本《註冊權協議》(以下簡稱「本協議」)於2024年9月11日簽訂,由Summit Therapeutics Inc.及其他各方共同締約。 本“協議”)於2024年11月6日簽署,並由特作有限公司(一家特拉華州的公司)(“公司”), and each purchasers identified on 附件1 hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “購買方”和“購買者”), and shall become effective as of the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement, defined below).
前言
A. 根據公司與購買方之間的《普通股購買協議》,自今日(以下簡稱“購買協議”)簽署之日起生效,公司同意根據購買協議規定的條款和條件,在結束日期向購買方發行和出售普通股(以下簡稱“股票”);和
b. 爲了促使購買方簽署並交付購買協議,公司同意根據《證券法》和適用州證券法在結束日期向購買方提供某些註冊權利。
“附屬公司”對於任何個人而言,涉及任何其他直接或間接控制或被控制或與此類個人共同控制的其他個人。對於此定義,"控件「」在涉及任何個人時,意味着直接或間接擁有指導或導致管理和政策制定的權力,無論是通過擁有表決權證券,合同或其他方式;而術語“隸屬,” “控制” and “如果一個指定的人被另一個人或兩個或多個人共同或協同控制,則該人被「控制」。與上述相對應的含義。
“備案 日期” 表示第六十(60th) day following the Closing Date; provided, however, that if, as a result of a recent or probable acquisition occurring prior to such date, for which financial information required by Items 3-05 and 11-01 of Regulation S-X would be required in a Registration Statement, such date will be extended for an additional sixty (60) days.
2.1 註冊義務;申報日期註冊公司應盡合理最大努力,於申報日期前或之日向委員會備妥並遞交涵蓋可轉讓證券的註冊聲明,以便允許股東不時依據第415條規定的方式銷售和分發所有可轉讓證券。註冊聲明應以符合證券法及其下規定的規則的適當形式擬定,並且公司如非最初採用S-3表格,應在該表格可獲得後儘快註冊可轉讓證券。註冊聲明應包含實質上與附件中所附「分銷計劃」部分相符的內容。 附件A. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement filed by it to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
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practicable after the filing thereof but in any event on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, and, subject to Section 4.1(m) hereof, to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of (i) such date as all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have ceased to be Registrable Securities or (ii) the date that is two (2) years following the Closing Date (the “Effectiveness Period”).
2.2 Effect of Failure to File Registration Statement. If (i) a Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby and required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is not filed with the Commission within 30 days after the Filing Date (a “備案 失敗),然後,爲了滿足任何持有登記證券的持有人因此延遲或減少其出售普通股基礎股的能力而遭受的損害(該補救措施並非排他的法律或衡平法可用的任何其他補救措施),公司應支付給與該登記聲明相關的持有註冊證券的每個持有人現金金額,等於該登記聲明中包括的該持有人的註冊證券的總購股價格的半個百分點(0.5%),直至出現備案失敗的當日,並從此之後的每30天(按短期間比例分配)直至該備案 失敗被糾正。持有人根據此應享有的支付 第2.2節 中買家有權獲得的支付金額在本文件中稱爲“登記 延遲 付款.” Registration Delay Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the last day of the calendar month during which such Registration Delay Payments are incurred and (ii) the tenth (10th) Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner, such Registration Delay Payments shall bear simple interest at the rate of one percent (1.0%) of such unpaid Registration Delay Payment per annum (pro rated for shorter periods) until paid in full. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Purchase Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate amount of Registration Delay Payments exceed, in the aggregate, four percent (4%) of the aggregate Share Purchase Price of the Shares.
第三條 PIGGYBACk REGISTRATIONS
3.1 Right to Piggyback. Until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period, in the event the Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities is not effective, whenever the Company proposes to register any Shares under the Securities Act (other than on a registration statement on Form S-8, F-8, S-4 or F-4), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more holders of securities, and the form of registration statement to be used may be used for any registration of Registrable Securities (a “背靠背 Registration”), the Company shall give written notice to the Holders of its intention to effect such a registration and, subject to Sections 3.2 和 3.3, shall include in such registration statement and in any offering of Shares to be made pursuant to that registration statement all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein from a Holder within ten (10) days after such Holder’s receipt of the Company’s notice or, in the case of a primary offering, such shorter time as is reasonably specified by the Company in light of the circumstances. The Company shall have no obligation to proceed with any Piggyback Registration and may
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abandon, terminate and/or withdraw such registration for any reason at any time prior to the pricing thereof. Any Holder may elect to withdraw its request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw at least five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or prior to the pricing of the applicable offering. No registration effected under this 第三部分 shall relieve the Company of its obligations to effect any registration of the sale of Registrable Securities under 第二條.
(m) 如果公司判斷爲了使註冊聲明符合證券法的要求並且不含有重大謬誤或遺漏,需要(i)修改該聲明以包括那時在交易法案下對目前、季度或年度報告中不需要的信息,(ii)公司或其子公司的交易的談判或實施正在進行中或發生了一個事件,該事件本董事會合理認爲要求對公司在註冊聲明中披露的重要信息進行額外披露,如果公司對保密有正當業務目的並且不披露這些信息則可預見,即董事會的合理判斷可能導致註冊聲明未能符合適用的披露要求,或(iii)修改該聲明以將註冊聲明在公司有資格使用此類S-3表格的時候轉化爲S-3表格的情況下(每種情況,稱爲“停職。 事件請注意,然而,公司在任何12個月期間不得超過兩次或超過60天,或超過90天,延遲或中止註冊聲明;不過公司不得因相同一系列事實、情況或交易導致的延期或中止而允許超過一個60天的期間。公司因此延遲提交、生效日期或根據此進行的發行的任何期間稱爲「延期」。公司應及時向參與持有人提供有關任何暫停期間的開始和結束(和根據此撤回註冊聲明)的書面通知 第四部分 被稱爲“暫停 時期”。公司應及時向參與持有人提供有關任何暫停期間的開始和結束(以及根據此撤回註冊聲明)的書面通知 Section 4.1(m)), but shall not be obligated under this Agreement to disclose the reasons therefor. Holders shall keep the existence of each Suspension Period confidential and refrain from making offers and sales of Registrable Securities (and direct any other Persons making such offers and sales to refrain from doing so) during each Suspension Period under the applicable Registration Statement.
(n) The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, or cooperate with the Holders of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement in connection with the registration or qualification of, the resale of the Registrable Securities under applicable securities or 「blue sky」 laws of such states of the United States as any such Holder requests in writing and to do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to
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do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action that would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction to which it is not then so subject.
(o) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement (which need not be audited) satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
(a) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Holder in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Holder if such Holder elects to have any of such Holder’s Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Holder that (i) such Holder furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended
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method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities, and (ii) the Holder execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.
(b) Each Holder covenants and agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities that (i) it will not sell any Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until it has received copies of the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented as contemplated in 第4.1(h)節 and notice from the Company that such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto have become effective as contemplated by 第4.1(d)節 and (ii) it and its officers, directors or Affiliates, if any, will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to them in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(c) 在收到公司通知發生任何類似於所述情況的通知後, 第4.1(d)(ii)條, 第4.1(d)(iii)條, 第4.1(d)(iv)條, 第4.1(d)(v)條 or 4.1(m)在收到補充招股說明書和/或修改後的註冊聲明的副本並符合第4.1(j)條規定之前,該持有人將立即停止根據註冊聲明處置該註冊證券 第4.1(j)條直到公司書面建議可以恢復使用適用的招股說明書,或者在任一情況下,收到了任何被納入或被視爲納入該招股說明書或註冊聲明的任何額外或補充申請副本。
6.2 持有人的賠償責任每個持有人及其被許可的受讓人應個別而非共同地賠償並使公司、其董事、高級職員、代理人和僱員、控制公司的每個人(根據證券法第15條和交易所法第20條的規定),以及這些控股人的董事、高級職員、代理人或僱員,及各自的繼承人、受讓人、遺產和個人代表不因其所受的所有損失所致,由有關任何註冊聲明中含有的或據稱含有的任何重大事實的不實陳述,任何招股說明書及其補充或修訂內容引起或與之有關的,如適用的,在其中包含或遺漏了任何應當在其中陳述或使該陳述不具有誤導性的重大事實或據稱遺漏了任何應當在其中陳述或使該陳述不具有誤導性的重大事實(對於任何招股說明書或其補充或修訂內容而言,在其製作時的情況下),只要,但僅當有關不實陳述或遺漏或據稱不實陳述或遺漏包含在或遺漏自有關任何持有人向公司寫明提供的有關信息中,並且該信息是爲供其在其中而明確由該持有人提供的,並且公司在其中的使用是有合理依賴的,或該信息涉及該持有人或該持有人擬分配可登記證券的方法,並由該持有人書面提供以供在其中使用(應當理解每個持有人已經批准 附錄 A 於此目的而言)。但是,無論何種情況下,持有人根據本 第6.2節條所承擔的責任,不得超過持有人獲得的發行款項,但在持有人故意瀆職或欺詐行爲的情況下除外。
6.3 進行賠償程序.
(a) 如果任何程序針對任何有資格獲得這裏補償的人("補償方")提起或主張,則此受補償方應立即通知尋求補償的人("補償方"被賠償方 方尋補方補償方 方”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have proximately and materially adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
(b) An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying
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Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; or (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel (which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Indemnifying Party) that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, the Indemnifying Party shall be responsible for reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) for the Indemnified Parties). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party, unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.
(c) All reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within twenty (20) Business Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided, that the Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to reimburse all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder).
6.4 Contribution.
(a) If a claim for indemnification under 第6.2節購買限制。根據3.2(c)節的規定,參與者的認購受限。以下是是它的限制: or 6.2 is unavailable to an Indemnified Party because of a failure or refusal of a governmental authority to enforce such indemnification in accordance with its terms (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.3任何合理的律師費用或其他合理的費用
(b)The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this 第6.4節 由按比例分配或通過不考慮即前段落所提到的公平考慮的任何其他分配方法確定的。沒有犯有欺詐陳述(根據《證券法》第11(f)條的定義)的人有權得到任何未犯有此類欺詐陳述的人的貢獻。
The undersigned has reviewed the form of Plan of Distribution attached as 附件A to the Registration Rights Agreement, and hereby confirms that, except as set forth below, the information contained therein regarding the undersigned and its plan of distribution is correct and complete.
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the effective date of any applicable Registration Statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 7 and the inclusion of such information in each Registration Statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and each related Prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of any such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus.
By signing below, the undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation m. The undersigned also acknowledges that it understands that the answers to this Questionnaire are furnished for use in connection with Registration Statements filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.