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Market Stand-Off
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Market Stand-Off” Agreement. Each Holder of Restricted Securities agrees that, if requested by the Corporation and any underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Corporation, it will not effect any public sale or distribution of any Common Stock of the Corporation, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, held by it during the 90-day period following the effective date of a registration statement of the Corporation filed under the Securities Act, except for shares which are the subject of such registration statement, provided that all Holders of more than five percent (5%) of the Common Stock and officers and directors of the Corporation enter into similar agreements. Such agreement shall be in writing in a form reasonably satisfactory to theCorporation and such underwriter. The Corporation may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares (or securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of such 90-day period.

. For so long as the Collaboration and License Agreement is in effect, the Purchaser agrees that upon a written request of the Company or the underwriters managing any Underwritten Offering of the Company’s securities, in which case, the Company shall provide notice on behalf of the underwriters pursuant to Section 9(g), it will # not offer, sell, contract to sell, loan, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of, hedge or transfer any of the economic interest in (or offer, agree or commit to do any of the foregoing) any shares of Common Stock, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired by such holder, owned directly (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which such holder has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the Commission (other than those included by such holder in the offering in question, if any) without the prior written consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be, for up to fourteen (14) days prior to, and during the ninety (90) day period following, the date of the prospectus supplement for such Underwritten Offering, and # enter into and be bound by such form of agreement with respect to the foregoing as the Company or such managing underwriter may reasonably request; provided that each executive officer and director of the Company also agrees to substantially similar restrictions.

Market Stand-Off. Each Conversion Holder shall not, to the extent requested by the Corporation or an underwriter of securities of the Corporation in connection with any public offering of the Corporation’s Common Shares or other equity securities, directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell (including, without limitation, any short sale), grant any option or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Registrable Securities or Qualifiable Securities (other than to donees of the Conversion Holder) within fourteen days prior to, and for up to 90 days following, the effective date of a registration statement or offering statement of the Corporation filed under the Securities Act or the date of an underwriting agreement with respect to an underwritten public offering of the Corporation’s securities (the “Stand-Off Period”); provided, however, that:

Market Stand-Off. In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act, including the Company’s initial public offering, the Optionee or a Transferee shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Shares acquired under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company or its managing underwriter. Such restriction (the “Market Stand-Off”) shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be requested by the Company or such underwriter. In no event, however, shall such period exceed 180 days plus such additional period as may reasonably be requested by the Company or such underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on # the publication or other distribution of research reports or # analyst recommendations and opinions, including (without limitation) the restrictions set forth in Rule 2711(f)(4) of the National Association of Securities Dealers and Rule 472(f)(4) of the New York Stock Exchange, as amended, or any similar successor rules. The Market Stand-Off shall in any event terminate two years after the date of the Company’s initial public offering. In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, a spin‑off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Company’s outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any Shares subject to the Market Stand-Off, or into which such Shares thereby become convertible, shall immediately be subject to the Market Stand-Off. In order to enforce the Market Stand-Off, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Shares acquired under this Agreement until the end of the applicable stand-off period. The Company’s underwriters shall be beneficiaries of the agreement set forth in this [Subsection (b)]. This Subsection # shall not apply to Shares registered in the public offering under the Securities Act.

Market Stand-Off. In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act, including the Company’s initial public offering, the Optionee or a Transferee shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Shares acquired under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company or its managing underwriter. Such restriction (the “Market Stand-Off”) shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be requested by the Company or such underwriter. In no event, however, shall such period exceed 180 days plus such additional period as may reasonably be requested by the Company or such underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on # the publication or other distribution of research reports or # analyst recommendations and opinions, including (without limitation) the restrictions set forth in Rule 2711(f)(4) of the National Association of Securities Dealers and Rule 472(f)(4) of the New York Stock Exchange, as amended, or any similar successor rules. The Market Stand-Off shall in any event terminate two years after the date of the Company’s initial public offering. In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, a spin‑off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Company’s outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any Shares subject to the Market Stand-Off, or into which such Shares thereby become convertible, shall immediately be subject to the Market Stand-Off. In order to enforce the Market Stand-Off, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Shares acquired under this Agreement until the end of the applicable stand-off period. The Company’s underwriters shall be beneficiaries of the agreement set forth in this [Subsection (b)]. This Subsection # shall not apply to Shares registered in the public offering under the Securities Act.

Market Stand-off. Optionee, if so requested by the Company or any representative of the underwriters in connection with a firmly underwritten public offering of securities by the Company pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act following the date of this Agreement, shall not sell or otherwise transfer any Option Shares during the 180-day period following the effective date of such registration statement. The Company may impose stoptransfer instructions with respect to securities subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of such 180-day period. This [Section 9] will not apply to the sale of any Option Shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement and shall only be applicable to Optionee if all then current executive officers and directors of the Company enter into similar agreements.

Market Stand-Off. MICHIGAN hereby agrees that MICHIGAN shall not sell, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale of, the Michigan Equity during the 180-day period following the effective date of LICENSEE’s IPO (as defined in the License) (or such longer period, not to exceed 34 days after the expiration of the 180-day period, as the underwriters or the Company shall request in order to facilitate compliance with NASD Rule 2711 or NYSE Member Rule 472 or any successor or similar rule or regulation); provided, that all officers and directors of LICENSEE and holders of at least 1% of LICENSEE’s voting securities are bound by and have entered into similar agreements. The obligations described in this Section 4 shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-1 or Form S-8 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a registration relating solely to a transaction on Form S-4 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future.

Market Stand-Off. In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act, including the Company’s initial public offering, the Transferee or a Subsequent Transferee shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Transferred Shares without the prior written consent of the Company or its managing underwriter. Such restriction (the “Market Stand-Off”) shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be requested by the Company or such underwriter. In no event, however, shall such period exceed 180 days plus such additional period as may reasonably be requested by the Company or such underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on # the publication or other distribution of research reports or # analyst recommendations and opinions, including (without limitation) the restrictions set forth in Rule 2711(f)(4) of the National Association of Securities Dealers and Rule 472(f)(4) of the New York Stock Exchange, as amended, or any similar successor rules. The Market Stand-Off shall in any event terminate two years after the date of the Company’s initial public offering. In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, a spin‑off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Company’s outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any Shares subject to the Market Stand-Off, or into which such Shares thereby become convertible, shall immediately be subject to the Market Stand-Off. In order to enforce the Market Stand-Off, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Transferred Shares until the end of the applicable stand-off period. The Company’s underwriters shall be beneficiaries of the agreement set forth in this [Subsection (c)]. This Subsection # shall not apply to Shares registered in the public offering under the Securities Act.

Market Stand-Off. Each Conversion Holder shall not, to the extent requested by the Corporation or an underwriter of securities of the Corporation in connection with any public offering of the Corporation’s Common Shares or other equity securities, directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell (including, without limitation, any short sale), grant any option or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Registrable Securities or Qualifiable Securities (other than to donees of the Conversion Holder) within fourteen days prior to, and for up to 90 days following, the effective date of a registration statement or offering statement of the Corporation filed under the Securities Act or the date of an underwriting agreement with respect to an underwritten public offering of the Corporation’s securities (the “Stand-Off Period”); provided, however, that:

Stand-Off. Purchaser agrees that Purchaser shall not transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale of, any Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by Purchaser (other than those included in the registration) during the one hundred eighty (180) day period following the date hereof (such period, the “Holding Period”) and during the ninety (90) day period following the effective date of any subsequent registration statement of the Company filed under the 1933 Act; provided that such restrictions with respect to any subsequent registration shall terminate one year from the date hereof. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the sale of any securities to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement and shall only be applicable to Purchaser if all then current officers and directors and greater than one percent (1%) stockholders of the Company enter into similar agreements. The underwriters in connection with any public offering subject to this Section are intended third party beneficiaries and shall have the right to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. The provisions hereof shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S‑8 or Rule 145 transactions on Form S‑4, or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future. The Company may impose stop‑transfer instructions with respect to the securities subject to the provisions hereof until the end of the applicable periods.

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