Exhibit 10.2
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of May 28,
2003, by and among P-Com, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Company"), and the undersigned (together with their
respective affiliates, the "Initial Investors").
WHEREAS:
A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May
28, 2003, by and among the Company and the Initial Investors (the "Securities
Purchase Agreement"), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions contained therein, to issue and sell to the Initial Investors (i)
convertible promissory notes (the "Notes") that are convertible into shares of
the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"),
upon the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in the
Notes, and (ii) warrants (the "Warrants") to acquire shares of Common Stock. The
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the
Notes are referred to herein as the "Conversion Shares" and the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants are
referred to herein as the "Warrant Shares."
B. To induce the Initial Investors to execute and deliver the Securities
Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration
rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the
"Securities Act"), and applicable state securities laws.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Initial
Investors hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(i) "Investors" means the Initial Investors and any transferees or
assignees who agree to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9 hereof.
(ii) "register," "registered," and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or
Statements in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a
continuous basis ("Rule 415"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness
of such Registration Statement by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC").
(iii) "Registrable Securities" means (a) the Conversion Shares, (b)
the Warrant Shares and (c) any other shares of capital stock of the Company
issued or issuable, from time to time (with any adjustments), as a dividend or
distribution on, or in exchange for or replacement of, or otherwise with respect
to any of the foregoing.
(iv) "Registration Statement" means a registration statement of the
Company under the Securities Act.
(b) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
2. REGISTRATION.
(a) Demand Registration. Subject to the conditions of this Section
2(a), if the Company receives a written request from one or more of the
Investors (the "Initiating Investors") that the Company file a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act registering the resale of the Registrable
Securities, then the Company shall, (i) give notice of such request to all
Investors as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the tenth (10th)
day following the date of such request, and (ii) prepare promptly and file with
the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the thirtieth (30th)
day following the date of such request, and thereafter use its best efforts to
cause to become effective as soon as practicable, a Registration Statement
registering the resale of all Registrable Securities that the Initiating
Investors request to be registered and all Registrable Securities owned by any
other Investor that notifies the Company in writing, within fifteen (15) days
after receipt of the Company's notice contemplated in clause (i) above, that it
intends to participate in such demand registration, which notification shall
include the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included by such
Investor and the intended method or methods of distribution of such Registrable
Securities. The Registration Statement filed hereunder, to the extent allowable
under the Securities Act (including Rule 416), shall state that such
Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional
shares of Common Stock as may become issuable upon conversion of the Notes and
exercise of the Warrants to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions. The Registration Statement (and each
amendment or supplement thereto, and each request for acceleration of
effectiveness thereof) shall be provided to (and subject to the approval of) the
Investors participating in such demand registration and their respective counsel
prior to its filing or other submission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not be required to effect a demand registration pursuant to this
Section 2(a): (1) prior to the 180th day following the date hereof, or (2) after
the Company has effected one registration pursuant to this Section 2(a), and
such registration has been declared or ordered effective and remained
continuously effective without interruption in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3 hereof for the duration of the Registration Period (as defined in
Section 3(a) below).
(b) Piggy-Back Registrations. If, at any time prior to the expiration
of the Registration Period, the Company shall file with the SEC a Registration
Statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others
under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities (other than on Form S-4
or Form S-8 or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued
solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity
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or business or equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or
other employee benefit plans), the Company shall send to each Investor written
notice of such determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after the date of
such notice, such Investor shall so request in writing, the Company shall
include in such Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable
Securities such Investor requests to be registered, except that if, in
connection with any underwritten public offering, the managing underwriter(s)
thereof shall impose a limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock which
may be included in the Registration Statement because, in such underwriter(s)'
judgment, marketing or other factors dictate such limitation is necessary to
facilitate public distribution, then, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 2(b), the Company shall be obligated to include in such Registration
Statement only such limited portion of the Registrable Securities with respect
to which such Investor has requested inclusion hereunder as the underwriter
shall permit. Any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata
among the Investors seeking to include Registrable Securities, in proportion to
the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included by such Investors;
provided, however, that the Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities
unless the Company has first excluded all outstanding securities, the holders of
which are not contractually entitled to inclusion of such securities in such
Registration Statement or are not contractually entitled to pro rata inclusion
with the Registrable Securities; and provided, further, however, that, after
giving effect to the immediately preceding proviso, any exclusion of Registrable
Securities shall be made pro rata with holders of other securities having the
contractual right to include such securities in the Registration Statement other
than holders of securities contractually entitled to inclusion of their
securities in such Registration Statement by reason of demand registration
rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such reduction shall reduce the amount
of Registrable Securities included in the registration below twenty-five (25%)
of the total amount of securities included in such registration. No right to
registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 2(b) shall be
construed to limit any registration required under Section 2(a) hereof. If an
offering in connection with which an Investor is entitled to registration under
this Section 2(b) is an underwritten offering, then each Investor whose
Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement shall, unless
otherwise agreed by the Company, offer and sell such Registrable Securities in
an underwritten offering using the same underwriter or underwriters and, subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, on the same terms and conditions as other
shares of Common Stock included in such underwritten offering.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.
In connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the
Company shall have the following obligations:
(a) The Company shall respond promptly to any and all comments made by
the staff of the SEC to the Registration Statement required by Section 2(a), and
shall submit to the SEC before the close of business on or before the second
business day immediately following the business day on which the Company learns
(either by telephone or in writing) that no review of such Registration
Statement will be made by the SEC or that the staff of the SEC has no further
comments on such Registration Statement, as the case may be, a request for
acceleration of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and
date as soon as practicable. The Company shall keep such Registration Statement
effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until such date as is the earlier of
(i) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities have been sold and (ii)
the date on which all of the Registrable Securities may be immediately sold to
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the public without registration or restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the
Securities Act or any successor provision (the "Registration Period"), which
Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and
prospectuses contained therein and all documents incorporated by reference
therein) (i) shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder
and (ii) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. The financial statements of the Company
included in the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein will
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable with
respect thereto. Such financial statements will be prepared in accordance with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the
periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim
statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed on
summary statements and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the
dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows
for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to
immaterial year-end adjustments)).
(b) The Company shall use its best efforts to promptly prepare and file
with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to the Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection
with the Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration
Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during
such period, comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to
the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by the
Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities
have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by
the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in the Registration Statement. In the
event the number of shares available under a Registration Statement filed
pursuant to this Agreement is, for any three (3) consecutive trading days (the
last of such three (3) trading days being the "Registration Trigger Date"),
insufficient to cover one hundred percent (100%) of the Registrable Securities
required to be included thereunder (as a result of any adjustment to the number
of shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants or
the occurrence of any other event not covered by Rule 416 under the Securities
Act), the Company shall amend the Registration Statement, or file a new
Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if applicable), or
both, so as to cover one hundred percent (100%) of the Registrable Securities
required to be included thereunder, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in
any event within fifteen (15) days after the Registration Trigger Date. The
Company shall use its best efforts to cause such amendment(s) and/or new
Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the
filing thereof.
(c) The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable
Securities are included in the Registration Statement and its legal counsel (i)
promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the
SEC, or received by the Company, one copy of the Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus and prospectus and each amendment
or supplement thereto, and, in the case of the Registration Statement referred
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to in Section 2(a), each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the
SEC or the staff of the SEC (including, without limitation, any request to
accelerate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or amendment
thereto), and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC,
in each case relating to the Registration Statement (other than any portion, if
any, thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought
confidential treatment), (ii) by the next business day after the date of
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, a notice
stating that the Registration Statement or amendment has been declared
effective, and (iii) such number of copies of a prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto and such
other documents as such Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate
the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.
(d) The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and qualify
the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such
other securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions in the United States
as each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being offered reasonably
requests, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions such amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and
qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during
the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to
maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the
Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or
advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection
therewith or as a condition thereto to (a) qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
Section 3(d), (b) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction,
(c) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, (d)
provide any undertakings that cause the Company undue expense or burden, or (e)
make any change in its charter or bylaws, which in each case the Board of
Directors of the Company determines to be contrary to the best interests of the
Company and its stockholders.
(e) As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, the
Company shall notify each Investor by telephone and facsimile of the happening
of any event, of which the Company has knowledge, as a result of which the
prospectus included in the Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes
an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and, use its best efforts promptly to prepare a supplement or
amendment to the Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or
omission, and deliver such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to
each Investor as such Investor may reasonably request.
(f) The Company shall use its best efforts (i) to prevent the issuance
of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration
Statement (other than as permitted herein), and, if such an order is issued, to
obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest practicable moment
(including in each case by amending or supplementing such Registration
Statement) and (ii) to notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities
being sold (or, in the event of an underwritten offering, the managing
underwriters) of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof (and if
such Registration Statement is supplemented or amended, deliver such number of
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copies of such supplement or amendment to each Investor as such Investor may
reasonably request).
(g) The Company shall permit a single firm of counsel designated by the
Investors to review the Registration Statement and all amendments and
supplements thereto a reasonable period of time prior to its filing with the
SEC, and not file any document in a form to which such counsel reasonably
objects.
(h) The Company shall make generally available to its security holders
as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the
period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the
provisions of Rule 158 under the Securities Act) covering a twelve-month period
beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next
following the effective date of the Registration Statement which compliance will
be met through the Company's filing, on an appropriate form, the appropriate
report of the Company as required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor
statute (collectively, the "Exchange Act").
(i) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of
information concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure
of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities
laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a
misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of
such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court
or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, (iv) such information has been
made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of
this or any other agreement, or (v) such Investor consents to the form and
content of any such disclosure. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning
that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a
court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means,
give prompt notice to such Investor prior to making such disclosure, and allow
the Investor, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent
disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.
(j) The Company shall use its best efforts to promptly either (i) cause
all of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be
listed on each national securities exchange on which securities of the same
class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of
such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange,
or (ii) secure the designation and quotation of all of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement on each automated quotation
system on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are
then quoted, if any, if the designation and quotation of such Registrable
Securities is then permitted under the rules of such automated quotation system,
and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to arrange for or
maintain at least two market makers to register with the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. as such with respect to such Registrable Securities.
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(k) The Company shall provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may
be a single entity, for the Registrable Securities not later than the effective
date of the Registration Statement.
(l) The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable
Securities being offered to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends to the extent permitted by the
Securities Purchase Agreement) representing Registrable Securities to be offered
pursuant to the Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in
such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors may
reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investors may request.
(m) At the request of any Investor, the Company shall prepare and file
with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection
with such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to change the plan
of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement.
(n) The Company shall comply with all applicable laws related to a
Registration Statement and offering and sale of securities and all applicable
rules and regulations of governmental authorities in connection therewith
(including, without limitation, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act).
(o) From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not,
and shall not agree to, allow the holders of any securities of the Company to
include any of their securities which are not Registrable Securities in the
Registration Statement under Section 2(a) hereof or any amendment or supplement
thereto under Section 3(b) hereof without the consent of the holders of a
majority in interest of the Registrable Securities.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS. In connection with the registration of
the Registrable Securities, the Investors shall have the following obligations:
(a) 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 Investor that such Investor shall furnish
to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities
held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities
held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such
Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such
registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least five trading days
prior to the first anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement, the
Company shall notify each Investor of the information the Company requires from
each such Investor.
(b) Each Investor, by such Investor's acceptance of the Registrable
Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the
Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement under which such Investor has elected to
include any of such Investor's Registrable Securities.
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(c) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(e),
such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities
until such Investor's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended
prospectus contemplated by Section 3(e) and, if so directed by the Company, such
Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) or destroy
(and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction) all copies in such
Investor's possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities
current at the time of receipt of such notice. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, subject to compliance with applicable laws, the Company shall cause
the transfer agent for the Registrable Securities to deliver unlegended shares
of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of
the Notes and Warrants in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities
with respect to which such Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior
to receipt of such notice and for which such Investor has not yet settled.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION. All reasonable expenses incurred by the
Company or the Investors (but only for reasonable attorney's fees of one counsel
for the Investors) in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications
pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 above, including, without limitation, all
registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, the
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the fees and disbursements of
one counsel selected by the Investors, and the underwriting discounts and
commissions, shall be borne by the Company. In addition, the Company shall pay
all of the Investors' reasonable costs and expenses (including legal fees)
incurred in connection with the enforcement of the rights of the Investors
hereunder.
6. INDEMNIFICATION. In the event any Registrable Securities are included
in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify, hold
harmless and defend (i) each Investor who holds such Registrable Securities, and
(ii) the directors, officers, partners, members, employees and agents of such
Investor and each person who controls any Investor within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, if any, (each, an
"Investor Indemnified Person"), against any joint or several losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses (collectively, together with actions,
proceedings or inquiries by any regulatory or self-regulatory organization,
whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof, "Claims") to which any of
them may become subject insofar as such Claims arise out of or are based upon:
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a
Registration Statement or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the
effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final
prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission
to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were
made, not misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company
of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law, including, without
limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder
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relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities (the matters in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being collectively referred to herein as
"Violations"). Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6(c) with
respect to the number of legal counsel, the Company shall reimburse the
Investors and each other Investor Indemnified Person, promptly as such expenses
are incurred and are due and payable, for any reasonable legal fees or other
reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall
not apply to a Claim arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by such Investor Indemnified Person expressly for use in the
Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; (ii)
shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is
effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld; and (iii) with respect to any preliminary
prospectus, shall not inure to the benefit of any Investor Indemnified Person if
the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the preliminary
prospectus was corrected on a timely basis in the prospectus, as then amended or
supplemented, if such corrected prospectus was timely made available by the
Company pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof, and the Investor Indemnified Person was
promptly advised in writing not to use the incorrect prospectus prior to the use
giving rise to a Violation and such Investor Indemnified Person, notwithstanding
such advice, used it. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Investor Indemnified
Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the
Investors pursuant to Section 9 hereof.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is
participating, each such Investor agrees severally and not jointly to indemnify,
hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner set forth in
Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs
the Registration Statement, its employees, agents and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and any other stockholder selling securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement or any of its directors or officers or
any person who controls such stockholder within the meaning of the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act (each, a "Company Indemnified Person"), against any
Claims to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims arise out
of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the
extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use
in connection with such Registration Statement; and subject to Section 6(c) such
Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses (promptly as such expenses
are incurred and are due and payable) reasonably incurred by them in connection
with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) shall not apply to amounts
paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior
written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be liable under
this Agreement (including this Section 6(b) and Section 7) for only that amount
as does not exceed the net proceeds actually received by such Investor as a
result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration
Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of
any investigation made by or on behalf of such Company Indemnified
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Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the
Investors pursuant to Section 9 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b)
with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any
Company Indemnified Person if the untrue statement or omission of material fact
contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected on a timely basis in the
prospectus, as then amended or supplemented.
(c) Promptly after receipt by any party entitled to indemnification under
this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any
governmental action), such indemnified party shall, if a Claim in respect
thereof is to made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver
to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the
indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent
the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel
mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the indemnified party;
provided, however, that such indemnifying party shall not be entitled to assume
such defense and an indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in
the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the
representation by such counsel of the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential conflicts of interest
between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel
in such proceeding or the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any
such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and
any such indemnified party reasonably determines that there may be legal
defenses available to such indemnified party which are in conflict with those
available to such indemnifying party. The indemnifying party shall pay for only
one separate legal counsel for the indemnified parties, and such legal counsel
shall be selected by Investors holding a majority in interest of the Registrable
Securities included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim relates (if
the parties entitled to indemnification hereunder are Investor Indemnified
Persons) or by the Company (if the parties entitled to indemnification hereunder
are Company Indemnified Persons). The failure to deliver written notice to the
indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such
action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the
indemnified party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is actually prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic
payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or
defense, as such expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred and is due and
payable.
7. CONTRIBUTION. To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying
party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the
maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be
liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law as is appropriate
to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and
the indemnified party, on the other hand, with respect to the Violation giving
rise to the applicable Claim; provided, however, that (i) no contribution shall
be made under circumstances where the maker would not have been liable for
indemnification under the fault standards set forth in Section 6, (ii) no person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 12(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of
Registrable Securities who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation,
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and (iii) contribution (together with any indemnification or other obligations
under this Agreement) by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited
in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of
such Registrable Securities.
8. REPORTS UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT. With a view to making available to the
Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any
other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the
Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration
("Rule 144"), the Company agrees to:
(a) file with the SEC in a timely manner and make and keep available
all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements
(it being understood that nothing herein shall limit the Company's obligations
under Section 4(c) of the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the filing and
availability of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable
provisions of Rule 144; and
(b) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Notes,
Warrants or Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written
statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of
Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most
recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and
documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be
reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities under Rule
144 without registration.
9. ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights of the Investors
hereunder, including the right to have the Company register Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Agreement, shall be automatically assignable by each
Investor to any transferee of all or any portion of the Notes, the Warrants or
the Registrable Securities if: (a) the Investor agrees in writing with the
transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is
furnished to the Company after such assignment; (b) the Company is furnished
with written notice of (i) the name and address of such transferee or assignee,
and (ii) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being
transferred or assigned; (c) following such transfer or assignment, the further
disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under
the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; (d) the transferee or
assignee agrees in writing for the benefit of the Company to be bound by all of
the provisions contained herein; and (e) such transfer shall have been made in
accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Purchase
Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants, as applicable. In addition, and
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Notes,
the Warrants and the Registrable Securities may be pledged, and all rights of
the Investors under this Agreement or any other agreement or document related to
the transactions contemplated hereby may be assigned, without further consent of
the Company, to a bona fide pledgee in connection with an Investor's margin or
brokerage account.
10. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Provisions of this Agreement may be
amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a
particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the
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written consent of the Company and Investors who hold at least a majority in
interest of the Registrable Securities or, in the case of a waiver, with the
written consent of the party charged with the enforcement of any such provision;
provided, however, that no consideration shall be paid to an Investor by the
Company in connection with an amendment hereto unless each Investor similarly
affected by such amendment receives a pro-rata amount of consideration from the
Company. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10
shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) A person or entity is deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such person or entity owns of record such Registrable
Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or
elections from two or more persons or entities with respect to the same
Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions,
notice or election received from the registered owner of such Registrable
Securities.
(b) Any notices required or permitted to be given under the terms of
this Agreement shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt
requested), or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or
delivered personally or by courier or by confirmed telecopy, and shall be
effective five (5) days after being placed in the mail, if mailed certified or
registered mailed, or one (1) day after being delivered to the nationally
recognized overnight delivery service, if delivered in such manner, or upon
receipt or refusal of receipt, if delivered personally or by courier or
confirmed telecopy, in each case addressed to a party. The addresses for such
communications shall be:
(i) if to the Company:
P-Com, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx.
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
with a copy simultaneously transmitted by like means to:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
(ii) if to any Investor, at such address as such Investor shall
have provided in writing to the Company, or at such other address as each such
party furnishes by notice given in accordance with this Section 11(b).
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(c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this
Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy,
shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
(d) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be
performed in the State of Delaware. The Company irrevocably consents to the
jurisdiction of the United States federal courts and the state courts located in
the State of Delaware in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this
Agreement and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or
proceeding may be determined in such courts. The Company irrevocably waives the
defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit or proceeding.
The Company further agrees that service of process upon the Company, mailed by
first class mail shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process
upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. Nothing herein shall affect the
Investors' right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The
Company agrees that a final non-appealable judgment in any such suit or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on such judgment or in any other lawful manner.
(e) This Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement (including all
schedules and exhibits thereto), the Notes, the Warrants and the other
Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth
or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the Securities Purchase
Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants and the other Transaction Documents supersede
all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof and thereof.
(f) Subject to the requirements of Section 9 hereof, this Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of
each of the parties hereto.
(g) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the
same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to
the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement
bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
(i) Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed,
all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other
agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may
reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) All consents, approvals and other determinations to be made by the
Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made by the Investors holding
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a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities (determined as if Notes and
Warrants then outstanding had been converted into or exercised for Registrable
Securities) held by all Investors.
(k) The initial number of Registrable Securities included on any
Registration Statement and each increase to the number of Registrable Securities
included thereon shall be allocated pro rata among the Investors based on the
number of Registrable Securities held by each Investor at the time of such
establishment or increase, as the case may be (except as to any Investor who
does not elect to include any of such Investor's Registrable Securities
thereunder). In the event an Investor shall sell or otherwise transfer any of
such holder's Registrable Securities, each transferee shall be allocated a pro
rata portion of the number of Registrable Securities included on a Registration
Statement for such transferor. Any shares of Common Stock included on a
Registration Statement and which remain allocated to any person or entity which
does not hold any Registrable Securities shall be allocated to the remaining
Investors, pro rata based on the number of shares of Registrable Securities then
held by such Investors. For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Registrable
Securities held by any Investor shall be determined as if all Notes and Warrants
then outstanding were converted into or exercised for Registrable Securities.
(l) Each party to this Agreement has participated in the negotiation
and drafting of this Agreement. As such, the language used herein shall be
deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual
intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party to
this Agreement.
(m) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "business day" means any
day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in
the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or
executive order to close, and the term "trading day" means any day on which the
principal securities exchange or trading market where the Common Stock is then
listed or traded, is open for trading.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
P-COM, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
INITIAL INVESTOR:
NORTH SOUND LEGACY FUND LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
P-COM, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
INITIAL INVESTOR:
NORTH SOUND LEGACY INSTITUTIONAL FUND LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
P-COM, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
INITIAL INVESTOR:
NORTH SOUND LEGACY INTERNATIONAL LTD.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
