case may be, 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 or such Common Holder shall have furnished the Company, at such Holder’s or such Common Holder’s, as the case may be, expense, with (A) an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such disposition will not require registration of such equity securities under the Securities Act or (B) a “no action” letter from the Commission to the effect that the transfer of such securities without registration will not

 

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result in a recommendation by the staff of the Commission that action be taken with respect thereto, whereupon the holder of such equity securities shall be entitled to transfer such equity securities in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered by the Holder or the Common 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)(i) and (a)(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 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 subsidiary, parent, partner, limited partner, retired partner, member, retired member or stockholder of a Holder; (C) the transfer by a Holder or a Common Holder by gift, will or intestate succession of such Holder or Common Holder to his or her spouse or to the siblings, lineal descendants or ancestors of such Holder or Common Holder or his or her spouse; or (D) the transfer by a Holder or Common Holder pursuant to Section 2.5, Section 3 or Section 4.1 of the Co-Sale Agreement, 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 party hereunder.

 

(b)           Each certificate representing equity securities of the Company 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 THE EVENT OF A PUBLIC OFFERING, AS SET

 

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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 and the Common Holders consent to the Company making a notation on its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of the equity 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 equity securities and the stock transfer instructions and record notations with respect to such equity securities shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of such equity 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 pursuant to Section (b) of 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 Subject 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 or a Common Holder owns any Restricted Securities, furnish to the Holder or such Common Holder, as the case may be, 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 or a Common Holder, as the case may be, may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing a Holder or a Common 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 and Common Holder hereby agrees that such Holder or Common Holder, as the case may be, 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 or Common Holder, as the case may be (other than those included in the registration), during the one hundred eighty (180) day period following the effective date of the Company’s Initial Public Offering; provided that all of the directors and officers of the Company and one percent (1%) stockholders of the Company agree to the same terms; provided, further, that if the Company or the underwriters waive or shorten the lock-up period for any of the Company’s officers, directors or one percent (1%) stockholders, then the lock-up for each Holder and Common Holder will be identically waived or shortened.  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 and Common Holder agrees to execute a market standoff agreement with said underwriters in customary form consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.10.

 

2.11         Delay of Registration.  No Holder or Common 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 or a Common Holder by the Company under this Section 2 may be transferred or assigned by a Holder or a Common Holder only to: (a) a transferee or assignee of not less than 250,000 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 or a Common Holder (including an Affiliated Fund); (c) if a Holder or a Common Holder is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, then to a subsidiary, parent, partner, limited partner, retired partner, member, retired member or stockholder of such Holder or Common Holder; or (d) a Holder’s or a Common Holder’s ancestors, descendants, siblings or spouse, or a trust or family limited partnership for the benefit of such Persons or the Holder or the Common Holder, either during his or her lifetime or on death by will or intestacy; 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 of Common Holder under this Agreement, including without limitation the obligations set forth in Section 2.10; and (iv) any such transferee is not engaged in direct competition with the Company as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

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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 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, equal to or more favorable than the registration rights granted to the Holders hereunder.

 

2.14         Termination of Registration Rights.  The right of any Holder or Common 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) the date on which such Holder or Common Holder holds no Subject Securities; and (ii) five (5) years after the closing of the Company’s Initial Public Offering.

 

3.                                       Covenants.

 

3.1           Basic Financial Information.  The Company shall deliver to each Major Holder the following financial information:

 

(a)           as soon as practicable, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an income statement for such fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Company and statement of stockholder’s equity as of the end of such year, and a 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”), setting forth in each case comparisons to the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year, 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 30 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 which shall fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its results of operation for the period specified, subject to year-end audit adjustment, setting forth in each case comparisons to the Company’s annual budget and to the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year;

 

(c)           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 comprehensive operating budget forecasting the Company’s revenues, expenses, and cash positions on a month-to-month basis for the upcoming fiscal year;

 

(d)           promptly following the end of each quarter, an up-to-date capitalization table, certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company; and

 

(e)           (i) within thirty (30) days after filings, copies of all material reports, statements and/or documents filed by the Company with government authorities, including but not limited to, those filed with the Internal Revenue Service and the Commission; (ii) within thirty (30) days after receipt or filings, copies of pleadings of any material lawsuits filed by or

 

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against the Company; and (iii) within ten (10) days after receipt, a copy of any notifications received by the Company regarding any defaults on any indebtedness for borrowed money or leases to which the Company is a party.

 

3.2           Inspection Rights.  The Company will afford to each Major Holder and any authorized representative of such Major Holder reasonable access during normal business hours to all of the Company’s properties, books and personnel records.  Major Holders 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 this Section 3.2 may not be assigned or otherwise conveyed by any Major Holder.

 

3.3           Confidentiality.  Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Holder or Common Holder by reason of this Agreement shall have access to any trade secrets or classified information of the Company.  The Company shall not be required to comply with any information rights or inspection rights pursuant to this Section 3 in respect of any Holder or Common Holder whom the Board of Directors of the Company reasonably determines to be a competitor of the Company.  The Company shall not be obligated to disclose details of contracts with, or work performed for, specific customers and other business partners where to do so would violate confidentiality obligations to those parties.  Each Holder and Common Holder agrees that it will not use any information received by it pursuant to this Agreement in violation of the Securities Act or 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), except in connection with the exercise of rights under this Agreement, unless the Company has made such information available to the public generally.

 

3.4           Termination of Covenants.  The covenants set forth in this Section 3 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect after (a) the closing of the Company’s Initial Public Offering or (b) the closing of an acquisition of the Company by another entity by means of any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party (including, without limitation, any stock acquisition, reorganization, merger or consolidation but excluding any sale of stock for capital raising purposes) other than a transaction or series of transactions in which the holders of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction continue to retain (either by such voting securities remaining outstanding or by such voting securities being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity), as a result of shares in the Company held by such holders prior to such transaction, more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such transaction or series of transactions; or (c) the closing of a sale, lease or other conveyance of all or substantially all or of the assets of the Company.

 

4.                                       Right of First Refusal.

 

4.1           Right of First Refusal.  The Company hereby grants to each Series B Holder, Series C Holder and Tanfield (each, a “Rights Holder”) the right of first refusal to purchase its pro rata share 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 Rights

 

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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 owned by such Rights Holder on the date hereof (assuming full conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock and the exercise by such Rights Holder of all outstanding convertible securities, rights, options and warrants held by it, directly or indirectly, into Common Stock) to (B) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof (assuming full conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock and exercise of all outstanding convertible securities, rights, options and warrants issued by the Company, directly or indirectly, into Common Stock).  For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 4.1, a Rights Holder includes any general partner, managing member and Affiliates (including Affiliated Funds) of a Series B Holder or Series C Holder, respectively.  A Series B Holder or Series C 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, without limitation, Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and/or Series C 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 Series B Preferred Conversion Stock;

 

(ii)           the Series C Preferred Conversion Stock;

 

(iii)          securities issued or issuable to employees, officers or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to stock grants, option plans or similar arrangements approved by the Board of Directors of the Company;

 

(iv)          securities issued upon the conversion or exercise of any outstanding convertible or exercisable securities as of this date of this Agreement;

 

(v)           securities issued or issuable as a dividend or distribution on Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock or pursuant to any event for which adjustment is made pursuant to Sections 4(e), (f) or (g) of the Certificate of Incorporation;

 

(vi)          securities offered pursuant to a registered public offering under the Securities Act in connection with which all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock are converted into Common Stock;

 

(vii)         securities issued or issuable pursuant to the bona fide acquisition of another entity by the Company by merger, purchase of substantially all of the assets or other· reorganization, which acquisition is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company;

 

(viii)        securities issued or issuable to banks, equipment lessors or other financial institutions pursuant to a debt financing, equipment lease, bank credit arrangement or commercial leasing transaction entered into for primarily non-equity financing purposes and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company;

 

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(ix)           securities of the Company which the Board of Directors of the Company unanimously determines shall be excluded from the definition of New Securities and which are not offered to any existing stockholder of the Company;

 

(x)            securities issued in connection with sponsored research, connection, technology license, development, distribution, marketing or other similar agreements or strategic partnerships entered into for primarily non-equity financing purposes and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company;

 

(xi)           securities issued to suppliers or third party service providers in collection with the provision of goods or services pursuant to transactions approved by the Board of Directors of the Company;

 

(xii)          securities issued with the prior written waiver of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class on an as-converted to Common Stock basis);

 

(xiii)         securities issued to Tanfield pursuant to the Business Purchase Agreement;

 

(xiv)        rights or securities issued pursuant to any stockholder rights plan adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company; and

 

(xv)         securities issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any of the foregoing.

 

(b)           In the event the Company proposes to undertake an issuance of New Securities, it shall give each Rights Holder written notice of its intention, describing the type of New Securities, their price and the general terms upon which the Company proposes to issue the same.  Each Rights Holder shall have twenty (20) days after receipt of such notice to agree to purchase such Rights 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, provided that, if a Rights Holder elects not to purchase its pro rata share of the New Securities pursuant to this Section 4.1, the Company shall promptly notify, in writing, the Rights Holders that have notified the Company they intend to purchase their respective pro rata shares of such New Securities and offer each such Rights Holder the right to acquire its pro rata share of such unsubscribed New Securities.  Such Rights Holders shall have ten (10) days following receipt of such notice from the Company to notify the Company of their election to purchase their pro rata share of all or a portion of the unsubscribed New Securities.

 

(c)           In the event the Rights Holders fail to exercise fully the right of first refusal within said twenty (20) day period and, if applicable, said ten (10) day period (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 Rights 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

 

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thereof than specified in the Company’s notice to the Rights Holders delivered pursuant to the first sentence of Section 4.1(b).  In the event the Company has not sold such New Securities 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 New Securities to the Rights 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, the Company’s Initial Public Offering.

 

5.                                       Miscellaneous.

 

5.1           Amendment.  Except as otherwise 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 and Common Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities (excluding any of such shares that have been sold pursuant to a registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144).  Any such amendment, waiver, discharge or termination effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each Holder and Common Holder and each future holder of any securities of such Holder or Common Holder (to the extent such future holder becomes a party hereto pursuant to the terms hereof).  Each Holder and Common Holder acknowledges that by the operation of this paragraph, the Holders and Common Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities (excluding any of such shares that have been sold pursuant to a registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144) will have the right and power to diminish or eliminate all rights of such Holder or Common Holder under this Agreement, but only in a manner effecting all such Holders and, in the case of Section 2, the Common Holders, equally.

 

5.2           Notices.  All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shalt 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 a Series B Holder or Series C Holder, at the Series B Holder’s or Series C Holder’s address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as shown in the Company’s records, as the same may be updated in accordance with the provisions hereof;

 

(b)           if to any Holder or Common 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 Smith Electric Vehicles US Corp., 12200 N.W. Ambassador Drive, Suite 326, Kansas City, Missouri 64163, Attention: Bryan Hansel, Chief Executive Officer, or at such other address as the Company shall have furnished to the Series C Holders, with a copy to Covington & Burling LLP, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004, Attention: W. Andrew Jack.

 

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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 in the records of the Company.

 

5.3           Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of law that would refer any dispute under this Agreement to the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.

 

5.4           Successors and Assigns.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and administrators of the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each person who shall be a holder of Registrable Securities from time to time; provided that prior to the receipt by the Company of adequate written notice of the transfer of any Registrable Securities specifying the full name and address of the transferee, the Company may deem and treat the person listed as the holder of such shares in its records as the absolute owner and holder of such shares for all purposes, including the payment of dividends or any redemption price.

 

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

 

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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.

 

5.12         Affiliated Funds or Aggregation of Stock.  All shares of Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock held or acquired by Affiliated Funds or Affiliated Persons or Persons 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.  Additionally, for any Holder or Common Holder that is a partnership, corporation or limited liability company, the general partner, limited partners, retired partners, shareholders, members, retired members and Affiliates of such Holder or Common Holder, or the members or retired members of the foregoing, as applicable, or the estates, beneficiaries and family members of any such general partner, limited partners, retired partners, shareholders, members, and retired members and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing Persons shall be deemed to be a single “Holder” or “Common Holder,” as the case may be, and any pro rata reductions pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.3 with respect to such Holder or Common Holder shall be based upon the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities owned by all Persons included in such “Holder” or “Common Holder,” as the case may be, as defined in this Section 5.12.

 

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

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
SMITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES US CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Bryan Hansel, Chief Executive Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
STORM FINANCE   GROUP INCORPORATED
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
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TANFIELD GROUP PLC
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
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WYNSTON HILL CAPITAL, LLC
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
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HANSEL (1997) FAMILY TRUST
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
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1998 CHRISTOPHER MULKEY IRREVOCABLE TRUST
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
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BURSHA HOLDINGS
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
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/s/  Jens   Erik Christensen
    	
 
    
	
Jens Erik Christensen
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Marisa   Chung
    	
 
    
	
Marisa Chung
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
CAPTIVE VISION CAPITAL LTD
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Albert Miralles
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Albert J. Miralles, Jr.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CRAMER INVEST AP
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Peter W Christensen
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Peter W Christensen
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Director
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Gareth   Derbyshire
    	
 
    
	
Gareth Derbyshire
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Peter Dunlavey
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/ Louis D’Avanzo
    	
 
    
	
Louis D’Avanzo
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Sarah   Drnec
    	
 
    
	
Sarah Drnec
    	
 
    

 

 

	
EPSOM ASSETS
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  R.J. Chatfield
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: R.J. Chatfield
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Director
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
EUROPANEL AB
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Jan Lindblad
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Jan Lindblad
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: President and CEO
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Brent S. Franzel and Ellen B. Brown
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Michael   and Anne Gold
    	
 
    
	
Michael and Anne Gold
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  John   Haestad
    	
 
    
	
John Haestad
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Thomas W. Hallagan
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Gerry   Harrison
    	
 
    
	
Gerry Harrison
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Patrick   Michael Head
    	
 
    
	
Patrick Michael Head
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Max   Heckl
    	
 
    
	
Max Heckl
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  John   Herschel
    	
 
    
	
John Herschel
    	
 
    

 

 

 

	
 
    	
/s/  Anthony John Hitchen
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Anthony John   Hitchen
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Peter J. Hofbauer
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
FRENCHMANS   INVESTMENTS P/L
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Mark   Widdup
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Mark Widdup
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Director
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Ji Jun Hong
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
IMBUDECO SA
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Roy Isbell
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Roy Isbell
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Jeffrey Kostos
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Isabel Large
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
JASADI INVESTMENTS   LTD.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

	
 
    	
/s/  Ulf Kasshag
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Ulf Kasshag
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Randle Kenilworth
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Randle Kenilworth
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Joon Kim
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Joon Kim
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Nicholas Martin
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Nicholas Martin
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/   John D. Mulkey
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
John D. Mulkey
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
JOHN MULKEY 1998   IRREVOCABLE TRUST
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  John Mulkey
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: John Mulkey
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Trustee
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
James Ure
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Donald Wright
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Donald Wright
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
JON D. ELLIS AND   JULIA M. ELLIS JT
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Jon D. Ellis; Julia M. Ellis
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: John D. Ellis and Julia M. Ellis
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

	
ORKHIS GMBH
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  M. J. Peagram
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
M. J. Peagram
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
POTOMAC ENERGY   FUND, LP
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Daniel Nadash
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Daniel Nadash
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Managing Director
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Michael   Paul Pringle
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Michael Paul Pringle
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ROBIN WAY   PARTNERSHIP
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
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Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/  Michael   Romanoff
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Michael Romanoff
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/  Stuart   Romanoff
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Stuart Romanoff
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/  Clive   Rumens
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Clive Rumens
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/  Angus   Charles Russell
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Angus Charles   Russell
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

	
ST CAPITAL AG
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Teemu Vasanuari
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Teemu Vasanuari
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: CEO
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/  Graham   Sizer
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Graham Sizer
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
STEFFENSEN ASSET   MANAGEMENT S.A.M. APS
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Ole Steffensen
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Ole Steffensen
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Director
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/  Todd   Sycoff
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Todd Sycoff
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/  Henry   Teysseyre
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Henry Teysseyre
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
TISU INVESTMENT   LTD.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Tis Prager
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Tis Prager
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Director
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/  James   W. Ure
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
James W. Ure
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Anthony J. Vespa
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Pascal Voltzenlugel
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

	
/s/  Marc   Waeterschoot
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Marc Waeterschoot
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/  Greg &   Maxine Wetanson
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Greg &   Maxine Wetanson
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Anita Tishman Winkler
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Marc Wolff
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Marc Wolff
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Jean-Pierre Wyss
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Jean-Pierre Wyss
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ZOAR INVEST APS
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Ib Sonderby
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Ib Sonderby
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Director
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
WANXIANG AMERICA CORPORATION
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Pin Ni
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Pin Ni
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: President
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/  Robert MacCarthur
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Robert MacCarthur
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
The London Trust
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Tara Callen
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Tara Callen
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: Trustee
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Investru
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/  Morten Strunge
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Morten Strunge
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title: CEO

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