UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 3, 2021
Capital Senior Living Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-13445 | 75-2678809 | |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
16301 Quorum Drive | ||
Suite 160A | ||
Addison, TX 75001 | 75254 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(972) 770-5600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | CSU | New York Stock Exchange |
Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On November 3, 2021, Capital Senior Living Corporation (the “Company”) completed its previously announced financing transactions (the “Transactions”). Pursuant to the Transactions, the Company raised approximately $154.8 million through (i) the issuance to affiliates of Conversant Capital LLC (“Conversant”) of 41,250 shares of newly designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), 1,650,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and 1,031,250 warrants to purchase Common Stock (collectively, the “Private Placement”) and (ii) a Common Stock rights offering (the “Rights Offering”) to the Company’s existing stockholders, pursuant to which such stockholders purchased an additional 1,133,941 shares of Common Stock. Conversant and Arbiter Partners QP, LP (“Arbiter”) backstopped the Rights Offering, pursuant to which they purchased an additional 1,160,806 shares of Common Stock and 114,911 shares of Common Stock, respectively (the “Backstop”), and received a backstop fee of 174,675 shares of Common Stock and 17,292 shares of Common Stock, respectively (the “Backstop Fee”).
On November 3, 2021, in connection with the closing of the Transactions (the “Closing”), the Company entered into (i) an Investor Rights Agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”) with Silk Partners LP (“Silk”) and Conversant, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference, (ii) a Registration Rights Agreement with Conversant, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference, and (iii) a Warrant Agreement with Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 22, 2021 and October 1, 2021 with respect to the Investor Rights Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrant Agreement is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.
Item 3.02 |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
The information set forth under Item 1.01 above with respect to the Private Placement, the Backstop and the Backstop Fee is incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference. All securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement, the Backstop and the Backstop Fee were issued in an exempt transaction pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
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Item 3.03 |
Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 22, 2021 and October 1, 2021 with respect to the Investor Rights Agreement and the Certificate of Designations is incorporated into this Item 3.03 by reference.
Item 5.02 |
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(d) Election of Directors.
On November 3, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company accepted the resignations, effective upon the Closing, of directors Ed A. Grier, E. Rodney Hornbake, Ross B. Levin, Steven T. Plochocki and Michael R. Reid, and appointed, effective upon the Closing, Ben Harris, David W. Johnson, Noah Beren, Shmuel Lieberman, Elliot R. Zibel and Max J. Levy to the Board. Such resignations were not as a result of any disagreement with the Company known to an executive officer of the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, practices or policies. Following the Closing, the Board composition will be as follows:
Class I (terms expire at 2022 annual meeting)
Philip A. Brooks
Ben Harris*
David W. Johnson (Chairman)*
Class II (terms expire at 2023 annual meeting)
Noah Beren**
Shmuel Lieberman**
Kimberly S. Lody
Class III (terms expire at 2021 annual meeting)
Jill M. Krueger
Max J. Levy*
Elliot R. Zibel*;
* nominated by Conversant
** nominated by Silk
The new directors were appointed pursuant to Silk and Conversant’s rights under the Investor Rights Agreement.
Effective upon the Closing, the committees of the Board were reconstituted as follows:
Audit Committee
Ben Harris
David W. Johnson
Jill M. Krueger (Chairwoman)
Nominating and Governance Committee
Noah Beren
Philip A. Brooks (Chairman)
Jill M. Krueger
Elliot R. Zibel
Compensation Committee
Jill M. Krueger
Max J. Levy
Shmuel Lieberman (Chairman)
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The newly appointed directors will be entitled to the same compensation as payable to the existing non-employee directors of the Company.
(e) Adoption of Compensatory Plan.
On November 3, 2021, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “LTIP Amendment”) to the Company’s 2019 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2019 Plan”). The Amendment:
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increases the number of shares of Common Stock available for awards under the 2019 Plan by 647,600 shares; and |
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provides an exception to the 2019 Plan’s minimum one-year vesting period with respect to 257,000 of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Amendment. |
A copy of the LTIP Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 |
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On November 3, 2021, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, the Company filed an amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 4,333,334 shares to 15,000,000 shares. The Charter Amendment became effective upon filing.
A copy of the Charter Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Additionally, on November 3, 2021, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation, Rights and Privileges of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) to establish the Rights and Preferences of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Designations became effective upon filing.
A copy of the Certificate of Designation is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 |
Other Events. |
On November 3, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of Transactions. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibits 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8- K.
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Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 4, 2021 | Capital Senior Living Corporation | |||||
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/s/ David R. Brickman |
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Name: | David R. Brickman | |||||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel |
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Exhibit 3.1
THIRD CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED,
OF
CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION
Capital Senior Living Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the Corporation), does hereby certify:
FIRST: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted resolutions proposing and declaring advisable the following amendments to the Corporations Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended on August 27, 1999 and December 11, 2020 (the Certificate of Incorporation):
The first two paragraphs of the FOURTH Article of the Certificate of Incorporation are hereby amended and restated by deleting such first two paragraphs in their entirety and replacing them with the following paragraph:
FOURTH: The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 15,000,000 shares of common stock, at a par value of $0.01 per share (Common Stock), and 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock, at a par value of $0.01 per share (Preferred Stock).
SECOND: That the foregoing amendment was duly adopted by the Corporations Board of Directors and stockholders in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
THIRD: All other provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Third Certificate of Amendment has been duly executed as of the 3rd day of November 2021.
CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Kimberly S. Lody |
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Kimberly S. Lody |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 3.2
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS
OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
PAR VALUE $0.01
OF
CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION
On November 3, 2021, the Board of Capital Senior Living Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), adopted the following resolution designating and creating, out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Company, 41,250 authorized shares of a series of preferred stock of the Company titled the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock:
RESOLVED that, pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Companys Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, the Board hereby authorizes a series of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, classified as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock consisting of 41,250 shares, and with such voting powers and preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as set forth below, and the consent rights set forth in Section 4 of the Investor Rights Agreement, solely to the extent a holder of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock has such consent rights, and solely to the extent such consent rights remain in effect thereunder.
SECTION 1. Classification and Number of Shares. The shares of such series of Preferred Stock shall be classified as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series A Preferred Stock). The number of authorized shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be 41,250. That number from time to time may be increased, with the approval of the holders of a majority of the shares of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding) by (a) further resolution duly adopted by the Board and (b) the filing of a certificate of increase or decrease with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Company shall not have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
SECTION 2. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock will rank, with respect to dividends and rights on the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company:
(a) on a parity basis with each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized, classified or reclassified, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks on a parity basis with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends or rights on the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company (such Capital Stock, Parity Stock);
(b) junior to each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Company hereafter authorized, classified or reclassified, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends or rights on the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company (such Capital Stock, Senior Stock), and junior to all existing and future indebtedness and other non-equity claims on the Company; and
(c) senior to the Common Stock and each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized, classified or reclassified, other than Parity Stock and Senior Stock (such Capital Stock, Junior Stock).
SECTION 3. Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series A Preferred Stock:
A&R Investment Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2021, between the Company and Investors, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Affiliate means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, however, that for purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of Investors or any of their respective Affiliates. For this purpose, control (including, with its correlative meanings, controlled by and under common control with) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.
Any Person shall be deemed to beneficially own, to have beneficial ownership of, or to be beneficially owning, or the beneficial owner of any securities (which securities shall also be deemed beneficially owned by such Person) that such Person together with such Persons Affiliates is deemed to beneficially own within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that any Person shall be deemed to beneficially own any securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether or not such right is exercisable within sixty (60) days or thereafter (including assuming conversion of all Series A Preferred Stock, if any, owned by such Person into Common Stock).
Applicable Price means a price per share of Common Stock that is the greater of (a) the Current Market Price and (b) the Conversion Price.
Board means the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors for the purposes in question.
Business Day means any weekday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or the State of Texas are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to be closed (other than Lincolns Birthday or Election Day, which shall be considered Business Days).
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Bylaws means the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as may be amended from time to time.
Capital Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares of, interests in, rights to purchase, warrants to purchase, options for, participations in or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by such Person.
Certificate of Designations means this Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights, as may be amended from time to time in accordance with applicable law and the Investor Rights Agreement.
Certificate of Incorporation means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as modified by the Certificate of Amendment dated August 27, 1999, the Certificate of Amendment dated December 11, 2020 and the Certificate of Amendment dated November 3, 2021 and as may be further amended from time to time in accordance with applicable law and the Investor Rights Agreement.
Change of Control means the occurrence, directly or indirectly, of one of the following, whether in a single transaction or a series of transactions:
(a) any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in this Section 3), directly or indirectly, of a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company, other than as a result of any such transaction in which the holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction are substantially the same as the holders of securities that represent a majority of the total voting power of all classes of Voting Stock of the surviving Person or any parent entity that directly or indirectly wholly owns such surviving Person immediately after such transaction;
(b) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company, or the sale, lease or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis) to another Person, or any recapitalization, reclassification or other transaction in which all or substantially all of the Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into cash, securities or other property, other than (i) a transaction following which holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly (in substantially the same proportion to each other as immediately prior to such transaction, other than changes in proportionality as a result of any cash/stock election provided under the terms of the definitive agreement regarding such transaction), at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation transaction immediately after such transaction or (ii) a sale, lease or transfer to a Subsidiary or a Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Company; or
(c) the occurrence of any change in control or fundamental change (or any similar event, however denominated) with respect to the Company under and as defined in any indenture, credit agreement or other agreement or instrument evidencing, governing the rights of the holders or otherwise relating to any indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company in an
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aggregate principal amount of $45,000,000 or more or any other series of preferred equity interests; provided that the occurrence of any such change in control or fundamental change shall not be considered for purposes of this clause (c) to the extent that (i) Investor A has provided its prior written consent pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, as applicable, or (ii) Investor A no longer has the rights set forth in Section 4 of the Investor Rights Agreement.
Change of Control Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).
Change of Control Price means, for any share of Series A Preferred Stock, an amount in cash equal to the greater of (a) one hundred percent (100%) of the Liquidation Preference for such share as of the Change of Control Repurchase Date and (b) the amount of cash, securities or other property (such securities or other property having a value equal to its Fair Market Value) such Holder would have received in respect of the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued upon conversion of such share of Series A Preferred Stock if such conversion were to occur on the effective date of, and immediately prior to consummation of, the Change of Control.
Change of Control Repurchase Date means, in respect of any Change of Control, the date upon which the consummation of any transaction resulting in such Change of Control occurs.
Change of Control Repurchase Notice means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A delivered by a Holder to the Company containing the information, or otherwise complying with the requirements, set forth in Section 10(b).
close of business means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
Closing Price of the Common Stock on any date of determination means the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price of the shares of the Common Stock on the NYSE on such date. If the Common Stock is not traded on the NYSE on any date of determination, the Closing Price of the Common Stock on such date of determination means the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the principal United States securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is so listed or quoted, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on the principal United States securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is so listed or quoted, or if the Common Stock is not so listed or quoted on a United States securities exchange or automated quotation system, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or any similar organization, or, if that bid price is not available, the market price of the Common Stock on that date as mutually agreed between the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock or, in the absence of such agreement, as determined by an Independent Financial Advisor retained by the Company for such purpose.
Common Stock means (a) the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company, and (b) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.
Company has the meaning set forth in the preamble above.
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Constituent Person has the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).
Conversion Date means (a) with respect to an Optional Conversion pursuant to Section 6, the Optional Conversion Date and (b) with respect to Mandatory Conversion pursuant to Section 7, the Mandatory Conversion Date.
Conversion Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(i).
Conversion Price initially means $40.00 per share of Common Stock; provided, that the Conversion Price is subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11. Each reference in this Certificate of Designations to the Conversion Price as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date will be deemed to be a reference to the Conversion Price as of immediately before the close of business on such date.
Covered Repurchase has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(vii).
Current Market Price means, as of any date of determination, the VWAP per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive full Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding such date, appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence during such period of any event described in Section 11.
DGCL means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Distributed Property has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii).
Distribution Transaction means any dividend, distribution, or other transaction providing equity securities of a Subsidiary of the Company to holders of Common Stock in which such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company by reason of such dividend, distribution or other transaction providing equity securities, whether by means of a spin-off, split-off, redemption, reclassification, exchange, stock dividend, share distribution, rights offering or similar transaction.
Dividend has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(i).
Dividend Payment Date has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(i).
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Property has the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).
Exchange Property Unit has the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).
Expiration Date means the last day on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer contemplated by Section 11(a)(vii) (as such date may be amended).
Fair Market Value means, with respect to any security or other property, the fair market value of such security or other property as reasonably determined by a majority of the Board or an authorized committee thereof, in each case, acting in good faith, (a) after consultation with an Independent Financial Advisor, as to any security or other property with a Fair Market Value of less than $25,000,000, or (b) otherwise using an Independent Financial Advisor to provide a valuation opinion.
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Holder means a Person in whose name any Series A Preferred Stock is registered in the Register.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, without duplication (a) any indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; (b) any other indebtedness of such Person that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument; (c) all obligations of such Person under any financing leases; (d) all liabilities secured by any Encumbrance (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) on any real property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become personally liable for the payment thereof; (e) any obligation under any factoring, securitization or other similar facility or arrangement; (f) any reimbursement obligation with respect to drawn letters of credit (including standby letters of credit to the extent drawn upon), bankers acceptances or similar facilities; (g) any obligation issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property; (h) all net obligations of such Person under interest rate, commodity, foreign currency and financial markets swaps, options, futures and other hedging obligations; and (i) all guaranties of such Person in respect of Indebtedness of others.
Independent Financial Advisor means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company; provided, however, that such firm or consultant shall not be an Affiliate of the Company or Investors and shall not have been engaged by or provided services to, in any material capacity, the Company or any of its Affiliates, during the three years immediately preceding the engagement in question.
Investors means Investor A and Conversant Dallas Parkway (B) LP.
Investor A means Conversant Dallas Parkway (A) LP.
Investor Board Representative means an individual nominated by the Board as an Investor Board Representative for election to the Board pursuant to Section 1 of the Investor Rights Agreement.
Investor Rights Agreement means that certain Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2021, between the Company, Silk Partners LP and Investors, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Issuance Date means, with respect to any share of Series A Preferred Stock, the date of issuance of such share.
Junior Stock has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
Liquidation Preference means, with respect to any share of Series A Preferred Stock, as of any date, $1,000 per share, plus the sum of any Preferred Dividends paid in the form of an increase in the Liquidation Preference of such share pursuant to Section 4(c), plus the sum of all accrued and unpaid Preferred Dividends and Participating Dividends.
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Mandatory Conversion has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
Mandatory Conversion Date has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
Notice of Mandatory Conversion has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
Notice of Redemption has the meaning set forth in Section 9(b).
NYSE means the New York Stock Exchange (or its successor).
Optional Conversion has the meaning set forth in Section 6.
Optional Redemption has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
Original Issuance Date means the date of closing pursuant to the A&R Investment Agreement.
Parity Stock has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
Participating Dividends has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
Person means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or any other entity.
Preferred Dividends has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(i).
Preferred Stock means the preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company.
Record Date means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board or by statute, contract or otherwise).
Redemption Date has the meaning set forth in Section 9(b).
Redemption Price has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
Register means the securities register maintained in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock by the Company, or, to the extent the Company has engaged a transfer agent, such transfer agent.
Reorganization Event has the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).
Senior Stock has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
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Series A Preferred Stock has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
Subsidiary of any Person means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power (or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests) owned by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
Trading Day means a day on which the NYSE is open for the transaction of business and on which there has not occurred or existed, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or other market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades (or for purposes of determining the VWAP per share of Common Stock, any period or periods aggregating one half-hour or longer during the regular trading session on the relevant day), any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.
Trigger Event has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iv).
Voting Stock means (a) with respect to the Company, the Common Stock, the Series A Preferred Stock (in accordance with Section 13) and any other Capital Stock of the Company having the right to vote generally in any election of directors of the Board and (b) with respect to any other Person, all Capital Stock of such Person having the right to vote generally in any election of directors of the board of directors of such Person or other similar governing body.
VWAP means, as of any period of determination, the volume-weighted average price per share of Common Stock as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg (or, if Bloomberg ceases to publish such price, any successor service reasonably chosen by the Company) page CSU <equity> AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the open of trading on the first full Trading Day during the applicable period until the close of trading on the last full Trading Day during the applicable period (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market price of one (1) share of Common Stock during such period determined, using a volume-weighted average method, as mutually agreed between the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock or, in the absence of such agreement, as determined by an Independent Financial Advisor retained by the Company for such purpose).
SECTION 4. Dividends.
(a) Holders shall be entitled to receive dividends of the type and in the amount determined as set forth in this Section 4.
(b) Participating Dividends. Holders shall be entitled to participate equally and ratably with the holders of shares of Common Stock in all dividends and other distributions, whether paid in cash, in-kind or in other property (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any securities), paid on the shares of Common Stock as if immediately prior to each Participating Dividend Record Date, all shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding were converted into shares of Common
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Stock in accordance with Section 6. Dividends payable pursuant to this Section 4(b) (the Participating Dividends) shall be payable on the same date that such dividends are payable to holders of shares of Common Stock, and no dividends shall be payable to holders of shares of Common Stock, unless the full dividends contemplated by this Section 4(b) are paid substantially at the same time to Holders.
(c) Preferred Dividends.
(i) In addition to the Participating Dividends, each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if authorized and declared by the Board, dividends accruing daily on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year, at the rate of 11% per annum of the Liquidation Preference per share (the Preferred Dividends and together with the Participating Dividends, the Dividends). The Preferred Dividends shall be cumulative, whether or not declared, shall compound quarterly and subject to Section 4(d) below, shall be paid quarterly in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December in each year (each, a Dividend Payment Date), commencing on the first such date following the Issuance Date for such share of Series A Preferred Stock.
(ii) If a Preferred Dividend is declared by the Board in respect of any Dividend Payment Date, then such Preferred Dividend shall be paid in cash. The Board shall not be required to declare any Preferred Dividends, and any declaration of a Preferred Dividend shall be solely at the discretion of the Board. If the Board does not declare a Preferred Dividend in respect of any Dividend Payment Date, the amount of such accrued and unpaid Preferred Dividend per share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be added to the Liquidation Preference and shall compound quarterly.
(d) Record Date for Dividends. Each Participating Dividend and Preferred Dividend shall be payable to the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock as they appear on the Register at the close of business on the Record Date designated by the Board for such dividends which, in the case of Participating Dividends, shall be the same day as the record date for the payment of dividends to the holders of shares of Common Stock.
(e) Priority of Dividends. So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in cash, including any accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock that are then in arrears, or have been or contemporaneously are declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been or is set aside for the benefit of the Holders, the Company may not declare any dividend on, or make any distributions relating to, Junior Stock or Parity Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any Subsidiary) or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock or Parity Stock, other than:
(i) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants;
(ii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Parity Stock or Junior Stock for any other class or series of Parity Stock (in the case of Parity Stock) or Junior Stock (in the case of Parity Stock or Junior Stock);
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(iii) purchases of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged;
(iv) payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend is in the form of the same stock or rights to purchase the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid;
(v) distributions of Junior Stock or rights to purchase Junior Stock; or
(vi) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders rights or similar plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan.
(f) Conversion Following a Record Date. If the Conversion Date for any shares of Series A Preferred Stock is prior to the close of business on a Record Date for any Participating Dividend or Preferred Dividend, the Holder of such shares will not be entitled to any dividend in respect of such Record Date. If the Conversion Date for any shares of Series A Preferred Stock is after the close of business on a Record Date for any Participating Dividend or Preferred Dividend but prior to the corresponding payment date for such dividend, the Holder of such shares as of such Record Date shall be entitled to receive such dividend, notwithstanding the conversion of such shares prior to the applicable dividend payment date.
SECTION 5. Liquidation Rights.
(a) Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, the Holders shall be entitled, out of assets legally available therefor, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Company may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock and subject to the rights of the holders of any Senior Stock or Parity Stock and the rights of the Companys existing and future creditors, to receive in full a liquidating distribution in cash and in the amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the greater of (i) the Liquidation Preference with respect to such share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the date of such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company and (ii) the amount such Holders would have received had such Holders, immediately prior to such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, converted such shares of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock pursuant to Section 6. Holders shall not be entitled to any further payments in the event of any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company other than what is expressly provided for in this Section 5 and will have no right or claim to any of the Companys remaining assets.
(b) Partial Payment. If in connection with any distribution described in Section 5(a) above, the assets of the Company or proceeds therefrom are not sufficient to pay in full the aggregate liquidating distributions required to be paid pursuant to Section 5(a) above to all Holders and the liquidating distributions payable to all holders of any Parity Stock, the amounts distributed to the Holders and to the holders of all such Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be entitled if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.
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(c) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company shall not be deemed a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, nor shall the merger, consolidation, statutory exchange or any other business combination transaction of the Company into or with any other Person or the merger, consolidation, statutory exchange or any other business combination transaction of any other Person into or with the Company be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company.
(d) Accounting for Liquidation Preferences. In determining for purposes of Sections 154 and 170 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or otherwise whether a distribution by the Company in respect of or relating to Junior Stock or Parity Stock whether by dividend, redemption or otherwise, is permitted, amounts that would be needed, if the Company were to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the Liquidation Preference of the Series A Preferred Stock and, the liquidation preference or similar priority right of payment upon dissolution, if any, of any series of preferred stock with preferential rights on dissolution senior to the Series A Preferred Stock will be added to the Companys total liabilities.
SECTION 6. Right of the Holders to Convert. Each Holder shall have the right, at such Holders option at any time, subject to the conversion procedures set forth in Section 8, to convert (an Optional Conversion) each share of such Holders Series A Preferred Stock into (a) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (i) the Liquidation Preference of such share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the applicable Optional Conversion Date, divided by (ii) the Conversion Price as of the applicable Optional Conversion Date, and (b) cash in lieu of fractional shares as set out in Section 8(d). The right of Optional Conversion may be exercised as to all or any portion of such Holders Series A Preferred Stock from time to time, except that, in each case, no right of Optional Conversion may be exercised by a Holder in respect of fewer than 1,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (unless such conversion relates to all shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder). If an Optional Conversion Date occurs on or after the Record Date for a Dividend and on or before the immediately following Dividend Payment Date and Dividends have been declared for such Dividend Payment Date, then (x) on such Dividend Payment Date, such Dividend will be paid to the Holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the close of business on the applicable Record Date for such Dividend, notwithstanding the Holders exercise of an Optional Conversion, and (y) the amount of such Dividend, if a Preferred Dividend, will not be included in the Liquidation Preference referred to in clause (a) above.
SECTION 7. Mandatory Conversion.
(a) Subject to this Section 7 and the conversion procedures set forth in Section 8, at any time on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issuance Date, the Company may elect, upon the approval of a majority of the independent and disinterested directors of the Board, to convert all, but not less than all, of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock by delivery to the Holders of a Notice of Mandatory Conversion in accordance
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with Section 7(b); provided, that the Company shall not be entitled to deliver a Notice of Mandatory Conversion unless the VWAP per share of Common Stock exceeds one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the Conversion Price for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the date of such Notice of Mandatory Conversion, which election shall be irrevocable (the election to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 7, a Mandatory Conversion, and the date upon which the Mandatory Conversion occurs, the Mandatory Conversion Date)). In the case of a Mandatory Conversion, each share of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be converted into (i) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the Liquidation Preference of such share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date, divided by (B) the Conversion Price as of the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date, and (ii) cash in lieu of fractional shares as set out in Section 8(d). If the Mandatory Conversion Date occurs on or after the Record Date for a Dividend and on or before the immediately following Dividend Payment Date and Dividends have been declared for such Dividend Payment Date, then (x) on such Dividend Payment Date, such Dividend will be paid to the Holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the close of business on the applicable Record Date for such Dividend, notwithstanding the Companys exercise of a Mandatory Conversion, and (y) the amount of such Dividend, if a Preferred Dividend, will not be included in the Liquidation Preference referred to in clause (A) above.
(b) Notice of Mandatory Conversion. If the Company elects to effect a Mandatory Conversion, the Company shall provide notice of the Mandatory Conversion to each Holder (such notice, a Notice of Mandatory Conversion), which notice shall identify the Mandatory Conversion Date, provided that such date shall be no less than five (5) Business Days and no more than twenty (20) Business Days after the date on which the Company delivers the Notice of Mandatory Conversion to the Holders. The Notice of Mandatory Conversion shall state, as appropriate:
(i) that the Company has exercised its rights to effect a Mandatory Conversion;
(ii) the applicable procedures a Holder must following for issuance of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 8;
(iii) the Mandatory Conversion Date selected by the Company;
(iv) the Conversion Price in effect on the date of the Notice of Mandatory Conversion;
(v) the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issued (and the amount of cash that would be paid in lieu of any fractional share) to such Holder upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder based upon the Conversion Price referred to in the immediately preceding clause (iv); and
(vi) that shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to Mandatory Conversion may be converted earlier at the option of the Holders thereof pursuant to Section 6 at any time before the close of business on the Business Day immediately before the Mandatory Conversion Date.
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SECTION 8. Conversion Procedures and Effect of Conversion.
(a) Conversion Procedure. A Holder must do each of the following in order to receive shares of Common Stock upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 8:
(i) in the case of an Optional Conversion, complete and sign the conversion notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Conversion Notice), and deliver such notice to the Company; provided, however, that a Conversion Notice may be conditional on the completion of a Change of Control or other corporate transaction as such Holder may specify;
(ii) deliver to the Company the certificate or certificates (if any) representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted;
(iii) if required, furnish such endorsements and transfer document as are reasonably requested by the Company; and
(iv) if required, pay any stock transfer, documentary, stamp or similar taxes not payable by the Company pursuant to Section 19.
The Optional Conversion Date shall mean, with respect to any Optional Conversion, the date on which a Holder complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 8(a).
(b) Effect of Conversion. Effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Conversion Date applicable to any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Participating Dividends and Preferred Dividends shall no longer accrue or be declared on any such shares of Series A Preferred Stock other than any Participating Dividends or Preferred Dividends addressed in and payable per the last sentence of Section 6 and Section 7(a), all of which shall continue to accrue until payment. On conversion, such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding.
(c) Record Holder of Underlying Securities as of Conversion Date. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock and, to the extent applicable, cash on a Conversion Date shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock and, to the extent applicable, cash as of the close of business on such Conversion Date. As promptly as practicable on or after the Conversion Date and compliance by the applicable Holder with the relevant procedures contained in this Section 8 (and in any event no later than three (3) Trading Days thereafter), the Company shall issue the number of whole shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion (and deliver payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares as set out in Section 8(d)). Such delivery of shares of Common Stock shall be made, at the option of the Holder, in certificated form or by book-entry. Any such certificate or certificates shall be delivered by the Company to the appropriate Holder on a book-entry basis or by mailing certificates evidencing the shares to the Holders at their respective addresses as set forth in the Conversion Notice (in the case of an Optional Conversion) or in the records of the Company (in the case of a Mandatory Conversion). In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock (and payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares) to be delivered upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock should be registered or paid, or the manner in which such shares and cash should be delivered, the Company shall be entitled to register and deliver such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holder and in the manner shown on the records of the Company.
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(d) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be delivered to the Holders upon conversion. In lieu of fractional shares otherwise issuable, the Holders will be entitled to receive, at the Companys sole discretion, either (i) an amount in cash equal to the fraction of a share of Common Stock multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date or (ii) one (1) additional whole share of Common Stock. To determine whether the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered to a Holder upon the conversion of such Holders shares of Series A Preferred Stock will include a fractional share, such determination shall be based on the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock of such Holder that are being converted on any single Conversion Date.
(e) Authorized Shares. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6 or Section 7. Any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will not be subject to preemptive rights or subscription rights of any other stockholder of the Company.
SECTION 9. Optional Redemption.
(a) The Company may, at its option, irrevocably elect to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or, subject to Section 9(d), in part, at any time by delivery of a Notice of Redemption to the Holders in accordance with Section 9(b) (i) on or after the forty-two (42) month anniversary (and before the seventh anniversary) of the Original Issuance Date, at a cash redemption price per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the greater of (A) one hundred percent (100%) of the Liquidation Preference as of the Redemption Date and (B) an amount equal to (1) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Redemption Date, multiplied by (2) the VWAP of Common Stock for the thirty (30) Trading Days immediately preceding (and not including) the date that the Notice of Redemption is delivered pursuant to Section 9(b) and (ii) on or after the seventh anniversary of the Original Issuance Date, at a redemption price per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Liquidation Preference as of the Redemption Date (the irrevocable election to redeem shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 9, an Optional Redemption, and the applicable price, the Redemption Price). If the Redemption Date occurs on or after the Record Date for a Dividend and on or before the immediately following Dividend Payment Date and Dividends have been declared for such Dividend Payment Date, then (A) on such Dividend Payment Date, such Dividend will be paid to the Holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the close of business on the applicable Record Date for such Dividend, notwithstanding the Companys exercise of the optional redemption set forth in this Section 9; and (B) the amount of such Dividend, if a Preferred Dividend, will not be included in the Liquidation Preference referred to in clause (ii)(A) above.
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(b) Redemption Procedures. If the Company elects to effect an Optional Redemption, the Company shall provide a notice (the Notice of Redemption) to each Holder no less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date fixed by the Board for payment in full of the Redemption Price (the Redemption Date). The Notice of Redemption shall include a statement setting forth (i) the Redemption Date, (ii) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by each Holder, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed, (iii) the Redemption Price, (iv) the place and procedures for surrendering the certificate (if any) evidencing shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed in such Optional Redemption and (v) that shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to Optional Redemption may instead be converted at the option of the Holders thereof pursuant to Section 6 at any time before the close of business on the Business Day immediately before the applicable Redemption Date.
(c) Effectiveness of Redemption. If a Notice of Redemption has been duly given and if, on or before the Redemption Date specified in the notice, the funds necessary for such redemption have been set aside by the Company, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders for the pro rata benefit of the Holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the Redemption Date, Preferred Dividends and Participating Dividends shall no longer accrue or be declared on any such shares of Series A Preferred Stock, such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding, and all rights of the Holders of such shares shall terminate, except the right to receive the Redemption Price in respect of all of such Holders shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(d) Partial Redemption. In case of any Optional Redemption of only part of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding (each such Optional Redemption, a Partial Optional Redemption), the shares to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata among the Holders. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9 to the contrary, the Company may not make a Partial Optional Redemption unless (i) the aggregate cash redemption price in such Partial Optional Redemption is $5,000,000 or more and (ii) immediately following such Partial Optional Redemption, (A) Investors and their Affiliates beneficially own at least 17% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on an as-converted basis (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement), or (B) no shares of Series A Preferred Stock will remain outstanding.
SECTION 10. Change of Control.
(a) Change of Control Notice. On or before the twentieth (20th) Business Day prior to the date on which the Company anticipates consummating a Change of Control (or, if later, promptly after the Company discovers that a Change of Control may occur), a written notice (a Change of Control Notice) shall be sent by or on behalf of the Company to the Holders as they appear in the records of the Company, which notice shall set forth a description of the anticipated Change of Control and contain the date on which the Change of Control is anticipated to be effected (or, if applicable, the date on which a Schedule TO or other schedule, form or report disclosing a Change of Control was filed).
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(b) Investor Repurchase Right upon a Change of Control.
(i) If a Change of Control occurs, then each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all, or any portion that is less than all (but represents a whole number), of such Holders Series A Preferred Stock on the Change of Control Repurchase Date for a cash purchase price equal to the Change of Control Price.
(ii) In addition to the items set forth in Section 10(a), provided that the Company is not exercising its rights set forth in Section 10(c), the Change of Control Notice shall also set forth (A) the reasonable procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to repurchase its Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 10(b), including the deadline for exercising such right (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days after delivery of a Change of Control Notice) and the procedures for submitting a Change of Control Repurchase Notice, (B) the expected Change of Control Repurchase Date for such Change of Control, (C) the Change of Control Price per share of Series A Preferred Stock, (D) the place and procedures for surrendering the certificate (if any) evidencing shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed in such repurchase and (E) whether or not the provisions of Section 10(f) may apply, and if so, specifying the maximum number of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by each Holder for which sufficient funds will be available to legally redeem at the Change of Control Price on the Change of Control Repurchase Date.
(iii) To exercise its repurchase right pursuant to this Section 10(b), for any share(s) of Series A Preferred Stock in connection with a Change of Control set out in a Change of Control Notice, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Company: (A) by the deadline specified in the Change of Control Notice in accordance with Section 10(b)(ii) above, a duly completed, written Change of Control Repurchase Notice with respect to such share(s) that sets forth (x) the certificate number(s) of any certificate(s) representing such shares, (y) that such Holder is exercising its repurchase rights with respect to such share(s), and (z) acknowledgment that shares of Series A Preferred Stock covered by a Holders Change of Control Repurchase Notice that has been duly tendered and for which there are sufficient funds to legally redeem on the Change of Control Repurchase Date may not be converted into Common Stock; and (B) such share(s) duly endorsed for transfer (to the extent such share(s) are represented by one or more certificates).
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10, for purposes of this Section 10(b), a Change of Control shall not include any transaction in which shares of Common Stock are exchanged for, or converted into, solely equity securities, and not cash, other types of securities, or other property.
(c) Company Redemption Right upon a Change of Control.
(i) If a Change of Control occurs in which the Change of Control Price in respect of a share of Series A Preferred Stock exceeds an amount equal to 150% of the Liquidation Preference in respect of such share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the date of a Change of Control Notice, the Company shall have the right, at its sole option, to redeem all, but not less than all, of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock solely for cash at the Change of Control Price.
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(ii) The Company may exercise its redemption option pursuant to this Section 10(c) in connection with a Change of Control by delivering a Change of Control Notice to each Holder setting forth the matters set forth in Section 10(a) and the following: (A) that the Company is exercising its option to redeem shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 10(c), (B) the expected Change of Control Repurchase Date for such Change of Control, (C) the Change of Control Price per share of Series A Preferred Stock, (D) the Liquidation Preference per share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the date of the Change of Control Notice, and (E) the procedures that a Holder must follow to surrender shares of Series A Preferred Stock in exchange for the Change of Control Price.
(d) Payment of the Change of Control Price. The Company will cause the Change of Control Price for each share of Series A Preferred Stock to be repurchased pursuant to this Section 10 to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the later of (i) the applicable Change of Control Repurchase Date and (ii) if applicable, the date the certificate, if any, in respect of such share is delivered to the Company or its transfer agent.
(e) Conversion Right. Prior to the consummation of any Change of Control, each Holder shall be entitled, subject to Section 8, to exercise an Optional Conversion in respect of any and all of its Series A Preferred Stock prior to or conditioned upon such Change of Control.
(f) Sufficient Funds. If the Company shall not have sufficient funds legally available under the DGCL to purchase all shares of Series A Preferred Stock that Holders have requested to be purchased under Section 10(b), the Company shall (i) purchase, pro rata among the Holders that have requested their shares be purchased pursuant to Section 10(b), a number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock with an aggregate Change of Control Price equal to the amount legally available for the purchase of shares of Series A Preferred Stock under the DGCL and (ii) purchase any shares of Series A Preferred Stock not purchased because of the foregoing limitations at the applicable Change of Control Price as soon as practicable after the Company is able to make such purchase out of funds legally available for the purchase of such share of Series A Preferred Stock. The inability of the Company (or its successor) to make a purchase payment for any reason shall not relieve the Company (or its successor) from its obligation to effect any required purchase when, as and if permitted by applicable law. In connection with any Change of Control, the Company shall take all actions to permit the purchase of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock on the Change of Control Repurchase Date that it reasonably believes is permitted under Delaware law and will not render the Company insolvent. The Company shall not take any action that materially impairs the Companys ability to pay the Change of Control Price when due until the entire amount of the Change of Control Price is paid in full. If the Company fails to pay the Change of Control Price in full when due in accordance with this Section 10 in respect of some or all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 10, the Company will pay Preferred Dividends on such shares not repurchased at a rate equal to 14% per annum, accruing daily from such date until the Change of Control Price is paid in full in respect of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change of Control occurs at a time when the Company is restricted or prohibited (contractually or otherwise) from redeeming some or all of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the requisite consents to remove or obtain an exception or waiver to such restrictions or prohibition.
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SECTION 11. Anti-Dilution Adjustments.
(a) Adjustments. The Conversion Price will be subject to adjustment, without duplication, upon the occurrence of the following events, except that the Company shall not make any adjustment to the Conversion Price if Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock participate, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock and solely as a result of holding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in any transaction described in this Section 11, without having to convert their Series A Preferred Stock, as if they held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Price multiplied by the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holders:
(i) Common Stock Dividend, Distribution or Combination. The issuance of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution to the holders of Common Stock, or a subdivision or combination (including, without limitation, a stock split or a reverse stock split) of Common Stock or a reclassification of Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, in which event the Conversion Price shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CP1 = CP0 x (OS0 / OS1)
where,
CP0 = the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on (A) the Record Date for such dividend or distribution or (B) the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification;
CP1 = the new Conversion Price in effect immediately after the close of business on (A) the Record Date for such dividend or distribution or (B) the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification;
OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on (A) the Record Date for such dividend or distribution or (B) the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification; and
OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, the completion of such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(i) shall be effective immediately after the close of business on (A) the Record Date for such dividend or distribution or (B) the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification. If any such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification is announced or declared but does not occur, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board announces that such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not occur to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification had not been declared.
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(ii) Dividend or Distribution of Property. The Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to the holders of its Common Stock (other than for cash in lieu of fractional shares), shares of any class of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, assets, other property or securities, but excluding (A) dividends or distributions referred to in Section 11(a)(i); (B) Distribution Transactions as to which Section 11(a)(iii) shall apply; (C) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which Section 11(a)(viii) shall apply; (D) rights, options or warrants distributed in connection with a stockholder rights plan as to which Section 11(a)(iv) shall apply; and (E) rights, options or warrants as contemplated by Section 11(a)(vi) as to which Section 11(a)(vi) shall apply (any of such shares of its Capital Stock, indebtedness, assets or property that are not so excluded are hereinafter called the Distributed Property), then, in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CP1 = CP0 x [(SP0 FMV) / SP0]
where,
CP0 = the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;
CP1 = the new Conversion Price in effect immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP0 = the Current Market Price as of the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; and
FMV = the Fair Market Value of the portion of Distributed Property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; provided that, if FMV is equal or greater than SP0, then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, the Company shall distribute to each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock on the date the applicable Distributed Property is distributed to holders of Common Stock, but without requiring such Holder to convert its shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in respect of each share of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder, the amount of Distributed Property such Holder would have received had such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares into which such Holders shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible as of the Record Date for such dividend or distribution.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) shall be effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. If any such dividend or distribution is declared but does not occur, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board announces that such dividend or distribution shall not occur to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(iii) Distribution Transaction. The Company effects a Distribution Transaction, in which case the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Distribution Transaction shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CP1 = CP0 x [MP0 / (FMV + MP0)]
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where,
CP0 = the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the effective date of the Distribution Transaction;
CP1 = the new Conversion Price in effect immediately after the close of business on the effective date of the Distribution Transaction;
FMV = the volume-weighted average price for a share of the capital stock or other interest distributed to holders of Common Stock on the principal United States securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such capital stock or other interest trades, as reported by Bloomberg (or, if Bloomberg ceases to publish such price, any successor service chosen by the Company) in respect of the period from the open of trading on the relevant Trading Day until the close of trading on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market price of one (1) share of such capital stock or other interest on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, as mutually agreed between the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Stock or, in the absence of such agreement, as determined by an Independent Financial Advisor retained for such purpose by the Company), for each of the ten (10) consecutive full Trading Days commencing with, and including, the effective date of the Distribution Transaction; and
MP0 = the VWAP per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive full Trading Days commencing on, and including, the effective date of the Distribution Transaction.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately following the close of business on the effective date of the Distribution Transaction. If an adjustment to the Conversion Price is required under this Section 11(a)(iii), delivery of any additional shares of Common Stock that may be deliverable upon conversion as a result of an adjustment required under this Section 11(a)(iii) shall be delayed only to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this Section 11(a)(iii).
(iv) Stockholder Rights Plan. If the Company has a stockholder rights plan in effect with respect to the Common Stock on any Conversion Date, upon conversion of any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, Holders of such shares will receive, in addition to the applicable number of shares of Common Stock, the rights under such rights plan relating to such Common Stock, unless, prior to such Conversion Date, the rights have (i) become exercisable or (ii) separated from the shares of Common Stock (the first of such events to occur, a Trigger Event), in which case, the Conversion Price will be adjusted, effective automatically at the time of such Trigger Event, as if the Company had made a distribution of such rights to all holders of the Common Stock as described in Section 11(a)(vi), subject to appropriate readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights prior to the exercise, deemed exercise or exchange thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any such stockholder rights are exchanged by the Company for shares of Common Stock or other property or securities, the Conversion Price shall be appropriately readjusted as if such stockholder rights had not been issued, but the Company had instead issued such shares of Common Stock or other property or securities as a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 11(a)(i) or Section 11(a)(ii), as applicable.
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To the extent that such rights are not exercised prior to their expiration, termination or redemption, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the occurrence of the Trigger Event been made on the basis of the issuance of, and the receipt of the exercise price with respect to, only the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued pursuant to such rights.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11(a)(iv), no adjustment shall be required to be made to the Conversion Price with respect to any Holder which is, or is an affiliate or associate of, an acquiring person under such stockholder rights plan or with respect to any direct or indirect transferee of such Holder who receives Series A Preferred Stock in such transfer after the time such Holder becomes, or its affiliate or associate becomes, such an acquiring person.
(v) Issuances of Common Stock Below Applicable Price. If the Company issues or sells any shares of Common Stock at a price per share of Common Stock that is less than the Applicable Price on the date the Company fixes the offering price of such Common Stock, the Conversion Price will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CP1 = CP0 x [[(OS0 x AP) + AC] / [(OS0 + X) x AP]]
where,
CP0 = the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such issuance or sale;
CP1 = the new Conversion Price in effect immediately after the close of business on the date of such issuance or sale;
OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such issuance or sale (treating for this purpose as outstanding all shares of Common Stock issuable (A) upon exercise of options outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale (B) or upon conversion or exchange of convertible securities of the Company (including the Series A Preferred Stock) outstanding immediately prior to such issue), but in each such case described in the foregoing clause (A) or clause (B) only if the exercise price, conversion price or effective exchange price is less than the Current Market Price;
AP = the Applicable Price;
X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issued or sold; and
AC = the aggregate consideration received by the Company upon such issuance or sale.
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(vi) Distribution of Rights, Options or Warrants. The dividend, distribution or other issuance to the holders of Common Stock of rights (other than rights, options or warrants distributed in connection with a stockholder rights plan (in which event the provisions of Section 11(a)(iv) shall apply)), options or warrants entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the Applicable Price as of the Record Date for such issuance, in which event the Conversion Price will be increased based on the following formula:
CP1 = CP0 x [(OS0 + Y) / (OS0 + X)]
CP0 = the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance;
CP1 = the new Conversion Price in effect immediately following the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance;
OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance;
X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants divided by the Applicable Price as of the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance.
For purposes of this Section 11(a)(vi), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders to purchase the Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the Current Market Price as of the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance, there shall be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants, and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be the Fair Market Value thereof.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(vi) shall become effective immediately following the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance. In the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights, options or warrants, to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution or issuance had not been declared. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights, options or warrants upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the dividend, distribution or issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered.
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(vii) Tender or Exchange Offer. The Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries purchases Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer (other than an exchange offer that constitutes a Distribution Transaction subject to Section 11(a)(iii)) by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of the Common Stock, or otherwise acquires Common Stock (except in an open market purchase in compliance with Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act, through an accelerated share repurchase on customary terms or in connection with tax withholding upon vesting or settlement of options, restricted stock units, performance share units or other similar equity awards or upon forfeiture or cashless exercise of options or other equity awards) (a Covered Repurchase), if the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock validly tendered, exchanged or otherwise acquired through a Covered Repurchase exceeds the VWAP per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive full Trading Days commencing on, and including the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date in which event the Conversion Price shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CP1 = CP0 x [(MP0 x OS0) / [FMV + (MP0 x OS1)]]
CP0 = the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date;
CP1 = the new Conversion Price in effect immediately after the close of business on the Expiration Date;
FMV = the Fair Market Value, on the Expiration Date, of all cash and any other consideration paid or payable for all shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn, or otherwise acquired through a Covered Repurchase, as of the Expiration Date;
OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (including the shares to be purchased in such tender or exchange offer) or shares are otherwise acquired through a Covered Repurchase;
OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (after giving effect to the purchase of shares in such tender or exchange offer) or shares are otherwise acquired through a Covered Repurchase; and
MP0 = the VWAP per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive full Trading Days commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Expiration Date. If an adjustment to the Conversion Price is required under this Section 11(a)(vii), delivery of any additional shares of Common Stock that may be deliverable upon conversion as a result of an adjustment required under this Section 11(a)(vii) shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this Section 11(a)(vii).
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In the event that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer, exchange offer or other commitment to acquire shares of Common Stock through a Covered Repurchase but is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Price that would have been then in effect if such tender offer, exchange offer or Covered Repurchase had not been made.
(viii) Cash Dividend or Distribution. The Company makes a cash dividend or distribution to holders of the Common Stock, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CP1 = CP0 x [(SP0 C) / SP0]
where,
CP0 = the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;
CP1 = the new Conversion Price in effect immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP0 = the Current Market Price as of the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; and
C = the amount in cash per share of Common Stock the Company distributes to holders of its Common Stock; provided that, if C is equal or greater than SP0, then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, the Company shall pay to each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock on the date the applicable cash dividend or distribution is made to holders of Common Stock, but without requiring such Holder to convert its shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in respect of each share of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder, the amount of cash such Holder would have received had such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares into which such Holders shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible as of the Record Date for such dividend or distribution.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(viii) shall be effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. If any dividend or distribution is declared but not paid, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board announces that such dividend or distribution will not be paid, to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such had dividend or distribution not been declared.
(b) Calculation of Adjustments. All adjustments to the Conversion Price shall be calculated by the Company to the nearest 1/10,000th of one (1) share of Common Stock (or if there is not a nearest 1/10,000th of a share, to the next lower 1/10,000th of a share). No adjustment to the Conversion Price will be required, unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least $0.01 of the Conversion Price; provided, however, that any such adjustment that is not required to be made will be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; provided, further, that any such adjustment of less than $0.01 that has not been made will be made upon any Conversion Date.
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(c) When No Adjustment Required.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 11, the Conversion Price will not be adjusted for the issuance of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing, or for the repurchase of Common Stock.
(ii) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 11, the Conversion Price will not be adjusted as a result of the issuance of, the distribution of separate certificates representing, the exercise or redemption of, or the termination or invalidation of, rights pursuant to any stockholder rights plans.
(iii) No adjustment to the Conversion Price will be made:
(A) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Company and the investment of additional optional amounts in Common Stock under any plan in which purchases are made at market prices on the date or dates of purchase, without discount, and whether or not the Company bears the ordinary costs of administration and operation of the plan, including brokerage commissions;
(B) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase such shares or other form of equity-based or equity-related awards (including restricted stock units) to employees (or prospective employees who have accepted an offer of employment), directors or consultants, pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any employee agreements or arrangements or programs;
(C) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security if the option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security (x) is outstanding on the date of the A&R Investment Agreement or (y) has previously given rise to an adjustment under this Section 11;
(D) with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock held by any Holder, for transactions in which such Holder participates in accordance with Sections 4(b) and/or 11(a);
(E) for a change solely in the par value of the Common Stock;
(F) upon any issuance of securities pursuant to any merger, joint venture, partnership, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction or any other direct or indirect acquisition by the Company, whereby the Companys securities comprise, in whole or in part, the consideration paid by the Company in such transaction; or
(G) upon the issuance of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.
(d) Successive Adjustments. After an adjustment to the Conversion Price under this Section 11, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Section 11 shall cause an adjustment to each such Conversion Price as so adjusted.
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(e) Multiple Adjustments. For the avoidance of doubt, if an event occurs that would trigger an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 11 under more than one subsection hereof, such event, to the extent fully taken into account in a single adjustment, shall not result in multiple adjustments hereunder; provided, however, that if more than one subsection of this Section 11 is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment.
(f) Tax Adjustments. The Company may, but shall not be required to, make such increases in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by this Section 11, as the Board considers to be advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holders of shares of Company stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock or issuance of rights or warrants to purchase or subscribe for stock or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason.
(g) Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as provided under this Section 11, the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of an event that requires such adjustment (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming so aware) or the date the Company makes an adjustment pursuant to Section 11(f):
(i) compute the adjusted applicable Conversion Price in accordance with this Section 11; and
(ii) (A) in the event that the Company shall give notice or make a public announcement to the holders of Common Stock of any action of the type described in this Section 11 (but only if the action of the type described in this Section 11 would result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price or a change in the type of securities or property to be delivered upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock), the Company shall, at the time of such notice or announcement, and in the case of any action that would require the fixing of a record date, at least ten (10) days prior to such record date, give notice to each Holder which notice shall specify the record date, if any, with respect to any such action, the approximate date on which such action is to take place and the facts with respect to such action as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect on the Conversion Price and the number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property, which shall be deliverable upon conversion or redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock or (B) in the event that the Company does not give notice or make a public announcement as set forth in subclause (A) of this clause (ii), the Company shall, as soon as practicable following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to one or more provisions of this Section 11 (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as practicable after becoming so aware), provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event, in the same manner and with the same detail as the notice set forth in subclause (A) of this clause (ii); and
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(iii) whenever the Conversion Price shall be adjusted pursuant to one or more provisions of Section 11, the Company shall, as soon as practicable following the determination of the revised Conversion Price, (A) file at the principal office of the Company, a statement showing in reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment, the Conversion Price that shall be in effect after such adjustment and the method by which the adjustment to the Conversion Price was determined and (B) cause a copy of such statement to be sent to each Holder.
SECTION 12. Adjustment for Reorganization Events.
(a) Reorganization Events. In the event of:
(i) any reclassification, statutory exchange, merger, consolidation or other similar business combination of the Company with or into another Person, in each case, pursuant to which at least a majority of the Common Stock is changed or converted into, or exchanged for, cash, securities or other property of the Company or another Person;
(ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all the property and assets of the Company, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into cash, securities or other property; or
(iii) any statutory exchange of securities of the Company with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition) or reclassification, recapitalization or reorganization of the Common Stock into other securities;
(each of which is referred to as a Reorganization Event and the cash, securities or other property into which the Common Stock is changed, converted or exchanged, the Exchange Property and the amount and kind of Exchange Property that a holder of one (1) share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such Reorganization Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property), an Exchange Property Unit), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designations, from and after the effective time of such Reorganization Event, without the consent of the Holders, each share of Series A Preferred Stock will remain outstanding (unless converted in accordance with Section 12(d)) and (A) the consideration due upon conversion of any Series A Preferred Stock will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in Section 11 or in this Section 12, or in any related definitions, were instead a reference to the same number of Exchange Property Units; (B) for purposes of Sections 6, 7 and 9, each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in such Sections (or in any related definitions) will instead be deemed to be a reference to the same number of Exchange Property Units (and the terms of any conversion shall be based upon the Liquidation Preference at the time of such subsequent conversion); and (C) other references to Common Stock shall refer to the Exchange Property with appropriate adjustment to preserve, to the greatest extent possible (so long as there is no detrimental effect to the Holders), the economic and other rights in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock granted by this Certificate of Designations and the A&R Investment Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply if such Holder is a Person with which the Company consolidated or into which the Company merged or which merged into the Company or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (any such Person, a Constituent Person), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person, to the extent such Reorganization Event provides for different treatment of Common Stock held by such Persons. If the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event is not
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the same for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to such Reorganization Event by a Person (other than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate thereof), then for the purpose of this Section 12(a), (x) if the Holders of Common Stock were entitled to make an election as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property to be received in consideration for Common Stock, a similar election right will be provided to the Holders, and (y) the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon conversion following such Reorganization Event will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock.
(b) Successive Reorganization Events. The above provisions of this Section 12 shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events.
(c) Reorganization Event Notice. The Company (or any successor) shall, no less than twenty (20) Business Days prior to the anticipated effective date of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence of such event and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitutes the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 12.
(d) Reorganization Event Agreements. The Company shall not enter into any agreement for a transaction constituting a Reorganization Event, unless (i) such agreement provides for or does not interfere with or prevent (as applicable) conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into the Exchange Property in a manner that is consistent with and gives effect to this Section 12, and (ii) to the extent that the Company is not the surviving corporation in such Reorganization Event or will be dissolved in connection with such Reorganization Event, proper provision shall be made in the agreements governing such Reorganization Event for the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into stock of the Person surviving such Reorganization Event or such other continuing entity in such Reorganization Event.
(e) Change of Control. For the sake of clarity, if a Reorganization Event constitutes a Change of Control, then Section 10 shall take precedence over this Section 12 to the extent there is any inconsistency between such sections.
SECTION 13. Adverse Changes; Voting Rights.
(a) Adverse Changes. So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote required by applicable law, the Company may not take any of the following actions without the prior affirmative vote or written consent from the Holders of at least a majority of the then-issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class:
(i) amend, alter, repeal or otherwise modify (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws in a manner that would adversely affect the powers, preferences, rights or privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock;
(ii) amend, alter, repeal or otherwise modify (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) this Certificate of Designations in any manner;
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(iii) amend, alter, repeal or otherwise modify (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation (including this Certificate of Designations), or take any other action, in each case, to authorize (or increase the number of authorized shares of), create, classify, reclassify or issue any Parity Stock (or any additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock) or Senior Stock; or
(iv) solely for so long as Investor A has the rights set forth in Section 4 of the Investor Rights Agreement, other than refinancings of existing Indebtedness on substantially the same commercial terms, for any given calendar year, incur Indebtedness such that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries immediately after such incurrence is in excess of 105% of the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the prior year as of December 31 (for purposes of 2022, the reference amount of Indebtedness for the prior calendar year shall be the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company immediately following the closing of the sale of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the A&R Investment Agreement).
(b) Voting Rights.
(i) The Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote with the holders of the Common Stock on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Company, except as otherwise provided herein or as required by applicable law, voting together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class. For such purposes, each Holder shall be entitled to a number of votes in respect of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned of record by it equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock could be converted pursuant to Section 6 as of the Record Date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote on such matters or, if no such Record Date is established, as of the date such vote is taken or any written consent of stockholders is solicited. The Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders meeting in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws as if they were holders of record of Common Stock for such meeting.
(ii) Each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock will have one (1) vote per share on any matter on which Holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote separately as a class, whether at a meeting or by written consent.
(iii) For so long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains issued and outstanding, the Holders shall be entitled to vote as a single class on any amendment to this Certificate of Designations that relates solely to the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock or shares of Preferred Stock, other than Series A Preferred Stock, shall not be entitled to vote thereon.
(iv) For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, the Holders shall have the exclusive consent and voting rights set forth in Section 13(a), and may take action or consent to any action with respect to such rights without a meeting by delivering a consent in writing or by electronic transmission of the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock entitled to cast not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize, take or consent to such action at a meeting of stockholders.
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(v) Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by the DGCL, the Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights.
SECTION 14. Status of Shares. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock that have been issued and reacquired in any manner, whether by redemption, repurchase or otherwise or upon any conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to Common Stock, shall thereupon be retired and shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Company undesignated as to series, and may be redesignated as any series of preferred stock of the Company and reissued.
SECTION 15. Term. Except as expressly provided in this Certificate of Designations, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable or otherwise mature and the term of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be perpetual.
SECTION 16. Creation of Capital Stock. Subject to Section 13(a), the Board, without the vote of the Holders, may authorize and issue additional shares of Capital Stock of the Company.
SECTION 17. No Sinking Fund. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be subject to or entitled to the operation of a retirement or sinking fund.
SECTION 18. Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and Paying Agent. The duly appointed transfer agent, conversion agent, registrar and paying agent for the Series A Preferred Stock shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint any other Person to serve as transfer agent, conversion agent, registrar or paying agent for the Series A Preferred Stock and thereafter may remove or replace such other person at any time. Upon any such appointment or removal, the Company shall send notice thereof to the Holders.
SECTION 19. Taxes.
(a) Transfer Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all stock transfer, documentary, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock or other securities issued on account of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock or other securities in a name other than the name in which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any Person other than a payment to the registered holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment, unless and until the Person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
(b) Withholding. All payments and distributions (or deemed distributions) on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock (and on the shares of Common Stock received upon their conversion) shall be subject to withholding and backup withholding of taxes to the extent required by law, subject to applicable exemptions, and amounts withheld, if any, shall be treated as received
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by the Holders. The Company shall use commercially reasonably efforts to notify the Holders of any amounts expected to be deducted and withheld pursuant to the preceding sentence reasonably prior to the relevant payment date and the basis for such deduction and withholding and shall reasonably cooperate with the applicable Holders to reduce or eliminate any such deductions and withholdings to the extent permitted under applicable law.
(c) Tax Treatment. The Series A Preferred Stock is intended to be treated as common stock that does not constitute preferred stock within the meaning of Section 305 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall apply the provisions of this Certificate of Designations consistent with such intention.
SECTION 20. Notices. All notices referred to herein shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, all notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the receipt thereof. Notices referred to herein shall be addressed as follow: (a) if to the Company, to its office at 14160 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75254 (Attention: General Counsel), or to any transfer or other agent of the Company designated to receive such notice as permitted by this Certificate of Designations; (b) if to any Holder, to such Holder at the address of such Holder as listed in the Register; or (c) to such other address as the Company or any such Holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice similarly given.
SECTION 21. Facts Ascertainable. When the terms of this Certificate of Designations refer to a specific agreement or other document to determine the meaning or operation of a provision hereof, the Secretary of the Company shall maintain a copy of such agreement or document at the principal executive offices of the Company and a copy thereof shall be provided free of charge to any stockholder who makes a request therefor. The Secretary of the Company shall also maintain a written record of the Issuance Date, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to a Holder and the date of each such issuance, and shall furnish such written record free of charge to any Holder who makes a request therefor.
SECTION 22. Waiver. Notwithstanding any provision in this Certificate of Designations to the contrary, any provision contained herein and any right of the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock granted hereunder may be waived as to all shares of Series A Preferred Stock (and the Holders thereof) upon the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding.
SECTION 23. Severability. If any term of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth herein is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other terms set forth herein, which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable term will, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no term herein set forth will be deemed dependent upon any other such term, unless so expressed herein.
SECTION 24. No Other Rights. Except as expressly provided in any agreement between a Holder and the Company, the Series A Preferred Stock will have no rights, preferences or voting powers, except as provided in this Certificate of Designations or the Certificate of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law.
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SECTION 25. Legends. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any securities issued or issuable with respect to such securities by way of stock dividend or stock split, or in connection with a combination of shares, conversion of such securities, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, going private, tender offer, amalgamation, change of control or other reorganization or otherwise, shall bear restrictive legends in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THE SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS WHICH IS AVAILABLE.
The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without a legend to the Holder of any such securities upon which it is stamped, if (a) such securities are registered for resale under an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act, (b) such securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, or (c) such securities are proposed to be sold pursuant to an exemption from registration and the Company receives an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it and any other documentation reasonably requested by the Company with respect to such exemption. In connection with an instruction to remove the legend triggered by the circumstances described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), the Company shall cause its legal counsel to deliver an opinion, if necessary, to the transfer agent to the effect that removal of such restrictive legends in such circumstances may be effected in compliance with the Securities Act, which opinion may be conditioned upon the receipt of customary representations and other documentation, if any, from the Holder as reasonably requested by the Company, its counsel or the transfer agent.
[Signature Page Follows]
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This Certificate of Designations has been approved by the Board in the manner and by the vote required by law.
The undersigned acknowledges this Certificate of Designations to be the corporate act of the Company and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned acknowledges that, to the best of his or her knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and Chief Executive Officer and attested to by its Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel on this 3rd day of November, 2021.
ATTEST: | CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION | |||||||
By: |
/s/ David R. Brickman |
By: | /s/ Kimberly S. Lody | |||||
Name: | David R. Brickman | Name: | Kimberly S. Lody | |||||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Secretary and | Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||
General Counsel |
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Exhibit A
CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION
CHANGE OF CONTROL REPURCHASE NOTICE
Reference is made to the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the Certificate of Designations) of Capital Senior Living Corporation (the Company). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a Change of Control Notice from the Company and hereby exercises its Change of Control repurchase right with respect to the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Series A Preferred Stock), of the Company indicated below. The undersigned acknowledges that the shares of Series A Preferred Stock listed below, when duly tendered and for which there are sufficient funds to legally redeem on the Change of Control Repurchase Date, may not be converted into shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Certificate of Designations.
Legal name of Holder: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be repurchased: ___________________________________________________
Share certificate no(s). of Series A Preferred Stock to be repurchased: _______________________________________________
Tax ID Number (if applicable): ______________________________________________________________________________
Payment Instructions for payment of Change of Control Price:
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Guaranteed: |
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Participant in a Recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program |
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
Dated: |
Exhibit B
CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION
CONVERSION NOTICE
Reference is made to the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the Certificate of Designations) of Capital Senior Living Corporation (the Company). In accordance with and pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Series A Preferred Stock), of the Company indicated below into shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the Common Stock), [as of the date specified below][[upon/immediately prior to], and subject to the occurrence of, []].
Date of Conversion (if applicable): ___________________________________________________________________________
Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted: _____________________________________ _______________
Share certificate no(s). of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted: _________________________________________________
Tax ID Number (if applicable): ______________________________________________________________________________
Please confirm the following information:
Conversion Price: _________________________________________________________________________________________
Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued: __________________________________________________
Please issue the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are being converted in the following name and to the following address:
Issue to: _________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________
Telephone Number: ________________________________
Email: __________________________________________
Authorization: ____________________________________
Account Number (if electronic book entry transfer): _____________________________________________________________
Transaction Code Number (if electronic book entry transfer): ______________________________________________________
Payment Instructions for cash payment in lieu of fractional shares:
By: |
Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Guaranteed: | ||
Participant in a Recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program |
By: |
Authorized Signatory |
Dated: |
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
among
CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION,
SILK PARTNERS, LP,
CONVERSANT DALLAS PARKWAY (A) LP
and
CONVERSANT DALLAS PARKWAY (B) LP
dated as of November 3, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. |
Board Matters |
1 | ||||
2. |
Transfer Restrictions |
5 | ||||
3. |
Standstill |
6 | ||||
4. |
Consent Rights |
7 | ||||
5. |
Preemptive Rights |
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6. |
Confidentiality |
10 | ||||
7. |
Interpretation; Other Definitions |
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8. |
Miscellaneous |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
A&R Investment Agreement |
recitals | |
Affiliate |
Section 7(f) | |
Agreement |
preamble | |
as-converted basis |
Section 7(d) | |
Backstop Agreement |
recitals | |
Beneficial Owner |
Section 7(e) | |
Beneficial Ownership |
Section 7(e) | |
Beneficially Own |
Section 7(e) | |
Board of Directors |
Section 7(g) | |
Business Day |
Section 7(h) | |
Bylaws |
Section 7(i) | |
Certificate of Designations |
Section 7(j) | |
Certificate of Incorporation |
Section 7(k) | |
Closing |
Section 7(l) | |
Closing Date |
Section 7(m) | |
Common Stock |
Section 7(n) | |
Company |
preamble | |
Conversant Investors |
preamble | |
Conversant Parties |
Section 1(a) | |
Derivative Instruments |
Section 7(o) | |
Encumbrance |
Section 7(p) | |
Equity Securities |
Section 7(q) |
Exchange Act |
Section 7(r) | |
Indebtedness |
Section 7(s) | |
Information |
Section 6 | |
Investor Board Representatives |
Section 1(a) | |
Investor Holder |
Section 5(b) | |
NYSE |
Section 1(a) | |
Permitted Transfer |
Section 2(b) | |
Permitted Transferee |
Section 2(c) | |
Person |
Section 7(t) | |
Preemptive Rights Issuance |
Section 5(a) | |
Preemptive Rights Notice |
Section 5(b) | |
Private Placement Common Stock |
recitals | |
Prohibited Shares |
Section 2(a) | |
Representatives |
Section 6 | |
Restricted Period Termination Date |
Section 2(a) | |
Series A Preferred Stock |
recitals | |
Silk Investor |
recitals | |
Silk Parties |
Section 1(a) | |
Subsidiary |
Section 7(u) | |
Transfer |
Section 7(v) | |
Unaffiliated Shareholders |
Section 7(w) |
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INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is dated as of November 3, 2021, by and among (i) Capital Senior Living Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), (ii) Silk Partners, LP (the Silk Investor), (iii) Conversant Dallas Parkway (A) LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Investor A) and (iv) Conversant Dallas Parkway (B) LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Investor B and together with Investor A, the Conversant Investors). Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7 hereof.
WHEREAS, the Company and the Conversant Investors entered into an Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2021 (the A&R Investment Agreement), pursuant to which the Conversant Investors agreed, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to purchase and the Company in a private placement agreed to sell, at the Closing, shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Series A Preferred Stock), of the Company and shares of Common Stock (such shares of Common Stock, the Private Placement Common Stock (for the avoidance of doubt, such term has the same meaning as it has in the A&R Investment Agreement));
WHEREAS, the Company, the Silk Investor and certain other stockholders of the Company entered into a Rights Offering Backstop and Participation Agreement (the Backstop Agreement), pursuant to which the Silk Investor agreed, subject to the terms and conditions thereof to fully participate in, and partially backstop, the rights offering contemplated by the A&R Investment Agreement (the Rights Offering); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to govern the rights, duties and obligations of the Company, the Silk Investor and the Conversant Investors following the Rights Offering.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:
1. Board Matters.
(a) Investor Board Representatives.
(i) For so long as the Conversant Investors together with their Affiliates and Permitted Transferees (the Conversant Parties) Beneficially Own at least 33% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on an as-converted basis, Investor A shall have the right to designate four (4) designees for inclusion in the Companys slate of individuals nominated for election to the Board of Directors (which slate shall include a number of nominees equal to the number of director positons to be filled); provided, that one (1) of such designees shall be required to be independent in accordance with the relevant rules and regulations in effect at such time of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), as determined by the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.
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(ii) For so long as the Conversant Parties Beneficially Own less than 33% but at least 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on an as-converted basis, Investor A shall have the right to designate a number of directors, rounded to the nearest whole number, equal to (i) the quotient of (A) the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on an as-converted basis Beneficially Owned by the Conversant Parties divided by (B) the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on an as-converted basis, multiplied by (ii) the total number of directors then on the Board of Directors.
(iii) For so long as the Conversant Parties Beneficially Own less than 15% but at least 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on an as-converted basis, Investor A shall have the right to designate one (1) designee for inclusion in the Companys slate of individuals nominated for election to the Board of Directors (which slate shall include a number of nominees equal to the number of director positons to be filled).
(iv) Following the forty-two (42) month anniversary of the date hereof, so long as the Conversant Parties Beneficially Own shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Beneficially Own more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on an as-converted basis, Investor A shall have the right to designate five (5) designees for inclusion in the Companys slate of individuals nominated for election to the Board of Directors (which slate shall include a number of nominees equal to the number of director positons to be filled)
(v) For so long as the Silk Investor together with its Affiliates (the Silk Parties) Beneficially Own at least 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on an as-converted basis, the Silk Investor shall have the right to designate two (2) designees for inclusion in the Companys slate of individuals nominated for election to the Board of Directors (which slate shall include a number of nominees equal to the number of director positons to be filled).
(vi) Once the Conversant Parties Beneficially Own less than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on an as-converted basis, the rights of the Conversant Investors pursuant to this Section 1(a) shall terminate and Investor A shall not have the right to designate a director for inclusion in the Companys slate of individuals nominated for election to the Board of Directors any directors pursuant to this Agreement. Once the Silk Parties Beneficially Own less than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on an as-converted basis, the rights of the Silk Investor pursuant to this Section 1(a) shall terminate and Silk shall not have the right to designate a director for inclusion in the Companys slate of individuals nominated for election to the Board of Directors any directors pursuant to this Agreement.
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(b) Promptly following the Closing Date, and in any event within five (5) Business Days following the Closing Date, the Company shall cause Ben Harris, David W. Johnson, Noah Beren, Shmuel Lieberman, Max J. Levy and Elliot R. Zibel to be elected or appointed to the Board of Directors, to the extent not already on the Board of Directors, with Ben Harris and David W. Johnson appointed in Class I on the Board of Directors, with Noah Beren and Shmuel Lieberman appointed in Class II on the Board of Directors and with Max J. Levy and Elliot R. Zibel appointed in Class III on the Board of Directors. For so long a party has the right to designate a designee for inclusion in the Companys slate of individuals nominated for election to the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 1(a) (each, an Investor Board Representative), the Company shall cause each Investor Board Representative to be elected or appointed to the Board of Directors (including, to the extent necessary, by expanding the size of the Board of Directors and appointing a number of Investor Board Representatives to the Board of Directors sufficient to maintain the number of Investor Board Representatives set forth in Section 1(a) on the Board of Directors (and, to the extent necessary, calling a special meeting of the Companys shareholders for the purpose of amending the Companys Certificate of Incorporation to allow such expansion)). For so long as the Conversant Parties Beneficially Own at least 20% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, Investor A shall be entitled to designate the chairperson of the Board of Directors.
(c) The election or appointment of the Investor Board Representatives will be subject to satisfaction of all legal and governance requirements regarding service as a director of the Company and, for all such appointments or elections after the election or appointment of the initial Investor Board Representatives, to the reasonable approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed) of the four (4)member Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (two members of which will be comprised of non-Conversant and non-Silk designees). If the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board does so not approve a designee, Investor A or the Silk Investors (as applicable that made such designation) will have the exclusive right to designate a replacement who shall be treated for all purposes as such persons designee hereunder, subject to the approval process described in this Section 1(c). The Company shall require that all directors comply in all respects with applicable law (including with respect to confidentiality) and the Companys corporate governance guidelines, code of business conduct and ethics and confidentiality and trading policies and guidelines in effect from time to time.
(d) So long as Investor A or the Silk Investor has the right to designate an Investor Board Representative to the Board of Directors, members of the Board of Directors other than the Investor Board Representative(s) shall have the exclusive right to designate persons on behalf of the Board of Directors for election at annual stockholders meetings for, or to fill vacancies in, all director positions, other than the Investor Board Representative(s).
(e) Subject to this Section 1, so long as Investor A has the right to designate an Investor Board Representative for inclusion in the Companys slate of individuals nominated for election to the Board of Directors, the Company shall not, without the prior written approval of Investor A, (i) increase the size of the Board of Directors in excess of nine (9) members or (ii) decrease the size of the Board of Directors if such decrease would require the resignation of an Investor Board Representative nominated by Investor A from the Board of Directors.
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(f) The Company will reimburse the Investor Board Representatives for their respective reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with travel to or from and attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors. Each Investor Board Representative will receive the same director compensation as each other non-executive director of the Board of Directors. Each of Investor A and the Silk Investor agree, upon the Companys request, to timely provide the Company with accurate and complete information relating to each Investor Board Representative nominated by such party as may be required to be disclosed by the Company under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(g) Notwithstanding any rights to be granted with respect to the Investor Board Representatives hereunder, the Board of Directors may exclude any Investor Board Representative from access to any Board of Directors or committee materials or information or meeting or portion thereof or written consent if the Board of Directors determines, in good faith, including such Investor Board Representative in discussions relating to such determination (but not requiring the affirmative vote of such Investor Board Representative), that such access would reasonably be expected to result in a conflict of interest with the Company; provided, that such exclusion shall be limited to the portion of the Board of Directors or committee material or information and/or meeting or written consent that is the basis for such exclusion and shall not extend to any portion of the Board of Directors or committee material and/or meeting that does not involve or pertain to such exclusion.
(h) Subject to Section 1(c), for so long as Investor A or the Silk Investor has the right to designate an Investor Board Representative for inclusion in the Companys slate of individuals nominated for election, the Company and the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors shall take such action as is required under applicable law, the rules and regulations in effect at such time of the NYSE or such other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted or under the Bylaws or Certificate of Incorporation to include on the Board of Directors or in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board of Directors such person nominated pursuant to Section 1. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Investor Board Representatives elected as a director of the Company and the Company shall solicit proxies for such persons to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the Board of Directors.
(i) For so long as Investor A or the Silk Investor has the right to designate an Investor Board Representative, in the event that a vacancy is created at any time by the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal of an Investor Board Representative, Investor A or the Silk Investor (as applicable) may designate, another individual to be elected to fill the vacancy created thereby, and the Company hereby agrees to take, at any time and from time to time, all actions necessary to accomplish the same.
(j) So long as Investor A or the Silk Investor has the right to designate an Investor Board Representative for inclusion in the Companys slate of individuals nominated for election to the Board of Directors, any transaction, agreement, contract or other arrangement (including without limitation, with respect to Investor A, any mandatory conversion pursuant to Section 7 of the Certificate of Designations and any optional
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redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Designations) by and among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any the Conversant Investors or the Silk Investor or their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall solely require the approval of a majority of the independent and disinterested directors (which, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of Investor A may include any Investor Board Representative designated by the Silk Investor and in the case of the Silk Investor may include any Investor Board Representatives designated by Investor A). Investor A and the Silk Investor shall notify and fully inform the full Board of Directors of any actual or potential conflict of interest that arises due to any such proposed transaction, agreement, contract or other arrangement with such party or its Affiliates.
(k) In the event that Investor A or the Silk Investor ceases to have the right to designate a director pursuant to Section 1(a) (or the number of directors which Investor A has the right to designate in reduced in accordance with the terms of Section 1(a)), any applicable Investor Board Representative will not be required to resign (and Investor A or the Silk Investor (as applicable) will not be required to cause them to resign), such Investor Board Representative shall continue to serve until the next regularly scheduled annual stockholders meeting at which directors are to be elected, and the related rights, including pursuant to Section 1(d), shall continue to apply until such time. All obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 1 relating to any such Investor Board Representative shall not apply to such election or at any time thereafter.
2. Transfer Restrictions.
(a) Other than Permitted Transfers, the Conversant Investors shall not Transfer any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (or any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof) (together, the Prohibited Shares) during the period commencing on the Closing Date and continuing until the date that is the second anniversary of the Closing Date (such date, the Restricted Period Termination Date).
(b) Permitted Transfer means, in each case so long as such Transfer is in accordance with applicable law:
(i) a Transfer of Prohibited Shares to Affiliates of a Conversant Investor, so long as such transferee, to the extent it has not already done so, executes a customary joinder to this Section 2, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, in which such transferee agrees to be subject to the restrictions on Transfer in this Section 2;
(ii) a Transfer of Prohibited Shares as a distribution in-kind to a Conversant Investors investors, and to their subsequent investors, including limited partners, so long as each such transferee, to the extent it has not already done so, executes a customary joinder to this Section 2, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, in which such transferee agrees to be subject to the restrictions on Transfer in this Section 2;
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(iii) a Transfer of Prohibited Shares in connection with a sale of the Company approved by the Board of Directors or in connection with a tender offer into which a majority of the Unaffiliated Shareholders of the Company have tendered their respective shares of Common Stock;
(iv) a Transfer of Prohibited Shares to the Company; and
(v) a Transfer of Prohibited Shares following a voluntary filing by the Company of a petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code.
(c) Permitted Transferee means, any transferee that receives Prohibited Shares pursuant to Section 2(b) clauses (i) or (ii).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, including the occurrence of the Restricted Period Termination Date, the Conversant Investors shall not Transfer any Prohibited Shares (i) other than in accordance with all applicable laws and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement and (ii) other than any Transfers that are made pursuant to a registered offering or in accordance with an exemption from registration. Any Transfers of Prohibited Shares prior to the third anniversary of the date hereof shall only be made to a Person that, to such Conversant Investors knowledge, is not a competitor of the Company set forth on Schedule A attached hereto.
(e) The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions and may stamp each certificate representing the Prohibited Shares with an appropriate legend to enforce the provisions of this Section 2. Any purported Transfer or other transaction in violation of this Section 2 shall be null and void.
3. Standstill.
(a) For a period of eighteen (18) months from the date of this Agreement, each Conversant Investor shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly:
(i) acquire, offer to acquire or agree or make a proposal to acquire Beneficial Ownership of any Equity Securities, any Derivative Instruments with respect to Common Stock, or any indebtedness of the Company, except pursuant to share splits, reverse share splits, share dividends or distributions, or combinations or any similar recapitalizations on or after the date hereof or the acquisition of common stock resulting from conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock;
(ii) effect or seek, offer or propose to effect, or announce any intention to effect or cause or participate in (A) any shareholder proposal to be considered by the stockholders of the Company or take any action to nominate any person for membership on the Board of Directors, or take any action to remove any director (other than the Investor Board Representative) from the Board of Directors of the Company or to change the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company or (B) make, or in any way participate in, directly or indirectly, any solicitation of proxies to vote, or seek to influence any Person with respect to the voting of, shares of Common Stock, or become a participant in a solicitation (as such terms are defined in Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act) with respect to Common Stock; provided that the foregoing shall not restrict such Conversant Investors right to vote its Common Stock in its sole discretion; or
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(iii) initiate or propose a call for any special meeting of the Companys shareholders.
(b) The prohibition in Section 3(a)(i) shall not restrict (i) the ability of an Investor Board Representative nominated by Investor A to vote or from otherwise exercising his or her fiduciary duties, (ii) each Conversant Investors ability to vote, Transfer, convert or otherwise exercise rights under its shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to the express obligations hereof.
4. Consent Rights. So long as the Conversant Parties Beneficially Own at least 15% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, the Company shall not, without the prior approval or written consent of Investor A (such approval or consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):
(a) materially change the principal business of the Company, enter into new lines of business or exit the Companys current line of business;
(b) enter into an agreement with respect to, or consummate, any acquisition (whether by merger, stock purchase, asset purchase or otherwise) of another business or Person involving the payment, contribution or assignment by or to the Company or its subsidiaries of money or assets in an amount exceeding $10,000,000;
(c) with respect to the Company only, issue Equity Securities of the Company from and after the date of this Agreement that, assuming full conversion or exercise of convertible and exercisable securities, would represent in the aggregate either (i) a value equal to or greater than 20% of the Companys outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis as of the date of this Agreement based on the Current Market Price (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) or (ii) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to or greater than 20% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on an as-converted basis as of the date of this Agreement, in each case after taking into account the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock to the Conversant Investors and the closing of the rights offering contemplated by the A&R Investment Agreement;
(d) sell or otherwise Transfer Equity Securities of any Subsidiary of the Company to a Person other than the Company or a wholly owned Subsidiary and with respect to any Subsidiary of the Company, issue or sell any Equity Securities of such Subsidiary;
(e) enter into an agreement with respect to (or otherwise consummate) a Change of Control (as defined in the Certificate of Designations);
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(f) consummate any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company or file a petition under bankruptcy or insolvency law;
(g) purchase or redeem or make any distribution or declare any dividend on Equity Securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock other than (i) redemptions of or dividends or distributions on the Series A Preferred Stock or in which the Series A Preferred Stock participates pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, (ii) dividends or other distributions payable on the Common Stock solely in the form of additional shares of Common Stock, and (iii) repurchases or redemptions if at such time any accrued dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock have been paid in full in cash;
(h) other than refinancings of existing Indebtedness on substantially the same commercial terms, for any given calendar year, incur Indebtedness such that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries immediately after such incurrence is in excess of 105% of the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the prior year as of December 31 (for purposes of 2022, the reference amount of Indebtedness for the prior calendar year shall be the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company immediately following the Closing); and
(i) with respect to the Company only, authorize, create, classify, reclassify or issue any Parity Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), any additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock (other than as contemplated by the A&R Investment Agreement) or Senior Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Designations).
5. Preemptive Rights.
(a) So long as the Conversant Parties Beneficially Own at least 14.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis, each Conversant Investor will have the preemptive rights set forth in this Section 5 with respect to any issuance of any Equity Securities that are issued after the date hereof (any such issuance, other than those described in clauses (i) through (vi) below, a Preemptive Rights Issuance), except for (i) issuances of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase such shares or other form of equity-based or equity-related awards (including restricted stock units) to employees (or prospective employees who have accepted an offer of employment), directors or consultants, or pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any employee agreements or arrangements or programs in effect as of the Closing Date (including the New LTIP (as defined in the A&R Investment Agreement)), or thereafter adopted by the Board of Directors, (ii) issuances of securities pursuant to any merger, joint venture, partnership, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction or any other direct or indirect acquisition by the Company, whereby the Companys securities comprise, in whole or in part, the consideration paid by the Company in such transaction, which transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors and, to the extent then applicable, approved by Investor A in accordance with Section 4, (iii)
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issuances of shares of Common Stock upon conversion or exercise of any of preferred stock, option or Derivative Instrument, in each case, outstanding as of the Closing Date or if issued after the Closing Date, were either exempt from Investor As rights under this Section 5(a) or were offered to the Conversant Investors in accordance with this Section 5, (iv) by reason of a dividend, stock split or other distribution of Common Stock, (v) issuances of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of the A&R Investment Agreement (including issuances of Common Stock upon conversation of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the Certificate of Designations), or (vi) issuances of any Equity Securities with respect to which Investor A waives in writing the rights of all of the Conversant Investors pursuant to this Section 5.
(b) If the Company at any time, or from time to time, effects a Preemptive Rights Issuance, the Company shall give prompt written notice to the Conversant Investors and each of their Affiliates party to this Agreement that holds any Equity Securities of the Company (each, an Investor Holder) (but in no event later than ten (10) days prior to such issuance), which notice shall set forth the number and type of the securities to be issued, the issuance date, the offerees or transferees, the price per security, and all of the other terms and conditions of such issuance, which shall be deemed updated by delivery of the final documentation for such issuance to the Conversant Investors. Each Investor Holder may, by written notice to the Company (a Preemptive Rights Notice) delivered no later than ten (10) days after receipt of the Preemptive Rights Notice, elect to purchase a number of securities specified in such Preemptive Rights Notice (which number may be any number up to but not exceeding the number of securities which, if divided by the sum of (i) such number of securities plus (ii) the number of securities issued in such Preemptive Rights Issuance, would represent a percentage that is equal to (A) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted basis if applicable) that such Investor Holder owns immediately prior to such Preemptive Rights Issuance, divided by (B) the total number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding on an as-converted basis), on the same terms and conditions as such Preemptive Rights Issuance (it being understood and agreed that the price per security that the Investor Holders shall pay shall be the same as the price per security set forth in the Preemptive Rights Notice); provided, that any Investor Holder shall not be entitled to acquire any such shares of Common Stock to the extent the issuance of such Common Stock to such Investor Holder would require approval of the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the rules and listing standards of NYSE, in which case the Company may consummate the proposed issuance prior to obtaining approval of the stockholders of the Company (subject to compliance by the Company with Section 5(d)). If an Investor Holder exercises its preemptive rights hereunder with respect to such Preemptive Rights Issuance, the Company shall (or shall cause such Subsidiary to) issue to such Investor Holder (or its designated Affiliate(s)) the number of securities specified in such Preemptive Rights Notice promptly thereafter (and provided that, if such Investor Holder shall have so notified the Company at least three Business Days prior to the issuance date set forth in the Companys notice, at such Investor Holders election such purchase and sale shall occur on the same date as, or substantially concurrently with, the Preemptive Rights Issuance).
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(c) The election by any Investor Holder not to exercise its preemptive rights hereunder in any one instance shall not affect its right as to any future Preemptive Rights Issuances.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that any Investor Holder exercises its preemptive rights pursuant to this Section 5 and the purchase or issuance of such securities would require the Company to obtain approval of its stockholders pursuant to the listing rules of the NYSE or such national securities exchange that the Common Stock is listed upon, if any, the Company and the Investor Holder will use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate in good faith the terms of any such transaction, including without limitation the terms of any securities of the Company issued pursuant to such transaction to the Investor Holder, such that the issuance to the Investor Holder would not require such stockholder approval while providing the Investor Holder and/or its Affiliates with substantially similar benefits and rights of such securities issued in the Preemptive Rights Issuance.
6. Confidentiality. Each Conversant Investor and the Silk Investor will hold, and will cause its respective Affiliates and their respective directors, managers, officers, employees, agents, consultants and advisors to hold, in strict confidence, unless disclosure to a regulatory authority is necessary in connection with any reasonably necessary regulatory approval, examination or inspection or unless disclosure is requested or required by judicial or administrative process or by other requirement of law or the applicable requirements of any regulatory agency or relevant stock exchange (in which case, other than in connection with a disclosure in connection with a routine audit or examination by, or document request from, a regulatory or self-regulatory authority, bank examiner or auditor, the party disclosing such information shall provide the other party with prior written notice of such permitted disclosure to the extent legally permitted), all non-public records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other data and information (collectively, Information) concerning the Company furnished to such party by or on behalf of the Company or its representatives (except to the extent that such information (a) was previously known by such party from other sources, provided that such source was not known by such party to be bound by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to the other party in relation to such information, (b) becomes available to the public through no violation of this Section 6 by such party, (c) is later lawfully acquired from other sources by the party to which it was furnished, or (d) is independently developed without use of or reference to the Information), and neither party hereto shall release or disclose such Information to any other Person, except its directors, officers, employees, members, auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, financing sources and other consultants and advisors (Representatives) (it being understood that each Conversant Investor and the Silk Investor will be responsible for any breach of the terms of this Section 6 by any of its Representatives). Nothing herein shall prevent any Conversant Investor, the Silk Investor, or any of their respective Affiliates which is a private equity or other investment fund from making customary disclosures to its current, future or potential investors, in each case so long as the recipient of such information is subject to a written confidentiality agreement, policy or obligation. Each Conversant Investor and the Silk Investor confirms that it is aware and that its Representatives have been advised that the United States securities laws prohibit any Person who has material non-public information about a company from purchasing or selling securities of such company on the basis of such information or from communicating such information to any other Person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such Person may purchase or sell such securities.
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7. Interpretation; Other Definitions. Wherever required by the context of this Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, and references to any agreement, document or instrument shall be deemed to refer to such agreement, document or instrument as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time. All article, section, paragraph or clause references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such parts of this Agreement, and all exhibit, annex, letter and schedule references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such exhibits, annexes, letters and schedules to this Agreement. In addition, the following terms are ascribed the following meanings:
(a) the word or is not exclusive.
(b) the words including, includes, included and include are deemed to be followed by the words without limitation.
(c) the terms herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph or subdivision.
(d) as-converted basis means, with respect to the Companys outstanding Common Stock, on a basis in which all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and conversion, exchange or exercise of any other security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, whether or not the Series A Preferred Stock or other convertible, exchangeable or exercisable security is then convertible, exchangeable or exercisable by the holder, are assumed to be then outstanding.
(e) Beneficial Owner, Beneficially Own or Beneficial Ownership has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and a Persons Beneficial Ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule (in each case, irrespective of whether or not such Rule is actually applicable in such circumstance).
(f) Affiliate of any Person, means any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Conversant Investors or their respective Affiliates. As used in this definition, the term control, including the correlative terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or any partnership or other ownership interest, by contract or otherwise).
(g) Board of Directors mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
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(h) Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed (other than Lincolns Birthday or Election Day, which shall be considered Business Days).
(i) Bylaws mean the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
(j) Certificate of Designations means the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock prior to the Closing, as may be amended from time to time in accordance with applicable law, this Agreement and the terms thereof.
(k) Certificate of Incorporation means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as modified by the Certificate of Amendment dated August 27, 1999, the Certificate of Amendment dated December 11, 2020 and the Certificate of Amendment dated November 3, 2021 and as may be further amended from time to time in accordance with applicable law, the Certificate of Designations and this Agreement.
(l) Closing means the closing of transactions contemplated by the to the A&R Investment Agreement, including the sale of Series A Preferred Stock and the Private Placement Common Stock to the Conversant Investors.
(m) Closing Date means the date on which the Closing occurs.
(n) Common Stock means the Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
(o) Derivative Instruments means any and all derivative securities (as defined under Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act) that increase in value as the value of any Equity Securities of the Company increases, including a long convertible security, a long call option and a short put option position, in each case, regardless of whether (i) such derivative security conveys any voting rights in any Equity Security, (ii) such derivative security is required to be, or is capable of being, settled through delivery of any Equity Security or (iii) other transactions that hedge the value of such derivative security.
(p) Encumbrance means any mortgage, commitment, transfer restriction, deed of trust, pledge, option, power of sale, retention of title, right of pre-emption, right of first refusal, executorial attachment, hypothecation, security interest, encumbrance, claim, lien or charge of any kind, or an agreement, arrangement or obligation to create any of the foregoing.
(q) Equity Securities means any and all (i) shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or other voting securities of a corporation, any and all equivalent or analogous ownership (or profit) or voting interests in a Person (other than a corporation), (ii) securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock
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or voting securities of a corporation, and securities convertible into or exchangeable for any equivalent or analogous ownership (or profit) or voting interests in a Person (other than a corporation), and (iii) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing, whether voting or nonvoting, and, in each case, whether or not such shares, interests, participations, equivalents, securities, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.
(r) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(s) Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, without duplication (i) any indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; (ii) any other indebtedness of such Person that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument; (iii) all obligations of such Person under any financing leases; (iv) all liabilities secured by any Encumbrance on any real property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become personally liable for the payment thereof; (v) any obligation under any factoring, securitization or other similar facility or arrangement; (vi) any reimbursement obligation with respect to drawn letters of credit (including standby letters of credit to the extent drawn upon), bankers acceptances or similar facilities; (vii) any obligation issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property; (viii) all net obligations of such Person under interest rate, commodity, foreign currency and financial markets swaps, options, futures and other hedging obligations; and (ix) all guaranties of such Person in respect of Indebtedness of others.
(t) Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
(u) Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, another Person of which 50% or more of the voting power of the equity securities or equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
(v) Transfer means (i) any direct or indirect sale, lease, assignment, Encumbrance, disposition or other transfer (by operation of law or otherwise), either voluntary or involuntary, or entry into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to any sale, lease, assignment, Encumbrance, disposition or other transfer (by operation of law or otherwise), of any Equity Security or (ii) to enter into any Derivative Instrument, swap or any other contract, agreement, transaction or series of transactions that hedges or transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of any Equity Security, whether any such Derivative Instrument, swap, contract, agreement, transaction or series of transactions is to be settled by delivery of securities, in cash or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, no Transfer of any direct or indirect membership, partnership or other equity interest in a Conversant Investor or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed to be a Transfer of all or any portion of any Equity Securities of the Company held by such Person; provided, in each case, after such Transfer of any direct or indirect membership, partnership or other equity interest in such Conversant Investor or any of its Affiliates, such Conversant Investor or Affiliate shall remain an Affiliate of Conversant Capital LLC.
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(w) Unaffiliated Shareholders means the shareholders of the Company, other than (i) the Conversant Investors, (ii) any Affiliates or representatives of the Conversant Investors or any Person acting for or on behalf of a Conversant Investor or (iii) any shareholder that is a member of a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) with a Conversant Investor.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (i) on the date of delivery if delivered personally or by telecopy, facsimile or electronic mail (so long as such transmission does not generate an error message or notice of non-delivery), (ii) on the first business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (iii) on the third business day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:
if to the Company, to:
Capital Senior Living Corporation
14160 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75254
Attention: General Counsel
Email: [Redacted]
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Steven A. Seidman
Laura H. Acker
Email: sseidman@willkie.com; lacker@willkie.com
if to a Conversant Investor, to:
c/o Conversant Capital LLC
25 Deforest Avenue
Summit, New Jersey 07901
Attention: Keith OConnor
Email: [Redacted]
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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, New York 10004
Attention: John M. Bibona
Email: john.bibona@friedfrank.com
if to the Silk Investor, to:
Silk Partners, LP
810 Seventh Avenue, 28th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Shmuel Lieberman
Email: [Redacted]
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Joseph Shenker
Email: shenkerj@sullcrom.com
(b) Entire Agreement; Effectiveness. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions among the parties hereto, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be automatically effective as of the Closing (as defined in the A&R Investment Agreement), without further action by any party hereto. If the A&R Investment Agreement is terminated for any reason, then this Agreement shall be void and of no force and effect.
(c) Amendment; Waiver. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be effective with respect to any party unless made in writing and signed by an officer of a duly authorized representative of such party. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver of any party to this Agreement will be effective unless it is in a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving party that makes express reference to the provision or provisions subject to such waiver. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
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(d) Assignment. Subject to the restrictions on Transfers provided herein, this Agreement shall benefit and bind the respective transferees, successors and permitted assigns of the parties. Neither this Agreement, nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the Company (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of Investor A (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Any purported assignment or other Transfer without such consent shall be void and unenforceable. Following the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement, the Conversant Investors, together, may assign all, but not less than all, of their rights, benefits and obligations hereunder in connection with a Transfer of a majority of the aggregate of the Prohibited Shares and the Private Placement Common Stock. Upon any Transfer by the Conversant Investors of all of their rights, benefits and obligations hereunder, any reference to Investor A or Conversant Investor, as applicable, (including as used in this Section 8(d)) shall refer to such transferee and the Conversant Investors shall cease to have any rights under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, with written notice to the Company, the Conversant Investors may at any time assign the rights of Investor A pursuant to Section 1 and Section 4 to any other Conversant Investor or Permitted Transferee thereof and upon any such assignment, any reference to Investor A shall refer to such other Conversant Investor or Permitted Transferee, as applicable.
(e) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, will remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via electronic mail (including .pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
(g) Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and any disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any conflict or choice of law principles of the State of Delaware or otherwise that would result in the application of any laws other than the laws of the State of Delaware. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court in the State of Delaware) for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such action, suit or proceeding and irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit or proceeding in any such court or that any such action, suit or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such action, suit or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 8 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.
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(h) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE EITHER OF THE FOREGOING WAIVERS, (II) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (III) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER IN THIS SECTION 8(h).
(i) No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Investor Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: | ||
CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Kimberly S. Lody | |
Name: |
Kimberly S. Lody | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Investor Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
CONVERSANT DALLAS PARKWAY (A) LP | ||
By: Conversant GP Holdings LLC,
its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Michael Simanovsky | |
Name: | Michael Simanovsky | |
Title: | Manager | |
CONVERSANT DALLAS PARKWAY (B) LP | ||
By: Conversant GP Holdings LLC,
its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Michael Simanovsky | |
Name: | Michael Simanovsky | |
Title: | Manager |
[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Investor Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
SILK PARTNERS, LP | ||
By: | /s/ Seymour Pluchenik | |
Name: |
Seymour Pluchenik | |
Title: | Manager |
[Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement]
Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is dated as of November 3, 2021, by and among (i) Capital Senior Living Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), (ii) Conversant Dallas Parkway (A) LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Investor A) and (iii) Conversant Dallas Parkway (B) LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Investor B and together with Investor A, the Conversant Investors). Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in Section 12 hereof.
WHEREAS, the Company and the Conversant Investors entered into an Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2021 (the A&R Investment Agreement), pursuant to which, the Conversant Investors agreed to purchase and the Company agreed to sell shares of (i) Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Series A Preferred Stock) of the Company, and (ii) common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock) of the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:
1. Resale Shelf Registration Rights.
(a) Registration Statement Covering Resale of Registrable Securities. The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission no later than the date that is ninety (90) days prior to the Restricted Period Termination Date (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or if Form S-3 is not available to the Company, a Registration Statement on Form S-1) for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 registering the resale from time to time by the Investor Parties of all of the Registrable Securities held by the Investor Parties (the Resale Shelf Registration Statement). The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to become effective no later than the Restricted Period Termination Date and to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, and to supplement and amend the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to the extent necessary to ensure that such Resale Shelf Registration Statement is available or, if not available, to ensure that another Registration Statement is available (which replacement Registration Statement shall be deemed a Resale Shelf Registration Statement), under the Securities Act at all times until such date as the Investor Parties collectively beneficially own less than 15% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis (the Effectiveness Period). The Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall contain a Prospectus in such form as to permit the Investor Parties to sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the effective date for such Registration Statement (subject to the provisions of the Investor Rights Agreement and this Agreement), and shall provide that such Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, the Investor Parties.
(b) Registration effected pursuant to this Section 1 shall not be counted as a Demand Registration or Takedown Demand effected pursuant to Section 2.
2. Demand Registrations.
(a) Requests for Registration. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, following the Restricted Period Termination Date, if the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is not available, any Investor Party(ies) representing more than 50% of the Registrable Securities may request registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of their Registrable Securities on Form S-3 (including a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415) or any similar short-form registration statement, including an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405) (an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement), if available to the Company (a Short-Form Registration) or, if Form S-3 is not available, on Form S-1 or other long-form registration statement (a Long-Form Registration) in accordance with Section 2(d) and Section 2(b) below (a Demand Registration). The Company shall effect any such Demand Registration as soon as reasonably practicable after delivery of such request and, in any event, the Company shall be required to make the initial filing of the Registration Statement within 60 days following receipt of the Investor Partys request in the case of a Short-From Registration or within 90 days following receipt of the Investor Partys request in the case of a Long-Form Registration. Any request for a Demand Registration shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered by each Investor Party and the intended method of distribution. Following receipt of a request for a Demand Registration in accordance with this Section 2(a), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof (if such Registration Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement).
(b) Short-Form Registrations. Demand Registrations shall be Short-Form Registrations whenever the Company is permitted to use any applicable short form registration. For so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to make Short-Form Registrations available for the offer and sale of Registrable Securities. If the Company is qualified to and, pursuant to the request of any Investor Party, has filed with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act on Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 (a Shelf Registration), (i) if the Company is a WKSI at the time of any such request, then the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration to be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, and (ii) once effective, the Company shall cause such Shelf Registration to remain effective (including by filing a new Shelf Registration, if necessary) until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period. If for any reason the Company ceases to be a WKSI or becomes ineligible to utilize Form S-3, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement or registration statements on such form that is available for the sale of Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof and to remain effective (including by filing a new registration statement, if necessary) until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period.
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(c) Shelf Takedowns. At any time when the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration for the sale or distribution by any Investor Party on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415, including by way of an underwritten offering, Underwritten Block Trade or other distribution plan (each, a Resale Shelf Registration) is effective and its use has not been otherwise suspended by the Company in accordance with the terms of Section 2(f) below, upon a written demand (a Takedown Demand) by any Investor Party if it is a Shelf Participant holding Registrable Securities at such time, the Company will facilitate in the manner described in this Agreement a takedown of Registrable Securities off of such Resale Shelf Registration (a Takedown Offering). Any Takedown Demand shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities requested to be sold by each Investor Party and the intended method of distribution.
(d) Number of Demand Registrations and Takedown Demands. The Investor Parties may request an aggregate of one (1) Short-Form Registration, or if not available, one (1) Long-Form Registration, and, within any twelve (12) month period, one (1) Takedown Demand, in each case in which the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses whether or not any Short-Form Registration or Long-Form Registration has become effective and whether or not such registration has counted as a permitted Demand Registration or Takedown Demand hereunder; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any Demand Registration or Takedown Demand unless the aggregate market price of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered exceeds $10.0 million at the time of request.
(e) Priority on Demand Registrations and Takedown Offerings. The Company shall not include in any Demand Registration or Takedown Offering that is an underwritten offering any securities that are not Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the managing underwriters. If a Demand Registration or a Takedown Offering is an underwritten offering and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities and, if permitted hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other securities, if any, which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the participating Investor Parties, the Company shall include in such offering prior to the inclusion of any securities which are not Registrable Securities the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration (pro rata among the participating Investor Parties on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Investor Party).
(f) Restrictions on Demand Registrations and Takedown Offerings. Any demand for the filing of a registration statement or for a registered offering (including a Takedown Offering) hereunder will be subject to the constraints of any applicable lock-up arrangements to which the applicable Investor Parties are party, and any such demand must be deferred until such lock-up arrangements no longer apply.
(i) The Company shall not be obligated to effect any Demand Registration or Takedown Offering within 30 days prior to the Companys good faith estimate of the date of filing of an underwritten Public Offering of the Companys securities and for such a period of time after such a filing as the managing underwriters request, provided that such period shall not exceed 30 days from the effective date of the applicable registration statement (or the pricing date in the case of a Takedown Offering). The Company may postpone, for up to 60 days from the date of the request (the Suspension Period), the filing or the effectiveness of a Registration Statement for a
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Demand Registration or suspend the use of a prospectus that is part of any Resale Shelf Registration (and therefore suspend sales of the Registrable Securities included therein) by providing written notice to the Investor Parties if the board of directors of the Company reasonably determines in good faith that the offer or sale of Registrable Securities would be expected to have a material adverse effect on any proposal or plan by the Company or any subsidiary thereof to engage in any material acquisition or disposition of assets or stock (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any material merger, consolidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction or would require the Company to disclose any material nonpublic information which would reasonably be likely to be detrimental to the Company and its subsidiaries; provided that in such event, the Investor Parties initially requesting such Demand Registration or Takedown Demand shall be entitled to withdraw such request. The Company may delay or suspend the effectiveness of a Demand Registration or Takedown Offering pursuant to this Section 2(f)(i) only once in any consecutive twelve-month period; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company may in any event delay or suspend the effectiveness of a Demand Registration or Takedown Offering in the case of an event described under Section 5(g) to enable it to comply with its obligations set forth in Section 5(f). The Company may extend the Suspension Period for an additional consecutive 60 days with the consent of the Applicable Approving Party.
(ii) In the case of an event that causes the Company to suspend the use of any Resale Shelf Registration as set forth in Section 2(f)(i) or pursuant to Section 5(g) (a Suspension Event), the Company shall give a notice to the Investor Parties (a Suspension Notice) to suspend sales of the Registrable Securities and such notice shall state generally the basis for the notice and that such suspension shall continue only for so long as the Suspension Event or its effect is continuing. An Investor Party shall not effect any sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Resale Shelf Registration (or such filings) at any time after it has received a Suspension Notice from the Company and prior to receipt of an End of Suspension Notice (as defined below). Each Investor Party agrees that such Investor Party shall treat as confidential the receipt of the Suspension Notice and shall not disclose or use the information contained in such Suspension Notice without the prior written consent of the Company until such time as the information contained therein is or becomes available to the public generally, other than as a result of disclosure by such Investor Party in breach of the terms of this Agreement. The Investor Parties may recommence effecting sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration (or such filings) following further written notice to such effect (an End of Suspension Notice) from the Company, which End of Suspension Notice shall be given by the Company to the Investor Parties and to their counsel, if any, promptly following the conclusion of any Suspension Event.
(iii) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Company shall give a Suspension Notice with respect to any Resale Shelf Registration pursuant to this Section 2(f), the Company agrees that it shall extend the period of time during which such Resale Shelf Registration shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from the date of receipt by the Investor Parties of the Suspension Notice to and including the date of receipt by the Investor Parties of the End of Suspension Notice and provide copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus necessary to resume sales, with respect to each Suspension Event; provided that such period of time shall not be extended beyond the date that Common Stock covered by such Resale Shelf Registration are no longer Registrable Securities.
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(g) Selection of Underwriters. In connection with any Demand Registration, the Applicable Approving Party shall have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer the offering; provided that such selection shall be subject to the written consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If any Takedown Offering is an underwritten offering, the Applicable Approving Party shall have the right to select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer such Takedown Offering. In each case, the Applicable Approving Party shall have the right to approve the underwriting arrangements with such investment banker(s) and manager(s) on behalf of all Investor Parties participating in such offering. If the Investor Parties propose to distribute their securities through underwriting, the Investor Parties shall (together with the Company) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting.
(h) Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants to each holder of Registrable Securities that the registration rights granted in this Agreement do not conflict with any other registration rights granted by the Company. Except as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall not grant to any Person the right to request the Company to register any equity securities of the Company, or any securities, options or rights convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such securities, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding.
(i) Revocation of Demand Notice or Takedown Notice. At any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to a Demand Registration or the pricing of any offering relating to a Takedown Demand, the Investor Party(ies) that requested such Demand Registration or Takedown Offering may revoke such request for a Demand Registration or Takedown Offering on behalf of all Investor Parties participating in such Demand Registration or Takedown Offering without liability to such Investor Parties, in each case by providing written notice to the Company. In any such case, no Demand Registration or Takedown Demand shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of Section 2(d).
(j) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Investor Party wishes to engage in an underwritten block trade or similar transaction or other transaction with a 2-day or less marketing period (collectively, Underwritten Block Trade) off of a Shelf Registration (through a take-down from an already effective Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Shelf Registration), then such Investor Party shall notify the Company of the Underwritten Block Trade not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the date such offering is to commence, and the Company shall as expeditiously as possible, but subject to Section 2(f), use its reasonable best efforts to facilitate such Underwritten Block Trade (which may close as early as two Business Days after the date it commences); provided, however, that the Investor Party requesting such Underwritten Block Trade shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and the underwriters prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Underwritten Block Trade. In the event an Investor Party requests such an Underwritten Block Trade, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2 or in Section 3, any other Person who does not constitute an Investor Party shall have no right to participate in such Underwritten Block Trade at any time.
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3. Piggyback Registrations.
(a) Right to Piggyback. Whenever the Company proposes to register an offering of any of its securities under the Securities Act (other than (i) pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) pursuant to a Demand Registration, (iii) pursuant to a Takedown Demand, (iv) in connection with registrations on Form S-4 or S-8 promulgated by the Commission or any successor forms, (v) a registration relating solely to employment benefit plans, (vi) in connection with a registration the primary purpose of which is to register debt securities, or (vii) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of Registrable Securities) and the registration form to be used may be used for the registration of Registrable Securities (a Piggyback Registration), the Company shall give prompt written notice to all Investor Parties (which notice shall be held in confidence by the Investor Parties until the offering is publicly disclosed) of its intention to effect such a Piggyback Registration and, subject to the terms of Sections 3(c) and 3(d) hereof, shall include in such Piggyback Registration (and in all related registrations or qualifications under blue sky laws or in compliance with other registration requirements and in any related underwriting) all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within five (5) Business Days after the delivery of the Companys notice; provided that any such other Investor Party may withdraw its request for inclusion at any time prior to executing the underwriting agreement or, if none, prior to the applicable registration statement becoming effective. If a Piggyback Registration is effected pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or the then-appropriate form for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto (a Piggyback Shelf Registration Statement), the Investor Parties shall be notified by the Company of and shall have the right, but not the obligation, to participate in any offering pursuant to such Piggyback Shelf Registration Statement (a Piggyback Shelf Takedown), subject to the same limitations that are applicable to any other Piggyback Registration.
(b) Piggyback Expenses. The Registration Expenses of the Investor Parties shall be paid by the Company in all Piggyback Registrations, whether or not any such registration became effective.
(c) Priority on Primary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, then the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the managing underwriter(s) of the proposed underwritten offering to permit holders of Registrable Securities to include in such offering all Registrable Securities they request to be included on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as any other shares of the Company included in the offering. If, however, the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number of securities which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the offering, the Company shall include in such registration (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in
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such registration by the Investor Parties which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect (pro rata among the participating Investor Parties on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Investor Party), and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect.
(d) Priority on Secondary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown is an underwritten secondary registration on behalf of holders of the Companys securities other than holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the managing underwriter(s) of the proposed underwritten offering to permit holders of Registrable Securities to include in such offering all Registrable Securities they request to be included on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as any other shares of the Company included in the Offering. If, however, the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number of securities which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the offering, the Company shall include in such registration (i) first, the securities requested to be included therein by the holders initially requesting such registration, (ii) second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Investor Parties which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect (pro rata among the participating Investor Parties on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Investor Party), and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect.
(e) Other Registrations. If the Company has previously filed a Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2 or pursuant to this Section 3, and if such previous registration has not been withdrawn or abandoned, then the Company shall not be required to file or cause to be effected any other registration of any of its equity securities or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for its equity securities under the Securities Act (except on Form S-8 or any successor form) at the request of any holder or holders of such securities until a period of at least 30 days has elapsed from the effective date of such previous registration; provided, however, that the Company shall at all times remain obligated to file, supplement and amend, as applicable, each Registration Statement required to be filed by Section 1.
(f) Right to Terminate Registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 3 whether or not any Investor Parties have elected to include securities in such registration. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 7.
4. Agreements of Company and Investor Parties.
(a) If required by the managing underwriter(s), in connection with any underwritten Public Offering on or after the date hereof, each Investor Party shall enter into customary lock-up agreements with the managing underwriter(s) of such underwritten Public Offering in such form as agreed to by such managing underwriter(s); provided that all Investor Parties collectively beneficially own 5% or more of the outstanding Common Stock on an as-converted basis; provided further that the applicable lock-up period shall not exceed sixty (60) days.
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(b) If required by the managing underwriter(s), in connection with any underwritten Public Offering on or after the date hereof, the Company (i) shall cause each of its executive officers and directors to sign a customary lock-up agreement containing provisions consistent with those contemplated pursuant to Section 4(a) and (ii) shall sign a customary lock-up agreement or market stand-off agreement (either through a separate agreement or as part of any underwriting agreement executed by the Company), with a lock-up period of up to ninety (90) days after the date of the Prospectus (or prospectus supplement if the offering is made pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration) for such offering except as may otherwise be agreed with the holders of the Registrable Securities in such offering.
(c) The Investor Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the Company, or the managing underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the Registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3 and in connection with the Companys obligation to comply with federal and applicable state securities laws.
5. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Registration to be effected pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, and whenever the Investor Parties have requested that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement or have initiated a Takedown Offering, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) prepare in accordance with the Securities Act and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and file with the Commission a registration statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto and related prospectuses as may be necessary to comply with applicable securities laws, with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective (provided that at least five (5) Business Days before filing such registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to counsel selected by the Applicable Approving Party copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents shall be subject to the review and comment of such counsel, and no such document shall be filed with the Commission to which any Investor Party or its counsel reasonably objects);
(b) notify each Investor Party of (i) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (ii) the receipt by the Company or its counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, and (iii) the effectiveness of each registration statement filed hereunder;
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(c) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period (but not in any event before the expiration of any longer period required under the Securities Act or, if such registration statement relates to an underwritten Public Offering, such longer period as in the opinion of counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sale of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer) and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement;
(d) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities thereunder such number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus), each Free Writing Prospectus and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;
(e) during any period in which a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, promptly file all documents required to be filed with the Commission, including pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Act;
(f) use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the lead underwriter or the Applicable Approving Party reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller (provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 5(f), (ii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction);
(g) promptly notify in writing each seller of such Registrable Securities (i) after it receives notice thereof, of the date and time when such registration statement and each post-effective amendment thereto has become effective or a prospectus or supplement to any prospectus relating to such registration statement has been filed and when any registration or qualification has become effective under a state securities or blue sky law or any exemption thereunder has been obtained, (ii) after receipt thereof, of any request by the Commission for the amendment or supplementing of such registration statement or prospectus or for additional information, and (iii) 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 contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and, at the request of any such seller, the Company promptly shall prepare, file with the Commission and furnish to each such seller a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(h) cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and, if not so listed, to be listed on a securities exchange and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to arrange for at least two market makers to register as such with respect to such Registrable Securities with FINRA;
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(i) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such registration statement;
(j) enter into and perform such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements in customary form) and take all such other actions as the Applicable Approving Party or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including, without limitation, preparing for and participating in such number of road shows, investor presentations and marketing events as the underwriters managing such offering may reasonably request);
(k) make available for inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate and business documents and properties of the Company as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Companys officers, managers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement;
(l) take all reasonable actions to ensure that any Free Writing Prospectus utilized in connection with any Demand Registration (including any Shelf Registration), Takedown Offering, Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown hereunder complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby, is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby and, when taken together with the related prospectus, shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(m) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission;
(n) permit any Investor Party who, in its good faith judgment (based on the advice of counsel), could reasonably be expected to be deemed to be an underwriter or a controlling Person of the Company to participate in the preparation of such registration or comparable statement and to require the insertion therein of material furnished to the Company in writing, which in the reasonable judgment of such Investor Party and its counsel should be included;
(o) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or suspending the qualification of any Common Stock included in such registration statement for sale in any jurisdiction, use its reasonable best efforts promptly to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(p) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
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(q) cooperate with the Investor Parties covered by the registration statement and the managing underwriter or agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends) representing securities to be sold under the registration statement and enable such securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter, or agent, if any, or such Investor Parties may request;
(r) cooperate with each Investor Party covered by the registration statement and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA;
(s) if such registration includes an underwritten Public Offering, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a cold comfort letter from the Companys independent public accountants and addressed to the underwriters, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters as the underwriters in such registration reasonably request;
(t) provide a legal opinion of the Companys outside counsel, dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such registration includes an underwritten Public Offering, dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement), with respect to the registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included therein (including the preliminary prospectus) and such other documents relating thereto in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by legal opinions of such nature, which opinion shall be addressed to the underwriters;
(u) if the Company files an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement covering any Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to remain a WKSI (and not become an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405)) during the period during which such Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is required to remain effective;
(v) if the Company does not pay the filing fee covering the Registrable Securities at the time an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is filed, pay such fee at such time or times as the Registrable Securities are to be sold;
(w) subject to the terms of Section 2(b) and Section 2(c), if an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement has been outstanding for at least three (3) years, at the end of the third year, refile a new Automatic Shelf Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities, and, if at any time when the Company is required to re-evaluate its WKSI status the Company determines that it is not a WKSI, use its reasonable best efforts to refile the registration statement on Form S-3 and keep such registration statement effective (including by filing a new Resale Shelf Registration or Shelf Registration, if necessary) during the period throughout which such registration statement is required to be kept effective;
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(x) cooperate with each Investor Party that holds Registrable Securities being offered and the managing underwriters with respect to an applicable Registration Statement, if any, to facilitate the timely (i) preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends) representing Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to such Registration Statement, and enable such certificates to be registered in such names and in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, or (ii) crediting of the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement to the applicable account (or accounts) with The Depository Trust Company (DTC) through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (DWAC) system, in any such case as such Investor Party or the managing underwriters, if any, may reasonably request; and
(y) for so long as this Agreement remains effective, (a) cause the Common Stock to be eligible for clearing through DTC, through its DWAC system; (b) be eligible and participating in the Direct Registration System (DRS) of DTC with respect to the Common Stock; (c) ensure that the transfer agent for the Common Stock is a participant in, and that the Common Stock is eligible for transfer pursuant to, DTCs Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program (or the applicable successor thereto); and (d) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Common Stock not to be at any time subject to any DTC chill, freeze or similar restriction with respect to any DTC services, including the clearing of shares of Common Stock through DTC, and, in the event the Common Stock becomes subject to any DTC chill, freeze or similar restriction with respect to any DTC services, use its reasonable best efforts to cause any such chill, freeze or similar restriction to be removed at the earliest possible time.
6. Termination of Rights. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the right of the Investor Parties to include Registrable Securities in any Demand Registration, Takedown Offering, Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown shall terminate on such date that the Investor Parties collectively beneficially own less than 15% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis.
7. Registration Expenses.
(a) All expenses incident to the Companys performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification and filing fees, listing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, stock exchange rules and filings, printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, fees and disbursements of custodians, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants, underwriters (excluding underwriting discounts and commissions) and other Persons retained by the Company (all such expenses being herein called Registration Expenses), shall be borne by the Company as provided in this Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company also shall pay all of its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit or quarterly review, the expense of any liability insurance and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be registered on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed. Each Person that sells securities pursuant to a Demand Registration, a Takedown Demand, Piggyback Registration or a Piggyback Shelf Takedown hereunder shall bear and pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes applicable to the securities sold for such Persons account.
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(b) The Company shall reimburse the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration for the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one counsel (and only one counsel) chosen by the Applicable Approving Party and one local counsel (if necessary) for each applicable jurisdiction and chosen by the applicable holder of Registrable Securities, in each case, for the purpose of rendering a legal opinion on behalf of such holders in connection with any underwritten Demand Registration, Takedown Offering, Piggyback Registration or Piggyback Shelf Takedown.
8. Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights of the Conversant Investors or any other Investor Party then party hereto to registration of all or any portion of their Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement may be assigned by the Conversant Investors or such Investor Party to any Affiliate of any Conversant Investor who is a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) to the extent of the Registrable Securities transferred in accordance with Section 2 of the Investor Rights Agreement so long as (a) such Conversant Investor or such Investor Party, within ten (10) days of such transfer, furnishes to the Company written notice of the transfer and (b) such transferee agrees, following such transfer, to be subject to all applicable restrictions and obligations set forth in this Agreement, and executes a joinder to this Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
9. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to (i) indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Investor Parties and their respective officers, directors, members, partners, agents, affiliates and employees and each Person who controls the Investor Parties (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) against all losses, claims, actions, damages, liabilities and expenses caused by (A) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (B) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any other similar federal or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and (ii) pay to the Investor Parties and their respective officers, directors, members, partners, agents, affiliates and employees and each Person who controls the Investor Parties (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act), as incurred, any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company or any managing underwriter by any Investor Party expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 9 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action to the extent that it solely arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement of any material fact contained in the registration statement or omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the registration statement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by any Investor Party expressly for use in connection with such registration statement.
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(b) In connection with any registration statement in which any Investor Party is participating, each such Investor Party shall furnish to the Company in writing such information relating to such Investor Party as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such registration statement or prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Investor Party; provided that the obligation to indemnify shall be individual, not joint and several, for each Investor Party and shall be limited to the net amount of proceeds actually received by such Investor Party from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement.
(c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any Persons right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified partys reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (as well as one local counsel for each applicable jurisdiction) for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. In such instance, the conflicted indemnified parties shall have a right to retain one separate counsel, chosen by the Conversant Investors, at the expense of the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party, in the defense of such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which 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.
(d) Each party hereto agrees that, if for any reason the indemnification provisions contemplated by Sections 9(a) or 9(b) are unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of
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such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Investor Parties or any underwriters or all of them were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or, except as provided in Section 9(c), defending any such action or claim. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The sellers obligations in this Section 9(d) to contribute shall be several in proportion to the amount of securities registered by them and not joint and shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds actually received by such seller from the sale of Registrable Securities effected pursuant to such registration.
(e) The indemnification and contribution provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of Registrable Securities and the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
10. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Person may participate in any registration hereunder which is underwritten unless such Person (a) agrees to sell such Persons securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Person or Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements (including, without limitation, pursuant to any over-allotment or green shoe option requested by the underwriters; provided that no Investor Party shall be required to sell more than the number of Registrable Securities such Investor Party has requested to include) and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, custody agreements, stock powers, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided that no Investor Party included in any underwritten registration shall be required to make any representations or warranties to the Company or the underwriters (other than representations and warranties regarding such Investor Party, such Investor Partys title to the securities, such Investor Partys authority to sell such securities and such Investor Partys intended method of distribution) or to undertake any indemnification obligations to the Company or the underwriters with respect thereto that are materially more burdensome than those provided in Section 9. Each Investor Party shall execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company and the lead managing underwriter(s) that are consistent with such Investor Partys obligations under Section 4, Section 5 and this Section 10 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto, and the Company shall execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the lead managing underwriter(s) (if applicable) in order to effect any registration required hereunder. To the extent that any such agreement is entered into pursuant to, and consistent with, Section 4 and this Section 10, the respective rights and obligations created under such agreement shall supersede the respective rights and obligations of the Investor Parties, the Company and the underwriters created pursuant to this Section 10.
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11. Other Agreements. The Company shall (i) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) make and keep adequate current public information available within the meaning of Rule 144 and (iii) take such further action as the Investor Parties may reasonably request, all to the extent required to enable such Persons to sell securities pursuant to (a) Rule 144 or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission or (b) a registration statement on Form S-3 or any similar registration form hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon request, the Company shall deliver to the Investor Parties (A) a written statement as to whether the Company is in compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, or whether it is qualified as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to a resale registration statement on Form S-1 or S-3 and (B) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit any Investor Party to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144. The Company shall at all times use its reasonable best efforts to cause the securities so registered to continue to be listed on one or more of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Company shall use its best efforts to facilitate and expedite transfers of Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144, which efforts shall include timely notice to its transfer agent to expedite such transfers of Registrable Securities. The Company shall obtain and maintain all necessary blue sky law permits and qualifications, or exemptions therefrom, required by any state for the offer and sale of Registrable Shares (provided that the Company shall not be required to (1) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 11, (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction).
12. Definitions.
(a) Affiliate means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that, at the time of determination, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person.
(b) Applicable Approving Party means the Investor Party that initiated such Demand Registration or Takedown Demand.
(c) as-converted basis means, for purposes of computing beneficial ownership, such number of shares of Common Stock calculated on a basis assuming all shares of Series A Preferred Stock had been converted by the holders thereof in accordance with their terms, but disregarding any restrictions or limitations upon the conversion of such Series A Preferred Stock.
(d) beneficial owner, beneficially own or beneficial ownership has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and a persons beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule (in each case, irrespective of whether or not such Rule is actually applicable in such circumstance).
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(e) Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in the state in which the Companys chief executive office is located or in New York, NY.
(f) Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(g) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(h) FINRA means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(i) Free Writing Prospectus means a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
(j) Investor Parties means the Conversant Investors and each Affiliate of any Conversant Investor who is a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) and to whom shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof or Private Placement Common Shares (as defined in the A&R Investment Agreement) are transferred in accordance with Section 2 of the Investor Rights Agreement and who becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.
(k) Investor Rights Agreement means that certain Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, Silk Partners, LP and the Conversant Investors.
(l) Person means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
(m) Prospectus means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
(n) Public Offering means any sale or distribution by the Company and/or any Investor Party to the public of Common Stock pursuant to an offering registered under the Securities Act.
(o) Register, Registered and Registration mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such Registration Statement becoming effective.
(p) Registrable Securities means (i) any Common Stock issued or issuable in respect of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Conversant Investors pursuant to the A&R Investment Agreement (whether or not such shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock are subsequently transferred to any Investor Party), (ii) any Private Placement Common Shares (as defined in the A&R Investment Agreement) issued to the Conversant Investors pursuant to the A&R Investment Agreement (whether or not such shares of Common
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Stock are subsequently transferred to any Investor Party), (iii) any Backstop Shares (as defined in the A&R Investment Agreement) issued to the Conversant Investors pursuant to the A&R Investment Agreement (whether or not such Backstop Shares are subsequently transferred to any Investor Party) and (iv) any Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of any Warrant (as defined in the A&R Investment Agreement) issued to the Conversant Investors pursuant to the A&R Investment Agreement (whether or not such Warrants or Common Stock are subsequently transferred to any Investor Party). As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when they have been sold or distributed to the public pursuant to an offering registered under the Securities Act or sold to the public through a broker, dealer or market maker in compliance with Rule 144 or repurchased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities, and the Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be in existence, whenever such Person has the right to acquire directly or indirectly such Registrable Securities (upon conversion or exercise in connection with a transfer of securities or otherwise, but disregarding any restrictions or limitations upon the conversion or exercise of such right), whether or not such acquisition has actually been effected, and such Person shall be entitled to exercise the rights of a holder of Registrable Securities hereunder; provided that a holder of Registrable Securities may only request that Registrable Securities in the form of Common Stock be registered pursuant to this Agreement.
(q) Registration Statement means any registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale of Common Stock or Registrable Securities, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or their successors).
(r) Rule 144, Rule 158, Rule 405, Rule 415 and Rule 430B mean, in each case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision) by the Commission, as the same shall be amended from time to time, or any successor rule then in force.
(s) Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(t) Shelf Participant means any Investor Party listed as a potential selling stockholder in connection with the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration, as applicable, or any such Investor Party that could be added to such Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Shelf Registration without the need for a post-effective amendment thereto or added by means of an automatic post-effective amendment thereto.
(u) WKSI means a well-known seasoned issuer as defined under Rule 405.
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13. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates or in any way impairs the rights granted to the Conversant Investors in this Agreement.
(b) Entire Agreement; Effectiveness. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions among the parties hereto, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(c) Remedies. Any Person having rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages caused by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that, in addition to any other rights and remedies existing in its favor, any party shall be entitled to specific performance and/or other injunctive relief from any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without posting any bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this Agreement.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and each Investor Party; provided, that no amendment may materially and disproportionately adversely affect the rights of any Investor Party compared to any other Investor Party without the consent of such adversely affected Investor Party. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 13(d) shall be binding upon the Investor Parties and the Company. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
(e) Successors and Assigns. Except as provided in Section 8 hereof, this Agreement shall not be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the parties hereto. All covenants and agreements in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto whether so expressed or not.
(f) Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in counterparts (including by means of telecopied, facsimile or portable data format (PDF) signature pages), any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
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(h) Descriptive Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. The use of the word including herein shall mean including without limitation.
(i) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. The parties hereto agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in any Delaware Chancery Court, or if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, any court of the United States located in the State of Delaware. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.
(j) Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by email or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the Conversant Investors and to the Company at the addresses indicated below (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 13(j)):
if to the Company:
Capital Senior Living Corporation
14160 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75254
Attention: General Counsel
Email: [Redacted]
with a copy to:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Steven A. Seidman and Laura H. Acker
Facsimile: (212) 728-8111
Email: sseidman@willkie.com and lacker@willkie.com
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if to the Conversant Investors:
c/o Conversant Capital LLC
25 Deforest Avenue
Summit, New Jersey 07901
Attention: Keith OConnor
Email: [Redacted]
with a copy to:
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, New York 10004-1980
Attention: John M. Bibona
Email: john.bibona@friedfrank.com
(k) Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial. As a specifically bargained inducement for each of the parties to enter into this Agreement (with each party having had opportunity to consult counsel), each party hereto expressly and irrevocably waives the right to trial by jury in any lawsuit or legal proceeding relating to or arising in any way from this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, and any lawsuit or legal proceeding relating to or arising in any way to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein shall be tried in a court of competent jurisdiction by a judge sitting without a jury.
(l) No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
(m) Opt-Out Requests. Each Investor Party shall have the right, at any time and from time to time (including after receiving information regarding any potential public offering), to elect to not receive any notice that the Company or any other Investor Party otherwise are required to deliver pursuant to this Agreement by delivering to the Company a written statement signed by such Investor Party that it does not want to receive any notices hereunder (an Opt-Out Request); in which case and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement the Company and other Investor Parties shall not be required to, and shall not, deliver any notice or other information required to be provided to such Investor Party hereunder to the extent that the Company or such other Investor Parties reasonably expect would result in such Investor Party acquiring material non-public information within the meaning of Regulation FD promulgated under the Exchange Act. An Opt-Out Request may state a date on which it expires or, if no such date is specified, shall remain in effect indefinitely. An Investor Party that previously has given the Company an Opt-Out Request may revoke such request at any time, and there shall be no limit on the ability of an Investor Party to issue and revoke subsequent Opt-Out Requests; provided that each Investor Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the administrative burden on the Company arising in connection with any such Opt-Out Requests.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
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CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION |
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/s/ Kimberly S. Lody |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
CONVERSANT DALLAS PARKWAY (A) LP | ||
By: Conversant GP Holdings LLC, its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Michael Simanovsky | |
Name: | Michael Simanovsky | |
Title: | Manager | |
CONVERSANT DALLAS PARKWAY (B) LP |
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By: Conversant GP Holdings LLC, its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Michael Simanovsky | |
Name: | Michael Simanovsky | |
Title: | Manager |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
Exhibit A
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT JOINDER
The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of [], 2021 (as the same may hereafter be amended, the Registration Rights Agreement), among Capital Senior Living Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), [] and each of the other investors listed on the signature pages thereto.
By executing and delivering this Joinder to the Company, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to, to be bound by, and to comply with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement as an Investor Party and a holder of Registrable Securities in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Registration Rights Agreement.
Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the ___ day of _____________, 20__.
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CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION |
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Exhibit 10.3
WARRANT AGREEMENT
WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of November 3, 2021 (this Agreement), between Capital Senior Living Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation (Computershare) and its fully owned subsidiary Computershare Trust Company, N.A., national banking association (collectively with Computershare, the Warrant Agent).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, on November 3, 2021, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Investment Agreement (the A&R Investment Agreement) with Conversant Dallas Parkway (A) LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Investor A), and Conversant Dallas Parkway (B) LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Investor B and together with Investor A, the Investors and each an Investor), pursuant to which, the Company agreed to issue and deliver to Investor A, 968,538 warrants and to Investor B, 62,712 warrants (collectively, the Warrants), each of which evidences the right to purchase one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.01, per share (Common Stock) of the Company for an exercise price of $40.00 per share, subject to adjustment as described in the Warrant Certificate (such price, the Warrant Price); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires that the Warrant Agent act on behalf of the Company in connection with the issuance, transfer, exchange, exercise and replacement of the Warrants, and this Agreement sets forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrants and the terms and conditions on which they may be issued, transferred, exchanged, exercised and replaced.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree that the Agreement read as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated:
Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed (other than Lincolns Birthday or Election Day, which shall be considered Business Days).
Exercise Price, for any particular Warrant, means $40.00, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 7.
Holder means a holder of beneficial interest in a Warrant.
NYSE means the New York Stock Exchange.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Trading Day means a day on which the NYSE is open for the transaction of business and on which there has not occurred or existed, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or other market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.
Warrant Shares means shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Warrants.
Section 2. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the express terms and conditions (and no implied terms and conditions) hereof, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such Co-Warrant Agents as it may, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable. In the event the Company appoints one or more co-warrant agents, the Company shall delivery written notice to the Warrant Agent setting forth the respective duties of the Warrant Agent and any co-warrant agent. The Warrant Agent shall not have a duty to supervise, and no event shall the Warrant Agent be liable for, the acts or omissions of any such co-warrant agent.
Section 3. Issuance and Form of Warrant Certificate.
(a) The Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, either manually or by facsimile signature, and deliver one or more certificates (each, a Warrant Certificate), evidencing the Warrants, and each such Warrant Certificate (i) shall be registered in the name of Investor A or Investor B, as applicable, and (ii) shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to such Investor or pursuant to such Investors instructions. Each Warrant Certificate shall evidence such number of Warrants as is set forth therein.
(b) Each Warrant Certificate shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.
(c) The Company shall supply the Warrant Agent with an opinion of counsel prior to the issuance of any Warrant indicating that the Warrants and any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise thereof were registered under the Securities Act or issued pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and that the Warrants and any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise thereof will be, when issued, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Section 4. Warrant Register. The Warrants will be issued in registered form only. The Warrant Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at one of its offices designated for such purpose, books for registration and transfer of the Warrant Certificates issued hereunder. The Warrant Agent will create a special account for the issuance of Warrant Certificates.
Section 5. Transfer and Exchange of Warrants.
(a) A Holder desiring to transfer a Warrant to another Person or exchange a Warrant for another Warrant shall present a written request to the Warrant Agent stating the name of the proposed transferee or requesting such exchange. The Warrant Agent will register any transfer or exchange that meets the requirements of this Section 5 by noting the same in the register
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maintained by the Warrant Agent for such purpose. Prior to the registration of any transfer or exchange, the Company, the Warrant Agent and their agents will treat the Person in whose name the Warrant is registered as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, and will not be affected by notice to the contrary. A party requesting transfer of Warrants must provide any evidence of authority that may be required by the Warrant Agent, including a signature guarantee from an eligible guarantor institution participating in a signature guarantee program approved by the Securities Transfer Association. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, by either manual or facsimile or other electronic submission, each Warrant Certificate. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange. Any tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange shall be paid by the Holder of such Warrants. All Warrants issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be valid obligations of the Company, entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Warrants surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
(b) If any Warrant Certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue, and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver, in exchange and substitution for, and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant Certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant Certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent number of Warrants, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Warrant Agent of the loss, theft or destruction of such Warrant Certificate and an affidavit and the posting of an indemnity or bond satisfactory to it. Applicants for such substitute Warrant Certificates shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Warrant Agent may prescribe and as required by Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware.
Section 6. Exercise of Warrants; Mechanics of Exercise.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and set forth in each Warrant Certificate, each Warrant shall be exercisable for one (1) share of Common Stock at the Exercise Price (subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 7) at any time and from time to time from 9:00 a.m., New York City time on the date of this Agreement until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the five (5) year anniversary of the date of this Agreement (the Expiration Date).
(b) A Holder may exercise a Warrant in whole, but not in part, by delivering, not later than 5:00 p.m. New York time, on any Business Day to the Warrant Agent at its office designated for such purpose: (i) a properly completed and duly executed exercise notice set forth in Exhibit A to the Warrant Certificate (the Exercise Notice) and (ii) payment, for the account of the Company, of an amount equal to the product of the Exercise Price. Such payment shall be made in United States dollars by certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer of funds to an account designated by the Company for such purpose. If the Exercise Notice or the Exercise Price is received by the Warrant Agent after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, the Warrant will be deemed to be received and exercised on the next Business Day. If the Warrant is received or deemed to be received after the Expiration Date, the exercise thereof will be null and void and any funds delivered to the Warrant Agent will be returned to the Holder as soon as practicable. In no event will interest accrue on funds deposited with the Warrant Agent in respect of an exercise or attempted exercise of a Warrant. The Warrant Agent shall forward funds received
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for warrant exercises in a given month by the 5th Business Day of the following month by wire transfer to an account designated by the Company. In the event of a cash exercise, the Company hereby instructs the Warrant Agent to record cost basis for newly issued shares as the exercise price of the warrants for such shares.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, on the date of any exercise of any Warrant, the Holder may choose to pay the Exercise Price through a cashless exercise, in which event the Warrant Agent shall issue to the Holder, subject to confirmation by the Company, the number of Warrant Shares as follows (the Cashless Exercise Ratio):
X = Y [(A-B)/A]
where:
X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Warrant is being exercised
A = the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock
B = the Exercise Price
For the purpose of computation of the Cashless Exercise Ratio, the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock at any date shall be deemed to be the closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date as of which the Fair Market Value is being determined.
(d) No payment or adjustment shall be made on account of any distributions or dividends on the Warrant Shares. The Company shall calculate and transmit to the Warrant Agent, and the Warrant Agent shall have no obligation under this section to calculate, the Cashless Exercise Ratio. The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued on such exercise will be determined by the Company (with written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent) using the formula set forth in Section 6(c). The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or obligation to investigate or confirm whether the Companys determination of the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued on such exercise, pursuant to Section 6(c), is accurate or correct. In the event of cashless exercise, the Company shall provide cost basis for shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to such cashless exercise at the time the Company provides the Cashless Exercise Ratio to the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 6(c).
(e) All funds received by Computershare under this Agreement that are to be distributed or applied by Computershare in the performance of services hereunder (the Funds) shall be held by Computershare as agent for the Company and deposited in one or more bank accounts to be maintained by Computershare in its name as agent for the Company. Until paid pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Computershare will hold the Funds through such accounts in: deposit accounts of commercial banks with Tier 1 capital exceeding $1 billion or with an average rating above investment grade by S&P (LT Local Issuer Credit Rating), Moodys (Long Term Rating) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (LT Issuer Default Rating) (each as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.). Computershare shall have no responsibility or liability for any diminution of the Funds that may result from any deposit made by Computershare in accordance with this paragraph, including any losses resulting from a default by any bank, financial institution or other third party. Computershare may from time to time receive interest, dividends or other earnings in connection with such deposits. Computershare shall not be obligated to pay such interest, dividends or earnings to the Company, any holder or any other party.
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Section 7. Adjustment of Exercise Price. The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 7.
(a) In case the Company shall, while any Warrants remain outstanding and unexpired, (i) declare a dividend or make a distribution on its outstanding Common Stock in Common Stock, (ii) subdivide or reclassify its outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii) combine or reclassify its outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) enter into any transaction whereby the outstanding shares of Common Stock are at any time changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company or of another entity through reorganization, merger, consolidation, liquidation or recapitalization, then an appropriate adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock (or other securities for which such shares of Common Stock have previously been exchanged or converted) purchasable under the Warrants shall be made and the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination, reclassification, reorganization, merger, consolidation, liquidation or recapitalization shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of this Warrant exercised after such date shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares or other securities which, if the Warrant had been exercised by such holder immediately prior to such date, the holder would have been entitled to receive upon such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination, reclassification, reorganization, merger, consolidation, liquidation or recapitalization.
(b) No adjustment in the Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 7(b) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment(s). All calculations shall be made to the nearest one hundredth (1/100) of a share.
(c) When a specified event requiring an adjustment occurs, the Company shall promptly prepare a certificate setting forth, as applicable: (i) the Exercise Price of each Warrant, and (ii) the number of Warrant Shares covering each Warrant, each as adjusted, and a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment. The Company shall promptly file with the Warrant Agent and with each transfer agent for the Common Stock a copy of such certificate and instruct the Warrant Agent, after providing all information and documents reasonably requested by the Warrant Agent, including a brief summary of the information in such written certificate, to mail such summary provided by the Company to each Holder. Until such written certificate is received by the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes that no such adjustments have occurred. The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, any certificate, notice or instructions provided by the Company with respect to any adjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of shares issued able upon exercise of a Warrant, or any related matter, and the Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with any such certificate, notice or instructions or pursuant to this Warrant Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Warrant Agent shall have no obligation under any Section of this Agreement to calculate any of the adjustments set forth herein.
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Section 8. Certain Representations; Reservation and Availability of Shares of Common Stock or Cash.
(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Warrant Agent, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, and the Warrants have been duly authorized, executed and issued by the Company and, assuming due authentication thereof by the Warrant Agent pursuant hereto, constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits hereof; in each case except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(b) The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock or its authorized and issued shares of Common Stock held in its treasury, free from preemptive rights, the number of shares of Common Stock that will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants.
(c) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable any and all federal and state transfer taxes and charges which may be payable in respect of the original issuance or delivery of the Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Shares. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax or governmental charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer or delivery of a Warrant Certificate or the issuance of Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Holder until any such tax or governmental charge shall have been paid (any such tax or governmental charge being payable by the Holder at the time of surrender) or until it has been established to the Companys reasonable satisfaction that no such tax or governmental charge is due. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Warrant Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any action under any section of this Agreement that requires the payment of taxes or charges, unless and until the Warrant Agent is satisfied that all such taxes and/or charges have been paid.
Section 9. Fractional Shares of Common Stock.
(a) The Company shall not issue fractions of Warrant Shares. Whenever any fraction of Warrant Shares would otherwise be required to be issued or distributed, (i) a cash adjustment shall be paid in respect of such fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price, or (ii) the actual issuance or distribution made shall reflect a rounding of such fraction to the nearest whole share (up or down), with half shares or less being rounded down and fractions in excess of half of a share being rounded up.
(b) The Holder of a Warrant by the acceptance of the Warrant expressly waives his right to receive any fractional Warrant Share.
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(c) Whenever a payment for fractional shares of Common Stock or any other securities is to be made by the Warrant Agent, the Company shall (i) promptly prepare and deliver to the Warrant Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amounts of such payments and the facts relating to such payments, and (ii) provide sufficient monies to the Warrant Agent in the form of fully collected funds to make such payments. The Warrant Agent shall be fully protected in relying upon such a certificate and shall have no duty with respect to, and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of, any payment for fractional shares of Common Stock or any other securities under any Section of this Agreement unless and until the Warrant Agent shall have received such a certificate and sufficient monies. The Company shall provide an initial funding of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the purpose of issuing cash in lieu of fractional shares. From time to time thereafter, Computershare may request additional funding to cover fractional payments.
Section 10. Warrant Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. No Holder of a Warrant or record holder of a Warrant Certificate, solely by virtue of being a Holder of a Warrant or record holders of a Warrant Certificate, shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or distributions on, or be deemed for any purpose the holder of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise of the Warrants represented thereby, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Warrant Certificate be construed to confer upon the Holder of a Warrant or record holder of a Warrant Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders, or to receive dividends or distributions or subscription rights, or otherwise, until such Warrant(s) evidenced by such Warrant Certificate shall have been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Section 11. The Warrant Agent.
(a) The Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the Warrant Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and other disbursements incurred in the administration and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to indemnify, defend and to hold the Warrant Agent harmless against any liabilities, suits, actions, proceedings, judgments, claims, settlements, costs, expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of its legal counsel), losses or damages, which may be paid, incurred or suffered by or to which it may become subject, arising from or out of, directly or indirectly, any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by the Warrant Agent in connection with the preparation, delivery, acceptance, administration, execution or amendment of this Agreement and the exercise or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing its rights hereunder; provided, that such covenant and agreement does not extend to, and the Warrant Agent shall not be indemnified with respect to, such liabilities, suits, actions, proceedings, judgments, claims, settlements, costs, expenses, losses and damages incurred or suffered by the Warrant Agent as a result of, or arising out of, its gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
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(c) Promptly after the receipt by the Warrant Agent of notice of any demand or claim or the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, the Warrant Agent shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company, notify the Company thereof in writing. The Company shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense of any such claim or proceeding, and, if it so elects at any time after receipt of such notice, it may assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such claim or of any other legal action or proceeding; provided, that if there are legal defenses available to the Warrant Agent that are different from or additional to those available to the Company, or if there exists a conflict of interest between the Warrant Agent and the Company, the Company shall also be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of separate counsel for the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall in no case settle any such action, suit, proceeding or investigation in which the Company may be required to indemnify it except with the Companys prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Warrant Agents aggregate liability during any term of this Agreement with respect to, arising from, or arising in connection with this Agreement, or from all services provided or omitted to be provided under this Agreement, whether in contract, or in tort, or otherwise, is limited to, and shall not exceed, the amounts paid under this Agreement by the Company to Warrant Agent as fees and charges, but not including reimbursable expenses, during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event for which recovery from Warrant Agent is being sought.
(e) Promptly after the receipt by the Company of notice of any demand or claim or the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, the Company shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Warrant Agent, notify the Warrant Agent thereof in writing. The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense of any such claim or proceeding, and, if it so elects at any time after receipt of such notice, it may assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such claim or of any other legal action or proceeding, provided that the Warrant Agent shall in no case settle any such action, suit, proceeding or investigation in which the Company may be required to indemnify it except with the Companys prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(f) Neither party to this Agreement shall be liable to the other party for any consequential, indirect, punitive, special or incidental damages under any provisions of this Agreement or for any consequential, indirect, punitive, special or incidental damages arising out of any act or failure to act hereunder even if that party has been advised of or has foreseen the possibility of such damages.
(g) The provisions of this Section 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation, removal or replacement of the Warrant Agent.
Section 12. Purchase or Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent.
(a) Any entity into which the Warrant Agent or any successor Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any successor Warrant Agent shall be party, or any entity succeeding to the shareowner services or corporate trust business of the Warrant Agent or
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any successor Warrant Agent, shall be the successor to the Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor Warrant Agent under the provisions of Section 14. In case at the time such successor Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor Warrant Agent and deliver such Warrant Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name of the successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.
(b) If at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and at such time any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver Warrant Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.
Section 13. Duties of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the Holders of the Warrants, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) The Warrant Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Warrant Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.
(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President of the Company and by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent; and such certificate shall be full authentication to the Warrant Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate. The Warrant Agent shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person, until receipt of written notice thereof from the Company.
(c) The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) pursuant to Section 11.
(d) The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Warrant Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.
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(e) The Warrant Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution hereof by the Warrant Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any Warrant Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for the adjustment of the Exercise Price or the making of any change in the number of Warrant Shares required under the provisions of Section 7 or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such change or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment or change (except with respect to the exercise of Warrants evidenced by a Warrant Certificate after actual written notice of any adjustment of the Exercise Price); nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant Certificate or as to whether any shares of Common Stock will, when issued, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(f) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further information, documentation, and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Warrant Agent of the provisions of this Agreement.
(g) The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President or the Secretary of the Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable and shall be indemnified and held harmless for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer, provided Warrant Agent carries out such instructions without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
(h) The Warrant Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Warrant Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
(i) The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorney or agents, and the Warrant Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorney or agents or for any loss to the Company resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, absent gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) in the selection and continued employment thereof.
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(j) The Warrant Agent shall not be obligated to expend or risk its own funds or to take any action that it believes would expose or subject it to expense or liability or to a risk of incurring expense or liability, unless it has been furnished with assurances of repayment or indemnity satisfactory to it. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement.
(k) The Warrant Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of its obligations relating to any registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or this Agreement, including without limitation obligations under applicable regulation or law.
(l) The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent for the Company, and its duties shall be determined solely by the provisions hereof (and no duties or obligations shall be inferred or implied). The Warrant Agent shall not assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust with any of the owners or holders of the Warrants.
(m) The Warrant Agent may rely on and be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon any guaranty of signature by an eligible guarantor institution that is a member or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or other comparable signature guarantee program or insurance program in addition to, or in substitution for, the foregoing.
Section 14. Change of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon 30 days notice in writing mailed to the Company and to each known transfer agent of the Common Stock by overnight delivery, registered or certified mail, and to the Holders by first-class mail. The Company may remove the Warrant Agent or any successor Warrant Agent upon 30 days notice in writing, mailed to the Warrant Agent or successor Warrant Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent of the Common Stock by overnight delivery, registered or certified mail. If the Warrant Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Warrant Agent, then the Warrant Agent may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Warrant Agent. Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Warrant Agent and to the Company an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon such new warrant agent without any further act or deed shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of the Warrant Agent hereunder with like effect as if it had been named as warrant agent; but if for any reason it becomes necessary or expedient to have the former warrant agent execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed, the same shall be done at the expense of the Company and shall be legally and validly executed and delivered by the former warrant agent. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall file notice thereof with the former Warrant Agent and each transfer agent for the Common Stock, and shall forthwith mail notice thereof to the registered holders at their addresses as they appear on the registry books. Failure to file or mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the appointment of the successor Warrant Agent. Upon any such termination, the Warrant Agent shall be relieved and discharged of any further responsibilities with respect to its duties, responsibilities and obligations hereunder. Upon payment of all outstanding fees and expenses hereunder, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward to the Company or its designee any and all property or documentation relative to the Warrants and the holders thereof and documents relating to the Warrants or the holders thereof that the Warrant Agent may receive after its appointment has so terminated.
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Section 15. Issuance of New Warrant Certificates. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrants to the contrary, the Company may, at its option, issue new Warrant Certificate(s) evidencing the Warrants in such form as may be approved by its Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change in the Exercise Price per share and the number or kind or class of shares of stock or other securities or property purchasable under Warrant Certificate(s) made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 16. Notices. All notices, demands, approvals, consents and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder (each a Notice) shall be in writing and shall be sent by (a) registered or certified first-class mail (return receipt requested), (b) courier service, (c) personal delivery, (d) telecopier (provided that, in the case of this clause (d), such Notice also is sent concurrently by another means specified above) or (e) by email (if receipt is confirmed telephonically) as follows:
If to the Company, to:
Capital Senior Living Corporation
14160 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75254
Attention: General Counsel
Email: [Redacted]
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Steven A. Seidman, Laura Delanoy and Laura H. Acker
Email: sseidman@willkie.com; ldelanoy@willkie.com; lacker@willkie.com
If to the Warrant Agent, to:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
Computershare Inc.
150 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021
Attention: Client Services
Any notice required to be delivered by the Company to the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate may be given by the Warrant Agent on behalf of the Company.
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Each Notice shall be deemed to have been duly given and effective when sent. Any party may by Notice to the other parties given in accordance with this Section 16 designate another address or person for receipt of Notices hereunder. If the address of a party has changed, then such party promptly shall by Notice to the other parties given in accordance with this Section 16 designate a new address for receipt of Notices hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Notice given in accordance with this Section 16 to a party is returned to the sender as being refused or undeliverable (or having a similar status), then such Notice to such party shall be deemed to have been duly given and effective on the date that such Notice was originally sent.
Section 17. Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Warrant Agent may from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any Holders in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions with regard to matters or questions arising hereunder which the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders. As a condition precedent to the Warrant Agents execution of any amendment, the Company shall, if requested by the Warrant Agent, deliver to the Warrant Agent a certificate from a duly authorized officer of the Company that states that the proposed amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 17. The Warrant Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any amendment that affects its own rights, duties, liabilities or obligations hereunder.
Section 18. Successors. All covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
Section 19. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give any Person other than the Company and the Warrant Agent any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Holders.
Section 20. Governing Law. This Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof.
Section 21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission) with counterpart signature pages or in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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Section 22. Captions. The captions of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
Section 23. Information. The Company agrees to promptly provide the Holders the information it is required to provide to the holders of the Common Stock, which information may be provided via the Securities and Exchange Commissions EDGAR filing system.
Section 24. Force Majeure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, pandemics, epidemics or civil unrest.
Section 25. Confidentiality. The Warrant Agent and the Company agree that all books, records, information and data pertaining to the business of the other party, including inter alia, personal, non-public warrant holder information, which are exchanged or received pursuant to the negotiation or the carrying out of this Agreement, including the fees for services set forth in the attached schedule, shall remain confidential, and shall not be voluntarily disclosed to any other person, except as may be required by law, including, without limitation, pursuant to subpoenas from state or federal government authorities (e.g., in divorce and criminal actions).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
FORM OF FACE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON November 3, 2026
THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, ENCUMBRANCE, EXCHANGE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 3, 2021 (THE WARRANT AGREEMENT), BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE WARRANT AGENT NAMED THEREIN. BY ACCEPTING ANY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE, THE RECIPIENT OF SUCH SECURITIES SHALL BE DEEMED TO AGREE TO AND SHALL BECOME BOUND BY ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT. A COPY OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE CORPORATE SECRETARY OF THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
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WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
DISTRIBUTION DATE: November 3, 2021
This Warrant Certificate (this Warrant Certificate) certifies that ________________ (holder or beneficial owner) or its registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of warrants (each a Warrant) of CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the Company), set forth above to purchase the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (Common Stock), of the Company set forth above (as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement). This Warrant Certificate is exercisable on or after 9:00 a.m., New York City time on November 3, 2021 until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 3, 2026 (the Expiration Date) and entitles the holder upon exercise at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part, on or after 9:00 a.m., New York City time on November 3, 2021 and prior to the Expiration Date to purchase from the Company up to the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock set forth above at an exercise price equal to $40.00 per share of Common Stock (the Exercise Price). This Warrant may be exercised in whole (and not in part) to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock. The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. SUCH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THE SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS WHICH IS AVAILABLE.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
All capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Warrant Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the date set forth below.
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[Signature Page to Warrant Certificate]
FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
Each Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate is a part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants. The Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the registered holders of Warrant Certificates.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer and surrender of the Warrants at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations set forth in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any applicable tax or other charge.
Subject to Section 9 of the Warrant Agreement, the Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock.
No Warrants may be sold, exchanged or otherwise transferred in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, state securities laws or other applicable law. The Warrants do not entitle the registered holder hereof or the Holders to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company.
The Company and Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent) for the purpose of any exercise hereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Warrant Certificate is held by the holder hereof, and is not transferable to any Person under any circumstances except that (i) this Warrant Certificate may be transferred pursuant to Section 5 of the Warrant Agreement, and (ii) this Warrant Certificate may be delivered to the Warrant Agent for cancellation pursuant to the Warrant Agreement.
Unless this Warrant Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the holder to the Company or the Warrant Agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any Person is wrongful because the registered owner hereof has an interest herein.
No registration or transfer of the securities issuable pursuant to the Warrants will be recorded on the books and records of the Company or the Warrant Agent until the provisions set forth in the Warrant Agreement have been complied with.
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Agreement shall control.
EXHIBIT B
NOTICE OF EXERCISE FORM
To be executed upon exercise of the Warrant(s)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise __________ Warrants, to purchase _________shares of Common Stock of Capital Senior Living Corporation and (check one or both):
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The undersigned requests that the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant(s) be in registered form in the authorized denominations, registered in such names and delivered, all as specified in accordance with the instructions set forth below.
Dated: _________, 20___
THIS EXERCISE NOTICE MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE WARRANT AGENT, PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE. THE WARRANT AGENT SHALL NOTIFY YOU OF (A) THE WARRANT AGENTS ACCOUNT AT THE DEPOSITORY TO WHICH YOU MUST DELIVER YOUR WARRANT(S) ON THE EXERCISE DATE, AND (B) THE ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND FACSIMILE NUMBER WHERE YOU CAN CONTACT THE WARRANT AGENT AND TO WHICH WARRANT EXERCISE NOTICES ARE TO BE SUBMITTED.
ALL CAPITALIZED TERMS USED HEREIN BUT NOT DEFINED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS ASSIGNED TO THEM IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT.
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Exhibit 10.4
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION
2019 OMNIBUS STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE CAPITAL SENIOR LIVING CORPORATION 2019 OMNIBUS STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN (this Amendment), is made effective as of November 3, 2021 (the Effective Date). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Capital Living Corporation (the Company) maintains the Company 2019 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (as amended, the Plan);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13.1 of the Plan, the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) has the authority to amend the Plan from time to time; and
WHEREAS, the Board approved this Amendment pursuant to a resolution of the Board on the Effective Date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Plan is hereby amended as follows, effective as of the Effective Date:
AMENDMENT
1. The first sentence of Section 3.1 of the Plan is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
Subject to Article 10, the aggregate number of Shares which may be issued or transferred pursuant to Awards under the Plan shall be 797,600 Shares (the Share Pool) plus (a) any reserved Shares not issued or subject to outstanding awards under the 2007 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan For the Company, as amended (the Prior Plan) on the Effective Date, and (b) any Shares that are subject to an award granted under the Prior Plan that is outstanding on the Effective Date, but that ceases to be subject to the award due to the awards forfeiture, cancelation, or expiration, or because the award is paid or settled in cash.
2. The second sentence of Section 4.3 of the Plan is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
Notwithstanding anything contrary in the immediately preceding sentence: (a) the minimum vesting period set forth in this Section 4.3 shall not apply to the 257,000 of the Shares added to the Share Pool by Amendment No.1 to the Plan, Substitute Awards, Awards that may be settled only in cash, or an Award that vests immediately prior to a Change in Control pursuant to Section 10.1(a) because such Award is not converted, assumed, or replaced by a successor or survivor corporation or a parent or subsidiary thereof, and (b) the Committee may, at any time following the date of grant of an Award, accelerate the vesting or exercisability of the Award and/or waive any restrictions, conditions or limitations applicable to the Award.
3. This Amendment shall be and is hereby incorporated into and forms a part of the Plan.
4. Except as expressly provided herein, all terms and conditions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.
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/s/ Kimberly S. Lody |
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Exhibit 99.1
Capital Senior Living Announces Closing of Financing Transaction with Conversant Capital
Names New Board of Directors
Company to be Renamed Sonida Senior Living and Will Trade on the NYSE Under Ticker SNDA
DALLAS, November 3, 2021 Capital Senior Living Corporation (Capital Senior Living or the Company) (NYSE: CSU), a leading owner-operator of senior living communities across the United States, today announced that it has closed the previously announced financing transactions with Conversant Capital (Conversant) and has raised a total of $154.8 million, including aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $34 million from the common stock rights offering.
With the closing of the transaction, the Companys Board of Directors (the Board) has been reconstituted. Noah Beren, Benjamin Harris, Dave Johnson, Max Levy, Shmuel Lieberman and Elliot Zibel will join the Board, effective immediately. Philip Brooks, Jill Krueger and Kimberly Lody will continue to serve as directors. Dave Johnson will serve as Chairman of the Board.
Capital Senior Living Chief Executive Officer and Director Kimberly Lody stated, We are thrilled to close this critical transaction, which will allow us to address our immediate liquidity needs and going concern issues, and help pave the way for future growth. Following a thorough and robust process, we are confident that this is the best path forward for shareholders, and we appreciate their engagement in this process. We welcome the new directors to the Board and are excited to gain their valuable perspectives as we continue to execute on our strategic business plan. Finally, I would like to sincerely thank our Board, and especially departing Chairman Michael Reid, for helping guide the Company through this important process and positioning us for a successful future.
We are very excited to close the transaction and to usher in the next phase of the Companys stabilization and growth, said Michael Simanovsky, Founder and Managing Partner of Conversant. We believe that Capital Senior Livings management, together with the refreshed Board of Directors, combines the cross disciplinary skill set needed to support the Company in delivering best-in-class care for its residents while creating long-term value for its investors as it pivots from defense to offense and growth.
In recognition of the Companys evolution and exciting future, it is rebranding as Sonida Senior Living. The name Sonida (Soh-nee-dah) is a blend of sonata a long piece of music usually made up of several partsand vida, or life. The name change will go into effect on November 15, 2021, at which time the Companys common stock will begin to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol SNDA.
Kimberly Lody continued, Two years ago, we updated the Companys branding to be more vibrant and inviting, better reflecting the engagement and celebrations that occur daily in our communities. With this name change, our brand now fully reflects the essence of our business. Sonida Senior Living communities are filled with the music of life. We are committed to building communities where team members treat residents like friends and serve as caregivers, advocates and often as surrogate family, going above and beyond to create moving and memorable experiences that foster joy every day.
Director Biographies
Noah Beren joined GF Investments in 2014 and is currently Head of Asset Management for the firm. His responsibilities include overseeing an extensive real estate portfolio of office, multi-family, and land assets. Previously he served as a Vice President focusing on deal execution and portfolio management. From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Beren served as a Vice President at a private independent oil and gas company.
Philip Brooks is a principal investor and managing partner in Select Living, LLC, which acquires properties to develop to special market dynamics. Mr. Brooks has more than 32 years of experience as a financier and investor, credit manager, and product/policy analyst. He also serves as a portfolio advisor to NRV, a venture capital firm funding early stage growth companies in Virginia. Previously, Mr. Brooks served as a Senior Vice President, Loan Production for Walker & Dunlop, LLC, a NYSE-listed provider of financial services for owners and developers of commercial real estate throughout the United States. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President, Loan Production for CWCapital, LLC, a mortgage finance company, and in various senior executive positions with Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, LLC, a national mortgage bank. He was a founding member of the American Seniors Housing Association, a leading trade association promoting seniors housing, and was on the Board of Directors of the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry, a leading trade association promoting the industry to the capital markets. Mr. Brooks received a B.S. in History and Political Science from the University of Tennessee and did graduate studies in Information Systems Management at The George Washington University.
Benjamin Harris, CFA is the founder and CEO of Pinedale Capital Partners, a dedicated industrial real estate operating platform based in New York. Previously, Mr. Harris was the CEO of Link Logistics (Blackstones U.S. Industrial Real Estate platform). Before that, he served as President of Gramercy Property Trust (NYSE: GPT), the Head of Net Lease Investments of Northcliffe/Annaly Capital Management and the Head of U.S. Investments of W. P. Carey & Co. LLC (NYSE: WPC). Mr. Harris received a Joint BSc in Economics from the University of Kings College/Dalhousie University, Canada.
Dave Johnson is Co-Founder & Managing Director of Horizon Capital, a land acquisition and land development company. Prior to Horizon Capital, he founded Aimbridge Hospitality and served as its CEO. Mr. Johnson previously spent 17 years at Wyndham International, where he helped add over 400 hotels to the Wyndham portfolio. Additionally, he served as President of Wyndham Hotels, overseeing approximately 15,000 employees and $3 billion in annual revenue. Mr. Johnson serves as a Director on Board of Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE: HGV) and sits on the Audit and Compensation Committees. Previously, he served on the Strategic Hotels (NYSE: BEE) Board as a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees, and as a Director of Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET). He is also on the U.S. Travel Association (USTA) board as a member of the Chairmans Circle and as a member of USTAs CEO Roundtable. Mr. Johnson received a bachelors degree in Business Economics from Northeastern Illinois University.
Jill Krueger is the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of Symbria, Inc., a leading national developer and provider of innovative, outcome-driven programs established in 1995 that enhance the lives of the geriatric population. She also serves on the Board of Directors of iMedia Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMBI), where she sits on the Audit and Compensation Committees, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and the Board of Directors of the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition. Before she joined Symbria, Ms. Krueger was a partner at KPMG LLP responsible for overseeing the firms national Long-Term Care and Retirement Housing Practice. She received a B.S. from Northern Illinois University. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant.
Max Levy is a Principal at Conversant Capital LLC. Previously, Mr. Levy was an investment analyst at The Baupost Group where he focused on real estate investments in North America and Europe. During this time, Mr. Levy was responsible for sourcing and evaluating equity and debt investments in all property types in both private real estate and public securities. Before joining Baupost, Mr. Levy began his career as an investment banking analyst for Hentschel & Company, a boutique real estate advisory firm, where he assisted public REITs and private real estate companies on mergers, acquisitions, and capital raising. He received a B.A. in Intellectual History from the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated summa cum laude.
Shmuel Lieberman is a senior member of the investment team at GF Investments. Mr. Lieberman oversees the investment process for public and private investments across a wide range of industries, strategies and asset classes. He is a former board member of TradAir Ltd and has been an observer to a number of portfolio companies. Mr. Lieberman received a Master of Business Administration degree from Baruch College and a Bachelor of Rabbinic Studies degree from the Rabbinical College of America.
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Kimberly Lody has been Chief Executive Officer and President of Capital Senior Living since January 2019. Previously, she served as North America President and Senior Vice President of GN Hearing, a global manufacturer of hearing instruments and hearing protection devices. Ms. Lody has more than 26 years of senior management experience in a variety of clinical and commercial health care settings, including health insurance, durable medical equipment, home healthcare, infusion therapy, respiratory therapy, specialty pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Ms. Lody currently serves on the board of Argentum and on the NIC Operator Advisory Board. She received a Master of Business Administration degree from Wake Forest University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from Hiram College.
Elliot Zibel, CFA is the CEO and Co-Founder of Select Dental Management, which he helped found. Mr. Zibel is responsible for M&A, strategy and operations for 32 practice Dental Support Organizations, and has completed 30 acquisitions and raised more than $70 million of equity and debt capital from institutional investors during his tenure. Previously, he worked in the financial sector at multi-billion-dollar firms including Hitchwood Capital Management L.P., Folger Hill Asset Management, Pennant Capital Management, Breeden Partners L.P. and Matrix Asset Advisors LLC. Mr. Zibel received a Bachelor of Economics and Political Science from Union College.
Advisors
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC was the Companys financial advisor and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP was the Companys legal advisor in connection with the Transactions, and Baker Botts LLP was counsel to the Companys board of directors. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP acted as Conversants legal advisor in connection with the Transactions. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP was Silk Partners legal advisor in connection with the Transactions.
About Capital Senior Living
Dallas-based Capital Senior Living Corporation is one of the nations leading operators of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities for senior adults. The Company operates 75 communities that are home to nearly 7,000 residents across 18 states providing compassionate, resident-centric services and care and engaging programming. The Company offers seniors the freedom and opportunity to successfully, comfortably and happily age in place. For more information, visit http://www.capitalsenior.com or connect with the Company on Facebook or Twitter.
About Conversant
Conversant Capital LLC is a private investment adviser founded in 2020. The firm pursues credit and equity investments in the real estate, digital infrastructure and hospitality sectors in both the public and private markets. Further information is available at www.conversantcap.com.
Safe Harbor
The forward-looking statements in this release are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the Companys actual results and financial condition to differ materially, including, but not limited to the costs related to the transaction; the impact of the transaction on the Companys business; any legal proceedings that may be brought related to the transaction; the continued spread of COVID-19, including the speed, depth, geographic reach and duration of such spread; new information that may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19; the actions taken to prevent or contain the spread of COVID-19 or treat its impact; the legal, regulatory and administrative developments that occur at the federal, state and local levels in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; the frequency and magnitude of legal actions and liability claims that may arise due to COVID-19 or the Companys response efforts; the impact of COVID-
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19 and the Companys near-term debt maturities on the Companys ability to continue as a going concern; the Companys ability to generate sufficient cash flows from operations, additional proceeds from debt refinancings, and proceeds from the sale of assets to satisfy its short and long-term debt obligations and to fund the Companys capital improvement projects to expand, redevelop, and/or reposition its senior living communities; the Companys ability to obtain additional capital on terms acceptable to it; the Companys ability to extend or refinance its existing debt as such debt matures; the Companys compliance with its debt agreements, including certain financial covenants, and the risk of cross-default in the event such non-compliance occurs; the Companys ability to complete acquisitions and dispositions upon favorable terms or at all, including the transfer of certain communities managed by the Company on behalf of other owners; the Companys ability to improve and maintain adequate controls over financial reporting and remediate the identified material weakness; the risk of oversupply and increased competition in the markets which the Company operates; the risk of increased competition for skilled workers due to wage pressure and changes in regulatory requirements; the departure of the Companys key officers and personnel; the cost and difficulty of complying with applicable licensure, legislative oversight, or regulatory changes; the risks associated with a decline in economic conditions generally; the adequacy and continued availability of the Companys insurance policies and the Companys ability to recover any losses it sustains under such policies; changes in accounting principles and interpretations; and the other risks and factors identified from time to time in the Companys reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts:
Media Inquiries:
Dan Zacchei / Joe Germani
Sloane & Company
dzacchei@sloanepr.com / jgermani@sloanepr.com
Company Contact:
Capital Senior Living
Kimberly Lody
President and Chief Executive Officer
(972) 308-8323, klody@capitalsenior.com
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