{"id":43878,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/registration-rights-agreement-llc-for-digital-business-and.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"registration-rights-agreement-llc-for-digital-business-and","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/securities\/registration-rights-agreement-llc-for-digital-business-and.html","title":{"rendered":"Registration Rights Agreement &#8211; LLC for Digital Business and College Business &#8211; Barnes &#038; Noble Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">OF<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">[NEWCO] LLC<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 90%;\" width=\"90%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"94%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">Page<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"94%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>ARTICLE I Defined Terms<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 1.01.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Definitions<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 1.02.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Terms and Usage Generally<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"94%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>ARTICLE II Registration Rights<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 2.01<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Demand Offering<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 2.02<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Piggyback Registration<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 2.03<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Expenses of Registration<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 2.04<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Procedures for Registration<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 2.05<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Suspension of Sales<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">11<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 2.06<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Free Writing Prospectuses<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 2.07<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Shelf-Take Downs<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"94%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>ARTICLE III Indemnification<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 3.01<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Indemnification<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 3.02<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Contribution<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"94%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>ARTICLE IV Lock-Up; Agreement to Furnish Information<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 4.01<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Lock-up Agreement<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"94%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>ARTICLE V Transfer and Termination of Registration Rights<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">17<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 5.01<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Transfer of Registration Rights<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">17<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 5.02<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Termination of Registration Rights<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">17<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"94%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>ARTICLE VI Miscellaneous<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">17<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 6.01<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Binding Effect; Issuer Joinder; Assignability; Benefit<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">17<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 6.02<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Notices<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 6.03<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Counterparts and Facsimile<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 6.04<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Waiver; Amendment<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 6.05<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Governing Law; Specific Enforcement; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of<br \/>\nJury Trial<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">19<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 6.06<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Headings<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 6.07<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Entire Agreement<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 6.08<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Severability<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>SECTION 6.09<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"81%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Future Registration Rights<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"right\">21<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\">i<\/p>\n<hr>\n<table style=\"width: 90%;\" width=\"90%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"11%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>EXHIBITS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"68%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"11%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"68%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"11%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Exhibit A<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"68%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Form of Shareholder Joinder to Registration Rights Agreement<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"11%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Exhibit B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"68%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Form of Issuer Joinder to Registration Rights Agreement<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"11%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Exhibit C<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"68%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Shareholders Party to the Registration Rights Agreement<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"center\">ii<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated as of [ 143], 2012 (this<br \/>\n&#8220;<u>Agreement<\/u>&#8220;) among [NewCo] LLC (the &#8220;<u>Company<\/u>&#8220;) and the<br \/>\nShareholders party hereto as listed on the signature pages, including any<br \/>\nPermitted Transferees (collectively, the &#8220;<u>Shareholders<\/u>&#8221; and individually,<br \/>\na &#8220;<u>Shareholder<\/u>&#8220;). Capitalized terms used herein have their respective<br \/>\nmeanings as set forth in Section 1.01.<\/p>\n<p>NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth<br \/>\nherein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and<br \/>\nsufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as<br \/>\nfollows:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">ARTICLE I<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u>Defined Terms<\/u><\/p>\n<p>SECTION 1.01 <u>Definitions<\/u>. Unless the context otherwise requires, the<br \/>\nterms defined in this Article I shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, have<br \/>\nthe meanings herein specified.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Affiliate<\/u>&#8221; shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person<br \/>\nthat directly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by<br \/>\nor is under common control with, the specified Person. As used in this<br \/>\ndefinition, the term &#8220;control&#8221; (including with correlative meanings, &#8220;controls&#8221;,<br \/>\n&#8220;controlled by&#8221; and &#8220;under common control with&#8221;) shall mean, with respect to any<br \/>\nPerson, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause<br \/>\nthe direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through<br \/>\nownership of securities or partnership, membership, limited liability company or<br \/>\nother ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Board of Managers<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC<br \/>\nAgreement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Business Day<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Claim<\/u>&#8221; means any demand, action, claim, suit, litigation,<br \/>\narbitration, prosecution, proceeding (including any civil, criminal,<br \/>\nadministrative, investigative or appellate proceeding, at law or in equity),<br \/>\nhearing, examination or investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Company Common Stock<\/u>&#8221; shall mean the common stock (or other equity<br \/>\ninterests) of the Company or, if applicable, the Issuer following an Initial<br \/>\nPublic Offering or Qualified Distribution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Effectiveness Period<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section<br \/>\n2.05.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Governmental Entity<\/u>&#8221; shall mean the government of the United States,<br \/>\nany other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local,<br \/>\nand any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank<br \/>\nor other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory<br \/>\nor administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Indemnified Party<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section<br \/>\n3.01(d).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Indemnifying Party<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section<br \/>\n3.01(d).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Initial Public Offering<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC<br \/>\nAgreement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Inspectors<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(k).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Investment Agreement<\/u>&#8221; shall mean the Investment Agreement between<br \/>\nParent, Morrison and Microsoft Corporation, dated as of April 27, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Issuer<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Joinder Agreement<\/u>&#8221; has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(b).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>LLC Agreement<\/u>&#8221; shall mean the Amended and Restated LLC Agreement of<br \/>\nthe Company, dated as of [ 143], 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Morrison<\/u>&#8221; shall mean Morrison Investment Holdings, Inc., a Nevada<br \/>\ncorporation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Microsoft Corporation<\/u>&#8221; shall mean Microsoft Corporation, a Washington<br \/>\ncorporation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Permitted Transferee<\/u>&#8221; shall mean (A) Morrison, (B) any Person to whom<br \/>\nMorrison may transfer its Membership Interests pursuant to the LLC Agreement,<br \/>\n(C) Microsoft Corporation or (D) any Person that is (directly or indirectly)<br \/>\nwholly owned by Microsoft Corporation; <u>provided<\/u>, <u>however<\/u>, that, in<br \/>\nthe case of a transfer to a Person that is (directly or indirectly) wholly owned<br \/>\nby Microsoft Corporation pursuant to Section 8.04(a) of the LLC Agreement, if at<br \/>\nany time subsequent to such transfer, such transferee ceases to be wholly owned<br \/>\n(directly or indirectly) Microsoft Corporation, then such Person shall<br \/>\nautomatically cease to be a Permitted Transferee and Shareholder for purposes of<br \/>\nthis Agreement and any Company Common Stock held by such Person shall be deemed<br \/>\nto be automatically transferred back to Microsoft Corporation or such other<br \/>\nPerson that is (directly or indirectly) wholly owned by Microsoft Corporation as<br \/>\ndesignated by Microsoft Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Parent<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Person<\/u>&#8221; shall mean any individual, corporation, association,<br \/>\npartnership (general or limited), joint venture, trust, estate, limited<br \/>\nliability company or other legal entity or organization.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Preferred Stock<\/u>&#8221; shall mean the Preferred Stock of the Issuer<br \/>\ndelivered in exchange for the Series A Preferred Membership Interests (as<br \/>\ndefined in the LLC Agreement) pursuant to Section 9.01 of the LLC Agreement.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Qualified Distribution<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the LLC<br \/>\nAgreement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Records<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(k).<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">2<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Register<\/u>,&#8221; &#8220;<u>registered<\/u>&#8221; and &#8220;<u>registration<\/u>&#8221; shall mean a<br \/>\nregistration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement with the<br \/>\nSEC in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable rules and regulations<br \/>\nthereunder, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such<br \/>\nregistration statement by the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Registrable Securities<\/u>&#8221; shall mean the shares of Company Common Stock<br \/>\nissued or issuable upon conversion of the Company153s Preferred Stock or otherwise<br \/>\nbeneficially owned (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the<br \/>\nExchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement) by a Shareholder and<br \/>\nany other securities issued or issuable with respect to any such securities by<br \/>\nway of share split, share dividend, recapitalization, merger, exchange or<br \/>\nsimilar event or otherwise. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such<br \/>\nsecurities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a registration<br \/>\nstatement registering such securities under the Securities Act has been declared<br \/>\neffective and such securities have been sold or otherwise transferred by the<br \/>\nholder thereof pursuant to such effective registration statement, (ii) such<br \/>\nsecurities may be sold without any restriction under the Securities Act, (iii)<br \/>\nsuch securities shall have been otherwise transferred in a transaction in which<br \/>\nthe transferor153s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee<br \/>\nof such securities or (iv) such securities are no longer outstanding;<br \/>\n<u>provided<\/u>, <u>however<\/u>, that Registrable Securities held by a<br \/>\nShareholder will not cease to be Registrable Securities by reason of clause (ii)<br \/>\nof this definition for so long as such Registrable Securities continue to be<br \/>\nheld by a Permitted Transferee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Registration Expenses<\/u>&#8221; shall mean, with respect to any registration,<br \/>\n(i) all expenses incurred by the Issuer in effecting any registration pursuant<br \/>\nto this Agreement, including all registration and filing fees, printing<br \/>\nexpenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuer, blue sky fees and<br \/>\nexpenses, road show expenses and (ii) fees and expenses of the Issuer153s<br \/>\nindependent certified public accountants and counsel (including with respect to<br \/>\n&#8220;comfort&#8221; letters and opinions) and any other special experts retained by the<br \/>\nIssuer; <u>provided<\/u> that Registration Expenses shall not include any Selling<br \/>\nExpenses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Registration Statement<\/u>&#8221; means any registration statement that is<br \/>\nrequired to register the resale of the Registrable Securities under this<br \/>\nAgreement, and including the related prospectus and any pre- and post-effective<br \/>\namendments and supplements to each such registration statement or prospectus.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Requesting Shareholder<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section<br \/>\n2.01(a).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Representative<\/u>&#8221; shall mean, with respect to any person, the<br \/>\ndirectors, officers, employees, investment bankers, financial advisors,<br \/>\nattorneys, accountants or other advisors, agents or representatives of such<br \/>\nperson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Scheduled Black-Out Period<\/u>&#8221; shall mean the period from and including<br \/>\nthe 10th Business Day preceding the last day of a fiscal quarter of the Issuer<br \/>\nto and including the 3rd Business Day after the day on which the Issuer publicly<br \/>\nreleases its earnings for such fiscal quarter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>SEC<\/u>&#8221; shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Securities Act<\/u>&#8221; shall mean the United States Securities Act of 1933.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">3<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Selling Expenses<\/u>&#8221; shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling<br \/>\ncommissions and stock transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the sale of<br \/>\nRegistrable Securities and all fees and expenses, in each case, of any<br \/>\nRequesting Shareholder (other than such fees and expenses included in<br \/>\nRegistration Expenses).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Shareholder<\/u>&#8221; has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Shareholder Indemnified Person<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in<br \/>\nSection 3.01(a).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Subsidiary<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in the Investment<br \/>\nAgreement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Suspension Period<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section<br \/>\n2.01(d).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<u>Underwriter Cutback<\/u>&#8221; shall have the meaning set forth in Section<br \/>\n2.01(a).<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 1.02 <u>Terms and Usage Generally<\/u><em>.<\/em> All references herein<br \/>\nto an &#8220;Article&#8221;, &#8220;Section&#8221; or &#8220;Schedule&#8221; shall refer to an Article or a Section<br \/>\nof, or a Schedule to, this Agreement. Whenever the words &#8220;include&#8221;, &#8220;includes&#8221;<br \/>\nor &#8220;including&#8221; are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed<br \/>\nby the words &#8220;without limitation&#8221;. The words &#8220;hereto&#8221;, &#8220;hereof&#8221;, &#8220;herein&#8221; and<br \/>\n&#8220;hereunder&#8221; and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer<br \/>\nto this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this<br \/>\nAgreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings<br \/>\nwhen used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto<br \/>\nunless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement<br \/>\nare applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to<br \/>\nthe masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms. Any<br \/>\nagreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any<br \/>\nagreement or instrument that is referred to herein shall mean such agreement,<br \/>\ninstrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented,<br \/>\nincluding (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent in<br \/>\nwriting and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor<br \/>\nstatutes and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated<br \/>\ntherein. References to a Person are also to its successors and assigns, in each<br \/>\ncase as permitted under this Agreement. All references to &#8220;$&#8221; mean the lawful<br \/>\ncurrency of the United States of America. Each of the parties has participated<br \/>\nin the drafting and negotiating of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question<br \/>\nof intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement must be construed as if it is<br \/>\ndrafted by all the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise<br \/>\nfavoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of authorship of any of the<br \/>\nprovisions of this Agreement.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">ARTICLE II<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u>Registration Rights<\/u><\/p>\n<p>SECTION 2.01 <u>Demand Offering<\/u>. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions<br \/>\nof this Agreement, including Section 4.01(a), at any time following an Initial<br \/>\nPublic Offering or Qualified Distribution, Morrison or a Permitted Transferee to<br \/>\nwhich Morrison has assigned its rights hereunder pursuant to Section 5.01, as<br \/>\nthe case may be (such requesting Shareholder, whether under Section 2.01 or<br \/>\n2.02, shall be referred to herein as the &#8220;<u>Requesting Shareholder<\/u>&#8220;), may<br \/>\non one occasion request the Issuer to register under the Securities Act all or<br \/>\nany portion of the Registrable Securities held by such Requesting Shareholder<br \/>\nfor sale in the manner specified in such request, provided that the aggregate<br \/>\noffering price, as such amount is determined on the cover page of the<br \/>\nregistration statement, shall not be less than $25,000,000. Such request shall<br \/>\nspecify the intended method of disposition thereof by the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder, including whether (i) the registration requested is for an<br \/>\nunderwritten offering and (ii) the registration statement covering such<br \/>\nRegistrable Securities shall be on Form S-3 (subject to Section 2.01(c)). If the<br \/>\nIssuer is requested to file a registration on Form S-3 and the Issuer is then so<br \/>\neligible, the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the<br \/>\nregistration statement to be automatically effective if so requested by the<br \/>\nRequesting Shareholder. In the event that any registration pursuant to this<br \/>\nSection 2.01 shall be, in whole or in part, an underwritten public offering of<br \/>\nCompany Common Stock, the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be<br \/>\nincluded in such an underwriting may be reduced if and to the extent that the<br \/>\nmanaging underwriter shall be of the good faith opinion that such inclusion<br \/>\nwould adversely affect the marketing of the securities to be sold by the Issuer<br \/>\ntherein (an &#8220;<u>Underwriter Cutback<\/u>&#8220;). The Requesting Shareholder may revoke<br \/>\na request pursuant to this Section 2.01; <u>provided<\/u>, that such request<br \/>\nshall count as the Requesting Shareholder153s demand request referred to in<br \/>\nSection 2.01(b) unless (i) such request is in response to a material adverse<br \/>\nchange regarding the Issuer or (ii) the Requesting Shareholder reimburses the<br \/>\nIssuer for all out-of-pocket expenses (including Registration Expenses) incurred<br \/>\nby the Issuer relating to such registration statement; <u>provided<\/u><br \/>\n<u>further<\/u> that if the Requesting Shareholder revokes a demand pursuant to<br \/>\nthis Section 2.01(a) within 24 hours after notice in writing to the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder of an Underwriter Cutback, (x) such request shall not count as its<br \/>\ndemand request pursuant to Section 2.01(b) and (y) the Requesting Shareholder<br \/>\nwill not be responsible to reimburse the Issuer for any of its out-of-pocket<br \/>\nexpenses, including Registration Expenses. No demand registration shall be<br \/>\ndeemed to have occurred, and any request delivered in connection therewith shall<br \/>\nnot count as the Requesting Shareholder153s demand request referred to in Section<br \/>\n2.01(b), if the size of the offering is reduced in connection with an<br \/>\nUnderwriter Cutback such that less than 50% of the Registrable Securities of<br \/>\nsuch Shareholder sought to be included in such registration are included.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">4<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>(b) Following receipt of any request under this Section 2.01, the Issuer<br \/>\nshall use reasonable best efforts to register as promptly as reasonably<br \/>\npracticable under the Securities Act, for public sale in accordance with the<br \/>\nmethod of disposition specified in such request from the Requesting Shareholder,<br \/>\nthe number of shares of Registrable Securities specified in such request. If<br \/>\nsuch method of disposition shall be an underwritten public offering, the<br \/>\nRequesting Shareholder may designate the managing underwriter or co-managing<br \/>\nunderwriter of such offering, subject to the approval of the Issuer, which<br \/>\napproval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Issuer153s obligation<br \/>\nto effect the demand registration pursuant to this Section 2.01 shall be deemed<br \/>\nsatisfied only when a Registration Statement covering all shares of Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities specified in the Requesting Shareholder153s request, for sale in<br \/>\naccordance with the method of disposition specified by the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder, shall have become effective and, (i) (x) if such method of<br \/>\ndisposition is a firm commitment underwritten public offering, all such shares<br \/>\nshall have been sold pursuant thereto and (y) in any other case, such<br \/>\nregistration statement shall have remained effective throughout the<br \/>\nEffectiveness Period and (ii) the offering of the Registrable Securities<br \/>\npursuant to such Registration Statement is not subject to a stop order,<br \/>\ninjunction, or similar order or requirement of the SEC during such period.<\/p>\n<p>(c) From and after the date of the Initial Public Offering or Qualified<br \/>\nDistribution, the Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to<br \/>\nqualify under the provisions of the Securities Act, and thereafter, to continue<br \/>\nto qualify at all times, for registration on Form S-3 or any successor thereto.<br \/>\nThe demand registration pursuant to this Section 2.01 shall be on Form S-3 or<br \/>\nany similar short-form registration statement, if available. In the event the<br \/>\nIssuer fails to qualify, the Issuer shall be required to effect demand<br \/>\nregistrations pursuant to this Section 2.01 on Form S-1 or any successor thereto<br \/>\nto the same extent as the Issuer would be required to effect demand<br \/>\nregistrations on<\/p>\n<p>Form S-3.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">5<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the<br \/>\nIssuer shall be entitled, by providing written notice to the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder, to require the Requesting Shareholder to suspend the use of the<br \/>\nprospectus for sales of Registrable Securities under the registration statement<br \/>\nfor a reasonable period of time not to exceed 60 consecutive days or 90 days in<br \/>\nthe aggregate in any 12-month period (a &#8220;<u>Suspension Period<\/u>&#8220;) if the Board<br \/>\nof Managers determines in good faith and if the Issuer gives written notice that<br \/>\nsuch use would (i) require the public disclosure of material non-public<br \/>\ninformation concerning any transaction or negotiations involving the Issuer that<br \/>\nwould materially interfere with such transaction or negotiations or (ii)<br \/>\notherwise materially interfere with financing plans, acquisition activities or<br \/>\nbusiness activities of the Issuer, <u>provided<\/u> that, if at the time of<br \/>\nreceipt of such notice the Requesting Shareholder shall have sold Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities (or have signed a firm commitment underwriting agreement with respect<br \/>\nto the purchase of such shares) and the reason for the Suspension Period is not<br \/>\nof a nature that would require a post-effective amendment to the Registration<br \/>\nStatement, then the Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take<br \/>\nsuch action as to eliminate any restriction imposed by federal securities laws<br \/>\non the timely delivery of such shares. Such notice shall contain a statement of<br \/>\nthe reasons for such postponement and an approximation of the anticipated delay.<br \/>\nImmediately upon receipt of such notice, the Requesting Shareholder shall<br \/>\ndiscontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities under such registration<br \/>\nstatement and prospectus relating thereto until such Suspension Period is<br \/>\nterminated. The Issuer agrees that it will terminate any such Suspension Period<br \/>\nas promptly as reasonably practicable and will promptly notify the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder of such termination. After the expiration of any Suspension Period<br \/>\nand without any further request from the Requesting Shareholder, the Issuer<br \/>\nshall as promptly as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment<br \/>\nor supplement to the registration statement or the prospectus, or any document<br \/>\nincorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that,<br \/>\nas thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included<br \/>\ntherein, the prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact<br \/>\nor omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in<br \/>\nthe light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If a<br \/>\nSuspension Period occurs during the Effectiveness Period for a registration<br \/>\nstatement, such Effectiveness Period shall be extended for a number of days<br \/>\nequal to the total number of days during which the distribution of Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities is suspended under this Section 2.01(d). If the Issuer notifies the<br \/>\nRequesting Shareholder of a Suspension Period with respect to a registration<br \/>\nstatement requested pursuant to Section 2.01, (i) the Requesting Shareholder may<br \/>\nby notice to the Issuer withdraw such request without such request counting as<br \/>\nthe Requesting Shareholder153s demand request under Section 2.01(b) and (ii) the<br \/>\nRequesting Shareholder will not be responsible to reimburse the Issuer for any<br \/>\nof its out-of-pocket expenses, including Registration Expenses.<\/p>\n<p>(e) The Issuer shall be entitled to include in any registration statement<br \/>\nreferred to in this Section 2.01, for sale in accordance with the method of<br \/>\ndisposition specified by the Requesting Shareholder, Company Common Stock to be<br \/>\nsold by the Issuer for its own account (to the extent that the inclusion of such<br \/>\nsecurities by the Issuer shall not adversely affect the offering), and shall<br \/>\nnot, without the prior consent of the Requesting Shareholder, be entitled to<br \/>\ninclude securities held by any persons other than the Requesting Shareholder.<br \/>\nThe Registrable Securities of any Requesting Shareholder shall have priority for<br \/>\ninclusion in any firm commitment underwritten offering, ahead of all Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities held by other holders included in such offering, in any Underwriter<br \/>\nCutback.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">6<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>SECTION 2.02 <u>Piggyback Registration<\/u>. Subject to the terms and<br \/>\nconditions of this Agreement, if the Issuer at any time following an Initial<br \/>\nPublic Offering or Qualified Distribution proposes to register any of its<br \/>\nsecurities under the Securities Act for sale to the public, whether for its own<br \/>\naccount or for the account of other security holders or both (except with<br \/>\nrespect to registration statements on Forms S-4, S-8 or another form not<br \/>\navailable for registering the Registrable Securities for sale to the public),<br \/>\neach such time it will give prompt written notice to Shareholders of its<br \/>\nintention to do so (such notice to be given not less than 10 Business Days prior<br \/>\nto the anticipated filing date of the related registration statement). Upon the<br \/>\nwritten request of a Requesting Shareholder, received by the Issuer within 10<br \/>\nBusiness Days after the giving of any such notice by the Issuer, to register any<br \/>\nof its Registrable Securities, the Issuer will use commercially reasonable<br \/>\nefforts to cause the Registrable Securities as to which registration shall have<br \/>\nbeen so requested to be included in the securities to be covered by the<br \/>\nregistration statement proposed to be filed by the Issuer, all to the extent<br \/>\nrequired to permit the sale or other disposition by such Requesting Shareholder<br \/>\nof such Registrable Securities so registered. In the event that any registration<br \/>\npursuant to this Section 2.02 shall be, in whole or in part, an underwritten<br \/>\npublic offering of Company Common Stock, the number of shares of Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities to be included in such an underwriting may be reduced pursuant to an<br \/>\nUnderwriter Cutback. In the event that the managing underwriter or co-managing<br \/>\nunderwriters on behalf of all underwriters limits the number of shares to be<br \/>\nincluded in a registration pursuant to this Section 2.02 then the Issuer will<br \/>\ninclude in such registration (i) first, securities proposed by the Issuer to be<br \/>\nsold for its own account or for the account of such other security holder, as<br \/>\napplicable, and (ii) second, (A) shares of Registrable Securities requested to<br \/>\nbe included by a Requesting Shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.02, (B)<br \/>\nsecurities requested to be included by any other holders of Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities and (C) any securities proposed to be registered for the account of<br \/>\nany other Person who by virtue of agreements with the Issuer are entitled to<br \/>\ninclude securities in a registration subject to this Agreement, pro rata, based<br \/>\non the number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by a Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder and each such other holder of Registrable Securities and such other<br \/>\nPersons. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Issuer may withdraw any<br \/>\nregistration statement referred to in this Section 2.02 without thereby<br \/>\nincurring any liability to any Requesting Shareholder.<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 2.03 <u>Expenses of Registration<\/u>. Except as specifically provided<br \/>\nfor in this Agreement, all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any<br \/>\nregistration, qualification or compliance hereunder shall be borne by the<br \/>\nIssuer. In addition, the Issuer shall pay its internal expenses (including all<br \/>\nsalaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or<br \/>\naccounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit, the fees and expenses<br \/>\nincurred in connection with the listing of the Company Common Stock to be<br \/>\nregistered on any securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the<br \/>\nIssuer are then listed and rating agency fees and the fees and expenses of any<br \/>\nperson, including special experts, retained by the Issuer. All Selling Expenses<br \/>\nwith respect to Registrable Securities of a Requesting Shareholder incurred in<br \/>\nconnection with any registration hereunder shall be borne by such Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder. All Selling Expenses relating to Registrable Securities registered<br \/>\non behalf of the holders of Registrable Securities shall be borne by such<br \/>\nholders included in such registration pro rata among each other on the basis of<br \/>\nthe number of Registrable Securities so registered.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">7<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>SECTION 2.04 <u>Procedures for Registration<\/u>. If and whenever the Issuer<br \/>\nis required by the provisions of Sections 2.01 or 2.02 to effect the<br \/>\nregistration of any shares of Registrable Securities under the Securities Act,<br \/>\nthe Issuer will, as expeditiously as possible:<\/p>\n<p>(a) prepare and promptly file with the SEC a registration statement with<br \/>\nrespect to such securities and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such<br \/>\nregistration statement to become and remain effective for the Effectiveness<br \/>\nPeriod;<\/p>\n<p>(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such<br \/>\nregistration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be<br \/>\nnecessary to keep such registration statement effective for the period specified<br \/>\nin paragraph (a) above and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with<br \/>\nrespect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such<br \/>\nregistration statement in accordance with a Requesting Shareholder or its<br \/>\nAffiliates153 intended method of disposition set forth in such registration<br \/>\nstatement for such period;<\/p>\n<p>(c) furnish to the Requesting Shareholder and the underwriters such number of<br \/>\ncopies of the registration statement and the prospectus included therein<br \/>\n(including each preliminary prospectus) as such persons reasonably may request<br \/>\nin order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities covered by such registration statement; and the Issuer hereby<br \/>\nconsents to the use of such Registration Statement and each amendment or<br \/>\nsupplement thereto by the Requesting Shareholder and the underwriters in<br \/>\nconnection with the offering and sale, subject to this Agreement, of the<br \/>\nRegistrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and any such<br \/>\namendment or supplement thereto;<\/p>\n<p>(d) use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify (or exempt<br \/>\nfrom such registration or qualification) the Registrable Securities covered by<br \/>\nsuch registration statement under the securities or &#8220;blue sky&#8221; laws of such<br \/>\njurisdictions as any Requesting Shareholder or, in the case of an underwritten<br \/>\npublic offering, the managing underwriter, reasonably shall request;<br \/>\n<u>provided<\/u>, <u>however<\/u>, that the Issuer shall not for any such purpose<br \/>\nbe required to qualify generally to transact business as a foreign corporation<br \/>\nin any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to consent to general<br \/>\nservice of process in any such jurisdiction;<\/p>\n<p>(e) use commercially reasonable efforts to list the Registrable Securities<br \/>\ncovered by such registration statement with any securities exchange on which the<br \/>\nCompany Common Stock is then listed;<\/p>\n<p>(f) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities not later than the effective date of such registration statement;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">8<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>(g) immediately notify the Requesting Shareholder, at any time when a<br \/>\nprospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities<br \/>\nAct, of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus contained<br \/>\nin such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement<br \/>\nof a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated<br \/>\ntherein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of<br \/>\nthe circumstances then existing, and at the request of the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder prepare and furnish to the Requesting Shareholder a reasonable<br \/>\nnumber of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be<br \/>\nnecessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material<br \/>\nfact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary<br \/>\nto make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then<br \/>\nexisting;<\/p>\n<p>(h) if the offering is underwritten and at the request of the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder, use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish on the date that<br \/>\nRegistrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale pursuant to<br \/>\nsuch registration: (i) an opinion dated such date of counsel representing the<br \/>\nIssuer for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the underwriters and<br \/>\nto the Requesting Shareholder, stating that such registration statement has<br \/>\nbecome effective under the Securities Act and that (A) to the knowledge of such<br \/>\ncounsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and<br \/>\nno proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or<br \/>\ncontemplated under the Securities Act and (B) the registration statement, the<br \/>\nrelated prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereof comply as to form in<br \/>\nall material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act (except that<br \/>\nsuch counsel need not express any opinion as to financial statements or<br \/>\nfinancial or statistical data contained therein) and (ii) a letter dated such<br \/>\ndate from the independent public accountants retained by the Issuer, addressed<br \/>\nto the underwriters and to the Requesting Shareholder, stating that they are<br \/>\nindependent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and<br \/>\nthat, in the opinion of such accountants, the financial statements of the Issuer<br \/>\nincluded in the registration statement or the prospectus, or any amendment or<br \/>\nsupplement thereof, comply as to form in all material respects with the<br \/>\napplicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act, and such letter shall<br \/>\nadditionally cover such other financial matters (including information as to the<br \/>\nperiod ending no more than five Business Days prior to the date of such letter)<br \/>\nwith respect to such registration as such underwriters or the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder may reasonably request;<\/p>\n<p>(i) use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder in the disposition of the Registrable Securities covered by such<br \/>\nregistration statement;<\/p>\n<p>(j) in connection with the preparation and filing of each registration<br \/>\nstatement registering Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, and<br \/>\nbefore filing any such registration statement or any other document in<br \/>\nconnection therewith give reasonable consideration to the inclusion in such<br \/>\ndocuments of any comments reasonably and timely made by the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder or any of its legal counsel; participate in and make documents<br \/>\navailable for the reasonable and customary due diligence review of underwriters<br \/>\nduring normal business hours, on reasonable advance notice and without undue<br \/>\nburden or hardship on the Issuer; <u>provided<\/u> that (i) any party receiving<br \/>\nconfidential materials shall execute a confidentiality agreement on customary<br \/>\nterms if reasonably requested by the Issuer and (ii) the Issuer may in its sole<br \/>\ndiscretion restrict access to competitively sensitive or legally privileged<br \/>\ndocuments or information; and<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">9<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>(k) upon execution of confidentiality agreements in form and substance<br \/>\nreasonably satisfactory to the Issuer, the Issuer shall, in connection with the<br \/>\npreparation and filing of each registration statement registering Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities, make available for inspection by any Requesting Shareholder and any<br \/>\nunderwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to a registration<br \/>\nstatement being filed by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.04 and any<br \/>\nattorney, accountant or other professional retained by any such Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder or underwriter (collectively, the &#8220;Inspectors&#8221;), at the offices<br \/>\nwhere normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all financial and other<br \/>\nrecords, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Issuer and its<br \/>\nSubsidiaries (collectively, the &#8220;Records&#8221;) as shall be reasonably necessary to<br \/>\nenable any of the Inspectors to exercise its due diligence responsibility.<br \/>\nRecords that the Issuer determines, in good faith, to be confidential and that<br \/>\nit notifies the Inspectors are confidential shall not be disclosed by the<br \/>\nInspectors unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or<br \/>\ncorrect a material misstatement or omission in such registration statement or<br \/>\n(ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other<br \/>\norder from a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Shareholder agrees that<br \/>\ninformation obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed<br \/>\nconfidential and shall not be used by it or its Affiliates as the basis for any<br \/>\nmarket transactions in the Registrable Securities unless and until such<br \/>\ninformation is made generally available to the public. Each Shareholder further<br \/>\nagrees that, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court<br \/>\nof competent jurisdiction, it shall give notice to the Issuer and allow the<br \/>\nIssuer, at is expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of<br \/>\nthe Records deemed confidential;<\/p>\n<p>(l) reasonably cooperate to make available, at mutually agreeable times and<br \/>\nupon reasonable notice, members of senior management to participate in a<br \/>\ncustomary &#8220;road show&#8221; with potential purchasers of Registrable Securities<br \/>\n(taking into account the needs of, and potential disruption to, NewCo153s<br \/>\nbusinesses) to make investor presentations; and<\/p>\n<p>(m) otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the<br \/>\nSecurities Act, the Exchange Act and any other applicable rules and regulations<br \/>\nof the SEC and reasonably cooperate with the Requesting Shareholder in the<br \/>\ndisposition of its Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of this<br \/>\nAgreement. Such cooperation shall include the endorsement and transfer of any<br \/>\ncertificates representing Registrable Securities (or a book-entry transfer to<br \/>\nsimilar effect) transferred in accordance with this Agreement and facilitating<br \/>\nsuch Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such<br \/>\nnames as the Requesting Shareholder or underwriters request.<\/p>\n<p>The period of distribution of Registrable Securities in a firm commitment<br \/>\nunderwritten public offering shall be deemed to extend until each underwriter<br \/>\nhas completed the distribution of all securities purchased by it, and the period<br \/>\nof distribution of Registrable Securities in any other registration shall be<br \/>\ndeemed to extend until the earlier of the sale of all Registrable Securities<br \/>\ncovered thereby and 120 days after the effective date thereof (the<br \/>\n&#8220;<u>Effectiveness Period<\/u>&#8220;). The Issuer shall be required to maintain the<br \/>\neffectiveness of the registration statement with respect to the registration of<br \/>\nany shares of Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period,<br \/>\n<u>provided<\/u>, however, that the Effectiveness Period shall be extended for a<br \/>\nperiod of time equal to the period the holder of Registrable Securities refrains<br \/>\nfrom selling any securities included in such Registration Statement at the<br \/>\nrequest of the Issuer or an underwriter of the Issuer pursuant to the provisions<br \/>\nof this Agreement or, in the case of any registration statement requested<br \/>\npursuant to Section 2.01, equal to the number of days included in any Scheduled<br \/>\nBlack-out Period. In connection with each registration hereunder, the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder will timely furnish to the Issuer in writing such information with<br \/>\nrespect to themselves and the proposed distribution by them as reasonably<br \/>\nnecessary in order to assure compliance with Federal and applicable state<br \/>\nsecurities laws. In connection with each registration pursuant to Sections 2.01<br \/>\nor 2.02 covering an underwritten public offering, the Issuer and the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder agree to enter into customary agreements (including an underwriting<br \/>\nor similar agreement) with the managing underwriter or co-managing underwriters<br \/>\nselected in the manner herein provided, as the case may be, in such form and<br \/>\ncontaining such provisions as are customary in the securities business for such<br \/>\nan arrangement between such underwriter and companies of the Issuer153s size and<br \/>\ninvestment stature and take all such other actions reasonably necessary to<br \/>\nfacilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. The Issuer will use<br \/>\ncommercially reasonable efforts to make available to its security holders, as<br \/>\npromptly as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement (which need not be<br \/>\naudited) covering the period of 12 months commencing upon the first disposition<br \/>\nof Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration statement, which earnings<br \/>\nstatement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act<br \/>\nand Rule 158 of the SEC promulgated thereunder.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">10<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>SECTION 2.05 <u>Suspension of Sales<\/u>. (a) Upon receipt of notice from the<br \/>\nIssuer pursuant to Section 2.04(g), each Requesting Shareholder shall<br \/>\nimmediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the<br \/>\napplicable registration statement and prospectus relating thereto until such<br \/>\nRequesting Shareholders (i) have received copies of a supplemented or amended<br \/>\nprospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Section 2.04(g) or (ii) are<br \/>\nadvised in writing by the Issuer that the use of the prospectus and, if<br \/>\napplicable, prospectus supplement may be resumed, and, if so directed by the<br \/>\nIssuer, the Requesting Shareholder shall deliver to the Issuer (at the Issuer153s<br \/>\nexpense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder153s possession, of the prospectus and, if applicable, prospectus<br \/>\nsupplement covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt<br \/>\nof such notice. If the Issuer shall give such notice with regards to any<br \/>\nregistration statement requested pursuant to Section 2.01, the Effectiveness<br \/>\nPeriod in respect of such registration statement shall be extended by the number<br \/>\nof days during the period from and including the date such notice is given by<br \/>\nthe Issuer to the date when the Issuer shall have (i) made available to the<br \/>\nRequesting Shareholder a supplemented or amended prospectus or prospectus<br \/>\nsupplement pursuant to Section 2.04(g) or (ii) advised the Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder in writing that the use of the prospectus and, if applicable,<br \/>\nprospectus supplement may be resumed.<\/p>\n<p>(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, during any<br \/>\nScheduled Black-out Period each Requesting Shareholder shall immediately suspend<br \/>\nor discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until the termination of<br \/>\nsuch Scheduled Black-out Period; <u>provided<\/u> that (i) a Scheduled Black-out<br \/>\nPeriod shall not prevent a Requesting Shareholder from making a demand under<br \/>\nSection 2.01 or electing to participate in any piggyback registration under<br \/>\nSection 2.02 or relieve the Issuer from its obligation to file (but not its<br \/>\nobligation to cause to be declared effective) a registration statement pursuant<br \/>\nto this Agreement and (ii) a Scheduled Black-out Period shall not apply to any<br \/>\nRequesting Shareholder in any piggyback registration under Section 2.02 to the<br \/>\nextent the Issuer has waived the Scheduled Black-out Period with respect to any<br \/>\nregistered offering of Registrable Securities for its own account or for the<br \/>\naccount of any other person, which offering gives rise to such piggyback<br \/>\nregistration. The Effectiveness Period in respect of any registration statement<br \/>\nrequested pursuant to Section 2.01 shall be extended by the number of days<br \/>\nincluded in any Scheduled Black-out Period.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">11<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>SECTION 2.06 <u>Free Writing Prospectuses<\/u>. No Shareholder shall use any<br \/>\n&#8220;free writing prospectus&#8221; (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) in<br \/>\nconnection with the sale of Registrable Securities without the prior written<br \/>\nconsent of the Issuer; <u>provided<\/u> that a Requesting Shareholder may use any<br \/>\nfree writing prospectus prepared and distributed by the Issuer.<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 2.07 <u>Shelf-Take Downs<\/u>. At any time that a shelf registration<br \/>\nstatement covering Registrable Securities is effective, if a Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder delivers a notice to the Issuer (a &#8220;Take-Down Notice&#8221;) stating that<br \/>\nit intends to sell all or part of its Registrable Securities included by it on<br \/>\nthe shelf registration statement (a &#8220;Shelf Offering&#8221;), then, the Issuer shall<br \/>\namend or supplement the shelf registration statement as may be necessary in<br \/>\norder to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the<br \/>\nShelf Offering.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">ARTICLE III<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u>Indemnification<\/u><\/p>\n<p>SECTION 3.01 <u>Indemnification<\/u>. (a) Notwithstanding any termination of<br \/>\nthis Agreement, the Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless (including the<br \/>\nadvancement of expenses (subject to customary reimbursement agreements),<br \/>\nincluding expenses related to the investigation of any Claim and reasonable<br \/>\nfees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys and other professionals, incurred<br \/>\nprior to any assumption of the defense of such Claim by the Issuer) each<br \/>\nShareholder and its respective Affiliates, and each of their respective<br \/>\nofficers, directors, employees, agents, partners, members, stockholders,<br \/>\nRepresentatives and Affiliates, and each person or entity, if any, that controls<br \/>\na Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section<br \/>\n20 of the Exchange Act and the officers, directors, employees, agents, partners,<br \/>\nmembers, stockholders, Representatives and Affiliates and employees of each such<br \/>\ncontrolling person (each, a &#8220;<u>Shareholder Indemnified Person<\/u>&#8220;) against any<br \/>\nand all losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses<br \/>\n(including expenses related to the investigation, defense and settlement of any<br \/>\nClaim and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys and other<br \/>\nprofessionals), judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in<br \/>\nsettlement (collectively, &#8220;<u>Losses<\/u>&#8220;), arising out of, directly or<br \/>\nindirectly resulting from, or relating to any Claim instituted, commenced or<br \/>\nbrought by any Governmental Entity, stockholder of the Issuer or any other<br \/>\nperson (other than (i) a Claim by any Shareholder or any Affiliate of any<br \/>\nShareholder (except in the case of any action to enforce its rights under this<br \/>\nSection 3.01) or (ii) a direct Claim by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries (for the<br \/>\navoidance of doubt, a derivative Claim brought by or on behalf of the Issuer or<br \/>\nits Subsidiaries is not such a direct Claim)) based on, resulting from, or<br \/>\nrelating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement<br \/>\nand enforcement of this Section 3.01, except that the Issuer will not be<br \/>\nrequired to indemnify any Shareholder Indemnified Person for Losses resulting<br \/>\nfrom its gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful and material breach of<br \/>\nthis Agreement.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">12<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>(b) Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the Issuer shall<br \/>\nindemnify and hold harmless each Shareholder Indemnified Person against any and<br \/>\nall Losses arising out of, resulting from, or based upon any untrue or alleged<br \/>\nuntrue statement of material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any<br \/>\nregistration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus<br \/>\ncontained therein (or any documents incorporated therein by reference) or any<br \/>\namendments or supplements thereto or contained in any &#8220;issuer free writing<br \/>\nprospectus&#8221; (as such term is defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act)<br \/>\nprepared by the Issuer or authorized by it in writing for use by such<br \/>\nShareholder or any amendment or supplement thereto; or any omission or alleged<br \/>\nomission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or<br \/>\nnecessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances<br \/>\nunder which they were made, not misleading; <u>provided<\/u> that the Issuer<br \/>\nshall not be liable to such Shareholder or such Shareholder153s Shareholder<br \/>\nIndemnified Person in any such case to the extent that any such Loss arises out<br \/>\nof or is based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or<br \/>\nomission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, including any<br \/>\nsuch preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any such<br \/>\namendments or supplements thereto or contained in any issuer free writing<br \/>\nprospectus prepared by the Issuer or authorized by it in writing for use by such<br \/>\nShareholder or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in<br \/>\nconformity with information regarding such Shareholder or its plan of<br \/>\ndistribution or ownership interests which such Shareholder furnished in writing<br \/>\nto the Issuer for use in connection with such registration statement, including<br \/>\nany such preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any<br \/>\nsuch amendments or supplements thereto or contained in any issuer free writing<br \/>\nprospectus, but only to the extent that such untrue statements or omissions are<br \/>\nbased solely upon information furnished in writing to the Issuer by such<br \/>\nShareholder expressly for use therein, (ii) offers or sales effected by or on<br \/>\nbehalf of such Shareholder &#8220;by means of&#8221; (as defined in Securities Act Rule<br \/>\n159A) a &#8220;free writing prospectus&#8221; (as defined in Securities Act Rule 405) that<br \/>\nwas not prepared by the Issuer or authorized in writing by the Issuer, or (iii)<br \/>\nthe failure by such Shareholder to deliver or make available to a purchaser of<br \/>\nRegistrable Securities a copy of any preliminary prospectus, pricing information<br \/>\nor final prospectus contained in the applicable registration statement or any<br \/>\namendments or supplements thereto (to the extent the same is required by<br \/>\napplicable Law to be delivered or made available to such purchaser at the time<br \/>\nof sale or contract); <u>provided<\/u> that the Issuer shall have delivered to<br \/>\nsuch Shareholder such preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained in<br \/>\nthe applicable registration statement and any amendments or supplements thereto<br \/>\npursuant to Section 2.04(d) no later than the time of contract of sale in<br \/>\naccordance with Rule 159 under the Securities Act. Reimbursements payable<br \/>\npursuant to the indemnification contemplated by this Section 3.01(b) will be<br \/>\nmade by periodic payments during the course of any investigation or defense, as<br \/>\nand when bills are received or expenses incurred.<\/p>\n<p>(c) Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, each Shareholder named<br \/>\nas a selling stockholder in a registration statement pursuant to this Article<br \/>\nIII shall indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer and its officers, directors,<br \/>\nemployees, agents, Representatives and Affiliates and each person or entity, if<br \/>\nany, that controls the Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities<br \/>\nAct or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and the officers, directors, employees,<br \/>\nagents and employees of each such controlling person against any and all Losses<br \/>\narising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material<br \/>\nfact contained in any registration statement, including any preliminary<br \/>\nprospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or<br \/>\nsupplements thereto (or any documents incorporated therein by reference) or<br \/>\ncontained in any &#8220;issuer free writing prospectus&#8221; (as such term is defined in<br \/>\nRule 433 under the Securities Act), or any omission or alleged omission to state<br \/>\ntherein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the<br \/>\nstatements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were<br \/>\nmade, not misleading, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or<br \/>\nomissions are based solely upon information furnished in writing to the Issuer<br \/>\nby such Shareholder expressly for use therein. Reimbursements payable pursuant<br \/>\nto the indemnification contemplated by this Section 3.01 will be made by<br \/>\nperiodic payments during the course of any investigation or defense, as and when<br \/>\nbills are received or expenses incurred.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">13<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>(d) If any Claim shall be brought or asserted against any person entitled to<br \/>\nindemnity hereunder (an &#8220;<u>Indemnified Party<\/u>&#8220;), such Indemnified Party<br \/>\nshall promptly notify the person from whom indemnity is sought (the<br \/>\n&#8220;<u>Indemnifying Party<\/u>&#8220;) in writing; <u>provided<\/u> that the failure of any<br \/>\nIndemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party<br \/>\nof its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Section 3.01, except to the<br \/>\nextent that such failure shall have materially prejudiced the Indemnifying<br \/>\nParty. In case any such Claim is brought against an Indemnified Party and such<br \/>\nIndemnified Party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an Indemnifying Party,<br \/>\nthe Indemnifying Party will be entitled to participate in, and to the extent<br \/>\nthat it shall elect, promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such<br \/>\nIndemnified Party, assume the defense in such proceeding, including (x) in the<br \/>\ncase of an indemnification claim pursuant to Sections 3.01(b) or (c), the<br \/>\nemployment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, (y) in<br \/>\nthe case of an indemnification claim pursuant to Section 3.01(a), the employment<br \/>\nof counsel chosen by the Indemnified Party reasonably satisfactory to the<br \/>\nIndemnifying Party, and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in<br \/>\nconnection with such defense. An Indemnified Party shall have the right to<br \/>\nemploy separate counsel in any such proceeding and to participate in the defense<br \/>\nof such proceeding, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the<br \/>\nexpense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (i) the Indemnifying Party<br \/>\nhas agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) the Indemnifying Party<br \/>\nshall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such proceeding and to<br \/>\nemploy counsel (in accordance with this Section 3.01(d) reasonably satisfactory<br \/>\nto such Indemnified Party in any such proceeding; or (iii) the named parties to<br \/>\nany such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such<br \/>\nIndemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall<br \/>\nhave been advised by counsel that representation of both such Indemnified Party<br \/>\nand the Indemnifying Party by the same counsel would be inappropriate because of<br \/>\nan actual conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and such<br \/>\nIndemnified Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the<br \/>\nIndemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the<br \/>\nexpense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the<br \/>\nright to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of<br \/>\nthe Indemnifying Party); <u>provided<\/u> that the Indemnifying Party shall not<br \/>\nbe liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys<br \/>\n(in addition to one local counsel in each jurisdiction) at any time for all<br \/>\nIndemnified Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any<br \/>\nsettlement of any such proceeding effected without its written consent, which<br \/>\nconsent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent, or<br \/>\nif there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party shall<br \/>\nindemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Party from and against any Loss (to<br \/>\nthe extent stated above) by reason of such settlement or judgment. No<br \/>\nIndemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified<br \/>\nParty (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed<br \/>\nso long as the Indemnifying Party has complied, and continues to comply, with<br \/>\nall of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement), effect any<br \/>\nsettlement or consent to entry of any judgment of any pending proceeding in<br \/>\nrespect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement (x)<br \/>\nincludes an unconditional release, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory<br \/>\nto the Indemnified Party, of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims<br \/>\nthat are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not result in any<br \/>\nlimitation or restriction upon any Shareholder153s exercise of all rights,<br \/>\nprivileges and preferences applicable to it as a holder of Company Common Stock<br \/>\nand its rights under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties<br \/>\nacknowledge and agree that to the extent a Claim is made against any Shareholder<br \/>\nIndemnified Person which may be indemnifiable pursuant to Section 3.01(a), the<br \/>\nShareholder Indemnified Person will be entitled to retain its regular outside<br \/>\ncounsel to review and produce documents, electronic files and other materials in<br \/>\nresponse to document requests in connection with any Claim for which a<br \/>\nShareholder Indemnified Person may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to<br \/>\nSection 3.01(a), and make determinations with respect to and prosecute issues<br \/>\nrelated to confidential information of the Shareholder Indemnified Persons. The<br \/>\nIssuer will pay directly the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel in<br \/>\nconnection with any such Claim.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">14<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>SECTION 3.02 <u>Contribution<\/u>. If the indemnification provided for in<br \/>\nSections 3.01(b) or 3.01(c) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect<br \/>\nto any Losses, or is insufficient to hold the Indemnified Party harmless as<br \/>\ncontemplated therein (other than pursuant to the exceptions to indemnification<br \/>\nprovided for in Sections 3.01(b) or 3.01(c)), then the Indemnifying Party, in<br \/>\nlieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid<br \/>\nor payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses in such<br \/>\nproportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnified<br \/>\nParty, on the one hand, and the Indemnifying Party, on the other hand, in<br \/>\nconnection with the actions, statements or omissions which resulted in such<br \/>\nLosses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative<br \/>\nfault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and of the Indemnified Party,<br \/>\non the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other factors,<br \/>\nwhether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission to<br \/>\nstate a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party<br \/>\nor by the Indemnified Party and the parties153 relative intent, knowledge, access<br \/>\nto information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was<br \/>\nasserted and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The<br \/>\nIssuer and each Shareholder agree that it would not necessarily be just and<br \/>\nequitable if the amount of contribution pursuant to this Section 3.02 were<br \/>\ndetermined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does<br \/>\nnot take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section<br \/>\n3.02. No Indemnified Party guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the<br \/>\nmeaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to<br \/>\ncontribution from an Indemnifying Party not guilty of such fraudulent<br \/>\nmisrepresentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Shareholder Indemnified<br \/>\nPerson shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by<br \/>\nwhich the total price at which the Registrable Securities sold by the<br \/>\nShareholders under the relevant registration statement exceeds the amount of any<br \/>\ndamages that such a Shareholder Indemnified Person has otherwise been required<br \/>\nto pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or<br \/>\nalleged omission.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">ARTICLE IV<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u>Lock-Up; Agreement to Furnish Information<\/u><\/p>\n<p>SECTION 4.01 <u>Lock-up Agreement<\/u>. (a) Each Shareholder agrees that it<br \/>\nwill not transfer or otherwise make any short sale of, grant any option for the<br \/>\npurchase of, or enter into any new hedging or similar transaction with the same<br \/>\neconomic effect as a sale with respect to, including a sale pursuant to Rule 144<br \/>\nunder the Securities Act, any securities of the Issuer held by such Shareholder<br \/>\n(other than those included in the registration) for a period specified by the<br \/>\nrepresentatives of the managing underwriters or co-managing underwriters of<br \/>\nsecurities of the Issuer not to exceed 10 days prior and 120 days following any<br \/>\nregistered public sale of securities by the Issuer in which the Issuer gave such<br \/>\nShareholder an opportunity to participate in accordance with Section 2.02;<br \/>\n<u>provided<\/u> that executive officers and directors of the Issuer and other<br \/>\nholders of the Company Common Stock participating in such offering enter into<br \/>\nsimilar agreements and only as long as and to the extent such persons remain<br \/>\nsubject to such agreement (and are not fully released from such agreement) for<br \/>\nsuch period. Each Shareholder agrees to execute and deliver such other<br \/>\nagreements as may be reasonably requested by the Representatives of the<br \/>\nunderwriters or co-managing underwriters which are consistent with the foregoing<br \/>\nor which are necessary to give further effect thereto.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">15<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>(b) <u>Agreement to Furnish Information<\/u>. In addition, if requested in<br \/>\nwriting by the Issuer or the managing underwriters or co-managing underwriters<br \/>\nof Company Common Stock (or other securities of the Issuer), each Requesting<br \/>\nShareholder shall provide such documents and instruments as may be reasonably<br \/>\nrequired by the Issuer or the managing underwriters or co-managing underwriters<br \/>\nin connection with the filing of a registration statement on the date specified<br \/>\nin such writing and the completion of any public offering of the Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities pursuant to this Agreement (including a questionnaire, custody<br \/>\nagreement, power of attorney, lock-up letter and underwriting agreement (the<br \/>\n&#8220;<u>Requested Information<\/u>&#8220;)). If the Issuer has not received, on or before<br \/>\nthe Business Day before the specified filing date, the Requested Information<br \/>\nfrom each Requesting Shareholder (<u>provided<\/u> the written request therefor<br \/>\nis received by any such Requesting Shareholder not less than 10 Business Days<br \/>\nbefore the filing date), the Issuer may file the registration statement without<br \/>\nincluding Registrable Securities of such Requesting Shareholder. The failure to<br \/>\nso include in any registration statement the Registrable Securities of such<br \/>\nRequesting Shareholder (with regard to that registration statement) shall not in<br \/>\nand of itself result in any liability on the part of the Issuer to such<br \/>\nRequesting Shareholder.<\/p>\n<p>(c) <u>Rule 144 Reporting<\/u>. With a view to making available to the<br \/>\nShareholders the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may<br \/>\npermit the sale of Registrable Securities to the public without registration,<br \/>\nthe Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) make and<br \/>\nkeep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in<br \/>\nRule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar or analogous rule promulgated<br \/>\nunder the Securities Act, at all times after the effective date of this<br \/>\nAgreement; (ii) file with the SEC, in a timely manner, all reports and other<br \/>\ndocuments required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;<br \/>\n(iii) so long as any Shareholder owns Registrable Securities, furnish to such<br \/>\nShareholder forthwith upon request: a written statement by the Company as to its<br \/>\ncompliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act,<br \/>\nand of the Exchange Act; a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of<br \/>\nthe Company; and such other reports and documents as such Shareholder may<br \/>\nreasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC<br \/>\nallowing it to sell any such Company Common Stock without registration. Upon the<br \/>\nrequest of any holder of Registrable Securities, the Issuer shall deliver to<br \/>\nsuch holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such<br \/>\nrequirements.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">16<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"center\">ARTICLE V<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u>Transfer and Termination of Registration Rights<\/u><\/p>\n<p>SECTION 5.01 <u>Transfer of Registration Rights<\/u>. (a) No Shareholder shall<br \/>\nhave the right to transfer any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising<br \/>\nunder this Agreement, other than to a Permitted Transferee.<\/p>\n<p>(b) Following any transfer or assignment made pursuant to Section 5.01(a) in<br \/>\nconnection with the transfer by a Shareholder of a portion of its Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities to a Permitted Transferee, except in the case of such Shareholder153s<br \/>\ndemand registration right under Section 2.01 which may only be transferred in<br \/>\nwhole and not in part, the Shareholder shall retain all rights, remedies,<br \/>\nobligations and liabilities under this Agreement with respect to the remaining<br \/>\nportion of its Registrable Securities.<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 5.02 <u>Termination of Registration Rights<\/u>. This Agreement (other<br \/>\nthan Section 2.03 and Article III) will terminate on the date on which all<br \/>\nshares of Company Common Stock subject to this Agreement cease to be Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">ARTICLE VI<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u>Miscellaneous<\/u><\/p>\n<p>SECTION 6.01 <u>Binding Effect; Issuer Joinder; Assignability; Benefit<\/u>.<br \/>\n(a) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties<br \/>\nhereto and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and<br \/>\npermitted assigns; <u>provided<\/u> that in the case the Company is not the<br \/>\nIssuer, the Company shall cause the Issuer to execute and deliver to the Company<br \/>\nand each Shareholder an agreement to be bound by this Agreement in the form of<br \/>\nExhibit B hereto and shall thenceforth succeed to, and be substituted for, and<br \/>\nmay exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Agreement, and the<br \/>\nCompany shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement, and this<br \/>\nAgreement shall cease to be of further effect on the Company. Any Shareholder<br \/>\nthat ceases to own beneficially any Registrable Securities shall cease to be<br \/>\nsubject to the terms hereof (other than (i) the provisions of Article III<br \/>\napplicable to such Shareholder with respect to any offering of Registrable<br \/>\nSecurities completed before the date such Shareholder ceased to own any<br \/>\nRegistrable Securities and (ii) this Article VI).<\/p>\n<p>(b) Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability<br \/>\narising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party hereto<br \/>\npursuant to any transfer of Registrable Securities or otherwise, except in<br \/>\naccordance with Section 5.01. Upon transfer of any right, remedy, obligation or<br \/>\nliability pursuant to Section 5.01, any such Permitted Transferee shall (unless<br \/>\nalready bound hereby) execute and deliver to the Issuer an agreement to be bound<br \/>\nby this Agreement in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a &#8220;Joinder Agreement&#8221;) and<br \/>\nshall thenceforth be a &#8220;Shareholder&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>(c) Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on<br \/>\nany Person other than the parties hereto, and their respective heirs,<br \/>\nsuccessors, legal representatives and permitted assigns, any rights, remedies,<br \/>\nobligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except that the<br \/>\nprovisions of Article III shall inure to the benefit of the persons referred to<br \/>\nin that article.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">17<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>SECTION 6.02 <u>Notices<\/u>. All notices and other communications required or<br \/>\npermitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by registered or<br \/>\ncertified mail, postage prepaid, sent by facsimile or otherwise delivered by<br \/>\nhand or by messenger addressed:<\/p>\n<p>(a) if given to the Issuer, to the following address and fax number (or such<br \/>\nother address and fax number set forth in an Issuer Joinder Agreement):<\/p>\n<p>[NewCo] LLC<\/p>\n<p>c\/o Barnes &amp; Noble, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>122 Fifth Avenue<\/p>\n<p>New York, NY 10011<\/p>\n<p>Attn: Eugene V. DeFelice<\/p>\n<p>Vice President, General Counsel &amp; Secretary<\/p>\n<p>Facsimile No.: (212) 463-5683<\/p>\n<p>With a Copy to:<\/p>\n<p>Cravath, Swaine &amp; Moore LLP<\/p>\n<p>Worldwide Plaza<\/p>\n<p>825 Eighth Avenue<\/p>\n<p>New York, NY 10019<\/p>\n<p>Attn: Scott A. Barshay, Esq.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew R. Thompson, Esq.<\/p>\n<p>Facsimile: (212) 474-3700<\/p>\n<p>(b) if given to any Shareholder, at the address for such Shareholder set<br \/>\nforth in Exhibit C hereto or otherwise provided to the Issuer as set forth<br \/>\nbelow.<\/p>\n<p>All such notices shall be deemed to have been delivered and given for all<br \/>\npurposes (i) on the delivery date if delivered by confirmed facsimile, (ii) on<br \/>\nthe delivery date if delivered personally to the party to whom the same is<br \/>\ndirected, (iii) one (1) business day after deposit with a commercial overnight<br \/>\ncarrier, with written verification of receipt, or (iv) five (5) business days<br \/>\nafter the mailing date, whether or not actually received, if sent by U.S. mail,<br \/>\nreturn receipt requested, postage and charges prepaid, or any other means of<br \/>\nrapid mail delivery for which a receipt is available addressed to the receiving<br \/>\nparty as specified on the signature page of this Agreement. Changes of the<br \/>\nperson to receive notices or the place of notification shall be effectuated<br \/>\npursuant to a notice given under this Section 6.02.<\/p>\n<p>Any person that becomes a Shareholder after the date hereof shall provide its<br \/>\naddress, fax number and email address to the Issuer.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">18<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>SECTION 6.03 <u>Counterparts and Facsimile<\/u>. This Agreement may be<br \/>\nexecuted in two or more identical counterparts (including by facsimile), each of<br \/>\nwhich shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto<br \/>\nand hereto were upon the same instrument, and shall become effective when one or<br \/>\nmore counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered (by<br \/>\ntelecopy or otherwise) to the other parties.<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 6.04 <u>Waiver; Amendment<\/u>. No provision of this Agreement may be<br \/>\nwaived except by an instrument in writing executed by the party against whom the<br \/>\nwaiver is to be effective. The failure of any party hereto to exercise any<br \/>\nright, power or remedy provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in<br \/>\nrespect hereof at law or in equity, or to insist upon compliance by any other<br \/>\nparty hereto with its obligations hereunder, shall not constitute a waiver by<br \/>\nsuch party of its right to exercise any such other right, power or remedy or to<br \/>\ndemand such compliance. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or<br \/>\notherwise modified except by an instrument in writing executed by the Issuer and<br \/>\nthe holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the<br \/>\nparties hereto at the time of such proposed amendment or modification,<br \/>\n<u>provided<\/u> that no such amendment or modification shall adversely affect<br \/>\nthe interests of any holder of Registrable Securities hereunder<br \/>\ndisproportionately to other holders of Registrable Securities without the<br \/>\nwritten consent of such holder.<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 6.05 <u>Governing Law; Specific Enforcement; Submission to<br \/>\nJurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial<\/u>. (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,<br \/>\nAND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW<br \/>\nYORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS RULES OF SUCH STATE.<\/p>\n<p>(b) <u>Specific Enforcement<\/u>. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT<br \/>\nIRREPARABLE DAMAGE WOULD OCCUR IN THE EVENT THAT ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS<br \/>\nAGREEMENT WERE NOT PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR SPECIFIC TERMS OR WERE<br \/>\nOTHERWISE BREACHED. IT IS ACCORDINGLY AGREED THAT THE PARTIES SHALL BE ENTITLED<br \/>\nTO AN INJUNCTION OR INJUNCTIONS TO PREVENT BREACHES OR THREATENED BREACHES OF<br \/>\nTHIS AGREEMENT AND TO ENFORCE SPECIFICALLY THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS<br \/>\nAGREEMENT IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, IN EACH CASE WITHOUT PROOF OF<br \/>\nDAMAGES OR OTHERWISE (AND EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY REQUIREMENT FOR THE<br \/>\nSECURING OR POSTING OF ANY BOND IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH REMEDY), THIS BEING IN<br \/>\nADDITION TO ANY OTHER REMEDY TO WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED AT LAW OR IN EQUITY. THE<br \/>\nPARTIES AGREE NOT TO ASSERT THAT A REMEDY OF SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT IS<br \/>\nUNENFORCEABLE, INVALID, CONTRARY TO LAW OR INEQUITABLE FOR ANY REASON, NOR TO<br \/>\nASSERT THAT A REMEDY OF MONETARY DAMAGES WOULD PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE REMEDY.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">19<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>(c) <u>Submission to Jurisdiction<\/u>. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY<br \/>\nAGREES THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND<br \/>\nTHE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT<br \/>\nOF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS<br \/>\nARISING HEREUNDER, BROUGHT BY THE OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ITS SUCCESSORS OR<br \/>\nASSIGNS SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK,<br \/>\nBOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, SO LONG AS ONE OF SUCH COURTS SHALL HAVE SUBJECT MATTER<br \/>\nJURISDICTION OVER SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION<br \/>\nARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ARISEN FROM A TRANSACTION<br \/>\nOF BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY<br \/>\nIRREVOCABLY SUBMITS WITH REGARD TO ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING FOR ITSELF AND<br \/>\nIN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, TO THE PERSONAL<br \/>\nJURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT BRING ANY<br \/>\nACTION RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY<br \/>\nTHIS AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT OTHER THAN THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH OF THE PARTIES<br \/>\nHERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT, BY WAY OF MOTION, AS<br \/>\nA DEFENSE, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHERWISE, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT<br \/>\nTO THIS AGREEMENT, (1) ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE<br \/>\nJURISDICTION OF THE ABOVE-NAMED COURTS FOR ANY REASON, (2) ANY CLAIM THAT IT OR<br \/>\nITS PROPERTY IS EXEMPT OR IMMUNE FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT OR FROM ANY<br \/>\nLEGAL PROCESS COMMENCED IN SUCH COURTS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OF NOTICE,<br \/>\nATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT,<br \/>\nEXECUTION OF JUDGMENT OR OTHERWISE) AND (3) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY<br \/>\nTHE APPLICABLE LAW, ANY CLAIM THAT (A) THE SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH<br \/>\nCOURT IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, (B) THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR<br \/>\nPROCEEDING IS IMPROPER OR (C) THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, MAY<br \/>\nNOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY<br \/>\nCONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING<br \/>\nARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS<br \/>\nCONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, BY U.S.<br \/>\nREGISTERED MAIL TO SUCH PARTY153S RESPECTIVE ADDRESS SET FORTH BELOW, AND NOTHING<br \/>\nIN THIS SECTION 6.05(c) SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO SERVE LEGAL<br \/>\nPROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.<\/p>\n<p>(d) <u>Waiver of Jury Trial<\/u>. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE<br \/>\nFULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY<br \/>\nJURY IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION, CLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF,<br \/>\nUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO (1) CERTIFIES THAT<br \/>\nNO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE,<br \/>\nTHAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING,<br \/>\nSEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (2) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER<br \/>\nPARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER<br \/>\nTHINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.05(d).<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">20<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>SECTION 6.06 <u>Headings<\/u>. The headings and subheadings in this Agreement<br \/>\nare included for convenience and identification only and are in no way intended<br \/>\nto describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this<br \/>\nAgreement or any provision hereof.<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 6.07 <u>Entire Agreement<\/u>. Except as specifically provided in this<br \/>\nAgreement, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all<br \/>\nother prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both<br \/>\nwritten and oral, between the parties, with respect to the subject matter<br \/>\nhereof.<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 6.08 <u>Severability<\/u>. Any term or provision of this Agreement<br \/>\nwhich is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that<br \/>\njurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or<br \/>\nunenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms<br \/>\nand provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of<br \/>\nthis Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, such provision shall be<br \/>\ninterpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 6.09 <u>Future Registration Rights<\/u>. From and after the date of<br \/>\nthis Agreement, the Issuer shall not enter into any agreement with any holder or<br \/>\nprospective holder of any securities of the Issuer giving such holder or<br \/>\nprospective holder registration rights the terms of which are more favorable<br \/>\nthan or senior to the registration rights granted to the Shareholders hereunder<br \/>\nunless it offers corresponding registration rights to the Shareholders<br \/>\nhereunder; provided that this Section 6.09 shall not apply to any registration<br \/>\nrights granted to Parent or its Subsidiaries (or their respective successors).\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">21<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the<br \/>\ndate first stated above.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 40%;\" width=\"40%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"44%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>[NEWCO] LLC<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"44%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"44%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>by<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"7%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"7%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Name:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"7%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Title:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 40%;\" width=\"40%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"44%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>[ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"44%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"44%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>by<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"7%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"7%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Name:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"7%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Title:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"right\">EXHIBIT A<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">[FORM OF SHAREHOLDER JOINDER TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]\n<\/p>\n<p>This SHAREHOLDER JOINDER AGREEMENT (this &#8220;<u>Shareholder Joinder<br \/>\nAgreement<\/u>&#8220;) is made as of the date written below by the undersigned in<br \/>\naccordance with the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of [], 2011 (as the<br \/>\nsame may be amended from time to time, the &#8220;<u>Registration Rights<br \/>\nAgreement<\/u>&#8220;), among [NewCo] LLC or any other Issuer joined thereto and the<br \/>\nShareholders party thereto. Capitalized terms used, but not defined, herein<br \/>\nshall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Registration Rights<br \/>\nAgreement.<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 1. <u>Acknowledgment<\/u>. The undersigned acknowledges that it is<br \/>\nbecoming a party to the Registration Rights Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>SECTION 2. <u>Agreement<\/u>. The undersigned (a) agrees that it shall be<br \/>\nbound by and subject to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement as a<br \/>\n&#8220;Permitted Transferee&#8221; of a Shareholder thereto, (b) shall have all the rights<br \/>\nand obligations of a Shareholder and a Permitted Transferee thereunder as if it<br \/>\nhad executed the Registration Rights Agreement as if it were originally a party<br \/>\nthereto, and (c) hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound<br \/>\nby, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Registration<br \/>\nRights Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 6.01 thereof).<\/p>\n<p>Executed and dated this ___ day of ______ _________.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 40%;\" width=\"40%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"38%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>[NAME OF JOINING SHAREHOLDER],<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"38%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"38%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>by<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"8%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"92%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"8%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"92%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Name:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"8%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"92%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Title:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"8%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"92%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"8%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"92%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Address for Notices:<\/p>\n<p>[Address]<\/p>\n<p>[Fax number]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"right\">EXHIBIT B<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><u>[FORM OF ISSUER JOINDER TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS<br \/>\nAGREEMENT]<\/u><\/p>\n<p>This ISSUER JOINDER AGREEMENT (this &#8220;<u>Issuer<\/u> <u>Joinder<br \/>\nAgreement<\/u>&#8220;) is executed pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights<br \/>\nAgreement, dated as of [ ], 2012, a copy of which is attached hereto and is<br \/>\nincorporated herein by reference (the &#8220;<u>Registration Rights Agreement<\/u>&#8220;),<br \/>\nby the undersigned. 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