EXHIBIT 4.2
IMPEL NEUROPHARMA, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTORS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of December 4, 2018, by and among Impel NeuroPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the investors listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Investors” or “Holders”).
WHEREAS, the Company, the Key Holders (as defined therein) and certain of the Investors have previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement dated as of February 13, 2018, as amended (the “Prior Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Company and certain of the Investors are parties to the Series D Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement of even date herewith by and among the Company and such Investors, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Purchase Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Company to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to induce such Investors to invest funds in the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned parties to the Prior Agreement hereby agree that this Agreement shall govern the rights of the Investors to cause the Company to register shares of Common Stock issuable to the Investors, to receive certain information from the Company, and to participate in future equity offerings by the Company, and shall govern certain other matters as set forth in this Agreement, in lieu of the rights created under the Prior Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, or any other Person who or which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person including without limitation any general partner, managing partner, managing member, officer or director of such Person or any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” or “under common control with” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of (a) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise, or (b) the power to elect or appoint at least fifty percent (50%) of the directors, managers, general partners, or persons exercising similar authority with respect to such Person.
“Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given to that term in SEC Rule 405.
“business day” means a weekday on which banks are open for general banking business in Seattle, Washington.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.