2/24/2018 S-1 Table of Contents Piggyback Registration Rights After the completion of this offering, if we propose to register the offer and sale of our Class A common stock under the Securities Act, in connection with the public offering of such Class A common stock, the holders of up to 220,965,979 shares of our Class B common stock and 387,934 shares of our Class A common stock will be entitled to certain “piggyback” registration rights allowing the holders to include their shares in such registration, subject to certain marketing and other limitations. As a result, whenever we propose to file a registration statement under the Securities Act, other than with respect to (1) a registration in which the only Class A common stock being registered is Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered, (2) a registration related to any employee benefit plan or a corporate reorganization or other transaction covered by Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act, or (3) a registration on any registration form which does not permit secondary sales or does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the public offering of our Class A common stock, the holders of these shares are entitled to notice of the registration and have the right, subject to certain limitations, to include their shares in the registration. S3 Registration Rights After the completion of this offering, the holders of up to 220,965,979 shares of our Class B common stock and 387,934 shares of our Class A common stock will be entitled to certain Form S3 registration rights. The holders of at least 40% of these shares then outstanding may make a written request that we register the offer and sale of their shares on a registration statement on Form S3 if we are eligible to file a registration statement on Form S3 so long as the request covers securities the anticipated aggregate public offering price of which, before payment of underwriting discounts and commissions, is at least $3,000,000. These stockholders may make an unlimited number of requests for registration on Form S3; however, we will not be required to effect a registration on Form S3 if we have effected two such registrations within the 12month period preceding the date of the request. Additionally, if we determine that it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and our stockholders to effect such a registration, we have the right to defer such registration, not more than once in any 12month period, for a period of up to 120 days. AntiTakeover Provisions Certain provisions of Delaware law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and our amended and restated bylaws, which are summarized below, may have the effect of delaying, deferring, or discouraging another person from acquiring control of us. They are also designed, in part, to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to negotiate first with our Board of Directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms. Delaware Law We will be governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a public Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless: • the transaction was approved by the board of directors prior to the time that the stockholder became an interested stockholder; • upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding shares owned by directors who are also officers of the corporation and shares owned by employee stock plans in which employee participants 162 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467623/000119312518055809/d451946ds1.htm 170/235
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