11903-00011/846388.1
Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit 10.32
Dated July 16, 2001
EXHIBIT B
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and entered
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into as of March 8, 2001, among Pen Interconnect, Inc., a Utah corporation (the
"Company"), and the investors signatory hereto (each such investor is a
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"Purchaser" and all such investors are, collectively, the "Purchasers").
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This Agreement is made pursuant to the Secured Convertible Debenture
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof among the Company and the
Purchasers (the "Purchase Agreement").
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The Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions
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Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in
the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase
Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that
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directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common control with
such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control," when used with
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respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms of "affiliated," "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
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correlative to the foregoing.
"Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which
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shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of
New York or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania generally are authorized or
required by law or other government actions to close.
"Closing Date" shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
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"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"Common Stock" means the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value, or such
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securities in to which that such stock shall hereafter be reclassified.
"Debentures" means the Convertible Debentures issued to the Purchasers in
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accordance with the Purchase Agreement.
11903-00011/846388.1
Registration Rights Agreement
"Effectiveness Date" means with respect to the initial Registration
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Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 120th day following the Closing
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Date and, with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be
required pursuant to Section 3(c), the ninetieth (90th) day following the date
that notice of the requirement to file such additional Registration Statement is
provided.
"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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"Filing Date" means the 60th day following the Closing Date and with
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respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant
to Section 3(c), the 30th day following the date that notice of the requirement
to be file such additional Registration Statement is provided.
"Holder" or "Holders" means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time
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to time of Registrable Securities.
"Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
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"Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
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"Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
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"Person" means an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust,
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incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or political subdivision
thereof) or other entity of any kind.
"Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding
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(including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceed-ing, such as
a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
"Prospectus" means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement
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(including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information
previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms
of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated
by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
"Registrable Securities" means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
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conversion in full of the Debentures and exercise in full of the Warrants.
"Registration Statement" means the registration statement and any
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additional registration statements contemplated by Section 3(c), including (in
each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration
statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all
exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
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Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same effect as such Rule.
"Rule 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
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Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same effect as such Rule.
"Rule 424" means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the
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Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar
rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the
same effect as such Rule.
Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
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and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Special Counsel" means one special counsel to the Holders, for which the
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Holders will be reimbursed by the Company pursuant to Section 4.
2. Shelf Registration
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(a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file
with the Commission a "Shelf" Registration Statement covering the resale of all
Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis
pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form SB-2 (except
if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable
Securities on Form SB-2, in which case such registration shall be on another
appropriate form and shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Holders)
the "Plan of Distribution" attached hereto as Annex A. The Company shall use
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its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but
in any event prior to the Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to
keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act
until the date which is two years after the date that such Registration
Statement is declared effective by the Commission or such earlier date when all
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or
may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) (the
"Effectiveness Period"). In addition, if the registration is not filed on time
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or effective within one hundred twenty (120) days of the closing, the company
shall pay 1% for the first month and 2% per month, of the debenture amounts,
thereafter in penalties until such default is cured.
(b) The initial Registration Statement to be filed hereunder shall
include (but not be limited to) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to no
less than the sum of (i) 200% of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion in full of the principal amount of Debentures issued on the
Closing Date, assuming no interest is paid thereon in cash and that such
Debentures remain outstanding for one year and that such conversion occurred at
a price equal to the lessor of (a) 70% of the average of the three closing bid
prices prior to the closing date (the initial price) and (b) 70% of the average
of the lowest three inter-day prices (which need not occur on consecutive
Trading Days) during the thirty Trading Days immediately preceding the
Conversion Date and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise in full of the Warrants.
(c) If (a) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its
Filing Date (if the Company files such Registration Statement without affording
the Holder the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by
Section 3(a) hereof, the Company shall not be deemed to have satisfied this
clause (a)), or (b) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for
acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act,
within five days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing,
whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not
be "reviewed," or not subject to further review, or (c) a Registration Statement
filed hereunder is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to its
Effectiveness Date, or (d) after a Registration Statement is filed with and
declared effective by the Commission, such Registration Statement ceases to be
effective as to all Registrable Securities to which it is required to relate at
any time prior to the expiration of the Effectiveness Period without being
succeeded within ten Business Days by an amendment to such Registration
Statement or by a subsequent Registration Statement filed with and declared
effective by the Commission, or (e) the Common Stock shall not be quoted on the
OTC Bulletin Board or shall be delisted or suspended from trading on the New
York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the
Nasdaq Smallcap Market (each, a "Subsequent Market") for more than three Trading
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Days (which need not be consecutive Trading Days), or (f) the conversion rights
of the Holders pursuant to the Debentures are suspended for any reason, or (g)
an amendment to a Registration Statement is not filed by the Company with the
Commission within ten Business Days of the Commission's notifying the Company
that such amendment is required in order for such Registration Statement to be
declared effective (any such failure or breach being referred to as an "Event,"
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and for purposes of clauses (a), (c), (f) the date on which such Event occurs,
or for purposes of clause (b) the date on which such five day period is
exceeded, or for purposes of clauses (d) and (g) the date which such ten
Business Day-period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (e) the date on which
such three Trading Day-period is exceeded, being referred to as "Event Date"),
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then, on each such Event Date and every monthly anniversary thereof until the
applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in
cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 2.0% of the purchase
price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, or at the Holder's
option, in shares of Common Stock. If the Holder elects to receive such
liquidated damages in shares of Common Stock, then the number of shares issuable
to such Holder shall be determined based upon a price which is equal to the
average of the three lowest inter-day trading prices (as reported by Bloomberg
Information Services) during the ten Trading Days immediately preceding the
Event Date or the monthly anniversary thereof. If the Company fails to pay any
liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the
date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 15% per annum
(or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law)
to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such liquidated damages are due
until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The
liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a pro-rata basis
for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.
3. Registration Procedures
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In connection with the Company's registration obliga-tions hereunder, the
Company shall:
(a) Not less than five Business Days prior to the filing of each
Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall, (i) furnish to the
Holders and their Special Counsel copies of all such documents proposed to be
filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders and
their Special Counsel-, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and
independent certified pub-lic accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall
be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to conduct a
reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company
shall not file the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any
amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities and their Special Counsel shall reasonably object,
provided, the Company is notified of such objection no later than 3 Business
Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of such documents.
(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments,
including post-effective amendments, to the Registration State-ment and the
Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the
Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable
Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission
such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under
the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related
Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Pro-spectus supplement,
and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii)
respond as promptly as reasonably possible, and in any event within ten Business
Days, to any comments received from the Commission with respect to the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as promptly as reasonably
possible provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from
and to the Commission relating to the Registration Statement; and (iv) comply in
all material respects with the provisions of the Securi-ties Act and the
Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance
with the intended methods of disposi-tion by the Holders thereof set forth in
the Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so
supplemented.
(c) File additional Registration Statements if the number of
Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 85% of the number of shares of Common
Stock then registered in all their existing Registration Statements hereunder
which additional Registration Statement shall cover 120% or more of the number
of unregistered Registrable Securities.
(d) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold and their
Special Counsel as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A)
below, not less than five Business Days prior to such filing) and (if requested
by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Business
Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Regis-tration Statement is proposed to be filed;
(B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a "review" of
such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on
such Registration Statement (the Company shall provide true and complete copies
thereof and all written responses thereto to each of the Holders); and (C) with
respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the
same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other
Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or Pro-spectus or for additional information; (iii) of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or
the initiation of any Proceedings for that pur-pose; (iv) if at any time any of
the representations and war-ranties of the Company contained in any agreement
contemplated hereby ceases to be true and correct in all material respects; (v)
of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspen-sion of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or
threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (vi) of the occurrence of
any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in the
Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in
the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to the Registration Statement, Pro-spectus or other
documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a mate-rial fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(e) Promptly deliver to each Holder and their Special Counsel, without
charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospec-tuses (including each form
of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may
reasonably request. The Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus
and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in
con-nection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securi-ties covered by
such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(f) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its
best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders and
their Special Counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or
exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable
Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder requests in writing, to
keep each such reg-istration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective
during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things
necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement; provided, that the
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Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or subject the Company to any
material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(g) Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered
to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall
be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive
leg-ends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations
and registered in such names as any such Holders may request.
(h) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d)(vi),
as promptly as reasonably possible, prepare a supple-ment or amendment,
including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related Prospec-tus or any document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a mate-rial fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(i) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission.
4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the
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perfor-xxxxx of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne
by the Company whether or not any Reg-istrable Securities are sold pursuant to
the Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing
sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registra-tion and filing
fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to
filings required to be made with any Subsequent Market on which the Common Stock
is then listed for trading, and (B) in compliance with applicable state
securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky
qualifica-tions or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and determination of
the eligibility of the Regis-trable Securities for investment under the laws of
such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders)), (ii) printing expenses
(including, without limita-tion, expenses of printing certificates for
Registrable Securi-ties and of printing prospectuses requested by the Holders),
(iii) messenger, tele-phone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company and Special Counsel for the Holders and (v) fees and
expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5. Indemnification(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company
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shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, brokers (including
brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a
pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock),
investm-ent advisors and employees of each of them, each Person who con-trols
any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the offi-cers, directors, agents and
employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, costs (including, with-out limitation, costs of preparation and
attor-neys' fees) and expenses (collectively, "Losses"), as incurred, arising
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out of or relating to any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of
prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary
prospec-tus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission
of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or
supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made)
not mis-leading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (1) such
untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such
Holder furnished in writ-ing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use
therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such
Holder's pro-posed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was
reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in
the Registration Statement, such Prospec-tus or such form of Prospectus or in
any amendment or supplement thereto or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an
event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(ii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of
an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder
in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt
by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(e). The Company shall
notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any
Proceeding of which the Company is aware in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not
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jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Com-pany, its directors, officers,
agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the
directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses (as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment not subject
to appeal or review) arising solely out of or based solely upon any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any
Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arising solely out of or based solely upon any omission of a
mate-rial fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by
such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration
Statement or such Prospectus or to the extent that (1) such untrue statements or
omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in
writ-ing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the
extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder's pro-posed
method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly
approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration
Statement, such Prospec-tus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type
specified in Section 3(d)(ii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or
defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that
the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder
of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(e). In no event shall the lia-bility of
any selling Holder hereun-der be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the
net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities
giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be
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brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an
"Indemnified Party"), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person
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from whom indemnity is sought (the "Indemnifying Party") in writing, and the
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Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all
fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that
the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement,
except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction (which determi-nation is not subject to appeal or
further review) that such failure shall have proximately and materially
adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indem-nified Party or
Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such
fees and expenses; or (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named
parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both
such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party
shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to
exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the
Indem-nifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party noti-fies the
Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the
expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of
the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any
settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party
is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of
such Proceeding.
All fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (in-cluding reasonable fees
and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or
preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this
Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten
Business Days of written notice thereof to the Indem-nifying Party (regard-less
of whether it is ultimately deter-mined that an Indemnified Party is not
entitled to indemnifica-tion hereunder; provided, that the Indemnifying Party
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may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to reimburse all such fees and
expenses to the extent it is finally judicially determined that such Indemnified
Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder).
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or
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5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy or
otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and
Indem-nified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that
resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in ques-tion,
including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission
or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to
information sup-plied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or
payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject
to the limita-tions set forth in Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys' or
other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any
Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or
expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to
such party in accordance with its terms.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata
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allocation or by any other method of allo-cation that does not take into account
the equitable considera-tions referred to in the immediately preceding
para-graph. Not-withstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder
shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the
amount by which the proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of
the Registrable Securities subject to the Pro-ceeding exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in
addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the
Indemnified Parties.
6. Miscellaneous
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(a) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
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including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company
and the Holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities. Notwithstanding the fore-going, a waiver or consent to depart from
the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of
other Holders may be given by Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable
Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the
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provisions of this sen-tence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented
except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its
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subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any
agreement with respect to its securities that would have the effect of impairing
the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with
the provisions hereof. Except as and to the extent specified in Schedule 6(b)
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hereto, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has previously entered
into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its
securities to any Person.
(c) No Piggyback on Registrations. Except as and to the extent
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specified in Schedule 6(b) hereto, neither the Company nor any of its security
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holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include
securities of the Company in the Registration Statement other than the
Registrable Securities, and the Company shall not after the date hereof enter
into any agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders.
(d) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply
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with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to
it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement.
(e) Discontinued Disposition. Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of
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such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of
the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Sections 3(d)(ii),
3(d)(iii), 3(d)(iv), 3(d)(v) or 3(d)(vi), such Holder will forthwith
discon-tinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the Registration
Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented
Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement contemplated by Section 3(h),
or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the use of
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the applicable Pro-spectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received
cop-ies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorpo-rated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Pro-spectus or Registration
Statement. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the
provisions of this paragraph.
(f) Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time during the Effectiveness
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Period there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the
Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with
the Commission 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 (each as promulgated under the
Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be
issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee
benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder written notice of such
determination and, if within fifteen days after receipt of such notice, any such
Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such
registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such
holder requests to be registered.
(g) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
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required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on a Business Day, (ii) the Business Day after the date of transmission,
if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified in this Agreement later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on such date,
(iii) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally
recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party
to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and
communications shall be as follows:
If to the Company: Pen Interconnect, Inc.
0000 X. XxxXxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: 714/ 436-9728
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxx
With copies to: [ ]
[ ]
[ ]
Facsimile No [ ]
Attn: [ ]
If to a Purchaser: To the address set forth under such
Purchaser's name on the signature
pages hereto.
If to any other Person who is then the registered Holder:
To the address of such Holder as it
appears in the stock transfer books
of the Company
or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same
manner, by such Person.
(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
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of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the
parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not
assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Holder. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the
manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.
(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
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counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such
signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on
whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect
as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.
(j) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction,
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validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each
party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan, for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that
such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably
waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any
such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the
address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such
service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right
to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
(k) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative
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and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
(l) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of
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this Agree-ment is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated
by such term, provision, covenant or restric-tion. It is hereby stipulated and
declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the
remaining terms, provisions, cove-nants and restrictions without including any
of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(m) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
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reference only and shall not limit or other-wise affect the meaning hereof.
(n) Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights. The
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obligations of each Purchaser hereunder is several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or
document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Each Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including
without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be
necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first written above.
PEN INTERCONNECT. INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: CEO
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTORS
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By:
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for Notice:
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
Attn: ________________
Facsimile No.:
With copies to:
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
Facsimile No.:
Attn:
______________________
By:
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for Notice:
____________________
____________________
____________________
Attn: ________________
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
With copies to:
______________________
______________________
______________________
Facsimile No.:
Attn:
______________________
By:
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for Notice:
____________________
____________________
____________________
Attn: ________________
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
With copies to:
______________________
______________________
______________________
Facsimile No.:
Attn:
Annex A
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
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The Selling Stockholders and any of their pledgees, assignees and
successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares
of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the
shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or
negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the
following methods when selling shares:
- ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the
broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
- block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as
agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
facilitate the transaction;
- purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer
for its account;
- an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
- privately negotiated transactions;
- short sales;
- broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified
number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
- a combination of any such methods of sale; and
- any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
The Selling Stockholders may also engage in short sales against the box,
puts and calls and other transactions in securities of the Company or
derivatives of Company securities and may sell or deliver shares in connection
with these trades. The Selling Stockholders may pledge their shares to their
brokers under the margin provisions of customer agreements. If a Selling
Stockholder defaults on a margin loan, the broker may, from time to time, offer
and sell the pledged shares. The Selling Stockholders have advised the Company
that they have not entered into any agreements, understandings or arrangements
with any underwriters or broker-dealers regarding the sale of their shares other
than ordinary course brokerage arrangements, nor is there an underwriter or
coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of shares by the
Selling Stockholders.
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other
brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions
or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as
agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be
negotiated. The Selling Stockholders do not expect these commissions and
discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved
in selling the shares may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of
the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any
commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the
resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.
The Company is required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the
registration of the shares, including fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Selling Stockholders. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling
Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act.
