REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 99.3
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 3, 2007, by and
among Workstream Inc., a corporation existing pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act with
headquarters located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0, Xxxxxx (the “Company”),
and the undersigned buyers (each, a “Buyer”, and collectively, the “Buyers”).
RECITALS
A. In connection with the Transaction Agreement by and among the parties hereto, dated as of
July 25, 2007 (the “Transaction Agreement”), the Company have agreed, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of the Transaction Agreement, to issue and sell to each Buyer (i) the Special
Warrants (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) which will be convertible into Conversion Shares
(as defined in the Transaction Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Special Warrants and
(ii) the Warrants (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) which will be exercisable to purchase
Warrant Shares (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the
Warrants.
B. To induce the Buyers to execute and deliver the Transaction 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 “1933 Act”),
and applicable state securities laws.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and each of the Buyers hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the Transaction Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which
commercial banks in Chicago, Illinois are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(b) “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.
(c) “Effective Date” means the date that the applicable Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the SEC.
(d) “Effectiveness Deadline” means (i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement
required to be filed to cover the resale by the Investors of the Registrable Securities
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the 100th calendar day after the Closing Date (or the 130th calendar
day
after the Closing Date in the event that such Registration Statement is subject to review by the
SEC) and (b) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required to be
filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the 100th calendar day following the
date on which the Company was required to file such additional Registration Statement (or the
130th calendar day after such date in the event that such Registration Statement is
subject to review by the SEC).
(e) “Filing Deadline” means the (i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement
required to be filed to cover the resale by the Investors of the Registrable Securities, the
40th calendar day after the Closing Date and (ii) with respect to any additional
Registration Statements that may be required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement,
the date on which the Company was required to file such additional Registration Statement pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement.
(f) “Investor” means a Buyer or any transferee or assignee of any Registrable Securities,
Special Warrants or Warrants, as applicable, to whom a Buyer assigns its rights under this
Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with
Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee of any
Registrable Securities, Special Warrants or Warrants, as applicable, assigns its rights under this
Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with
Section 9.
(g) “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture,
a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency
thereof.
(h) “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing
and filing one or more Registration Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the 1933 Act
and pursuant to Rule 415 and the declaration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by
the SEC.
(i) “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Conversion Shares issued or issuable upon
conversion of the Special Warrants, (ii) the Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants and (iii) any capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the
Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the Special Warrants or the Warrants, including, without
limitation, (1) as a result of any share split, share dividend, recapitalization, exchange or
similar event or otherwise and (2) shares of capital stock of the Company into which the Common
Shares (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) are converted or exchanged and shares of capital
stock of a Successor Entity (as defined in the Warrants) into which the Common Shares are converted
or exchanged, in each case, without regard to any limitations on conversion of the Special Warrants
or exercise of the Warrants.
(j) “Registration Statement” means a registration statement or registration statements of the
Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the Registrable Securities.
(k) “Required Holders” means the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities.
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(l) “Required Registration Amount” means the sum of (i) the number of Conversion Shares issued
and issuable pursuant to the Special Warrants and (ii) the number of Warrant Shares issued and
issuable pursuant to the Warrants as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date
of determination (without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the Special
Warrants or the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein), all subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 2(d).
(m) “Rule 415” means Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering
securities on a continuous or delayed basis.
(n) “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
2. Registration.
(a) Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable,
but in no event later than the Filing Deadline, file with the SEC the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities. In the event that Form S-3 is
unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is available for such
a registration on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, subject
to the provisions of Section 2(c). The Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto shall
register for resale at least the number of Common Shares equal to the Required Registration Amount
as of the date the Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC. The Registration
Statement shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the “Selling
Shareholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B; provided that the Company may make any changes to such sections as
requested by the SEC so long as none of such changes are materially inconsistent with the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B or adversely affect any Investor (including, without
limitation, any restrictions on the manner of disposition). The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 a.m. on the Business
Day immediately following the Effective Date of the applicable Registration Statement, the Company
shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be
used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, other than during an Allowable Grace Period, the Company
shall ensure that, when filed and at all times while effective, each Registration Statement and the
prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement will disclose (whether directly or
through incorporation by reference to other SEC filings to the extent permitted) all material
information regarding the Company and its securities. In no event shall the Company include any
securities other than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement without the prior
written consent of the Required Holders. The Company shall not after the date hereof until the
Effective Date of the Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to this Section 2(a)
enter into any agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders.
(b) Legal Counsel. Subject to Section 5 hereof, Magnetar Capital Master Fund, Ltd
shall have the right to select one (1) legal counsel to review and oversee, solely on its behalf,
any registration pursuant to this Section 2 (“Legal Counsel”), which shall be Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
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LLP or such other counsel as thereafter designated by Magnetar Capital Master Fund, Ltd.
(c) Ineligibility for Form S-3. In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the
registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the
resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the
Required Holders and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as
such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3
covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC.
(d) Sufficient Number of Shares Registered. In the event the number of shares
available under a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is insufficient to cover
the resale of all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered by such Registration
Statement, the Company shall amend the applicable Registration Statement, or file a new
Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as to
cover at least the Required Registration Amount as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the
date of the filing of such amendment or new Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the necessity therefor arises.
The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment and/or new
Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof.
For purposes of the foregoing provision, the number of shares available under a Registration
Statement shall be deemed “insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities” if at any time
the number of Common Shares available for resale under the Registration Statement is less than the
product determined by multiplying (i) the Required Registration Amount as of such time by (ii)
0.90. The calculation set forth in the foregoing sentence shall be made without regard to (i) any
limitations on the conversion of the Special Warrants (and such calculation shall assume that the
Special Warrants are then fully convertible into Common Shares at the then prevailing applicable
Conversion Price) or (ii) any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants (and such calculation
shall assume that the Warrants are then fully exercisable for Common Shares at the then prevailing
applicable Exercise Price).
(e) Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration
Statement. If (i) a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable
Securities required to be covered thereby and required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the Filing Deadline (a “Filing Failure”) (it
being understood that if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording each Investor
the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(c) hereof, the Company
shall not be deemed to have satisfied this clause (i)(A) and such event shall be deemed to be a
Filing Failure); or (B) not declared effective by the SEC on or before the applicable Effectiveness
Deadline (an “Effectiveness Failure”) (it being understood that if on the Business Day immediately
following the Effective Date the Company shall not have filed a “final” prospectus for such
Registration Statement with the SEC under Rule 424(b) in accordance with Section 2(a) above
(whether or not such a prospectus is technically required by such rule), the Company shall not be
deemed to have satisfied this clause (i)(B) and such event shall be deemed to be an Effectiveness
Failure) or (ii) on any day after the Effective Date of such Registration Statement sales of all of
the Registrable Securities required to be included on such Registration Statement cannot be made
(other than during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined
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in Section 3(r)) pursuant to such Registration Statement (including, without limitation,
because of a failure to keep such Registration Statement effective, to disclose such information as
is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement, a suspension or
delisting of (or a failure to timely list) the Common Shares on its principal trading market or
exchange, or to register a sufficient number of Common Shares) (a “Maintenance Failure”) (provided
that if an Investor transfers its rights hereunder pursuant to Section 9 and the transferee
requests inclusion in such Registration Statement which requires the Company under applicable law
to file a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement, then a Maintenance Failure shall
not be deemed to have occurred solely with respect to the filing of such post-effective amendment
only if the Company is using its commercially reasonable efforts to file such amendment and have
such amendment declared effective as soon as practicable), then, as partial relief for the damages
to any holder by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying
Common Shares (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in
equity), the Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities relating to such
Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to one percent (1%) of such Investor’s initial
Conversion Amount stated in such Investor’s Special Warrant on the Closing Date (1) on the date of
such Filing Failure, Effectiveness Failure or Maintenance Failure, as applicable, and (2) on every
thirty (30) day anniversary of (I) a Filing Failure until such Filing Failure is cured; (II) an
Effectiveness Failure until such Effectiveness Failure is cured; and (III) a Maintenance Failure
until such Maintenance Failure is cured (in each case, pro rated for periods totaling less than
thirty (30) days). The payments to which a holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2(e)
are referred to herein as “Registration Delay Payments.” Following the initial Registration Delay
Payment for any particular event or failure (which shall be paid on the date of such event or
failure, as set forth above), without limiting the foregoing, if an event or failure giving rise to
the Registration Delay Payments is cured prior to any thirtieth (30th) day anniversary
of such event or failure, then such Registration Delay Payment shall be made on the third
(3rd) Business Day after such cure. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section
2(e) to the contrary, in no event shall the Registration Delay Payments exceed $5,000,000 in the
aggregate.
(f) Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
but subject to the payment of the Registration Delay Payments pursuant to Section 2(e), in the
event the staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) or the SEC seeks to characterize any offering pursuant to
a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement as constituting an offering of securities
by or on behalf of the Company, or in any other manner, such that the Staff or the SEC do
not permit such Registration Statement to become effective and used for resales in a manner that
does not constitute such an offering and that permits the continuous resale at the market by the
Investors participating therein (or as otherwise may be acceptable to each Investor) without being
named therein as an “underwriter,” then the Company shall reduce the number of shares to be
included in such Registration Statement by all Investors until such time as the Staff and the SEC
shall so permit such Registration Statement to become effective as aforesaid. In making such
reduction, the Company shall reduce the number of shares to be included by all Investors on a pro
rata basis (based upon the number of Registrable Securities otherwise required to be included for
each Investor) unless the inclusion of shares by a particular Investor or a particular set of
Investors are resulting in the Staff or the SEC’s “by or on behalf of the Company” offering
position, in which event the shares held by such Investor or set of Investors shall be the only
shares subject to reduction (and if by a set of Investors on a pro rata basis by such Investors or
on
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such other basis as would result in the exclusion of the least number of shares by all such
Investors). In addition, in the event that the Staff or the SEC requires any Investor seeking
to sell securities under a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement to be
specifically identified as an “underwriter” in order to permit such Registration Statement to
become effective, and such Investor does not consent to being so named as an underwriter in such
Registration Statement, then, in each such case, the Company shall reduce the total number of
Registrable Securities to be registered on behalf of such Investor, until such time as the Staff or
the SEC does not require such identification or until such Investor accepts such identification and
the manner thereof. Any reduction pursuant to this paragraph will first reduce all Registrable
Securities other than those issued pursuant to the Transaction Agreement. In the event of
any reduction in Registrable Securities pursuant to this paragraph, an affected Investor shall have
the right to require, upon delivery of a written request to the Company signed by such Investor,
the Company to file a registration statement within 30 days of such request (subject to any
restrictions imposed by Rule 415 or required by the Staff or the SEC) for resale by such Investor
in a manner reasonably acceptable to such Investor, and the Company shall following such
request cause to be and keep effective such registration statement in the same manner as otherwise
contemplated in this Agreement for registration statements hereunder, in each case until such time
as: (i) all Registrable Securities held by such Investor have been registered and sold pursuant to
an effective Registration Statement in a manner acceptable to such Investor or (ii) the Registrable
Securities may be resold by such Investor without restriction (including volume limitations)
pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the 1933 Act (taking account of any Staff position with respect to
“affiliate” status) or (iii) such Investor agrees to be named as an underwriter in any such
Registration Statement in a manner acceptable to such Investor as to all Registrable Securities
held by such Investor and that have not theretofore been included in a Registration Statement under
this Agreement (it being understood that the special demand right under this sentence may be
exercised by an Investor multiple times and with respect to limited amounts of Registrable
Securities in order to permit the resale thereof by such Investor as contemplated above).
(g) Piggyback Registrations. If, at any time during the period in which a Registration
Statement is required to be kept effective, there is not an effective Registration Statement
covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with
the SEC a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of
others under the 1933 Act of any of its equity securities (other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each
as promulgated under the 0000 Xxx) 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 the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans), then the
Company shall deliver to each Investor a written notice of such determination and, if within
fifteen (15) days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Investor shall so request
in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such
Registrable Securities such Investor requests to be registered; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2(g) that are
eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the 1933 Act or that
are the subject of a then effective Registration Statement. Any Registrable Securities of an
Investor that are to be included in a registered public offering pursuant to this Section 2(g)
shall be offered and sold upon such terms as the managing underwriters thereof determine. The
managing underwriters may condition an Investor’s participation in such a registered public
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offering upon such Investor’s execution of an underwriting agreement containing customary
terms and conditions which would customarily be applicable to selling shareholders. If the
managing underwriters for a registered public offering determine that the number of Common Shares
proposed to be sold in such offering would adversely affect the marketing of the Common Shares to
be sold by the Company therein or by the Person or Persons who exercised their right to require the
Company to register such offering under the 1933 Act, then the number of Common Shares to be
included in such offering shall be reduced until the number of such shares does not exceed the
number that the managing underwriters believe can be sold without any such adverse effects;
provided that any shares to be excluded shall be so excluded in the following order of priority:
(i) securities held by any Person or Persons other than (A) the Investors or (B) any Person or
Persons who exercised their demand right to require the Company to register such offering under the
1933 Act; (ii) securities to be registered on behalf of the Company, if any, if such registered
offering was initiated by any Person or Persons exercising their demand right to require the
Company to register such offering under the 1933 Act and (iii) the Registrable Securities sought to
be included by the Investors as determined on a pro-rata basis (based upon the aggregate number of
Registrable Securities sought to be included in such registered offering).
3. Related Obligations.
The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and, pursuant
thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:
(a) The Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with
respect to the Registrable Securities (but in no event later than the Filing Deadline) and use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement relating to the Registrable
Securities to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing (but in no event later than
the Effectiveness Deadline). Subject to allowable Grace Periods (as defined below), the Company
shall keep each Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 for sale on a continuous
basis in an at-the-market offering at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which all
of the Investors may sell all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered by such
Registration Statement without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any successor thereto)
promulgated under the 1933 Act or (ii) the date on which the Investors shall have sold all of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (the “Registration Period”). The
Company shall ensure that each Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements
thereto and prospectuses contained therein) 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 (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they
were made) not misleading. The Company shall submit to the SEC, within two (2) Business Days after
the later of the date that (i) the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration
Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on a
particular Registration Statement (as the case may be) and (ii) the approval of Legal Counsel
pursuant to Section 3(c) (which approval is immediately sought), a request for acceleration of
effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than 48 hours after the
submission of such request.
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(b) Subject to Section 3(r) of this Agreement, 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,
which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may be
necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration
Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the
disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company required to be covered by such
Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been
disposed of. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are
required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason
of the Company filing a report on Form 10-Q or Form 10Q-SB (as the case may be) or Form 10-K or
Form 10-KSB (as the case may be) or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “1934 Act”), the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such
Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on
the same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to
amend or supplement such Registration Statement.
(c) The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel and legal counsel for each other Investor to
review and comment upon (i) a Registration Statement at least five (5) Business Days prior to its
filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements (except
for Annual Reports on Form 10-K or Form 10-KSB (as the case may be), Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
or Form 10-QSB (as the case may be), Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor
reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file
any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which Legal Counsel or
any legal counsel for any other Investor reasonably objects. The Company shall not submit a request
for acceleration of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement
thereto without the prior approval of Legal Counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. The Company shall furnish to Legal Counsel and legal counsel for each other Investor,
without charge, (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the
Company or its representatives relating to any Registration Statement, provided that such
correspondence shall not contain any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one (1) copy
of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, and all
exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one (1) copy of the
prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto. The
Company shall reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel and legal counsel for each other Investor in
performing the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 3.
(d) The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in
any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with
the SEC, at least one (1) copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if
requested by an Investor, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness
of any Registration Statement, ten (10) copies of the prospectus included in such Registration
Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such
Investor may reasonably request from time to time) and (iii) such
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other documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may
reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable
Securities owned by such Investor.
(e) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register and qualify,
unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue
sky” laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the United States, (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 (x) qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(e), (y)
subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to
service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel,
legal counsel for each other Investor and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the
receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws
of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(f) The Company shall notify Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor and each
Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware
of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a 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, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall
such notice contain any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such
Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission and deliver ten (10) copies of
such supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor and each
Investor (or such other number of copies as Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor or
such Investor may reasonably request). The Company shall also promptly notify Legal Counsel, and
legal counsel for each other Investor and each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, when a Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be
delivered to Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor and each Investor by facsimile or
e-mail on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), and when the Company receives
written notice from the SEC that a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment will be
reviewed by the SEC, (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration
Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable
determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
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(g) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any
stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of
the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an
order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest
possible moment and to notify Legal Counsel, legal counsel for each other Investor and each
Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and the
resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding
for such purpose.
(h) If any Investor may be required under applicable securities law to be described in the
Registration Statement as an underwriter and such Investor consents to so being named an
underwriter, at the request of any Investor, the Company shall furnish to such Investor, on the
date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such
dates as an Investor may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s
independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by
independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering,
addressed to the Investors, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the
Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily
given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors.
(i) If any Investor may be required under applicable securities law to be described in the
Registration Statement as an underwriter and such Investor consents to so being named an
underwriter, upon the written request of such Investor, the Company shall make available for
inspection by (i) such Investor, (ii) legal counsel for such Investor and (iii) one (1) firm of
accountants or other agents retained by such Investor (collectively, the “Inspectors”), all
pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector,
and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any
Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, that each Inspector shall agree in writing to
hold in strict confidence and not to make any disclosure (except to such Investor) or use of any
Record or other information which the Company’s Board of Directors determines in good faith to be
confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure
of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration
Statement or is otherwise required under the 1933 Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered
pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent
jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the
public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
Such Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or
by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt
notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to
prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential.
Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and such Investor, if
any) shall be deemed to limit any Investor’s ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner
which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
(j) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of
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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 or is otherwise required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement pursuant to the
1933 Act, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final,
non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such
information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation
of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. 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 written notice to
such Investor and allow such Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action
to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.
(k) Without limiting any obligation of the Company under the Transaction Agreement, the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts either to (i) cause all of the Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each 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 designation and quotation of all of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement on The Nasdaq Capital Market and the Boston Stock Exchange, or (iii) if, despite the
Company’s best efforts to satisfy the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) the Company is unsuccessful in
satisfying the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to
use its commercially reasonable efforts to arrange for at least two market makers to register with
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) as such with respect to such
Registrable Securities. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying
its obligation under this Section 3(k).
(l) The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being
offered and, to the extent applicable, facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be
offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such
denominations or amounts (as the case may be) as the Investors may reasonably request from time to
time and registered in such names as the Investors may request.
(m) If requested by an Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable after receipt of
notice from such Investor and subject to Section 3(r) hereof, (i) incorporate in a prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment such information as an Investor reasonably requests to be
included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including,
without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered
or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the
Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be
incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or
make amendments to any Registration Statement if reasonably requested by an Investor holding any
Registrable Securities.
(n) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
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Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved
by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities.
(o) 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, and in the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under
the 0000 Xxx) 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.
(p) The Company shall otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.
(q) Within one (1) Business Day after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable
Securities is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal
counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with
copies to the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement)
confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(r) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (but subject to the last sentence of this
Section 3(r)), at any time after the Effective Date of the applicable Registration Statement, the
Company may delay the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the
Board of Directors of the Company, in the best interest of the Company and, in the opinion of
counsel to the Company, otherwise required (a “Grace Period”); provided, that the Company
shall promptly (i) notify the Investors in writing of the existence of material, non-public
information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in each notice the Company will
not disclose the content of such material, non-public information to the Investors) and the date on
which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Investors in writing of the date on which
the Grace Period ends; and, provided further, that no Grace Period shall exceed ten (10)
consecutive days and during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period such Grace Periods shall
not exceed an aggregate of thirty (30) days and the first day of any Grace Period must be at least
five (5) Trading Days after the last day of any prior Grace Period (each, an “Allowable Grace
Period”); provided, that no Allowable Grace Period may exist during the first sixty (60)
Business Days after the Effective Date of the applicable Registration Statement. For purposes of
determining the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on and include the
date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i) and shall end on and include the
later of the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) and the date referred
to in such notice. The provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period
of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the Company shall again be
bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the information giving rise thereto
unless such material, nonpublic information is no longer applicable.
(s) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain eligibility for use
of Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto) for the registration of the resale of the
Registrable Securities.
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4. Obligations of the Investors.
(a) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a
Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the
Company requires from each such Investor. 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 and
maintain the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute
such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.
(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 hereunder, unless such Investor has notified
the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to exclude all of such Investor’s Registrable
Securities from such Registration Statement.
(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(g) or the first sentence of 3(f), such Investor will
immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration
Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of the copies of
the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first sentence of
Section 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required.
(d) Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(e) Each Investor covenants and agrees to deliver a Registration Statement Questionnaire, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, no later than 15 calendar days after the date hereof
(such later date, the “Outside Delivery Date”); provided that if such Investor fails to deliver
such questionnaire by the close of business on the Outside Delivery Date, then such Investor’s
Registrable Securities may be excluded from the Registration Statement by the Company.
5. Expenses of Registration.
All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred in
connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including,
without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting
fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company. Each
Buyer shall be responsible for the fees and disbursements of its own legal counsel in connection
with registration, filing or qualification pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement.
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6. Indemnification.
In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement under this
Agreement:
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold
harmless and defend each Investor, the directors, officers, members, partners, employees, agents,
representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the
1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid
in settlement or expenses, joint or several, (collectively, “Claims”) incurred in investigating,
preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken
from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory
agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or
may be a party thereto (“Indemnified Damages”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as
such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in
connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of
any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“Blue Sky Filing”), or the omission
or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein 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 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law,
including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder
relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement
(the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively, “Violations”). Subject
to Section 6(b), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are
incurred and are due and payable, for any 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 by an Indemnified Person 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
Indemnified Person for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation
of such Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto and (ii) shall
not be available to the extent such Claim is based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or to
cause to be delivered the prospectus made available by the Company (to the extent applicable),
including a corrected prospectus, if such prospectus or corrected prospectus was timely made
available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d) and then only if, and to the extent that,
following the receipt of the corrected prospectus no grounds for such Claim would have existed; and
(iii) 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
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be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive
the transfer of any of the Registrable Securities by any of the Investors pursuant to Section 9.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, such
Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same
extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors,
each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against
any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the
1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages 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(b),
such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified
Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided,
however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with
respect to contribution contained in Section 7 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 or delayed; provided, further,
however, that such Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of
a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to 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
Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of any of the Registrable Securities by any of the
Investors pursuant to Section 9.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be)
under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any
governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
(as the case may be) shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be 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 Person or the Indemnified Party (as the case may be); provided,
however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall have
the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by the
indemnifying party if: (i) the indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and
expenses; (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such
Claim and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
(as the case may be) in any such Claim; or (iii) the named parties to any such Claim (including any
impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be)
and the indemnifying party, and such Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party (as the case may
be) shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same
counsel were to represent such Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party and the indemnifying
party (in which case, if such
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Indemnified Person or such Indemnified Party (as the case may be) notifies the indemnifying
party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying
party, then 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, provided further, that in the
case of clause (iii) above the indemnifying party shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees
and expenses of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party (as the case may be). The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) shall
reasonably cooperate with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of
any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all
information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may
be) which relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party
or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the
defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable
for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent,
provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold,
delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of
the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be), consent to entry of any judgment
or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term
thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as
the case may be) of a release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation, and such
settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified Party.
Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to
all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person (as the case may be) with respect to all
third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been
made. 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 Person or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) under this Section 6, except to
the extent that the indemnifying party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to
defend such action.
(d) No Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities who is guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) in connection with such
sale shall be entitled to indemnification from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable
Securities who is not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) 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 and when bills are received or
Indemnified Damages are incurred.
(f) The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action
or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or
others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.
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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; 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 of this Agreement, (ii) no Person involved in the sale of
Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution
from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation; and (iii) contribution 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 pursuant to such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section
7, no Investor shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the
amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Investor from the sale of the
Registrable Securities subject to the Claim exceeds the amount of any damages that such Investor
has otherwise been required to pay, or would otherwise be required to pay under Section 6(b), by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
8. Reports Under the 1934 Act.
With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under
the 1933 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) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in
Rule 144;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 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 Transaction Agreement) and the filing of such reports and other documents is
required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and
(c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly
upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the
reporting requirements of Rule 144 and the 1934 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 with
the SEC if such reports are not publicly available via XXXXX, and (iii) such other information as
may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144
without registration.
9. Assignment of Registration Rights.
The rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the Investors to any
transferee of all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities if: (i) 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 within a reasonable time after such assignment; (ii)
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the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with
written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities
with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; (iii) immediately
following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee
or assignee is restricted under the 1933 Act or applicable state securities laws if so required;
(iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of
this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of
the provisions contained herein; (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the
applicable requirements of the Transaction Agreement; and (vi) such transfer shall have been
conducted in accordance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
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
written consent of the Company and the Required Holders, provided that any Investor may
give a waiver in writing as to itself. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this
Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment or waiver (unless
given pursuant to the foregoing proviso) shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less
than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to
any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this
Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) Solely for purposes of this Agreement, a Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If
the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with
respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions,
notice or election received from such record owner of such Registrable Securities.
(b) Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given
under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered:
(i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided
confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the
sending party); (iii) with respect to Section 3(c), by electronic mail (provided confirmation of
transmission is electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iv) one (1)
Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service with next day
delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The
addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
Workstream Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxx
00
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X — 3G1
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: CEO
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X — 3G1
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: CEO
With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Cozen X’Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
If to the Transfer Agent:
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
If to Legal Counsel:
Xxxxxxxxx Traurig, LLP
00 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
00 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to
the Transaction Agreement, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule
of Buyers, or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other
Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5)
days prior to the effectiveness of such change; provided that Xxxxxxxxx Traurig, LLP shall
only be provided notices sent to Magnetar Capital Master Fund, Ltd. Written confirmation of receipt
(A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically
or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine or electronic mail transmission
containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number or electronic mail address and an image of
the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall
be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally
recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
respectively.
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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) The parties hereby agree that pursuant to 735 Illinois Compiled Statutes 105/5-5 they have
chosen that all questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of
this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Illinois
or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other
than the State of Illinois. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the state and federal courts sitting in The City of Chicago, Xxxx County, 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 brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of 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 for such 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. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any
provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE
HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(e) This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Transaction Agreement),
the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and
therein 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 other Transaction
Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced
herein and therein 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, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the permitted 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. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each
pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural
forms thereof. The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of
like import shall
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be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms
“herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this
entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.
(h) This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall
be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been
signed by each party and delivered to the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered
by facsimile transmission or by an e-mail which contains an electronic file of an executed
signature page, such signature page shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party
executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such
facsimile or electronic file signature page (as the case may be) were an original thereof.
(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 any 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 and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to
this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required
Holders.
(k) The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against
any party.
(l) This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be
enforced by, any other Person, other than the Persons referred to in Section 6 and 7 hereof.
(m) The obligations of each Investor under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Investor under this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction
Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to
constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of
group or entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as
a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents or any matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Investors are not
acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or any of the other the Transaction Documents. Each Investor shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out
of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any
other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a
single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained
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was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Investor, and was
done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do
so by any Investor. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this
Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company and an Investor, solely,
and not between the Company and the Investors collectively and not between and among Investors.
[signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to
this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: | ||||||||
WORKSTREAM INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President | |||||||
Chief Financial Officer / Chief | ||||||||
Operating Officer |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to
this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
BUYERS: | ||||||
MAGNETAR CAPITAL MASTER FUND, LTD | ||||||
By: | Magnetar Financial LLC | |||||
Its: | Investment Manager | |||||
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||||
By: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Its: | Counsel |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to
this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
[OTHER BUYERS] |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
SCHEDULE OF BUYERS
Buyer Address | Buyer’s Representative’s Address | |||
Buyer | and Facsimile Number | and Facsimile Number | ||
Magnetar Capital Master Fund, Ltd
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0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XXX | ||
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | 00 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 | |||
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 | |||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||||
[OTHER BUYERS] |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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Attention:
Re: Workstream Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
[We are][I am] counsel to Workstream Inc., a corporation existing pursuant to the Canada
Business Corporations Act (the “Company”), and have represented the Company and its subsidiaries in
connection with that certain Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) entered into by
and among the Company and the buyers named therein (collectively, the “Holders”) pursuant to which
the Company issued to the Holders special warrants (the “Special Warrants”) convertible into the
Company’s common shares, no par value (the “Common Shares”), and warrants exercisable for Common
Shares (the “Warrants”). Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, the Company also has entered into
a Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to
which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the Registrable Securities (as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement), including the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the
Special Warrants and exercise of the Warrants, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act”). In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement,
on , 200 , the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333- ) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC”) relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as a selling
shareholder thereunder.
In connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that a member of the SEC’s staff has
advised [us][me] by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration
Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF
EFFECTIVENESS] and [we][I] have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC’s
staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for
that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable Securities are
available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.
This letter shall serve as our standing opinion to you that the Common Shares underlying the
Special Warrants and Warrants are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration
Statement, subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act, which the selling
stockholders have agreed to comply with to the extent applicable and which we have assumed
compliance with in issuing this letter. You need not require further letters from us to effect any
future legend-free issuance or reissuance of such Common Shares to the Holders as
contemplated by the Company’s Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated
,
200 .
Very truly yours, | ||||||
[ISSUER’S COUNSEL] | ||||||
By: | ||||||
CC: [LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS]
EXHIBIT B
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
The common shares being offered by the selling shareholders are those issuable to the selling
shareholders upon conversion of the special warrants and exercise of the warrants. For additional
information regarding the issuance of the special warrants and the warrants, see “Private Placement
of Special Warrants and Warrants” above. We are registering the common shares in order to permit
the selling shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the
ownership of the special warrants and the warrants issued pursuant to the Transaction Agreement,
the selling shareholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three
years.
The table below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial
ownership of the common shares by each of the selling shareholders. The second column lists the
number of common shares beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of
common shares, the special warrants and the warrants, as of , 2007, assuming conversion of
the special warrants and exercise of the warrants held by the selling shareholders on that date,
taking account of any limitations on conversion or exercise.
The third column lists the common shares being offered by this prospectus by the selling
shareholders.
In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the holders of the
special warrants and the warrants, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the sum of (i)
the number of common shares issuable upon conversion of the related special warrants and (ii) the
number of common shares issuable upon exercise of the related warrants, determined as if the
outstanding special warrants and warrants were converted or exercised, as applicable, in full
(without regard to any limitations on conversion or exercise contained therein), in each case, as
of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed
with the SEC. Because the conversion price of the special warrants and the exercise price of the
warrants may be adjusted, the number of shares that will actually be issued may be more or less
than the number of shares being offered by this prospectus. The fourth column assumes the sale of
all of the shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this prospectus.
Under the terms of the special warrants and the warrants, a selling shareholder may not
convert the special warrants or exercise the warrants, to the extent such conversion or exercise
would cause such selling shareholder, together with its affiliates, to beneficially own a number of
common shares which would exceed 4.99% or 9.99% (as applicable) of our then outstanding common
shares following such conversion or exercise, as applicable, excluding for purposes of such
determination common shares issuable upon conversion of the special warrants and/or exercise of the
warrants which have not been converted or exercised. The number of shares in the second column
reflects these limitations. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in
this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”
Maximum Number of | Number of Common | |||||||
Number of Common Shares | Common Shares to be Sold | Shares of Owned After | ||||||
Name of Selling Shareholder | of Owned Prior to Offering | Pursuant to this Prospectus | Offering | |||||
Magnetar Capital Master
Fund, Ltd. (1)
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[Other Buyers] |
(1) | Magnetar Financial LLC is the investment advisor of Magnetar Capital Master Fund, Ltd. (“Magnetar Master Fund”) and consequently has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by Magnetar Master Fund. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx has voting control over Supernova Management LLC, the general partner of Magnetar Capital Partners LP, the sole managing member of Magnetar Financial LLC. As a result, Xx. Xxxxxxxx may be deemed to have beneficial ownership (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of any shares deemed to be beneficially owned by Magnetar Financial LLC. |
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the common shares issuable upon conversion of the special warrants and
exercise of the warrants to permit the resale of these common shares by the holders of the special
warrants and warrants from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any
of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders of the common shares. We will bear all
fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the common shares.
The selling shareholders may sell all or a portion of the common shares beneficially owned by
them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents. If the common shares are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers,
the selling shareholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s
commissions. The common shares may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at
prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale,
or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or
block transactions,
• | on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale; | ||
• | in the over-the-counter market; | ||
• | in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market; | ||
• | through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise; | ||
• | 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 made after the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, subject to any applicable limitations on short sales contained in any agreement between a selling shareholder and the Company; | ||
• | sales pursuant to Rule 144; | ||
• | broker-dealers may agree with the selling securityholders 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. |
If the selling shareholders effect such transactions by selling common shares to or through
underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive
commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders or
commissions from purchasers of the common shares for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may
sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions
involved). In connection with sales of the common shares or otherwise, the selling shareholders
may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of
the common shares in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling shareholders may
also sell common shares short and deliver common shares covered by this prospectus to close out
short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling
shareholders may also loan or pledge common shares to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such
shares.
The selling shareholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the special
warrants, warrants or common shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their
secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the common shares from time
to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or
other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the
list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as
selling shareholders under this prospectus. The selling shareholders also may transfer and donate
the common shares in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other
successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
The selling shareholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the common
shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any
commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed
to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular
offering of the common shares is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed
which will set forth the aggregate amount of common shares being offered and the terms of the
offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions
and other terms constituting compensation from the selling shareholders and any discounts,
commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.
Under the securities laws of some states, the common shares may be sold in such states only
through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the common shares
may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an
exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
There
can be no assurance that any selling shareholder will sell any or all of the common shares registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms
a part.
The selling shareholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be
subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, Regulation M
of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the common shares
by the selling shareholders and any other participating person. To the extent applicable,
Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the common
shares to engage in market-making activities with respect to the common shares. All of the
foregoing may affect the marketability of the common shares and the ability of any person or entity
to engage in market-making activities with respect to the common shares.
We will pay all expenses of the registration of the common shares pursuant to the registration
rights agreement, estimated to be $[ ] in total, including, without limitation, Securities and
Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky”
laws; provided, however, that a selling shareholder will pay all underwriting
discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling shareholders against
liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the
registration rights agreements, or the selling shareholders will be entitled to contribution. We
may be indemnified by the selling shareholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the
selling shareholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related
registration rights agreements, or we may be entitled to contribution.
Once sold under the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the
common shares will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.
EXHIBIT C
WORKSTREAM INC.
(the “Company”)
(the “Company”)
QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
This Questionnaire is to be completed, signed and faxed to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esquire at (000)
000-0000 by no later than five (5) Business Days after receipt, by the person or entity indicated
on the cover of this Questionnaire (the “Selling Shareholder”) whose common shares of the Company
are being registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3. Retain a duplicate copy for
your files. If you do not return the Questionnaire by the foregoing deadline, your shares may not
be included in the Registration Statement.
If you are uncertain about any of the following questions as they apply to your situation,
please supply all relevant facts. Include separate sheets with details if necessary. If you have
any questions, please call Workstream’s counsel, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esquire, at (000) 000-0000.
Please notify me immediately if any of the information disclosed in your answers changes.
Please answer all questions. Indicate “none” or “not applicable” when appropriate. Information
should be given as of the date of this Questionnaire, even if previously reported to the Company.
IN ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS, PLEASE REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
QUESTIONNAIRE.
Name of Selling Shareholder:
Instructions and Definitions
The following instructions and definitions are furnished to aid you in preparing your answers
to this Questionnaire.
1. | For purposes of this Questionnaire the term “Company” means Workstream Inc. | ||
2. | “Beneficial” ownership. Beneficial ownership shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The SEC has taken the position that if you have sole or shared voting power or dispositive power or the ability to acquire either sole or shared voting or dispositive power of a security within 60 days, you are the beneficial owner of that security, even though that security is not registered in your name. Thus, for example, you could be the beneficial owner of securities in a trust or estate of which you are a trustee or executor, or of which you are one of the trustees or executors, or you could be the beneficial owner of securities which you have a right to purchase. | ||
3. | The term “affiliate” for purposes of this Questionnaire means any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Selling Shareholder. | ||
4. | An example response has been provided to assist you in preparing your response. |
1. Broker-Dealer Status.
(a) Are you, or are you an affiliate of, a broker-dealer registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934?
Yes o No o
If “yes,” please give details below.
(b) Please confirm the following statement: The Company’s equity securities that are being
issued to you were acquired in the ordinary course of your business, and at the time the securities
were issued to you, you did not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with
any person to distribute the securities.
Confirmed o Cannot Confirm o
If “cannot confirm,” please give details below.
2. Relationships with the Company.
(a) Have you held any position or office with the Company, its predecessors or affiliates
within the last three years?
Yes o No o
If “yes,” please give details below.
(b) Have you had any other material relationship with the Company, its predecessors or
affiliates within the last three years?
Yes o No o
If “yes,” please give details below.
3. Equity Securities Beneficially Owned By You.
(a) Please state the number and type of equity securities of the Company beneficially owned
(please see instructions and definitions on page 2) by you as of the date of this Questionnaire,
including securities which are exercisable or convertible into equity securities within 60 days of
the date of this Questionnaire.
Class | Number of Shares | |||
of Security | Beneficially Owned |
(b) If any natural person or entity other than you holds or shares voting power or dispositive
power with respect to the Company’s equity securities listed in response to Question 3(a), please
provide the names of the natural persons (including titles) or entities that hold or share such
voting power or dispositive power and indicate the number of the Company’s equity securities
covered thereby.
(c) With respect to the Company’s equity securities listed in response to Questions 3(a) and
3(b) for which an entity holds or shares voting power or dispositive power, please provide the
names of the natural persons (including titles) or entities that control the entity or entities
listed in response to Questions 3(a) and 3(b).
(d) Please continue to list the natural persons or entities that control the entities listed
in response to Question 3(c) and the entities listed in response to this Question 3(d) until you
have listed only natural persons (including titles) that control the applicable entity or entities.
(e) If any person or entity disclaims beneficial ownership of any of the equity securities you
have listed in response to Question 3, please so indicate:
EXAMPLE RESPONSE
The following is an example of a response to items 1 through 3. Please assume ABC Corporation is
the Selling Shareholder for purposes of this example.
1. Broker-Dealer Status.
ABC Corporation is an affiliate of a broker-dealer because its sole shareholder, DEF
Corporation, is a broker-dealer.
2. Relationships with the Company.
(a) ABC Corporation has not held any position or office with the Company, its predecessors or
affiliates within the last three years.
(b) ABC Corporation provided consulting services to the Company in March 2002.
3. Equity Securities Beneficially Owned By You.
Question 3(a).
Class | Number of Shares | |||
of Security | Owned Beneficially | |||
Common Shares |
100,000 | |||
Warrants to purchase Common Shares |
200,000 |
Question 3(b).
Not applicable
Question 3(c).
ABC Corporation is controlled by DEF Corporation, ABC Corporation’s sole shareholder.
Question 3(d).
DEF Corporation is controlled by XYZ Corporation, DEF Corporation’s sole shareholder. XYZ
Corporation is controlled by Xxxx Xxx, XYZ Corporation’s sole shareholder and its President and
Chief Executive Officer.
Question 3(e).
Xxxx Xxx disclaims beneficial ownership of the 100,000 Common Shares and the Warrants to
purchase 200,000 Common Shares.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the information contained herein is true to the best
of his knowledge and will notify the Company immediately of any changes in such information.
DATED: , 2007 | FOR INDIVIDUALS: | |||||||||
Name of Selling Shareholder [please print] | ||||||||||
Signature | ||||||||||
FOR CORPORATIONS, | ||||||||||
PARTNERSHIPS OR TRUSTS: | ||||||||||
Name of Selling Shareholder [please print] | ||||||||||
By: | ||||||||||
Signature | ||||||||||
Name: | ||||||||||
[please print] | ||||||||||
Title: | ||||||||||
[please print] |