PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS
14. (a) Prior to an IPO, each holder of Preferred Shares, and each other Shareholder holding, at such time, at least 3% of the issued and outstanding Company Shares, on an as- converted basis (in this Article 14, each an “Offeree”) shall have a right of pre-emption to purchase its Pro Rata Share (as defined below) of all Equity Securities (as defined below) that the Company may, from time to time, propose to sell and issue after the adoption of these Articles. An Offeree’s “Pro Rata Share” shall be equal to the ratio of (A) the number of the Company’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares (including all Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares) held, on a fully-diluted basis, by such Offeree immediately prior to the issuance of such Equity Securities to (B) the total number of the Company’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares (including all Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares), on a fully-diluted basis, immediately prior to the issuance of such Equity Securities. For the purposes hereof, the term “Equity Securities” shall mean (i) any Ordinary Shares, Preferred Shares or any other security of the Company, (ii) any security convertible, with or without consideration, into any Ordinary Shares, Preferred Shares or any other security (including any option to purchase a convertible security), (iii) any security carrying any warrant or right to subscribe for or purchase any Ordinary Shares, Preferred Shares or any other security or (iv) any such warrant or right; provided however that, except for the purposes of Article 31, Equity Securities shall not include Exempt Securities.
(b) If the Company proposes to issue any Equity Securities, it shall give each Offeree written notice of its intention, describing the Equity Securities, the price, the terms and conditions upon which the Company proposes to issue the same, and identifying the prospective purchaser(s). Each Offeree shall have twenty one (21) days from the giving of such notice to agree to purchase up to its Pro Rata Share of the Equity Securities.
(c) If the Offerees fail to exercise in full their preemptive rights within the periods specified herein, then the Company shall have ninety (90) days thereafter to sell the Equity Securities in respect of which the Offerees’ rights were not exercised, at a price and upon general terms and conditions no more favorable to the purchasers thereof than specified in the Company’s notice to the Offerees pursuant to Article 14(b) hereof. If the Company has not sold such Equity Securities within ninety (90) days of the notice provided pursuant to Article 14(b), the Company shall not thereafter issue or sell any Equity Securities, without first offering such securities to the Offerees in the manner provided in this Article.
(d) For purposes hereof, a “Permitted Transferee” of a Shareholder shall mean:
(i) in the case of a limited partnership, its limited partners, general partners, and the limited and general partners of such limited and general partners; (ii) in the case of a corporation, (A) any corporate entity which controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such corporation, or (B) in the case of a limited liability company, its members and former members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability company; (iii) a transferee by will or operation of law; (iv) in the case of an individual, a first-degree family member or trust for the benefit of such individual and/or any other of his/her Permitted Transferee(s), and (v) with respect to entities that manage or co-manage, or are managed or whose account is managed by, directly or indirectly, such Shareholder and any of its limited partners, general partners and the limited and general partners of such limited and general partners and management company.
(e) If the offer to Offerees under this Article 14 may, if carried out, constitute, under applicable laws, an offer to the public which is subject to prospectus requirements, then such offer shall be limited, so that it is made only in a manner according to which it will not, and only to a number of Offerees which ensures that it will not, be subject to such prospectus requirements; and in furtherance of such goal, offerings shall only be made to members of the following groups in the following order of priority: (i) the type of Offerees the offering to which, at such time, is exempted from such prospectus requirement; (ii) the Preferred B Shareholders; and the Preferred A Shareholders on a pari passu basis with each other; and (iii)
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