AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

EX-4.7 2 dex47.htm AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT Amendment to Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement

Exhibit 4.7

AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Amendment to Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into effective March 11, 2011 by and among Ellie Mae, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons holding the majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities and set forth on the signature pages hereto (the “Majority Holders”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company’s predecessor, Ellie Mae, Inc., a California corporation (the “Predecessor”), and the persons holding the majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding executed that Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated December 21, 2005 (the “Investor Rights Agreement”) (capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Investor Rights Agreement);

WHEREAS, the Company became party to the Investor Rights Agreement by operation of law upon the reincorporation of the Predecessor as the Company effective November 30, 2009;

WHEREAS, under Section 6.2 of the Investor Rights Agreement, the Company and Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities may amend, on behalf of all other holders of Registrable Securities, terms of the Investor Rights Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Company and the persons holding the majority of Registrable Securities then outstanding have entered into an Amendment and Waiver to Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated March 31, 2010, and an Amendment and Waiver to Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated September 16, 2010;

WHEREAS, the Majority Holders hold at least a majority of the Registrable Securities; and

WHEREAS, the Majority Holders and the Company now desire to further amend the Investor Rights Agreement.

        AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

 

1.

Section 3.4 of the Investor Rights Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

 

3.4

Termination of Rights. The rights granted under this Section 3 shall expire as to all Holders upon the automatic conversion of all of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock in accordance with Article FOURTH, Section 4(a)(ii) of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in effect as of March 11, 2011 (the “Charter”).

 

 

 

2.

Section 4(c) of the Investor Rights Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:


 

(c)

The rights granted under this Section 4 are not assignable by Hotung and shall expire upon the automatic conversion of all of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock in accordance with Article FOURTH, Section 4(a)(ii) of the Charter.

 

 

 

3.

From and after the date of this Amendment, the Investor Rights Agreement is amended by this Amendment. Except as expressly amended pursuant hereto or pursuant to previous amendments referenced in the recitals hereto, the Investor Rights Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

 

 

4.

This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

 

5.

This Amendment and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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The parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 

COMPANY:

 

ELLIE MAE, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 

By:

 

/s/Sigmund Anderman                                

   

Name: Sigmund Anderman

   

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement


The parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 

MAJORITY HOLDERS:

 

Alta California Partners II, LP

 
 

By: Alta California Management Partners II, LLC

 
 

By: /s/Guy Nohra                                                             

 
 

Name: Guy Nohra

 
 

Title: Member

 
 

Alta Embarcadero Partners II, LLC

 
 

By: /s/Guy Nohra                                                             

 
 

Name: Guy Nohra

 
 

Title: Member

 
 

AMA98 Corporate, L.P.

 
 

AMA98 Investors, L.P.

 
 

AMA98 Partners, L.P.

 
 

AMA98 Ventures, L.P.

 
 

  By: /s/Tony Di Bona                                                             

  Managing Member of

  Alloy Ventures 1998, LLC

  the general partner of

  AMA98 Corporate, LP, AMA98 Investors, LP,

  AMA98 Partners LP, AMA98 Ventures, LP

 
 

  Charter Legacy, LLC

 
 

  By: /s/Elizabeth Hammack                                                     

 
 

  Name: Elizabeth Hammack

 
 

  Title: EVP

 
 

  Chung-Shan II Venture Capital Corporation

 
 

  By: /s/Shan-Hui Tseng                                                           

 
 

  Name: Shan-Hui Tseng

 
 

  Title: President

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement


The parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 

Corelogic, Inc.

By: /s/Gerald Hoerauf                                                 

Name:

Title:

Daniel I. Rubin

By: /s/Daniel I. Rubin                                                 

Eric S. Dobkin

By:                                                                  

Dobkin Family Foundation

By:                                                                  

Name:

Title:

Fannie Mae

By:                                                                  

Name:

Title:

Frank J. and Paula C. Schultz 1989 Revocable

Trust

By: /s/Frank J. Schultz                                                 

Name: Frank J. Schultz

Title: Trustee

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement

 


The parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 

Genworth Financial Services, Inc.

By: /s/Chris Mock                                                         

Name: Chris Mock

Title: SVP

GKM SBIC, L.P., SBA as Receiver for

By: /s/Thomas G. Morris                                             

Name: Thomas G. Morris

Title: Director, Office of Liq

Hotung Venture Capital Corporation

By: /s/ Tsui-Hui Huang                                             

Name: Tsui-Hui Huang

Title: President

Shengtung Venture Capital Corporation

By: /s/ Tsui-Hui Huang                                             

Name: Tsui-Hui Huang

Title: President

PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.

By:                                                                          

Name:

Title:

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement


The parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 

The Pidwell Family Living Trust dated 6/25/87

By: /s/David W. Pidwell                                                 

Name: David W. Pidwell

Title: Trustee

W Capital Partners II, L.P.

By: WCP GP II, L.P. its General Partner

By: WCP GP II, LLC its General Partner

/s/ David Wachter                                                 

Managing Member

 

 

 

 

Signature Page to Amendment to Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement