Registration Rights Agreement - CMGI Inc. and Rose Glen Capital Management LP
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of December 21,
1998, by and among CMGI, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with its headquarters
located at 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810 (the "COMPANY"), and each of
the undersigned (together with their respective affiliates and any assignee or
transferee of all of their respective rights hereunder, the "INITIAL
INVESTORS").
WHEREAS:
A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the
parties hereto of even date herewith (the "SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), the
Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained
therein, to issue and sell to the Initial Investors (i) shares of its Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock (the "PREFERRED STOCK") that are convertible into
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "COMMON
STOCK"), upon the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth
in the Certificate of Designations, Rights, Preferences, Privileges and
Restrictions with respect to the Preferred Stock (the "CERTIFICATE OF
DESIGNATION");
B. To induce the Initial Investors to execute and deliver the Securities
Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration
rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the
"1933 ACT"), and applicable state securities laws;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the
Initial Investors hereby agree as follows:
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1. DEFINITIONS.
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A. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(i) "INVESTORS" means the Initial Investors and any transferee or
assignee who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9 hereof.
(ii) "REGISTER," "REGISTERED," and "REGISTRATION" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or
Statements in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under the
1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous
basis ("RULE 415"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such
Registration Statement by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC").
(iii) "REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means the Conversion Shares issued
or issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the Preferred Shares
(including, without limitation, any shares issued or issuable pursuant to
Articles V, VI.D(b) and VI.E of the Certificate of Designation and Section 2(c)
herein) and any shares of capital stock issued or issuable as a dividend on or
in exchange for or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing.
(iv) "REGISTRATION STATEMENT(S)" means a registration statement(s)
of the Company under the 1933 Act.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
2. REGISTRATION.
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A. MANDATORY REGISTRATION. The Company shall prepare, and, on or prior to
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the date which is forty-five (45) days after the date of the Closing under the
Securities Purchase Agreement (the "CLOSING DATE"), file with the SEC a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not then available, on
such form of Registration Statement as is then available to effect a
registration of the Registrable Securities, subject to the consent of the
Initial Investors, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) covering the
resale of the Registrable Securities, which Registration Statement, to the
extent allowable under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder (including Rule 416), shall state that such Registration Statement
also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as
may become issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock (i) to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions or
(ii) by reason of changes in the Conversion Price of the Preferred Stock in
accordance with the terms thereof. The number of shares of Common Stock
initially included in such Registration Statement shall be no less than two (2)
times the sum of the number of Conversion Shares that are then issuable upon
conversion of the Preferred Stock (based on the lesser of the Market Price as
would then be in effect and the Fixed Conversion Price (each as defined in the
Certificate of Designation)), without regard to
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any limitation on the Investor's ability to convert the Preferred Stock. The
Company acknowledges that the number of shares initially included in the
Registration Statement represents a good faith estimate of the maximum number of
shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock.
B. UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING. If any offering pursuant to a Registration
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Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof involves an underwritten offering, the
Investors who hold a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities subject
to such underwritten offering, with the consent of a majority-in-interest of the
Initial Investors, shall have the right to select one legal counsel and an
investment banker or bankers and manager or managers to administer the offering,
which investment banker or bankers or manager or managers shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company.
C. PAYMENTS BY THE COMPANY. The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain
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effectiveness of the Registration Statement as soon as practicable. If (i) the
Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof is not declared effective by the
SEC within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Closing Date, or (ii) after
the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC, sales of all
of the Registrable Securities cannot be made pursuant to the Registration
Statement, or (iii) the Common Stock is not listed or included for quotation on
the Nasdaq National Market ("NASDAQ"), the Nasdaq SmallCap Market ("NASDAQ
SMALLCAP"), the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") or the American Stock
Exchange (the "AMEX") after being so listed or included for quotation, then the
Company will make payments to the Investors in such amounts and at such times as
shall be determined pursuant to this Section 2(c) as partial relief for the
damages to the Investors by reason of any such delay in or reduction of their
ability to sell the Registrable Securities (which remedy shall not be exclusive
of any other remedies available at law or in equity). The Company shall pay to
each holder of the Preferred Stock or Registrable Securities an amount equal to
the stated value of the Preferred Stock then outstanding (and, in the case of
holders of Registrable Securities, the stated value of Preferred Stock from
which such Registrable Securities were converted) ("AGGREGATE SHARE PRICE")
multiplied by one and one-half hundredths (.015) times the sum of: (i) the
number of months (prorated for partial months) after the end of such 120-day
period and prior to the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by
the SEC; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from such period any
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delays which are solely attributable to changes required by the Investors in the
Registration Statement with respect to information relating to the Investors,
including, without limitation, changes to the plan of distribution, or to the
failure of the Investors to conduct their review of the Registration Statement
pursuant to Section 3(h) below in a reasonably prompt manner; (ii) the number of
months (prorated for partial months) that sales of all of the Registrable
Securities cannot be made pursuant to the Registration Statement after the
Registration Statement has been declared effective (including, without
limitation, when sales cannot be made by reason of the Company's failure to
properly supplement or amend the prospectus included therein in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, but excluding any days during an Allowed Delay (as
defined in Section 3(f)); and (iii) the number of months (prorated for partial
months) that the Common Stock is not listed or included for quotation on any one
of the Nasdaq, Nasdaq SmallCap, NYSE or AMEX or that trading thereon is halted
after the Registration Statement has been declared effective. (For example, if
the Registration Statement becomes effective one (1) month after the end of such
120-day period, the Company
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would pay $15,000 for each $1,000,000 of Aggregate Share Price. If thereafter,
sales could not be made pursuant to the Registration Statement for an additional
period of one (1) month, the Company would pay an additional $15,000 for each
$1,000,000 of Aggregate Share Price.) Such amounts shall be paid in cash or, at
each Investor's option, may be added to the principal amount of the Preferred
Stock and thereafter be convertible into Common Stock at the "CONVERSION PRICE"
(as defined in the Certificate of Designation) in accordance with the terms of
the Preferred Stock. Any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of such
amounts shall be Registrable Securities. If the Investor desires to convert the
amounts due hereunder into Registrable Securities, it shall so notify the
Company in writing within two (2) business days of the date on which such
amounts are first payable in cash and such amounts shall be so convertible
(pursuant to the mechanics set forth in the Certificate of Designation),
beginning on the last day upon which the cash amount would otherwise be due in
accordance with the following sentence. Payments of cash pursuant hereto shall
be made within five (5) business days after the end of each period that gives
rise to such obligation, provided that, if any such period extends for more than
thirty (30) days, interim payments shall be made for each such thirty (30) day
period.
D. PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. Subject to the last sentence of this Section
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2(d), if at any time prior to the expiration of the Registration Period (as
hereinafter defined) the Company shall determine to file with the SEC a
Registration Statement relating to an offering for its own account or the
account of others under the 1933 Act of any of its equity securities (other than
on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or their then equivalents relating to equity securities
to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business
or equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee
benefit plans), the Company shall send to each Investor who is entitled to
registration rights under this Section 2(d) written notice of such determination
and, if within fifteen (15) days after the effective date of such notice, such
Investor shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such
Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities such
Investor requests to be registered, except that if, in connection with any
underwritten public offering for the account of the Company the managing
underwriter(s) thereof shall impose a limitation on the number of shares of
Common Stock which may be included in the Registration Statement because, in
such underwriter(s)' judgment, marketing or other factors dictate such
limitation is necessary to facilitate public distribution, then the Company
shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement only such limited
portion of the Registrable Securities with respect to which such Investor has
requested inclusion hereunder as the underwriter shall permit. Any exclusion of
Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among the Investors seeking to
include Registrable Securities in proportion to the number of Registrable
Securities sought to be included by such Investors; provided, however, that the
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Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless the Company has
first excluded all outstanding securities, the holders of which are not entitled
to inclusion of such securities in such Registration Statement or are not
entitled to pro rata inclusion with the Registrable Securities; and provided,
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further, however, that, after giving effect to the immediately preceding
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proviso, any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata with
holders of other securities having the right to include such securities in the
Registration Statement other than (x) holders of securities entitled to
inclusion of their securities in such Registration Statement by reason of demand
registration rights or (y) Microsoft Corp. pursuant that certain CMG Stock
Purchase Agreement dated December 10, 1996. No right to registration of
Registrable Securities under this Section 2(d) shall be construed to limit any
registration
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required under Section 2(a) hereof. If an offering in connection with which an
Investor is entitled to registration under this Section 2(d) is an underwritten
offering, then each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in such
Registration Statement shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Company, offer and
sell such Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering using the same
underwriter or underwriters and, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, on
the same terms and conditions as other shares of Common Stock included in such
underwritten offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
herein, the registration rights of the Investors pursuant to this Section 2(d)
shall only be available in the event and at such times as the Company fails to
timely file, obtain effectiveness or maintain effectiveness of any Registration
Statement to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement; provided, however, that if the Company files a Registration
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Statement pursuant to this Section 2(d), the Company shall take the steps
necessary to obtain the effectiveness of or shall take no steps to cause the
lapse in effectiveness of, as the case may be, any Registration Statement even
if a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) or this Section 2(d)
becomes effective; provided, further, however, that nothing contained in the
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preceding two provisos shall (i) be construed as requiring the Company to
register or maintain the registration of any of the Registrable Securities
pursuant to more than one Registration Statement; and (ii) diminish the
Company's obligation to register all of the Registrable Securities.
E. ELIGIBILITY FOR FORM S-3. The Company represents and warrants that it
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meets the registrant eligibility and transaction requirements for the use of
Form S-3 for registration of the sale by the Initial Investors and any other
Investors of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall file all reports
required to be filed by the Company with the SEC in a timely manner so as to
maintain such eligibility for the use of Form S-3 so long as any Investor holds
Registrable Securities.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.
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In connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Company
shall have the following obligations:
A. The Company shall prepare promptly, and file with the SEC not later than
forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date, a Registration Statement with
respect to the number of Registrable Securities provided in Section 2(a), and
thereafter use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement relating to
Registrable Securities to become effective as soon as possible after such filing
(but in no event later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the Closing
Date), and keep the Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all
times until such date as is the earlier of (i) the date on which all of the
Registrable Securities have been sold by the Investors and (ii) the date on
which the Registrable Securities (in the opinion of counsel to the Initial
Investors) may be immediately sold to the public without registration or
restriction (including without limitation as to volume by each holder thereof)
under the 1933 Act (the "REGISTRATION PERIOD"), which Registration Statement
(including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained
therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
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B. The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to the Registration Statements and
the prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statements as may be
necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective at all times during the
Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the
1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the
Company covered by the Registration Statements until such time as all of such
Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended
methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in the
Registration Statements. In the event the number of shares available under a
Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement is insufficient to cover
all of the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the
Preferred Stock, the Company shall amend the Registration Statement, or file a
new Registration Statement (on the short form available therefore, if
applicable), or both, so as to cover all of the Registrable Securities, in each
case, as soon as practicable, but in any event within twenty (20) business days
after the necessity therefor arises (based on the market price of the Common
Stock and other relevant factors on which the Company reasonably elects to
rely). The Company shall use its best efforts to cause such amendment and/or
new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following
the filing thereof. The provisions of Section 2(c) above shall be applicable
with respect to such obligation, with the one hundred twenty (120) days running
from the day after the date on which the Company reasonably first determines (or
reasonably should have determined) the need therefor.
C. The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities
are included in a Registration Statement and its legal counsel (i) promptly
after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC, or
received by the Company, one copy of each Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus and prospectus and each amendment
or supplement thereto, and, in the case of the Registration Statement referred
to in Section 2(a), each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the
SEC or the staff of the SEC, and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the
staff of the SEC, in each case relating to such Registration Statement (other
than any portion of any thereof which contains information for which the Company
has sought confidential treatment), and (ii) such number of copies of a
prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and
supplements thereto and such other documents as such Investor may reasonably
request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities
owned by such Investor. The Company will immediately notify each Investor by
facsimile of the effectiveness of each Registration Statement or any post-
effective amendment. The Company will promptly respond to any and all comments
received from the SEC, with a view towards causing each Registration Statement
or any amendment thereto to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as
practicable and shall file an acceleration request as soon as practicable
following the resolution or clearance of all SEC comments or, if applicable,
following notification by the SEC that any such Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto will not be subject to review.
D. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to (i) register and qualify the
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statements under such other
securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the
Investors who hold a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities being
offered reasonably request, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions such
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such
registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the
effectiveness thereof
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during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be
necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all
times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably
necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such
jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in
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connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (a) qualify to do business in
any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for
this Section 3(d), (b) subject itself to general taxation in any such
jurisdiction, (c) file a general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction, (d) provide any undertakings that cause the Company undue expense
or burden, or (e) make any change in its charter or bylaws, which in each case
the Board of Directors of the Company determines to be contrary to the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders.
E. In the event Investors who hold a majority-in-interest of the Registrable
Securities being offered in the offering (with the approval of a majority-in-
interest of the Initial Investors) select underwriters for the offering, the
Company shall enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting
agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without limitation, customary
indemnification and contribution obligations, with the underwriters of such
offering.
F. As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, the Company
shall notify each Investor of the happening of any event, of which the Company
has knowledge, as a result of which the prospectus included in any Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and use its best efforts promptly to
prepare a supplement or amendment to any Registration Statement to correct such
untrue statement or omission, and deliver such number of copies of such
supplement or amendment to each Investor as such Investor may reasonably
request; provided that, for not more than ten (10) consecutive trading days (or
a total of not more than thirty (30) trading days in any twelve (12) month
period), the Company may delay the disclosure of material non-public information
concerning the Company (as well as prospectus or Registration Statement
updating) the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion
of the Company, in the best interests of the Company (an "ALLOWED DELAY");
provided, further, that the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Investors in
writing of the existence of (but in no event, without the prior written consent
of an Investor, shall the Company disclose to such investor any of the facts or
circumstances regarding) material non-public information giving rise to an
Allowed Delay and (ii) advise the Investors in writing to cease all sales under
such Registration Statement until the end of the Allowed Delay. Upon expiration
of the Allowed Delay, the Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of
this Section 3(f) with respect to the information giving rise thereto.
G. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop
order or other suspension of effectiveness of any Registration Statement, and,
if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the
earliest possible moment and to notify each Investor who holds Registrable
Securities being sold (or, in the event of an underwritten offering, the
managing underwriters) of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof.
H. The Company shall permit a single firm of counsel designated by the
Initial Investors to review such Registration Statement and all amendments and
supplements thereto (as well as all requests for acceleration or effectiveness
thereof) a reasonable period of
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time prior to their filing with the SEC, and not file any document in a form to
which such counsel reasonably objects and will not request acceleration of such
Registration Statement without prior notice to such counsel. The sections of
such Registration Statement covering information with respect to the Investors,
the Investor's beneficial ownership of securities of the Company or the
Investors intended method of disposition of Registrable Securities shall conform
to the information provided to the Company by each of the Investors.
I. The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon
as practicable, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the
period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the
provisions of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) covering a twelve-month period
beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next
following the effective date of the Registration Statement.
J. At the request of any Investor, the Company shall furnish, on the date
that Registrable Securities are delivered to an underwriter, if any, for sale in
connection with any Registration Statement or, if such securities are not being
sold by an underwriter, on the date of effectiveness thereof (i) an opinion,
dated as of such date, from counsel representing the Company for purposes of
such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily
given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any,
and the Investors and (ii) a letter, dated such date, from the Company's
independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily
given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and the
Investors.
K. The Company shall make available for inspection by (i) any Investor, (ii)
any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to a Registration
Statement, (iii) one firm of attorneys and one firm of accountants or other
agents retained by the Initial Investors, (iv) one firm of attorneys and one
firm of accountants or other agents retained by all other Investors, and (v) one
firm of attorneys retained by all such underwriters (collectively, the
"INSPECTORS") all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate
documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the "RECORDS"), as shall
be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector to enable each Inspector to
exercise its due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company's officers,
directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may
reasonably request for purposes of such due diligence; provided, however, that
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each Inspector shall hold in confidence and shall not make any disclosure
(except to an Investor) of any Record or other information which the Company
determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the
Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration
Statement, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or
other order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c)
the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public
other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement. The
Company shall not be required to disclose any confidential information in such
Records to any Inspector until and unless such Inspector shall have entered into
confidentiality agreements (in form and substance satisfactory to the Company)
with the Company with respect thereto, substantially in the form of this Section
3(k). Each Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such
Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent
jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the
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Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action
to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records
deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement
between the Company and any Investor) shall be deemed to limit the Investor's
ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which is otherwise consistent
with applicable laws and regulations.
L. The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of
information concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure
of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities
laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a
misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of
such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court
or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has
been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in
violation of this or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall,
upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is
sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or
through other means, give prompt notice to such Investor prior to making such
disclosure, and allow the Investor, at its expense, to undertake appropriate
action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such
information.
M. The Company shall (i) cause all the Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statement to be listed on each national securities exchange on
which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then
listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted
under the rules of such exchange, or (ii) to the extent the securities of the
same class or series are not then listed on a national securities exchange,
secure the designation and quotation of all the Registrable Securities covered
by the Registration Statement on Nasdaq or, if not eligible for Nasdaq on the
Nasdaq SmallCap and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to
arrange for at least two market makers to register with the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") as such with respect to such Registrable
Securities.
N. The Company shall provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may be a
single entity, for the Registrable Securities not later than the effective date
of the Registration Statement.
O. The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable
Securities being offered and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any,
to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing
any restrictive legends) representing Registrable Securities to be offered
pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such
denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any, or the Investors may reasonably request and registered in
such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or the Investors
may request, and, within three (3) business days after a Registration Statement
which includes Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the
Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel selected by the Company to
deliver, to the transfer agent for the Registrable Securities (with copies to
the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration
Statement) an instruction in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT 1 and an
opinion of such counsel in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT 2.
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P. At the request of the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable
Securities, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration
Statement and any prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement
as may be necessary in order to change the plan of distribution set forth in
such Registration Statement.
Q. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, and
shall not agree to, allow the holders of any securities of the Company to
include any of their securities in any Registration Statement under Section 2(a)
hereof or any amendment or supplement thereto under Section 3(b) hereof without
the consent of the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable
Securities.
R. The Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite
and facilitate disposition by the Investors of Registrable Securities pursuant
to a Registration Statement.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS.
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In connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the
Investors shall have the following obligations:
A. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to
complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the
Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish
to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities
held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities
held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such
Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such
registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least three (3) business
days prior to the first anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement,
the Company shall notify each Investor of the information the Company requires
from each such Investor.
B. Each Investor, by such Investor's acceptance of the Registrable
Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the
Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration
Statements hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing
of such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's Registrable
Securities from the Registration Statements.
C. In the event Investors holding a majority-in-interest of the Registrable
Securities being registered (with the approval of the Initial Investors)
determine to engage the services of an underwriter, each Investor agrees to
enter into and perform such Investor's obligations under an underwriting
agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without limitation, customary
indemnification and contribution obligations, with the managing underwriter of
such offering and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities, unless
such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor's election to
exclude all of such Investor's Registrable Securities from such Registration
Statement.
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D. Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of
the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f) or 3(g), such
Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities
until such Investor's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended
prospectus contemplated by Section 3(f) or 3(g) and, if so directed by the
Company, such Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the
Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction)
all copies in such Investor's possession, of the prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
E. No Investor may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such Investor (i) agrees to sell such Investor's Registrable Securities
on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements in usual and customary
form entered into by the Company, (ii) completes and executes all
questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and
other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements, and (iii) agrees to pay its pro rata share of all underwriting
discounts and commissions and any expenses in excess of those payable by the
Company pursuant to Section 5 below.
F. The underwriters in connection with any firm commitment underwritten
public offering of the Common Stock resulting in gross proceeds to the Company
of at least $150,000,000 led by at least one underwriter of nationally
recognized standing (a "QUALIFIED PUBLIC OFFERING") shall have the right to
require that the Investors enter into an agreement (a "LOCK-UP AGREEMENT")
restricting the Investors from selling Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement in any public sale for a period not to exceed ninety (90)
days following the consummation of such Qualified Public Offering (the
"UNDERWRITERS' LOCK-UP PERIOD"); provided that such underwriters deem this to be
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reasonably necessary to effect such Qualified Public Offering; and further,
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provided that all of the Company's directors, executive officers, affiliates and
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significant stockholders shall have also agreed to identical (or more
restrictive) restrictions. The Investors shall be subject to no more than one
such restriction in each twelve (12) month period during the Registration
Period; provided, however, that the Automatic Conversion Date (as defined in the
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Certificate of Designation) shall be extended, at the option of each Investor,
by the number of days in which such Investor is subject to a Lock-Up Agreement
in accordance with Article VIII of the Certificate of Designation.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.
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All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions,
incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to
Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and
qualification fees, printers and accounting fees, the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one
counsel selected by the Initial Investors pursuant to Sections 2(b) and 3(h)
hereof shall be borne by the Company.
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6. INDEMNIFICATION.
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In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration
Statement under this Agreement:
A. To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify, hold harmless
and defend (i) each Investor who holds such Registrable Securities, (ii) the
directors, officers, partners, employees, agents and each person who controls
any Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "1934 ACT"), if any, (iii) any underwriter (as defined
in the 1933 Act) for the Investors (subject to the Company receiving customary
indemnification from any such underwriter), and (iv) the directors, officers,
partners, employees and each person who controls any such underwriter within the
meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, if any (each, an "INDEMNIFIED PERSON"),
against any joint or several losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
(collectively, together with actions, proceedings or inquiries by any regulatory
or self-regulatory organization, whether commenced or threatened, in respect
thereof, "CLAIMS") to which any of them may become subject insofar as such
Claims arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration
Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if
the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or
the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to
make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the
statements therein were made, not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged
violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law,
including, without limitation, any state securities law (except to the extent
that the Company acts or fails to act solely in reliance on the proviso in
Section 3(d)), or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or
sale of the Registrable Securities (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i)
through (iii) being, collectively, "VIOLATIONS"). Subject to the restrictions
set forth in Section 6(c) with respect to the number of legal counsel, the
Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Person, promptly as such expenses are
incurred and are due and payable, for any reasonable legal fees or other
reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall
not apply to a Claim arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by any Indemnified Person or underwriter for such Indemnified Person
expressly for use in connection with the preparation of such Registration
Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; (ii) shall not
apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected
without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld; and (iii) with respect to any preliminary prospectus,
shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Person if the untrue statement
or omission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was
corrected on a timely basis in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented,
such corrected prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to
Section 3(c) hereof, and the Indemnified Person was promptly advised in writing
not to use the incorrect prospectus prior to the use giving rise to a Violation
and such Indemnified Person, notwithstanding such advice, used it. Such
indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of
the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.
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B. In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is
participating, each such Investor agrees severally and not jointly to indemnify,
hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner set forth in
Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs
the Registration Statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, any underwriter and any other
stockholder selling securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or any of
its directors or officers or any person who controls such stockholder or
underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (collectively and
together with an Indemnified Person, an "INDEMNIFIED PARTY"), against any Claim
to which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or
otherwise, insofar as such Claim arises out of or is based upon any Violation by
such Investor, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such
Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in connection with
such Registration Statement; and subject to Section 6(c) such Investor will
reimburse any legal or other expenses (promptly as such expenses are incurred
and are due and payable) reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity
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agreement contained in this Section 6(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written
consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld;
provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be liable under this
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Agreement (including this Section 6(b) and Section 7) for only that amount as
does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity
shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or
on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the
Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement
contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall
not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or
omission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected
on a timely basis in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented.
C. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under
this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any
governmental action), such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a
Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this
Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the
commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to
participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the
defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and
the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided,
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however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to
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retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying
party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying
party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to
actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such
proceeding. The indemnifying party shall pay for only one separate legal
counsel for the
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Indemnified Persons or the Indemnified Parties, as applicable, and such legal
counsel shall be selected by Investors holding a majority-in-interest of the
Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim
relates (with the approval of a majority-in-interest of the Initial Investors),
if the Investors are entitled to indemnification hereunder, or the Company, if
the Company is entitled to indemnification hereunder, as applicable. The failure
to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of
the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of
any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section
6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced in
its ability to defend such action. The indemnification required by this Section
6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of
the investigation or defense, as such expense, loss, damage or liability is
incurred and is due and payable.
7. CONTRIBUTION.
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To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or
limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution
with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section
6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that (i) no
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contribution shall be made under circumstances where the maker would not have
been liable for indemnification under the fault standards set forth in Section
6, (ii) no seller of Registrable Securities guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any seller of Registrable Securities who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation, and (iii) contribution (together
with any indemnification or other obligations under this Agreement) by any
seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of
proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities.
8. REPORTS UNDER THE 1934 ACT.
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With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144
promulgated under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the
SEC that may at any time permit the investors to sell securities of the Company
to the public without registration ("RULE 144"), the Company agrees to:
A. make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood
and defined in Rule 144;
B. file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents
required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the
Company remains subject to such requirements (it being understood that nothing
herein shall limit the Company's obligations under Section 4(c) of the
Securities Purchase Agreement) and the filing of such reports and other
documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and
C. furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable
Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company that
it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and
the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the
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most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and
documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be
reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to
Rule 144 without registration.
9. ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
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The rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the
Investors to any transferee of all or any portion of Registrable Securities if:
(i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign
such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a
reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Company is, prior to such
transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and
address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities with respect to
which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, (iii)
following such transfer or assignment, the further disposition of such
securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the 1933 Act and
applicable state securities laws, (iv) at or before the time the Company
receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence, the
transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of
the provisions contained herein, (v) such transfer shall have been made in
accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Purchase
Agreement, and (vi) such transferee shall be an "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" as that
term defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act.
10. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
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Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be
waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively), only with written consent of the Company, each of the Initial
Investors (to the extent such Initial Investor still owns Registrable
Securities) and Investors who hold a majority interest of the Registrable
Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10
shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
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A. A person or entity is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities
whenever such person or entity owns of record such Registrable Securities. If
the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or
more persons or entities with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the
Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received
from the registered owner of such Registrable Securities.
B. Any notices required or permitted to be given under the terms hereof shall
be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested) or delivered
personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or
by facsimile and shall be effective five days after being placed in the mail, if
mailed by regular United States mail, or upon receipt, if delivered personally
or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery service) or by
facsimile, in each case addressed to a party. The addresses for such
communications shall be:
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If to the Company:
CMGI, Inc.
100 Brickstone Square
Andover, MA 01810
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: (978) 684-3618
With copy to:
Palmer & Dodge LLP
One Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Attention: William Williams, II, Esq.
Facsimile: (617) 227-4420
If to an Investor: to the address set forth immediately below such Investor's
name on the signature pages to the Securities Purchase Agreement.
C. Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement
or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not
operate as a waiver thereof.
D. This Agreement shall be enforced, governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be
performed entirely within such State. In the event that any provision of this
Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of
law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may
conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or
rule of law. Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable
under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision hereof. The parties hereto hereby submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States Federal Courts located in Delaware with
respect to any dispute arising under this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
E. This Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement (including all
schedules and exhibits thereto) constitute the entire agreement among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are
no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set
forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement and the Securities
Purchase Agreement supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
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F. Subject to the requirements of Section 9 hereof, this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each
of the parties hereto.
G. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
H. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same
agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the
other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing
the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
I. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all
such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other
agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may
reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
J. Except as otherwise provided herein, all consents and other determinations
to be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made by
Investors holding a majority of the Registrable Securities, determined as if the
all of the shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding have been converted into
for Registrable Securities.
K. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder
will cause irreparable harm to each Investor by vitiating the intent and purpose
of the transactions contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges
that the remedy at law for breach of its obligations hereunder will be
inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the
Company of any of the provisions hereunder, that each Investor shall be
entitled, in addition to all other available remedies in law or in equity, to an
injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without
the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security
being required.
L. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict
construction will be applied against any party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the undersigned Initial Investors have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
CMGI, INC.
By: /s/ Andrew J. Hajducky
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Andrew J. Hajducky III
Executive Vice President
RGC INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, LDC
By: Rose Glen Capital Management, L.P.,
Investment Manager
By: RGC General Partner Corp.,
as General Partner
By: /s / Wayne D. Bloch
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Wayne D. Bloch
Managing Director
RGC INVESTMENTS II, L.P.
By: Rose Glen Capital Management, L.P.,
Investment Manager
By: RGC General Partner Corp.,
as General Partner
By: /s/ Wayne D. Bloch
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Wayne D. Bloch
Managing Director
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