EXHIBIT 4.2
MINIMUM BORROWING NOTE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Minimum Borrowing Note Registration Rights Agreement (this
"Agreement") is made and entered into as of July 29, 2005, by and between
Integrated Security Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (the "Purchaser").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof, by and among the Purchaser, the Company and various
subsidiaries of the Company (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time, the "Security Agreement"), and pursuant to the Notes 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 Security Agreement shall have the meanings given
such terms in the Security Agreement. 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 Registration
Statement required to be filed in connection with the Minimum Borrowing Note
issued on the initial funding date under the Security Agreement and the Warrants
issued on such initial funding date, a date no later than ninety (90) days
following such initial funding date; provided, that, in the event that the
Commission has provided written comments to the such Registration Statement, the
Effectiveness Date otherwise applicable hereunder shall be extended by an
additional thirty (30) days and (ii) with respect to each additional
Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, a date no later than
forty-five (45) days following the applicable Filing Date; provided, however,
that, in the event that the Commission has provided written comments to the
applicable Registration Statement required hereunder to be declared effective by
the applicable Effectiveness Date, the Effectiveness Date otherwise applicable
to such Registration Statement shall be extended by an additional forty-five
(45) days.
"Effectiveness Period" has 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, with respect to (1) the Registration
Statement which is required to be filed in connection with the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Minimum Borrowing Note made on the initial
funding date, the date which is thirty (30) days after the date hereof, (2) the
Registration Statement required to be filed in connection with each additional
Minimum Borrowing Note funded after the initial funding date, the date which is
thirty (30) days after such funding of such additional Minimum Borrowing Note,
(3) the Registration Statement required to be filed in connection with the
shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder upon exercise of a Warrant, the
date which is thirty (30) days after the issuance of such Warrant, and (4) the
Registration Statement required to be filed in connection with the shares of
Common Stock issuable to the Holder as a result of adjustments to the Fixed
Conversion Price or the Exercise Price, as the case may be, made pursuant to
Section 2.5 of the Revolving Note, Section 3.5 of the Minimum Borrowing Notes,
Section 4 of 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, as the case may be.
"Holder" or "Holders" means the Purchaser or any of its
affiliates or transferees to the extent any of them hold Registrable Securities,
other then those purchasing Registrable Securities in a market transaction.
"Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
"Indemnifying Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
"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 a 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 such 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 each Minimum Borrowing Note and issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants.
"Registration Statement" means each registration statement
required to be filed hereunder, including the Prospectus therein, 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.
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"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any successor statute.
"Security Agreement" has the meaning given to such term in the
Preamble hereto.
"Trading Market" means any of the NASD Over The Counter Bulletin
Board, NASDAQ SmallCap Market, the NASDAQ National Market, the American Stock
Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange
"Warrants" means the Common Stock purchase warrants issued in
connection with the Security Agreement, whether on the date thereof or
thereafter.
2. Registration.
(a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall
prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the
Registrable Securities for a selling stockholder resale offering to be made on a
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement shall be on
Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on
another appropriate form in accordance herewith). The Company shall cause each
Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided
herein. The Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to cause each
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 each Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities
Act until the date which is the earlier date of when (i) all Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or (ii) all
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement 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 (each, an
"Effectiveness Period").
If: (i) any Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to
the applicable Filing Date for such Registration Statement; (ii) a Registration
Statement filed hereunder is not declared effective by the Commission by the
applicable Effectiveness Date; (iii) after a Registration Statement is filed
with and declared effective by the Commission, a Discontinuation Event (as
hereafter defined) shall occur and be continuing (but not including a
Discontinuation Event described in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of
"Discontinuation Event" below to the extent that the shares of Common Stock
registered pursuant to such Registration Statement subject of such
Discontinuation Event shall remain freely tradeable by the Holder despite the
occurrence of such Discontinuation Event), or such 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 applicable to such Registration Statement (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
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commencing on the date such 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 three (3) 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
three (3) Trading Day period is exceeded, being referred to as "Event Date"),
then as partial relief for the damages to the Purchaser by reason of the
occurrence of any such Event (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other
remedies available at law or in equity), the Company shall pay to the Purchaser
for each day that an Event has occurred and is continuing, an amount in cash
equal to one-thirtieth (1/30th) of the product of: (A) the original principal
amount of each Minimum Borrowing Note outstanding at such time multiplied by (B)
0.015. In the event the Company fails to make any payments pursuant to this
Section 2(b) in a timely manner, such payments shall bear interest at the rate
of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full.
(b) Within three 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 the Purchaser within the time frame set forth
above.
(c) At reasonable intervals, the Company may require each
Holder of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected
to furnish to the Company, within ten calendar days after written request
therefor has been made by the Company, such information regarding the
distribution of such Holder's Registrable Securities as is required by law to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement (the "Requisite Information").
(i) The Company shall file prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto)
to supplement the Prospectus, or, if necessary, amend the applicable
Registration Statement, to include in the Prospectus the Requisite
Information as to each Holder (and the Registrable Securities held by
such Holder) that provides notice to the Company of the Requisite
Information. The Company shall file such a prospectus supplement with
the Commission no less than once every twenty business days if during
such period the Company receives notice from any Holder which includes
the Requisite Information with respect to any such Holder. The Company
shall provide each Holder a copy (or, to any Holder, such larger number
of copies as such Holder shall request) of such Prospectus as so
supplemented, or included in an amended Registration Statement,
containing the Requisite Information within three business days of
filing such Prospectus with the Commission in order to permit such
Holder to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act in a timely manner with respect to any proposed
disposition of such Holder's Registrable Securities.
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(ii) No Holder shall be entitled to use the Prospectus, if
such Holder shall have failed to furnish the information required by
this Section 2(c) in accordance with the first or second paragraph
hereof, and such information with respect to such Holder shall have
been included in the Prospectus, unless the Company shall have failed
timely to fulfill its obligations under this Section. If any
information furnished to the Company by a Holder for inclusion in a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus becomes materially misleading,
such Holder agrees (i) to furnish promptly to the Company all
information required to be disclosed in such Registration Statement in
order to make the information previously furnished to the Company not
materially misleading and (ii) to stop selling or offering for sale
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement until
such Holder's receipt of the copies of a supplemented or amended
Prospectus correcting such disclosure. The Company shall have no
obligation to keep a Prospectus usable with respect to a particular
Holder or to give notice that a Prospectus is not usable by such Holder
to the extent such Prospectus is not usable by such Holder because
current Requisite Information with respect to such Holder is not
included therein because such Holder has not provided such information
to the Company in accordance with this Section 2(c).
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 a 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 such 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 such 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
such Registration Statement and to keep such Registration Statement effective
until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period applicable to such Registration
Statement;
(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 such
Registration Statement;
(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or
qualify the Purchaser's Registrable Securities covered by such 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 in any jurisdiction where it is
not so qualified or to consent to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction;
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(e) list the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement with any securities exchange on which the Common Stock of
the Company is then listed;
(f) immediately 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 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 each Holder, and its officers, directors and each
other person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of the
Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Holder, 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 such Holder, 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.
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(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 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 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.
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(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 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 12(u) to the Security
Agreement, 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 the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 and (ii) its Quarterly Report on
Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2004, December 31, 2004
and March 31, 2005 (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.
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(b) The Common Stock is quoted for trading on the NASDAQ Over
The Counter Bulletin Board and satisfies all requirements for the continuation
of such quotation, and the Company shall do all things necessary for the
continuation of such quotation. The Company has not received any notice that its
Common Stock will no longer be quoted on the NASDAQ Over The Counter Bulletin
Board (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
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 the Common Stock to be integrated with other offerings (other than
such concurrent offering to the Purchaser).
(d) The Warrants, the Notes and the shares of Common Stock
which the Purchaser may acquire pursuant to the Warrants 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 each Note and the exercise of each
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.
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(g) The Company will at all times have authorized and
reserved a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the full conversion
of each Note and 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 set forth on 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
any 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 Agreement, 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.
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(e) Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time during any
Effectiveness Period there is not an effective Registration Statement covering
all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered during such
Effectiveness Period 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 (15) 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 generally to the rights of all Holders and that
does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of specific Holders in a
manner different from other Holders may be given by Holders of at least a
majority of the Registrable Securities; 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).
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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:
If to the Company: Integrated Security Systems, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx and Xxxxx, LLP
0000 X. Xxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to a Purchaser: To the address set forth under such
Purchaser name on the signature pages
hereto.
If to any other Person who is
then the registered Holder: To the address of such Holder as it
appears in the stock transfer books
of the Company
or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter in 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
the holders of the majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding
(assuming full exercise and conversion of the Minimum Borrowing Notes and the
Warrants) Holder. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in
the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Notes and the Security
Agreement.
(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 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, Jurisdiction and Waiver of Jury Trial.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND
PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
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The Company hereby consents and agrees that the state or federal courts located
in the County of New York, State of New York shall have exclusion jurisdiction
to hear and determine any Proceeding between the Company, on the one hand, and
the Purchaser, on the other hand, pertaining to this Agreement or to any matter
arising out of or related to this Agreement; provided, that the Purchaser and
the Company acknowledge that any appeals from those courts may have to be heard
by a court located outside of the County of New York, State of New York, and
further provided, that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or operate to
preclude the Purchaser from bringing a Proceeding in any other jurisdiction to
collect the obligations, to realize on the Collateral or any other security for
the obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of the
Purchaser. The Company expressly submits and consents in advance to such
jurisdiction in any Proceeding commenced in any such court, and the Company
hereby waives any objection which it may have based upon lack of personal
jurisdiction, improper venue or forum non conveniens. The Company hereby waives
personal service of the summons, complaint and other process issued in any such
Proceeding and agrees that service of such summons, complaint and other process
may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to the Company at the
address set forth in Section 7(g) and that service so made shall be deemed
completed upon the earlier of the Company's actual receipt thereof or three (3)
days after deposit in the U.S. mails, proper postage prepaid. The parties hereto
desire that their disputes be resolved by a judge applying such applicable laws.
Therefore, to achieve the best combination of the benefits of the judicial
system and of arbitration, the parties hereto waive all rights to trial by jury
in any Proceeding brought to resolve any dispute, whether arising in contract,
tort, or otherwise between the Purchaser and/or the Company arising out of,
connected with, related or incidental to the relationship established between
then in connection with this Agreement. If either party hereto shall commence a
Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, the Security Agreement
or any other 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Minimum
Borrowing Note Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
By: /s/ C. A. Xxxxxxx, Jr.
_____________________________
Name: C. A. Xxxxxxx, Jr.
Title: Chairman and CEO
LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD.
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:___________________________
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Grin
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
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EXHIBIT A
____________, 200___
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
0000 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Re: Integrated Security Systems, Inc. Registration Statement
on Form [S-3]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As counsel to Integrated Security Systems, Inc., a Delaware 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 __________
shares (the "Shares") of the Company's Common Stock.
A Registration Statement on Form [S-3] 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 transfer or re-registration 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]
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Schedule A to Exhibit A
Shares
Selling Stockholder R/N/O Being Offered
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SCHEDULE 7(b)
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