Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2021, by and between Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. and Kimmeridge Chelsea, LLC
Exhibit 4.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 9, 2021, to be effective as of the Effective Time (as defined below), by and between Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Kimmeridge Chelsea, LLC (the “Holder”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, this Agreement is being entered into concurrently with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, Raptor Eagle Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Merger Agreement”);
WHEREAS, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company will issue to the Holder the Shares (as defined below) in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement shall become effective as of the Effective Time.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each party hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
“Adoption Agreement” means an Adoption Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Affiliate” means as to any Person, any other Person who directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. As used in this Agreement, the term “control,” including the correlative terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means 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) of a Person. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder, on the other hand, shall not be considered Affiliates.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.
“Block Trade” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Board” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means a day other than a day on which banks in the State of New York are authorized or obligated to be closed.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor governmental agency.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.
“Company Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(c)(i).
“Effective Time” has the meaning assigned such term in the Merger Agreement.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“Final Period” means the period of time beginning on the first anniversary of the Effective Time and ending on the second anniversary of the Effective Time.
“Governmental Entity” means any federal, state, local or municipal court, governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign (which entity has jurisdiction over the applicable Person).
“Holder” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph and Article V.
“Holder Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b)(i).
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
“Initial Period” means the period of time beginning with the Effective Time and ending on the six month anniversary of the Effective Time.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor federal statute, and the regulations of U.S. Treasury thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“Law” means any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, judgment, order, treaty, convention, governmental directive or other legally enforceable requirement, U.S. or non-U.S., of any Governmental Entity, including common law.
“Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Managing Underwriter” means, with respect to any Underwritten Offering, the lead book-running manager(s) of such Underwritten Offering.
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“Merger” has the meaning assigned such term in the Merger Agreement.
“Merger Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Organized Offering” means a Shelf Underwritten Offering or a Block Trade.
“Permitted Transferee” means any Affiliate of the Holder, provided that such Transferee has delivered to the Company a duly executed Adoption Agreement.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, trust, government, governmental agency or other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
“Piggyback Underwritten Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
“Proceeding” means any actual or threatened claim (including a claim of a violation of applicable Law), cause of action, action, audit, demand, litigation, suit, proceeding, investigation, citation, inquiry, originating application to a tribunal, arbitration or other proceeding at Law or in equity or order or ruling, in each case whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, whether in contract, in tort or otherwise, and whether or not such claim, cause of action, action, audit, demand, litigation, suit, proceeding, investigation, citation, inquiry, originating application to a tribunal, arbitration or other proceeding or order or ruling results in a formal civil or criminal litigation or regulatory action.
“Registrable Securities” shall mean (a) the Shares and (b) any securities issued or issuable with respect to the Shares by way of distribution or in connection with any reorganization or other recapitalization, merger, consolidation or otherwise; provided, however, that a Registrable Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security when (i) such Registrable Security has been disposed of pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, (ii) such Registrable Security is disposed of under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as a result of which the Transferee thereof does not receive “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or (iii) such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of in a transaction in which the Transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the Transferee pursuant to Article V; and provided, further, that any security that has ceased to be a Registrable Security shall not thereafter become a Registrable Security and any security that is issued or distributed in respect of securities that have ceased to be Registrable Securities shall not be a Registrable Security.
“Registration Expenses” means (a) all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Article II, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public accountants and independent petroleum engineers for the Company, fees and expenses (including counsel fees) incurred in connection with complying with state securities or “blue sky” laws, fees of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., and fees of transfer agents and registrars, and (b) reasonable fees and disbursements of one legal counsel for the Holder; in each case, excluding any Selling Expenses.
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“Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company filed or to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, including the related prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
“Section 2.2 Maximum Number of Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
“Section 2.5 Maximum Number of Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(c).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time. References to any rule under the Securities Act shall be deemed to refer to any similar or successor rule or regulation.
“Selling Expenses” means all (a) underwriting fees, discounts and selling commissions allocable to the sale of Registrable Securities, (b) transfer taxes allocable to the sale of the Registrable Securities, and (c) costs or expenses related to any roadshows conducted in connection with the marketing of any Shelf Underwritten Offering.
“Shares” means the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.
“Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Shelf Underwritten Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“Subsequent Period” means the period of time beginning on the six month anniversary of the Effective Time and ending on the one year anniversary of the Effective Time.
“Suspension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Transfer” means any offer, sale, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, entry into any contract to sell, grant of an option to purchase, short sale, assignment, transfer, exchange, gift, bequest or other disposition, direct or indirect, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise. “Transfer,” when used as a verb, and “Transferee” and “Transferor” have correlative meanings.
“Underwritten Offering” means a registered underwritten offering (including an offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement) in which shares of Common Stock are sold to an underwriter on a firm commitment basis for reoffering to the public.
“Underwritten Offering Filing” means (a) with respect to a Shelf Underwritten Offering, a preliminary prospectus supplement (or prospectus supplement if no preliminary prospectus supplement is used) to the Shelf Registration Statement relating to such Shelf Underwritten Offering, and (b) with respect to a Piggyback Underwritten Offering, (i) a preliminary prospectus supplement (or prospectus supplement if no preliminary prospectus supplement is used) to an effective shelf Registration Statement (other than the Shelf Registration Statement) in which Registrable Securities could be included and the Holder could be named as a selling security holder without the filing of a post-effective amendment thereto (other than a post-effective amendment that becomes effective upon filing) or (ii) a Registration Statement (other than the Shelf Registration Statement), in each case relating to such Piggyback Underwritten Offering.
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“WKSI” means a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act).
Article II
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Section 2.1 Shelf Registration.
(a) Within 20 Business Days of the written request of the Holder, which written request may be delivered no earlier than three months after the Effective Time, the Company shall prepare and file a “shelf” registration statement under the Securities Act to permit the resale of the Registrable Securities from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) (the “Shelf Registration Statement”), and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become or be declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, including by filing an automatic shelf registration statement that becomes effective upon filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act to the extent the Company is then a WKSI. Following the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall notify the Holder of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement.
(b) The Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 or, if Form S-3 is not then available to the Company, on Form S-1 or such other form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of the Registrable Securities and shall contain a prospectus in such form as to permit the Holder to sell the Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar rule adopted by the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the effective date for such Registration Statement. The Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for the distribution or resale pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to the Holder and requested by the Holder.
(c) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities until all of the Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities or the earlier termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1.
(d) When effective, the Shelf Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated therein by reference) will comply as to form in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus contained in the Shelf Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements are made).
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Section 2.2 Underwritten Shelf Offering Requests.
(a) In the event that the Holder elects to dispose of Registrable Securities totaling 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company under a Registration Statement pursuant to an Underwritten Offering, the Company shall, at the request of the Holder, subject to the agreement of the Company on the form of such Underwritten Offering (whether a typical underwritten offering, or an overnight or bought deal), enter into an underwriting agreement in a form as is customary in Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Company with the underwriter or underwriters selected pursuant to Section 2.2(c) and shall take all such other reasonable actions as are requested by the Managing Underwriter of such Underwritten Offering and/or the Holder in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (a “Shelf Underwritten Offering”); provided, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to facilitate or participate in (i) any Shelf Underwritten Offerings that are initiated by the Holder pursuant to this Section 2.2 during the Initial Period, or (ii) more than one Organized Offering that is initiated by the Holder pursuant to this Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 during or after the Subsequent Period.
(b) If the Managing Underwriter of the Shelf Underwritten Offering shall inform the Company and the Holder in writing of its belief that the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Shelf Underwritten Offering by any other Persons having registration rights with respect to such offering, when added to the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be offered by the Holder, would materially adversely affect such offering, then the Company shall include in the applicable Underwritten Offering Filing, to the extent of the total number of Registrable Securities that the Company is so advised can be sold in such Shelf Underwritten Offering without so materially adversely affecting such offering (the “Section 2.2 Maximum Number of Shares”), Registrable Securities in the following priority:
(i) First, all Registrable Securities that the Holder requested to be included therein (the “Holder Securities”), and
(ii) Second, to the extent that the number of Holder Securities is less than the Section 2.2 Maximum Number of Shares, the shares of Common Stock requested to be included by any other Persons having registration rights with respect to such offering, pro rata among such other Persons based on the number of shares of Common Stock each requested to be included.
(c) The Company shall propose three or more nationally prominent firms of investment bankers reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as the Managing Underwriter or as other underwriters in connection with such Shelf Underwritten Offering from which the Holder shall select the Managing Underwriter and the other underwriters. The Holder shall determine the pricing of the Registrable Securities offered pursuant to any Shelf Underwritten Offering and the applicable underwriting discounts and commissions and determine the timing of any such Shelf Underwritten Offering, subject to Section 2.4.
Section 2.3 Block Trades. In the event that the Holder elects to dispose of Registrable Securities totaling 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to an unregistered block trade with the assistance of the Company (a “Block Trade”), the Company shall, at the request of the Holder, enter into customary agreements and shall take all such other customary actions as are requested by the Holder in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to facilitate or participate in (i) any Block Trades that are initiated by the Holder pursuant to this Section 2.3 during the Initial Period, or (ii) more than one Organized Offering that is initiated by the Holder pursuant to Section 2.2 or this Section 2.3 during or after the Subsequent Period.
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Section 2.4 Delay and Suspension Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company may (i) delay filing or effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or effecting a Shelf Underwritten Offering, (ii) suspend the Holder’s use of any prospectus that is a part of a Shelf Registration Statement upon written notice to the Holder (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material non-public information regarding the Company) (in which event the Holder shall discontinue sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement but may settle any then-contracted sales of Registrable Securities), or (iii) delay a Block Trade, in each case for a period of up to 60 consecutive days, if the Board determines (A) that such delay or suspension is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders generally due to a pending financing or other transaction involving the Company, including a proposed sale of Common Stock pursuant to a Registration Statement, (B) that such registration or offering would render the Company unable to comply with applicable securities Laws or (C) that such registration or offering would require disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential (any such period, a “Suspension Period”); provided, however, that in no event shall any Suspension Periods collectively exceed an aggregate of 120 days in any 12-month period.
Section 2.5 Piggyback Registration Rights.
(a) Subject to Section 2.5(c), if the Company at any time proposes to file an Underwritten Offering Filing for an Underwritten Offering of shares of Common Stock for its own account or for the account of any other Persons who have or have been granted registration rights (a “Piggyback Underwritten Offering”), it will give written notice of such Piggyback Underwritten Offering to the Holder, which notice shall be held in strict confidence by the Holder and shall include the anticipated filing date of the Underwritten Offering Filing and, if known, the number of shares of Common Stock that are proposed to be included in such Piggyback Underwritten Offering, and of such Holder’s rights under this Section 2.5(a). Such notice shall be given promptly (and in any event at least five Business Days before the filing of the Underwritten Offering Filing or two Business Days before the filing of the Underwritten Offering Filing in connection with a bought or overnight Underwritten Offering); provided, that if the Piggyback Underwritten Offering is a bought or overnight Underwritten Offering and the Managing Underwriter advises the Company that the giving of notice pursuant to this Section 2.5(a) would adversely affect the offering, no such notice shall be required (and the Holder shall have no right to include Registrable Securities in such bought or overnight Underwritten Offering). If such notice is delivered pursuant to this Section 2.5(a), the Holder shall then have four Business Days (or one Business Day in the case of a bought or overnight Underwritten Offering) after the date on which the Holder received notice pursuant to this Section 2.5(a) to request inclusion of Registrable Securities in the Piggyback Underwritten Offering (which request shall specify the maximum number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by the Holder and such other information as is reasonably required to effect the inclusion of such Registrable Securities). If no request for inclusion from the Holder is received within such period, the Holder shall have no further right to participate in such Piggyback Underwritten Offering. Subject to Section 2.5(c), the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to include in the Piggyback Underwritten Offering all Registrable Securities that the Company has been so requested to include by the Holder; provided, however, that if, at any time after giving written notice of a proposed Piggyback Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Section 2.5(a) and prior to the execution of an underwriting agreement with respect thereto, the Company or such other Persons who have or have been granted registration rights, as applicable, shall determine for any reason not to proceed with or to delay such Piggyback Underwritten Offering, the Company shall give written notice of such determination to the Holder (which the Holder will hold in strict confidence) and (i) in the case of a determination not to proceed, shall be relieved of its obligation to include any Registrable Securities in such Piggyback Underwritten Offering (but not from any obligation of the Company to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith), and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay, shall be permitted to delay inclusion of any Registrable Securities for the same period as the delay in including the shares of Common Stock to be sold for the Company’s account or for the account of such other Persons who have or have been granted registration rights, as applicable.
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(b) The Holder shall have the right to withdraw its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any Piggyback Underwritten Offering at any time prior to the execution of an underwriting agreement with respect thereto by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw. The Holder may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Company requesting that the Holder not receive notice from the Company of any proposed Piggyback Underwritten Offering; provided, however, that the Holder may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from the Holder (unless subsequently revoked), the Company shall not, and shall not be required to, deliver any notice to the Holder pursuant to this Section 2.5 and the Holder shall no longer be entitled to participate in any Piggyback Underwritten Offering.
(c) If the Managing Underwriter of the Piggyback Underwritten Offering shall inform the Company of its belief that the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Piggyback Underwritten Offering, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be offered by the Company or such other Persons who have or have been granted registration rights (and any other shares of Common Stock requested to be included by any other Persons having registration rights on parity with the Holder with respect to such offering), would materially adversely affect such offering, then the Company shall include in such Piggyback Underwritten Offering, to the extent of the total number of securities which the Company is so advised can be sold in such offering without so materially adversely affecting such offering (the “Section 2.5 Maximum Number of Shares”), shares of Common Stock in the following priority:
(i) First, (A) if the Piggyback Underwritten Offering is for the account of the Company, all shares of Common Stock that the Company proposes to include for its own account (the “Company Securities”) or, (B) if the Piggyback Underwritten Offering is for the account of any other Persons who have or have been granted registration rights, all shares of Common Stock that such Persons propose to include (the “Other Securities”); and
(ii) Second, (A) if the Piggyback Underwritten Offering is for the account of the Company, to the extent that the number of Company Securities is less than the Section 2.5 Maximum Number of Shares, the shares of Common Stock requested to be included by the Holder and holders of any other shares of Common Stock requested to be included by Persons having rights of registration on parity with the Holder with respect to such offering, pro rata among the Holder and such other holders based on the number of shares of Common Stock each requested to be included and, (B) if the Piggyback Underwritten Offering is for the account of any other Persons who have or have been granted registration rights, to the extent that the number of Other Securities is less than the Section 2.5 Maximum Number of Shares, the shares of Common Stock requested to be included by the Holder.
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Section 2.6 Participation in Underwritten Offerings.
(a) In connection with any Underwritten Offering contemplated by Section 2.2 or Section 2.5, the underwriting agreement into which the Holder and the Company shall enter into shall contain such representations, covenants, indemnities (subject to Article III) and other rights and obligations as are customary in Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Company. The Holder shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding the Holder’s authority to enter into such underwriting agreement and to sell, and its ownership of, the securities being registered on its behalf, its intended method of distribution and any other representation required by Law.
(b) Any participation by the Holder in a Piggyback Underwritten Offering shall be in accordance with the plan of distribution of the Company.
(c) In connection with any Piggyback Underwritten Offering in which the Holder includes Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.5, the Holder agrees (A) to supply any information reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and/or any other documents relating to such registered offering and (B) to execute and deliver any agreements and instruments being executed by all holders on substantially the same terms reasonably requested by the Company or the Managing Underwriter, as applicable, to effectuate such registered offering, including, without limitation, underwriting agreements (subject to Section 2.6(a)), custody agreements, lock-ups or “hold back” agreements pursuant to which the Holder agrees with the Managing Underwriter not to sell or purchase any securities of the Company for the shorter of (i) the same period of time following the registered offering as is agreed to by the Company and the other participating holders (not to exceed the shortest number of days that a director of the Company, “executive officer” (as defined under Section 16 of the Exchange Act) of the Company or any stockholder of the Company (other than the Holder or director or employee of, or consultant to, the Company) who owns 10% or more of the outstanding Shares contractually agrees with the underwriters of such Piggyback Underwritten Offering not to sell any securities of the Company following such Piggyback Underwritten Offering and (ii) 60 days from the date of the execution of the underwriting agreement with respect to such Piggyback Underwritten Offering), powers of attorney and questionnaires.
Section 2.7 Registration Procedures.
(a) In connection with its obligations under this Article II (other than Section 2.3), the Company will:
(i) promptly 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 and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holder set forth in such Registration Statement;
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(ii) furnish to the Holder such number of conformed copies of such Registration Statement and of each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including without limitation all exhibits), such number of copies of the prospectus contained in such Registration Statement (including without limitation each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents, as the Holder may reasonably request;
(iii) if applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder shall reasonably request, to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such Registration Statement remains in effect, and to take any other action which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities owned by the Holder, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause (iii) be obligated to be so qualified or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(iv) in connection with an Underwritten Offering, use all commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Holder a copy of any auditor “comfort” letters, customary legal opinions or reports of the independent petroleum engineers of the Company relating to the oil and gas reserves of the Company, in each case that have been provided to the Managing Underwriter in connection with the Underwritten Offering;
(v) promptly notify the Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and at the request of the Holder promptly prepare and file or furnish to the Holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;
(vi) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act;
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(vii) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;
(viii) cause all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be listed on any securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed; and
(ix) in connection with any Underwritten Offering or Block Trade, enter into such customary agreements and take such other actions as the Holder shall reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities; and
(x) in connection with any Underwritten Offering, cause its officers to use their commercially reasonable efforts to support the marketing of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement (including, without limitation, participation in electronic or telephonic “road shows”).
(b) The Holder agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Securities that upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.7(a)(v), the Holder will forthwith discontinue the Holder’s disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement until the Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 2.7(a)(v) as filed with the Commission or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of such Registration Statement may be resumed, and, if so directed by the Company, will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in the Holder’s possession of the prospectus relating to such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this Section 2.7(b).
Section 2.8 Cooperation by Holder. The Company shall have no obligation to include Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement or Underwritten Offering if the Holder has failed to timely furnish such information as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing regarding the Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities that the Company determines, after consultation with its counsel, is reasonably required in order for any registration statement or prospectus supplement, as applicable, to comply with the Securities Act.
Section 2.9 RESERVED.
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Article III
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
Section 3.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Holder, its officers and directors and each Person (if any) that controls the Holder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including reasonable costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and any legal or other fees or expenses incurred by such Person in connection with any investigation or Proceeding), expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (“Losses”) as incurred, caused by, arising out of or based upon, resulting from or related to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or based on any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which such statement is made), provided, however, that such indemnity shall not apply to that portion of such Losses caused by, or arising out of, any untrue statement, or alleged untrue statement or any such omission or alleged omission, to the extent such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Holder expressly for use therein.
Section 3.2 Indemnification by the Holder. The Holder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and directors and each Person (if any) that controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all Losses caused by, arising out of, resulting from or related to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or prospectus relating to Registrable Securities (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which such statement is made), only to the extent such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Holder expressly for use in such Registration Statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus.
Section 3.3 Indemnification Procedures. In case any Proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, such Person (the “Indemnified Party”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing (provided that the failure of the Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Article III, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice), and the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in such Proceeding and, unless in the reasonable opinion of outside counsel to the Indemnified Party a conflict of interest between the Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party may exist in respect of such claim, to assume the defense thereof jointly with any other Indemnifying Party similarly notified, to the extent that it chooses, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and after notice from the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified Party that it so chooses, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that (i) if the Indemnifying Party fails to assume the defense or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, (ii) if such Indemnified Party who is a defendant in any action or Proceeding which is also brought against the Indemnifying Party reasonably shall have concluded that there may be one or more legal defenses available to such Indemnified Party which are not available to the Indemnifying Party or (iii) if representation of both parties by the same counsel is otherwise inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct then, in any such case, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to assume or continue its own defense as set forth above (but with no more than one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties in each jurisdiction, except to the extent any Indemnified Party or Indemnified Parties reasonably shall have concluded that there may be legal defenses available to such party or parties which are not available to the other Indemnified Parties or to the extent representation of all Indemnified Parties by the same counsel is otherwise inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct) and the Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any expenses therefor. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the Indemnified Party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (A) includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (B) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.
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Section 3.4 Contribution.
(a) If the indemnification provided for in this Article III is unavailable to an Indemnified Party in respect of any Losses in respect of which indemnity is to be provided hereunder, then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall to the fullest extent permitted by Law contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of such party in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company (on the one hand) and the Holder (on the other hand) shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(b) The Company and the Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Article III were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 3.4(a). The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in Section 3.4(a) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article III, the Holder shall not be liable for indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Article III for any amount in excess of the net proceeds of the offering received by the Holder, less the amount of any damages which the Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 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.
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Article IV
RULE 144
With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission that may permit the resale of the Registrable Securities without registration, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to:
(a) make and keep public information regarding the Company available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times from and after the date hereof;
(b) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at all times from and after the date hereof; and
(c) so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish (i) to the extent accurate, forthwith upon request, a written statement of the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and (ii) unless otherwise available via the Commission’s EDGAR filing system, to the Holder forthwith upon request a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed as the Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing the Holder to sell any such securities without registration.
Article V
TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS
The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities or assist in a Block Trade under Article II of this Agreement may be transferred or assigned by the Holder to one or more Transferees of Registrable Securities if such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee and such Transferee has delivered to the Company a duly executed Adoption Agreement. Following any Transfer in compliance with this Article V, references to the “Holder” in this Agreement shall include the Holder and any Permitted Transferee(s) collectively as a group.
Article VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.1 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall not become effective until the Effective Time and shall thereafter be effective until terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, this Agreement and all the terms hereunder shall also terminate, regardless of any other provisions set forth in this Agreement.
Section 6.2 Termination. After effectiveness in accordance with Section 6.1, this Agreement shall terminate, and the parties shall have no further rights or obligations hereunder on (a) the second anniversary of the date hereof or (b) on such earlier date on which both (i) the Holder owns less than 2.5% of the Company’s voting securities and (ii) all Registrable Securities owned by the Holder may be sold without restriction (including any limitation thereunder on volume or manner of sale and without the need for current public information) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act; provided, however, that Article III shall survive any termination hereof.
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Section 6.3 Severability and Construction. Each party hereto agrees that, should any court or other competent authority hold any provision of this Agreement or part hereof to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such other term or provision in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties hereto as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, in response to an order from a court or other competent authority for any party hereto to take any action inconsistent herewith or not to take an action consistent herewith or required hereby, to the extent that a party hereto took an action inconsistent with this Agreement or failed to take action consistent with this Agreement or required by this Agreement pursuant to such order, such party hereto shall not incur any liability or obligation unless such party hereto did not in good faith seek to resist or object to the imposition or entering of such order.
Section 6.4 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT) THAT MAY BE BASED UPON, ARISE OUT OF RELATE TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF.
(b) THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR, IF THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR THE DELAWARE SUPREME COURT DETERMINES THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 111 OF the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, THE COURT OF CHANCERY DOES NOT HAVE OR SHOULD NOT EXERCISE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER SUCH MATTER, THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LOCATED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE SOLELY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISPUTE THAT ARISES IN RESPECT OF THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THE MERGER AGREEMENT, AND HEREBY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT THAT IT IS NOT SUBJECT THERETO OR THAT SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING MAY NOT BE BROUGHT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN SAID COURTS OR THAT VENUE THEREOF MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE OR THAT THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED EXCLUSIVELY BY SUCH DELAWARE STATE OR FEDERAL COURT. THE PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO AND GRANT ANY SUCH COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OF SUCH PARTIES AND OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE AND AGREE THAT MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN Section 6.7 OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF.
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(c) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY 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 BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO 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 THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS Section 6.4.
Section 6.5 Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities. The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to any and all shares of capital stock of the Company or any successor or assignee of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) which may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution for the Shares, by reason of any stock dividend, split, reverse split, combination, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or otherwise in such a manner and with such appropriate adjustments as to reflect the intent and meaning of the provisions hereof and so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to the capital stock of the Company as so changed.
Section 6.6 Binding Effects; Benefits of Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns and the Holder and its successors and assigns. Except as provided in Article V, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, benefits or obligations hereunder may be assigned or transferred, by operation of law or otherwise, by the Holder without the prior written consent of the Company.
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Section 6.7 Notices. All notices hereunder shall be deemed given if in writing and delivered, by electronic mail, courier, or registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), to the following addresses (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by like notice):
(a) If to the Company, to:
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
410 17th St.
Denver, CO 80202
Attention: Skip Marter, General Counsel
E mail: ***@***
(b) If to the Holder, to the address or electronic mail addresses of the Holder as it appears on the Holder’s signature page attached hereto or such other address as may be designated in writing by the Holder;
or to such other address as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to such other party in writing in accordance herewith. Any notice given by delivery, mail, or courier shall be effective when received.
Section 6.8 Modification; Waiver. This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by a written instrument duly executed by the Company and the Holder. No course of dealing between the Company and the Holder or any delay in exercising any rights hereunder will operate as a waiver of any rights of any party to this Agreement. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement will in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and will not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
Section 6.9 Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein, this Agreement (together with the Merger Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement), and any other documents and instruments executed pursuant hereto or thereto) constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, oral or written, among the parties hereto with respect thereto.
Section 6.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts and by way of electronic signature and delivery, each such counterpart, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same agreement. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, each individual executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto has been duly authorized and empowered to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of said party hereto.
Section 6.11 Further Assurances. Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, the parties hereto agree to execute and deliver such other instruments and perform such acts, in addition to the matters herein specified, as may be reasonably appropriate or necessary, from time to time, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, as applicable.
Section 6.12 Prior Registration Rights. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder is deemed to have registration rights on parity with the registration rights granted in that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2021, by and among the Company and Franklin Advisers, Inc., as investment manager on behalf of certain funds and accounts. In addition, Holder hereby agrees that the rights of Holder and/or its Affiliates under that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 20, 2021, between Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. and the holders party thereto, shall automatically terminate upon the effectiveness of this Agreement without further action by any Person.
[signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed by its undersigned duly authorized representative as of the date first written above.
| THE COMPANY: | ||
| BONANZA CREEK ENERGY, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Cyrus D. Marter IV | |
| Name: | Cyrus D. Marter IV | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
Signature Page To Registration Rights Agreement
| holder: | ||
| Kimmeridge Chelsea, LLC | ||
| By: | Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC, the investment adviser to its parent companies | |
| By: | /s/ Tamar Goldstein | |
| Name: | Tamar Goldstein | |
| Title: | General Counsel | |
Notices:
c/o Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC
412 West 15th Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10011
Attention: Tamar Goldstein, Esq.
E-mail: ***@***
with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
| Attention: | Eleazer Klein, Esq. |
| Adrianna Schwartz, Esq. |
| E-mail: | ***@*** |
| ***@*** |
Signature Page To Registration Rights Agreement
EXHIBIT A
ADOPTION AGREEMENT
This Adoption Agreement (“Adoption Agreement”) is executed by the undersigned transferee (“Transferee”) pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2021, between Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) and Kimmeridge Chelsea, LLC (the “Holder”) (as amended from time to time, the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Terms used and not otherwise defined in this Adoption Agreement have the meanings set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
By the execution of this Adoption Agreement, the Transferee agrees as follows:
| 1. | Acknowledgement. Transferee acknowledges that Transferee is acquiring certain shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement among the Company and the Holder. |
| 2. | Agreement. Transferee (i) agrees that the shares of Common Stock of the Company acquired by Transferee shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to the terms thereof, and (ii) hereby adopts the Registration Rights Agreement with the same force and effect as if he, she or it were originally a party thereto. |
| 3. | Notice. Any notice required as permitted by the Registration Rights Agreement shall be given to Transferee at the address listed beside Transferee’s signature below. |
| 4. | Joinder. The spouse of the undersigned Transferee, if applicable, executes this Adoption Agreement to acknowledge its fairness and that it is in such spouse’s best interest, and to bind such spouse’s community interest, if any, in the shares of Common Stock and other securities referred to above and in the Registration Rights Agreement, to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement. |
Signature:
Address:
Contact Person:
Telephone No:
Email:
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