EXHIBIT 10.38
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of August 24,,
2000, by and among EUROPEAN MICRO HOLDINGS, INC., a Nevada corporation, with
its principal office located at 0000 X.X. 000xx Xxxxxx, Xxxx X-00 Xxxxx, Xx
(the "COMPANY"), and May Xxxxx Group, Inc., with its principal office at Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, XX ("MAY XXXXX").
WHEREAS:
A. In connection with the Placement Agent Agreement between the parties
hereto of even date herewith (the "PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT"), the Company has
agreed to issue common stock purchase warrants to purchase an aggregate of one
million (1,000,000) shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "COMMON STOCK"), at various exercise prices for a term of five (5)
years from the date of issuance of such warrants (individually, a "WARRANT" and
collectively, the "WARRANTS"). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have
the meaning ascribed to them in the Placement Agent Agreement.
B. To induce the Placement Agent to enter to execute and deliver the
Placement Agent Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain
registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations there under, or any similar successor statute (collectively,
the "1933 ACT"), and applicable state securities laws, with respect to the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the "WARRANT
SHARES").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Warrant
Holders hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
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As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
a. "WARRANT HOLDER" means a Warrant Holder and any transferee or
assignee thereof to whom an Warrant Holder assigns its rights under this
Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9.
b. "PERSON" means a corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a
governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.
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c. "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 under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering
securities on a continuous or delayed basis ("RULE 415"), and the declaration
or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
d. "REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means the shares of Common Stock
issuable to Warrant Holders upon conversion of the Warrants issues pursuant to
the Placement Agent Agreement.
e. "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means a registration statement
under the 1933 Act which covers the Registrable Securities.
2. REGISTRATION.
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a. MANDATORY REGISTRATION. The Company shall prepare and file with
the SEC a 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, subject to the provisions of Section 2(b). The Company shall
cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC prior to
the first conversion by the Warrant Holders of the Warrants issued pursuant to
the Placement Agent Agreement.
b. INELIGIBILITY FOR FORM S-3. In the event that Form S-3 is not
available for the registration of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company
shall (i) register the sale of the Registrable Securities on another
appropriate form 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.
c. 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 all of the Registrable Securities which are
issuable to the Warrant Holders upon conversion of the Warrants issued pursuant
to the Placement Agent Agreement, the Company shall amend the Registration
Statement, or file a new Registration Statement (on the short form available
therefore, if applicable), or both, so as to cover all of such Registrable
Securities issuable to the Warrant Holders upon conversion of the Warrants
issued pursuant to the Placement Agent Agreement as soon as practicable, but in
any event not later than fifteen (15) business days after the necessity
therefore arises. The Company shall use it best 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
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number of Registrable Securities issuable upon conversion of the Warrants is
greater than the number of shares available for resale under such Registration
Statement.
3. RELATED OBLIGATIONS.
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a. The Company shall keep the Registration Statement effective
during the term of the Warrant pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the date
on which the Warrant Holder shall have sold all the Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement (the "REGISTRATION Period"), which
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 light of the circumstances in
which they were made, not misleading.
b. 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 covered by such Registration
Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been
disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the
seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. 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's filing a report on Form 10-K, Form
10-Q or Form 8-K 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 the 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 the Registration Statement.
c. The Company shall furnish to each Warrant Holder whose
Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without
charge, (i) at least one copy of such Registration Statement as declared
effective by the SEC and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, all
exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) ten (10) copies of the final
prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and
supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Warrant Holder may
reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents as such Warrant Holder may
reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of
the Registrable Securities owned by such Warrant Holder.
d. The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and
qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under
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such other securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions in the United
States as any Warrant Holder reasonably requests, (ii) prepare and file in
those jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to
maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take
such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and
qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv)
take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the
Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition
thereto to (w) make any change to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws,
(x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (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 each
Warrant Holder 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 threat of any proceeding for such
purpose.
e. As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or
development, the Company shall notify each Warrant Holder in writing of the
happening of any 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 light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no
event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and
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 each Warrant Holder. The Company shall also promptly
notify each Warrant Holder in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of
such effectiveness shall be delivered to each Warrant Holder by facsimile on
the same day of such effectiveness), (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.
f. The Company shall use its best 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 within the United States of America
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 each Warrant
Holder 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.
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g. At the reasonable request of any Warrant Holder, the Company
shall furnish to such Warrant Holder, on the date of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an
Warrant Holder 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, 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 Warrant Holders.
h. The Company shall make available for inspection by (i) any
Warrant Holder and (ii) one firm of accountants or other agents retained by the
Warrant Holders (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, and each Warrant Holder hereby agrees, to hold
in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure (except to an Warrant
Holder) or use of any Record or other information which the Company 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 or any other agreement of which the Inspector
and the Warrant Holder has knowledge. Each Warrant Holder 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.
i. The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure
of information concerning a Warrant Holder provided to the Company unless (i)
disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state
securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid
or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the
release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other 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
agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of
such information concerning a Warrant Holder is sought in or by a court or
governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt
written notice to such Warrant Holder and allow such Warrant Holder, at the
Warrant Holder's expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure
of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.
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j. The Company shall use its best efforts either to cause all the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement (i) 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 the Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statement on the Nasdaq National Market or The Nasdaq SmallCap
Market or, if, despite the Company's best efforts to satisfy the preceding
clause (i) or (ii), the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding
clause (i) or (ii), to secure the inclusion for quotation on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. OTC Bulletin Board for such Registrable
Securities. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with
satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(j).
k. The Company shall cooperate with the Warrant Holders who hold
Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, to
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 Warrant Holders may
reasonably request and registered in such names as the Warrant Holders may
request.
l. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registrable
Securities covered by the applicable 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.
m. The Company shall make generally available to its security
holders as soon as practical, but not later than 90 days after the close of the
period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with 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.
n. 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.
o. Within two (2) business days after a Registration Statement
which covers Registrable Securities is ordered 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 Warrant Holders 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.
p. The Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to
expedite and facilitate disposition by the Warrant Holders of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
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4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE WARRANT HOLDERS.
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Each Warrant Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from
the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f)
or the first sentence of 3(e), such Warrant Holder will immediately discontinue
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s)
covering such Registrable Securities until such Warrant Holder's receipt of the
copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(e)
or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer
agent to deliver unlegended certificates for shares of Common Stock to a
transferee of an Warrant Holder in accordance with the terms of the Placement
Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to
which an Warrant Holder has entered into a contract for sale prior to the
Warrant Holder's receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any
event of the kind described in Section 3(f) or the first sentence of 3(e) and
for which the Warrant Holder has not yet settled.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.
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All expenses incurred in connection with registrations, filings or
qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all
registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers, legal and accounting
fees shall be paid by the Company.
6. INDEMNIFICATION.
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With respect to Registrable Securities which 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 Warrant Holder, the
directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and each
Person, if any, who controls any Warrant Holder 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
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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 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 there under 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"). The Company shall
reimburse the Warrant Holders and each such controlling person promptly as such
expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or
disbursements 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): (x) 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 expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the
Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; (y)
shall not be available to the extent such Claim is based on a failure of the
Warrant Holders to deliver or to cause to be delivered the prospectus made
available by the Company, if such prospectus was timely made available by the
Company pursuant to Section 3(e); and (z) shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior
written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. 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 the Registrable Securities by the Warrant Holders
pursuant to Section 9.
b. In connection with a Registration Statement, each Warrant
Holders 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 is 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 Warrant Holders expressly for use in connection with such
Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(d), such Warrant Holders will
reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection
with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) 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 Warrant Holders, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld; provided, further, however, that the Warrant Holders
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 Warrant Holders
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
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survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Warrant Holders
pursuant to Section 9. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b) with
respect to any prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified
Party if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the
prospectus was corrected and such new prospectus was delivered to each Warrant
Holders prior to such Warrant Holders' use of the prospectus to which the Claim
relates.
c. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party 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 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 shall have the right to retain its own
counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party,
if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party,
the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In
the case of an Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately
preceding sentence shall be selected by the Warrant Holders holding a majority
in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration
Statement to which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified
Person shall cooperate fully 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 which relates to such
action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or
Indemnified Person fully 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, 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 of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or
litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the
indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party
or Indemnified Person 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 under this
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Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in
its ability to defend such action.
d. 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.
e. 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.
7. CONTRIBUTION.
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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 seller of Registrable Securities guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall
be entitled to contribution from any seller of Registrable Securities who was
not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) 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.
8. REPORTS UNDER THE 1934 ACT.
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With a view to making available to the Warrant Holders the benefits
of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any similar rule or regulation of
the SEC that may at any time permit the Warrant Holders 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
Placement Agreement) and the filing of such reports and other documents is
required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and
c. furnish to each Warrant Holder so long as such Warrant Holder
owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by
the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144,
the 1933 Act 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, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested
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to permit the Warrant Holders to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144
without registration.
9. ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
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The rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable
by the Warrant Holders to any transferee of all or any portion of Registrable
Securities if: (i) the Warrant Holder 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) 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) 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; and (iv) such transfer shall have been made in
accordance with the applicable requirements of the Placement Agent Agreement.
10. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
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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 Warrant Holders who then hold at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Registrable
Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10
shall be binding upon each Warrant Holders and the Company. No such amendment
shall be effective to the extent that it applies to fewer 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.
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a. 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 the registered 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
receipt is received by the sending party; or (iii) one business day after
deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case
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properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and
facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
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If to the Company:
EUROPEAN MICRO HOLDINGS, INC.
0000 X.X. 000xx Xxxxxx
Xxxx X-00
Xxxxx, Xx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
With Copy to:
If to a Warrant Holder, to its address and facsimile number on the Schedule of
Warrant Holders attached hereto, with copies to such Warrant Holder's
representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Warrant Holders 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 days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written
confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent,
facsimilie waiver or other communication, (B) 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.
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 corporate laws of the State of Nevada shall govern all
issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and the Warrant Holders as
its stockholders. All other questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the
internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of
law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or
any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably
submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of
any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and
agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is
not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit,
action or proceeding is 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
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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 Placement Agent Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement 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 Placement Agent Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement 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.
h. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and
the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered
to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement
bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
i. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and
performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all
such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other
party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish
the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
j. All consents and other determinations to be made by the Warrant
Holders pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in
this Agreement, by Warrant Holders holding a majority of the Registrable
Securities.
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.
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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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Registration Rights
Agreement to be duly executed as of day and year first above written.
EUROPEAN MICRO HOLDINGS, INC.
By: ____________________________________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Co-President
MAY XXXXX GROUP, INC.
By: ____________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:ManagingDirector
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SCHEDULE OF WARRANT HOLDERS
WARRANT HOLDER ADDRESS WARRANT HOLDER'S REPRESENTATIVES' ADDRESS
WARRANT HOLDER NAME AND FACSIMILE NUMBER AND FACSIMILE NUMBER
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx One World Trade Center One World Trade Center
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx 87th Floor 87th Floor
Hunter Singer Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Persia Consulting Facsimile : (000) 000-0000 Facsimile : (000) 000-0000
Group
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ADVR\agr\reg.rights.01
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
[TRANSFER AGENT]
ATTN:
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Re: EUROPEAN MICRO HOLDINGS, INC.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to European Micro Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the "COMPANY"), and have represented the Company in connection with that
certain Equity Line of Placement Agent Agreement (the "PLACEMENT AGENT
AGREEMENT") entered into by and among the Company and the Warrant Holders named
therein (collectively, the "WARRANT HOLDERS") pursuant to which the Company
issued to the Warrant Holders shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "COMMON STOCK") upon conversion of the Warrants. Pursuant to the
Placement Agent Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration
Rights Agreement with the Warrant 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) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 ACT"). In connection with the
Company's obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ____________
____, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form ________ (File No.
333-_____________) (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the Registrable Securities which
names each of the Warrant Holders as a selling stockholder there under.
In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the
SEC's staff has advised us 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 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.
Very truly yours,
[ISSUER'S COUNSEL]
By:
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cc: [LIST NAMES OF WARRANT HOLDERS]
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