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Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement
OPI V and certain other stockholders of the Issuer entered into an amended and restated investors’ rights agreement with the Issuer (“Investors’ Rights Agreement”), dated as of September 16, 2015. Pursuant to the Investors’ Rights Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions therein, the parties agreed that:
Demand Registration Rights
After the expiration of the 180-day period following the date the Issuer’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed in connection with the Issuer’s initial public offering was declared effective, the holders of 30% of the shares covered by the Investors’ Rights Agreement, or their transferees, can, on not more than two occasions, request that the Issuer register all or a portion of their shares. Such request for registration must cover a number of shares expected to result in aggregate net proceeds, after deduction of underwriter’s discounts and expenses related to the issuance, of at least $5.0 million. The Issuer will not be required to effect a demand registration during the period that is 30 days before the Issuer’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is 90 days after the effective date of, a company-initiated registration of its securities, provided that the Issuer is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.
Piggyback Registration Rights
The Investors’ Rights Agreement further provides that, in the event that the Issuer determines to register any of its Common Stock under the Securities Act, either for its own account or for the account of other security holders, in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash, the stockholders who are party to the Investors’ Rights Agreement, including OPI V, will be entitled to certain “piggyback” registration rights allowing the holders to include their shares in such registration, subject to certain marketing and other limitations. These rights do not apply with respect to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, a registration relating to the offer and sale of debt securities only, or a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or other transaction described Rule 145 under the Securities Act.
Form S-3 Registration Rights
At any time when the Issuer is eligible to use a Form S-3 registration statement, the holders of at least 20% of the shares covered by the Investors’ Rights Agreement or their transferees, can request that the Issuer register all or a portion of their shares on Form S-3. Such request for registration must cover a number of shares with an anticipated aggregate price to the public, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, of at least $2.0 million. The Issuer will not be required to effect a demand registration during the period that is 30 days before the Issuer’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is 90 days after the effective date of, a company-initiated registration of its securities, provided that the Issuer is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective. In addition, the Issuer shall not be required to file more than two registrations on Form S-3 in any twelve-month period.
Expenses of Registration
The Issuer will pay the registration expenses of the holders of the shares registered pursuant to the demand, Form S-3 and piggyback registration rights described above, including the expenses in an amount not to exceed $35,000 of one special counsel for the selling holders.
Indemnification
The Investors’ Rights Agreement contains customary cross-indemnification provisions, pursuant to which the Issuer is obligated to indemnify the selling stockholders in the event of material misstatements or omissions in the registration statement attributable to the Issuer, and the selling stockholders are obligated to indemnify the Issuer for material misstatements or omissions attributable to them.
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