Exhibit B
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made
and entered into as of January 16, 2004, between Millennium Cell Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the purchaser signatory hereto
(including its successors and assigns, the "Purchaser").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof between the Company and the Purchaser
(the "Purchase Agreement").
The Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are
defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in
the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth in this Section 1:
"Effective Date" means, with respect to any Registration
Statement, the date that the Commission first declares effective such
Registration Statement.
"Effectiveness Date" means: (a) with respect to the First
Registration Statement, the earlier of: (i) the 90th day following the Execution
Date and (ii) the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is
notified by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed
or is no longer subject to further review and comments, (b) with respect to the
Second Registration Statement, the earlier of: (i) the 90th day following the
date that the Company delivers notice of its election to sell Additional Shares
and Additional Debentures pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Purchase Agreement and
(ii) the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified
by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no
longer subject to further review and comments, and (c) with respect to any
additional Registration Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 2(c)
or 2(d) hereof, the earlier of: (i) the 90th day following the date on which the
Company first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional
Registration Statement is required under Section 2(c) or 2(d) and (ii) the fifth
Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the
Commission that such additional Registration Statement will not be reviewed or
is no longer subject to further review and comments.
"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a).
"Filing Date" means: (a) with respect to the First
Registration Statement, the 30th day following the Execution Date, (b) with
respect to the Second Registration Statement, the 30th day following the date
that the Company delivers notice of its election to sell Additional Shares and
Additional Debentures pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Purchase Agreement and (c)
with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required
pursuant to Section 2(c) or 2(d) hereof, the 30th day following the date on
which the Company first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such
additional Registration Statement is required under Section 2(c) or 2(d).
"First Registration Statement" means a registration statement
filed pursuant to the terms hereof and which covers the resale of: (i) the
Initial Shares and (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion in
full of the Initial Debentures issued at the Closing, and which shall include no
less than 7,062,774 shares of Common Stock.
"Holder" or "Holders" means the holder or holders, as the case
may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
"Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c).
"Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c).
"Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
"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 in writing.
"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 the Registration Statement, and all other amendments and
supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all
material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
such Prospectus.
"Registrable Securities" means the Shares and the Underlying
Shares, together with any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split,
dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect
to the foregoing.
"Registration Statement" means, collectively, the First
Registration Statement, the Second Registration Statement, any Additional
Registration Statement and any additional registration statements contemplated
by Section 3(d), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and
supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and
post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated
by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration
statement.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Rule 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Rule 424" means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Second Registration Statement" means a registration statement
filed pursuant to the terms hereof and which covers the resale of: (i) the
Additional Shares and (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
in full of the Additional Debentures issued at the Additional Closing.
"Special Counsel" means Xxxxx Xxxx LLP.
"Underlying Shares" means shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion in full of the Debentures.
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2. Registration.
(a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of the applicable
Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant
to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 for registrations
on a secondary basis and shall contain (except if otherwise agreed by the
Holders) the "Plan of Distribution" attached hereto as Annex A (the parties
agreeing that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any
Transaction Document, no Holder shall be required to acquire Registrable
Securities or to otherwise perform at the Closing or Additional Closing, as the
case may be, if it shall be named as an "Underwriter" in any Registration
Statement). The Company shall use its best 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 prior to the applicable
Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date which
is two years after the date that a Registration Statement is declared effective
by the Commission or such earlier date when all Registrable Securities covered
by the Registration Statement have been sold or may be sold without volume
restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) as determined by the counsel to the Company
pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to
the Company's transfer agent and the affected Holders (the "Effectiveness
Period").
(b) If: (a) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date
(if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording the Holder the
opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a), the
Company shall not be deemed to have satisfied clause (a)), or (b) the Company
fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with
Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within five Trading Days of the
date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier)
by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be "reviewed," or not
subject to further review, or (c) the Company fails to respond to any comments
made by the Commission within ten Trading Days after the receipt of such
comments, or (d) a Registration Statement filed hereunder is not declared
effective by the Commission by the 30th day following its Effectiveness Date, or
(e) after its Effective Date, the Registration Statement ceases to be effective
as to all Registrable Securities to which it is required to relate, or the
Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus thereunder to resell
Registrable Securities, for an aggregate of 20 Trading Days for all such events,
or (f) an amendment to the Registration Statement is not filed by the Company
with the Commission within ten Trading Days of the Commission's notifying the
Company that such amendment is required in order for the Registration Statement
to be declared effective (any such failure or breach being referred to as an
"Event", and for purposes of clauses (a) and (d), the date on which such Event
occurs, or for purposes of clause (b) the date on which such five Trading Day
period is exceeded, or for purposes of clauses (c) and (f) the date which such
ten Trading Day period is exceeded, or, for purposes of clause (e) the date on
which such twenty Trading Day period is exceeded, being referred to as "Event
Date"), then: (x) on each such Event Date and on the first monthly anniversary
of each such Event Date, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash,
as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1% of the aggregate amounts
paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; and (y) on each
subsequent monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event
shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the
Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and
not as a penalty, equal to 2% of the aggregate amounts paid by such Holder
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Such liquidated damages shall be in addition
to any rights and remedies available to Holder under the Transaction Documents
and applicable law. If the Company fails to pay any liquidated damages pursuant
to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company
will pay interest thereon at a rate of 12% per annum (or such lesser maximum
amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, until such
liquidated damages are paid in full. The liquidated damages pursuant to the
terms hereof shall apply on a pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to
the cure of an Event.
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(c) If for any reason the Commission does not permit all of the Registrable
Securities to be included in the Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 2(a), then the Company shall prepare and file as soon as possible after
the date on which the Commission shall indicate as being the first date or time
that such filing may be made, but in any event by the Filing Date for such
Registration Statement, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale
of all Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and effective
Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant
to Rule 415, on Form S-3 for registrations on a secondary basis. Each such
Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to
written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such Registration
Statement) the "Plan of Distribution" attached hereto as Annex A. The Company
shall cause each such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than the
Effectiveness Date for such Registration Statement, and shall use its best
efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the
Securities Act during the entire Effectiveness Period for such Registration
Statement.
(d) If the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 85% of the
number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement the
Company shall prepare, file and cause to be declared effective an additional
Registration Statement so that not less than 115% of the issuable Registrable
Securities will be covered by Registration Statements hereunder. The Company
shall prepare and file as soon as possible after the date on which it is
notified in writing that such threshold has been reached, but in any event by
the Filing Date for such Registration Statement, an additional Registration
Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities in the amounts
required by this section that are not already covered by an existing and
effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415, 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 for such purpose).
Each such Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise required
pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such
Registration Statement) the "Plan of Distribution" attached hereto as Annex A.
The Company shall cause each such Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no
later than the Effectiveness Date for such Registration Statement, and shall use
its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective
under the Securities Act during the entire Effectiveness Period for such
Registration Statement.
3. Registration Procedures
In connection with the Company's registration obligations
hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Not less than four Trading Days prior to the filing of the Registration
Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
(except for any reports filed under the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish
to the Holders and the Special Counsel copies of the Selling Stockholders
Section, Plan of Distribution and any risk factor disclosure specifically
pertaining to the offering to which such Registration Statement relates which
documents will be subject to the review of such Holders and the Special Counsel
but not to the extent any such information would contain material non-public
information concerning the Company. The Company shall not file the Registration
Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to
which the Holders shall reasonably object.
(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used
in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement
continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the
Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional
Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act
all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be
amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so
supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as
promptly as reasonably possible, and in any event within ten Trading Days, to
any comments received from the Commission with respect to the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible
provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to
the Commission relating to the Registration Statement to the extent that such
disclosure would not contain material and non-public information concerning the
Company; and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the
Holders thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented.
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(c) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold and the Special
Counsel as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below,
not less than three Trading Days prior to such filing) and (if requested by any
such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day
following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed to be filed;
(B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a "review" of
the 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, each to the
extent such materials do not contain material non-public information concerning
the Company); and (C) with respect to the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any
request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority
for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering any or
all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that
purpose; (iv) of 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 (v) of the occurrence of any
event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in the
Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in
the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a 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.
(d) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the
withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from
qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(e) Furnish to each Holder and the Special Counsel, without charge, at least one
conformed copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and all exhibits to the extent
requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated
by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission.
(f) Promptly deliver to each Holder and the Special Counsel, without charge, as
many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of
prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may
reasonably request. The Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus
and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in
connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by
such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(g) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts
to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders and the Special
Counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from
such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and
sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the
United States as any Holder requests in writing, to keep each such registration
or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness
Period and to do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to
enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be
required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not
then so qualified or subject the Company to any material tax in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
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(h) Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery
of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a
transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be
free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive
legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations
and registered in such names as any such Holders may request.
(i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c)(v), as
promptly as reasonably possible, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a
post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the
related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will
contain an 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 under which they were made, not misleading.
(j) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.
(k) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a
certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by such Holder and the controlling Person thereof.
4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of
or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company
whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall
include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be
made with the Eligible Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for
trading, and (B) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky
laws), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of
printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if
the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement),
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) Securities Act liability
insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (v) fees and expenses
of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company
shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual
audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the
Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.
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5. Indemnification
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any
termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the
officers, directors, agents and employees of each of them, each Person who
controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, agents and
employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of
preparation and reasonable attorneys' fees) and expenses (collectively,
"Losses"), as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form
of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent,
that (1) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information
regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder
expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to
such Holder or such Holder's proposed method of distribution of Registrable
Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that
the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (2) in the case of
an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use
by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has
notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and
prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d)
or (3) with respect to the Prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities
Act, this indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of such Holder on account of
any Loss arising from the sale of Registrable Securities to any Person if a copy
of the Prospectus was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Holder to such
Person with or prior to the written confirmation of the sale involved and the
alleged omission or alleged untrue statement was corrected in the Prospectus at
the time of such confirmation, unless the failure to send or deliver the
Prospectus resulted from the Company's failure to comply with Section 3(j)
hereof. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat
or assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly,
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and
employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors,
officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising
solely out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder's failure to comply with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in reselling Registrable
Securities or (y) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arising solely out of or based solely upon
any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information
so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion
in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or to the extent that (1) such
untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such
Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use
therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such
Holder's proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was
reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in
the Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved
Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or
in any amendment or supplement thereto or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an
event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use by such Holder of
an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder
in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt
by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the
liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar
amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the
Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
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(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought
or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an "Indemnified
Party"), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom
indemnity is sought (the "Indemnifying Party") in writing, and the Indemnifying
Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure
of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying
Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and
only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review)
that such failure shall have proximately and materially adversely prejudiced the
Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in
writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have
failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3)
the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such
Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest
is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party
and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies
the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at
the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of
the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall, without
the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any
pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless
such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from
all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
All fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including
reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with
investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not
inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as
incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying
Party (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified
Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided, that the
Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to reimburse
all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially determined
that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder).
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is
unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy or otherwise),
then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party,
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a
result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection
with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such
Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a
material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by,
such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
in Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys' or other reasonable fees or expenses
incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such
party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the
indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in
accordance with its terms.
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The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into
account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall
be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount
by which the proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the
Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have
to the Indemnified Parties.
6. Miscellaneous
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder, of any of
their 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. The Company and each
Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for
any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this
Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for
specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that
a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Piggyback on Registrations. Except as and to the extent specified in
Schedule 6(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 the Registration Statement other than the Registrable Securities,
and, except as and to the extent specified in Schedule 6(b) hereto, the Company
shall not after the date hereof enter into any agreement providing any such
right to any of its security holders. Except as and to the extent specified in
Schedule 6(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 which have not been fully satisfied.
(c) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in
connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
(d) Discontinued Disposition. Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of such
Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the
occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c), such Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a
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.
(e) Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time during the Effectiveness Period
there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the applicable
Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with
the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own
account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity
securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the
Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be
issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee
benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder written notice of such
determination and, if within fifteen days after receipt of such notice, any such
Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such
registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such
holder requests to be registered, subject to customary underwriter cutbacks
applicable to all holders of registration rights.
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(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
60% of the then outstanding Registrable Securities.
(g) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required
or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading
Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in
this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of
mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d)
upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
The addresses for such notices and communications are those set forth on the
signature pages hereof, or such other address as may be designated in writing
hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person.
(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and
shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign its rights
or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Holder. Each
Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the
Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.
(i) 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; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. All questions concerning the
construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall
be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws
of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law
thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations,
enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in
the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed
herein (including with respect to the enforcement of the any of this Agreement),
and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any
claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court,
that such Proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such
Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in
effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by
jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence a Proceeding to
enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such
Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys fees and
other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and
prosecution of such Proceeding.
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(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.
(n) Independent Nature of Holders' Obligations and Rights. The obligations of
each Holder hereunder is several and not joint with the obligations of any other
Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the
performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained
herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no
action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to
constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any
other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way
acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and
enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this
Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
MILLENNIUM CELL INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Ph.D.
Title: President, Chief Executive Officer &
Acting Chief Financial Officer
Address for Notice:
0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger &Vecchione, P.C.
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Phone (000) 000-0000
Fax (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
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MAINFIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.
By: /s/ Avi Vigder
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Name: Avi Vigder
Title: Authorized Signatory
Address for Notice:
c/o Sage Capital Corp.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Eldad Gal
Annex A
Plan of Distribution
The selling stockholders and any of their pledgees, assignees
and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their
shares of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on
which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at
fixed or negotiated prices. The selling stockholders may use any one or more of
the following methods when selling shares:
o ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the
broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
o block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the
shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as
principal to facilitate the transaction;
o purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the
broker-dealer for its account;
o an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the
applicable exchange;
o privately negotiated transactions;
o short sales made after the effectiveness of this Registration
Statement;
o broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a
specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
o a combination of any such methods of sale; and
o any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
The selling stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144
under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange
for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive
commissions or discounts from the selling stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer
acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be
negotiated. The selling stockholders do not expect these commissions and
discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.
Short sales of the common stock made before the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement may not be covered with shares of common stock
registered hereunder.
The selling stockholder may from time to time pledge or grant
a security interest in some or all of the Shares or common stock owned by them
and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the
pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock from
time to time under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus
under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933
amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or
other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus.
The selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of
common stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or
other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes
of this prospectus.
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that
are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the
meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any
commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the
resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. The selling stockholders have
informed the Company that it does not have any agreement or understanding,
directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock.
The Company has agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders
against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act.
