REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of
March 30, 2005, by and between EARTHFIRST TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED, a Florida
corporation (the "Company"), and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (the
"Purchaser").
This
Agreement is made pursuant to (i) the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
the date hereof, by and between the Purchaser and the Company (as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Securities Purchase
Agreement"), and pursuant to the Note, the Option and the Warrants referred to
therein and (ii) the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and
between the Purchaser, the Company and certain Subsidiaries of the Company (as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Security Agreement”),
and pursuant to the Notes, the Option and the Warrants referred to
therein.
The
Company and the Purchaser hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement or the Security Agreement, as applicable, shall
have the meanings given such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement or the
Security Agreement, as applicable. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
"Commission" means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common
Stock" means
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share.
"Effectiveness
Date" means
(i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder, a date no later than one hundred and twenty (120) days following the
date hereof and (ii) with respect to each additional Registration Statement
required to be filed hereunder, a date no later than thirty (30) days following
the applicable Filing Date.
"Effectiveness
Period" shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
"Exchange
Act" means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor
statute.
"Filing
Date" means,
(i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder, a date no later than sixty (60) days following the date hereof, (ii)
with respect to each $500,000 tranche of Loans evidenced by a Minimum Borrowing
Note funded after the date hereof, the date which is thirty (30) days after such
funding of such additional $500,000 of Loans evidenced by a Minimum Borrowing
Note, (iii) with respect to shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder as a
result of adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Price or Exercise Price made
pursuant to the Note or Section 4, the Warrant or otherwise, thirty (30) days
after the occurrence of such event or the date of the adjustment of the Fixed
Conversion Price or Exercise Price and (iv) with respect to any Warrant issued
after the date hereof, the date which is thirty (30) days after the issuance of
such Warrant.
"Holder" or
"Holders" means
the Purchaser or any of its affiliates or transferees to the extent any of them
hold Registrable Securities.
"Indemnified
Party" shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
"Indemnifying
Party" shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
"Option" has the
meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
"Proceeding" means
an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition),
whether commenced or threatened.
"Prospectus" means
the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon
Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by
any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement, and
all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
"Registrable
Securities" means
the shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of any Note (as defined in
each of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Security Agreement), issuable
upon exercise of the Option and issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
"Registration
Statement" means
each registration statement required to be filed hereunder, including the
Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or
Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto,
and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in such registration statement.
"Rule
144" means
Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
"Rule
415" means
Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
"Rule
424" means
Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
"Securities
Act" means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute.
"Securities
Purchase Agreement" shall
have the meaning provided above.
"Security
Agreement" shall
have the meaning provided above.
"Trading
Market" means
any of the NASD OTCBB, NASDAQ SmallCap Market, the Nasdaq National Market, the
American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.
"Warrants" means,
collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants issued pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement and the Security Agreement.
2. Registration.
(a) On or
prior to the applicable Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities for an
offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration
Statement shall be on Form SB-2 (except if the Company is not then eligible to
register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form SB-2, in which case such
registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith). The
Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to cause the Registration
Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein. The
Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to cause the Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
possible after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than the
Effectiveness Date. The Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to
keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act
until the date which is the earlier date of when (i) all Registrable Securities
have been sold or (ii) all Registrable Securities may be sold immediately
without registration under the Securities Act and without volume restrictions
pursuant to Rule 144(k), as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to
a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the
Company's transfer agent and the affected Holders (the "Effectiveness
Period").
(b) If: (i)
the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date; (ii) the
Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission by the
Effectiveness Date; (iii) after the Registration Statement is filed with and
declared effective by the Commission, the Registration Statement ceases to be
effective (by suspension or otherwise) as to all Registrable Securities to which
it is required to relate at any time prior to the expiration of the
Effectiveness Period (without being succeeded immediately by an additional
registration statement filed and declared effective) for a period of time which
shall exceed 30 days in the aggregate per year or more than 20 consecutive
calendar days (defined as a period of 365 days commencing on the date the
Registration Statement is declared effective); or (iv) the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted, or is suspended from trading on any Trading Market for a
period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days (provided the Company shall not have
been able to cure such trading suspension within 30 days of the notice thereof
or list the Common Stock on another Trading Market); (any such failure or breach
being referred to as an "Event," and for purposes of clause (i) or (ii) the date
on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (iii) the date which such
30 day or 20 consecutive day period (as the case may be) is exceeded, or for
purposes of clause (iv) the date on which such five (5) Trading Day period is
exceeded, being referred to as "Event Date"), then until the applicable Event is
cured, the Company shall pay, for each day that an Event has occurred and is
continuing, to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a
penalty, equal to one-thirtieth (1/30th) of the
product of: (A) the sum of (I) the original principal amount of the Note (as
defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) plus (y) the
original principal amount of each applicable Minimum Borrowing Note (as defined
in the Security Agreement) multiplied by (B) 0.01. While such Event continues,
such liquidated damages shall be paid not less often than each thirty (30) days.
Any unpaid liquidated damages as of the date when an Event has been cured by the
Company shall be paid within three (3) days following the date on which such
Event has been cured by the Company.
(c) Within
five business days of the Effectiveness Date, the Company shall cause its
counsel to issue a blanket opinion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, to
the transfer agent stating that the shares are subject to an effective
registration statement and can be reissued free of restrictive legend upon
notice of a sale by the Purchaser and confirmation by the Purchaser that it has
complied with the prospectus delivery requirements, provided that the Company
has not advised the transfer agent orally or in writing that the opinion has
been withdrawn. Copies of the blanket opinion required by this Section 2(c)
shall be delivered to Laurus within the time frame set forth above.
3. Registration
Procedures. If and
whenever the Company is required by the provisions hereof to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, the Company
will, as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare
and file with the Commission the Registration Statement with respect to such
Registrable Securities, respond as promptly as possible to any comments received
from the Commission, and use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement to become and remain effective for the Effectiveness Period with
respect thereto, and promptly provide to the Purchaser copies of all filings and
Commission letters of comment relating thereto;
(b) prepare
and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition
of all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement and to keep
such Registration Statement effective until the expiration of the Effectiveness
Period;
(c) furnish
to the Purchaser such number of copies of the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus included therein (including each preliminary Prospectus) as the
Purchaser reasonably may request to facilitate the public sale or disposition of
the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement;
(d) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Purchaser's
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under the
securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as
the Purchaser may reasonably request, provided, however, that the Company shall
not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to transact business
as a foreign corporation or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where
it is not so qualified or subject or to consent to general service of process in
any such jurisdiction;
(e) list the
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement with any securities
exchange on which the Common Stock of the Company is then listed;
(f) promptly
notify the Purchaser at any time when a Prospectus relating thereto is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event of which
the Company has knowledge as a result of which the Prospectus contained in such
Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances then existing; and
(g) make
available for inspection by the Purchaser and any attorney, accountant or other
agent retained by the Purchaser, all publicly available, non-confidential
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company, and cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all
publicly available, non-confidential information reasonably requested by the
attorney, accountant or agent of the Purchaser.
4. Registration
Expenses. All
expenses relating to the Company's compliance with Sections 2 and 3 hereof,
including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing
expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public accountants
for the Company, fees and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred
in connection with complying with state securities or "blue sky" laws, fees of
the NASD, transfer taxes, fees of transfer agents and registrars, fees of, and
disbursements incurred by, one counsel for the Holders (to the extent such
counsel is required due to Company's failure to meet any of its obligations
hereunder), are called "Registration Expenses". All selling commissions
applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, including any fees and
disbursements of any special counsel to the Holders beyond those included in
Registration Expenses, are called "Selling Expenses." The Company shall only be
responsible for all Registration Expenses.
5. Indemnification.
(a) In the
event of a registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act
pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the
Purchaser, and its officers, directors and each other person, if any, who
controls the Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the
Purchaser, or such persons may become subject under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement
under which such Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act
pursuant to this Agreement, any preliminary Prospectus or final Prospectus
contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof, or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and will reimburse the Purchaser, and each such person for any
reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case if and
to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by or on
behalf of the Purchaser or any such person in writing specifically for use in
any such document.
(b) In the
event of a registration of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act
pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, and its officers, directors and each other person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, against all losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or such
persons may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of any material fact which was furnished in writing by the Purchaser to the
Company expressly for use in (and such information is contained in) the
Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities were registered
under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, any preliminary Prospectus
or final Prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof,
or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Company and each such
person for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by them in connection
with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action, provided, however, that the Purchaser will be liable in any such case if
and only to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out
of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished in writing
to the Company by or on behalf of the Purchaser specifically for use in any such
document. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the Purchaser shall
not be required to indemnify any person or entity in excess of the amount of the
aggregate net proceeds received by the Purchaser in respect of Registrable
Securities in connection with any such registration under the Securities
Act.
(c) Promptly
after receipt by a party entitled to claim indemnification hereunder (an
"Indemnified Party") of notice of the commencement of any action, such
Indemnified Party shall, if a claim for indemnification in respect thereof is to
be made against a party hereto obligated to indemnify such Indemnified Party (an
"Indemnifying Party"), notify the Indemnifying Party in writing thereof, but the
omission so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to such Indemnified Party other than under this
Section 5(c) and shall only relieve it from any liability which it may have to
such Indemnified Party under this Section 5(c) if and to the extent the
Indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such omission. In case any such action shall
be brought against any Indemnified Party and it shall notify the Indemnifying
Party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to
participate in and, to the extent it shall wish, to assume and undertake the
defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party,
and, after notice from the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified Party of its
election so to assume and undertake the defense thereof, the Indemnifying Party
shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 5(c) for any
legal expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection
with the defense thereof; if the Indemnified Party retains its own counsel, then
the Indemnified Party shall pay all fees, costs and expenses of such counsel,
provided, however, that, if the defendants in any such action include both the
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall
have reasonably concluded based on the advice of counsel that there may be
reasonable defenses available to it which are different from or additional to
those available to the Indemnifying Party or if the interests of the Indemnified
Party reasonably may be deemed to conflict with the interests of the
Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to select one
separate counsel and to assume such legal defenses and otherwise to participate
in the defense of such action, with the reasonable expenses and fees of such
separate counsel and other expenses related to such participation to be
reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party as incurred.
(d) In order
to provide for just and equitable contribution in the event of joint liability
under the Securities Act in any case in which either (i) the Purchaser, or any
officer, director or controlling person of the Purchaser, makes a claim for
indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 but it is judicially determined (by
the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and
the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that
such indemnification may not be enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact
that this Section 5 provides for indemnification in such case, or (ii)
contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of the
Purchaser or such officer, director or controlling person of the Purchaser in
circumstances for which indemnification is provided under this Section 5; then,
and in each such case, the Company and the Purchaser will contribute to the
aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be subject
(after contribution from others) in such proportion so that the Purchaser is
responsible only for the portion represented by the percentage that the public
offering price of its securities offered by the Registration Statement bears to
the public offering price of all securities offered by such Registration
Statement, provided, however, that, in any such case, (A) the Purchaser will not
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of
all such securities offered by it pursuant to such Registration Statement; and
(B) no person or entity guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 10(f) of the Act) will be entitled to contribution from any
person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
6. Representations
and Warranties.
(a) The
Common Stock of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of
the Exchange Act and, except with respect to certain matters which the Company
has disclosed to the Purchaser on Schedule 4.21 to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, during the preceding three fiscal years of the Company, the Company
has timely filed all proxy statements, reports, schedules, forms, statements and
other documents required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act. The Company
has filed (i) its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 2003 and (ii) its Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal
quarters ended March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004 and September 30, 2004
(collectively, the "SEC Reports"). Each SEC Report was, at the time of its
filing, in substantial compliance with the requirements of its respective form
and none of the SEC Reports, nor the financial statements (and the notes
thereto) included in the SEC Reports, as of their respective filing dates,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply as to
form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the
published rules and regulations of the Commission or other applicable rules and
regulations with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on
a consistent basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise
indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case
of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or
may be condensed) and fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, the results of operations and the cash flows of the Company and its
subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of, and for, the periods presented in
each such SEC Report.
(b) The
Common Stock is listed for trading on the NASD OTCBB and satisfies all
requirements for the continuation of such listing. The Company has not received
any notice that its Common Stock will be delisted from the NASD OTCBB (except
for prior notices which have been fully remedied) or that the Common Stock does
not meet all requirements for the continuation of such listing.
(c) Neither
the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their
behalf, has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales of any security or
solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would cause
the offering of the Securities pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement and
the Security Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for
purposes of the Securities Act which would prevent the Company from selling the
Common Stock pursuant to Rule 506 under the Securities Act, or any applicable
exchange-related stockholder approval provisions, nor will the Company or any of
its affiliates or subsidiaries take any action or steps that would cause the
offering of such Securities to be integrated with other offerings.
(d) The
Warrants, the Option, the Notes and the shares of Common Stock which the
Purchaser may acquire pursuant to the Warrants, the Option and the Notes are all
restricted securities under the Securities Act as of the date of this Agreement.
The Company will not issue any stop transfer order or other order impeding the
sale and delivery of any of the Registrable Securities at such time as such
Registrable Securities are registered for public sale or an exemption from
registration is available, except as required by federal or state securities
laws.
(e) The
Company understands the nature of the Registrable Securities issuable upon the
conversion of the Notes, the exercise of the Option and the exercise of the
Warrant and recognizes that the issuance of such Registrable Securities may have
a potential dilutive effect. The Company specifically acknowledges that its
obligation to issue the Registrable Securities is binding upon the Company and
enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership
interests of other shareholders of the Company.
(f) Except
for agreements made in the ordinary course of business, there is no agreement
that has not been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to a registration
statement or to a form required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange
Act, the breach of which could reasonably be expected to have a material and
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, or would prohibit or
otherwise interfere with the ability of the Company to enter into and perform
any of its obligations under this Agreement in any material
respect.
(g) The
Company will at all times on and after the sixtieth (60) day following the
Closing Date have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock for the full conversion of the Notes, the exercise of the Option
and the exercise of the Warrants.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. In the
event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder, of any of their respective
obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may
be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and
under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement.
(b) No
Piggyback on Registrations. Except
as and to the extent specified in Schedule 7(b) hereto, neither the Company nor
any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant
hereto) may include securities of the Company in any Registration Statement
other than the Registrable Securities, and the Company shall not after the date
hereof enter into any agreement providing any such right for inclusion of shares
in the Registration Statement to any of its security holders. Except as and to
the extent specified in Schedule 7(b) hereto, the Company has not previously
entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any
of its securities to any Person that have not been fully satisfied.
(c) Compliance. Each
Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(d) Discontinued
Disposition. Each
Holder agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon
receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of a Discontinuation
Event (as defined below), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
such Registrable Securities under the applicable Registration Statement until
such Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or
amended Registration Statement or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice")
by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in
either case, has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that
are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or
Registration Statement. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to
enforce the provisions of this paragraph. For purposes of this Section 7(d), a
"Discontinuation Event" shall mean (i) when the Commission notifies the Company
whether there will be a "review" of such Registration Statement and whenever the
Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement (the Company shall
provide true and complete copies thereof and all written responses thereto to
each of the Holders); (ii) any request by the Commission or any other Federal or
state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration
Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration
Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of
any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption
from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such
purpose; and/or (v) the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes
the financial statements included in such Registration Statement ineligible for
inclusion therein or any statement made in such Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to such
Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of
such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(e) Piggy-Back
Registrations. If at
any time during the Effectiveness Period there is not an effective Registration
Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall
determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement
relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the
Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form
S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents
relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any
acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in
connection with stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company
shall send to each Holder written notice of such determination and, if within
fifteen days after receipt of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in
writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any
part of such Registrable Securities such holder requests to be registered to the
extent the Company may do so without violating registration rights of others
which exist as of the date of this Agreement, subject to customary underwriter
cutbacks applicable to all holders of registration rights and subject to
obtaining any required consent of any selling stockholder(s) to such inclusion
under such registration statement.
(f) Amendments
and Waivers. The
provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and
signed by the Company and the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from
the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the
rights of certain Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the
rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of at least a majority of the
Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided,
however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or
supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately
preceding sentence.
(g) Notices. Any
notice or request hereunder may be given to the Company or the Purchaser at the
respective addresses set forth below or as may hereafter be specified in a
notice designated as a change of address under this Section 7(g). Any notice or
request hereunder shall be given by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, hand delivery, overnight mail, Federal Express or other national
overnight next day carrier (collectively, "Courier") or telecopy (confirmed by
mail). Notices and requests shall be, in the case of those by hand delivery,
deemed to have been given when delivered to any party to whom it is addressed,
in the case of those by mail or overnight mail, deemed to have been given three
(3) business days after the date when deposited in the mail or with the
overnight mail carrier, in the case of a Courier, the next business day
following timely delivery of the package with the Courier, and, in the case of a
telecopy, when confirmed. The address for such notices and communications shall
be as follows:
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to the Company: |
EarthFirst
Technologies, Incorporated
0000
X. Xxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief
Financial Officer
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000 |
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If
to a Purchaser: |
To
the address set forth under such Purchaser name on the signature pages
hereto. |
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If
to any other Person who is then the registered
Holder: |
To
the address of such Holder as it appears in the stock transfer books of
the Company |
or such
other address as may be designated in writing hereafter in accordance with this
Section 7(g) by such Person.
(h) Successors
and Assigns. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and
permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each
Holder. The Company may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder without
the prior written consent of each Holder. Each Holder may assign their
respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under
the the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Security Agreement and each
Note.
(i) Execution
and Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is
delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and
binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature
were the original thereof.
(j) Governing
Law. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be commenced exclusively in the state and
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or that such
Proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal
service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding
by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices
to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good
and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner
permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any
legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence a Proceeding to
enforce any provisions of this Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement, any
Related Agreement, the Security Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, then the
prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for
its reasonable attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
(k) Cumulative
Remedies. The
remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies
provided by law.
(l) Severability. If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to
find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the
same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or
restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the
parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants
and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(m) Headings. The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
[BALANCE
OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK;
SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as
of the date first written above.
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EARTHFIRST
TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED |
Laurus
Master Fund, Ltd. | |||
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By: |
/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
By: |
/s/
Xxxxxx Grin | |
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Name: |
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx |
Name: |
Xxxxxx
Grin | |
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Title: |
President |
Title: |
Director | |
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Address
for Notices: | ||||
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000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx x 00xx
Xxxxx | ||||
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Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
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Attention: Xxxxxx
Grin | ||||
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Facsimile: 000-000-0000 | ||||
EXHIBIT
A
[Month
__, 200_]
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[____________]
[Insert
Address]
Attn:
] |
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Re:
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EarthFirst
Technologies, Incorporated Registration Statement on Form SB-2
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
As
counsel to EarthFirst Technologies, Incorporated, a Florida corporation (the
“Company”), we have been requested to render our opinion to you in connection
with the resale by the individuals or entitles listed on Schedule A attached
hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”), of an aggregate of [amount]shares (the
“Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock.
A
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Act”), with respect to the resale of the Shares was declared effective by
the Securities and Exchange Commission on [date]. Enclosed is the Prospectus
dated [date]. We understand that the Shares are to be offered and sold in the
manner described in the Prospectus.
Based
upon the foregoing, upon request by the Selling Stockholders at any time while
the registration statement remains effective, it is our opinion that the Shares
have been registered for resale under the Act and new certificates evidencing
the Shares upon their resale by the Selling Stockholders may be issued without
restrictive legend. We will advise you if the registration statement is not
available or effective at any point in the future.
Very
truly yours,
[Company
counsel]
