EXHIBIT 10.29.4
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
dated as of September 7, 2001
by and among
PROBEX CORP.
and the
Investors listed on
Schedule A hereto
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. DEFINITIONS.......................................................1
2. REGISTRATION......................................................2
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY........................................3
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS......................................7
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION..........................................8
6. INDEMNIFICATION...................................................8
7. CONTRIBUTION.....................................................10
8. REPORTS UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT...................................10
9. INFORMATION RIGHTS...............................................11
10. INSPECTION RIGHTS................................................11
11. ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS................................11
12. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.................................12
13. TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS...............................12
14. GENERAL PROVISIONS...............................................12
SCHEDULE A...........................................................S-A
SCHEDULE B...........................................................S-B
EXHIBIT A............................................................E-A
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), is made as of
September 7, 2001, by and among Probex Corp., a Delaware corporation, with its
headquarters located at 00000 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 (the
"Company"), and the Investors listed on Schedule A attached hereto (together
with their respective affiliates and any assignee or transferee of their
respective rights hereunder, the "Investors").
WHEREAS, in connection with those certain Secured Promissory Notes in
the aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 made by the Company in favor of the
Investors, or their nominees, of even date herewith (the "Notes"), the Company
has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained therein, to
issue to the Investors certain shares of its common and/or preferred stock (the
"Stock").
WHEREAS, to induce the Investors to purchase the Notes, the Company has
agreed to provide (a) certain registration rights under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar
successor statute (collectively, the "Securities Act"), and applicable state
securities laws; and (b) certain other rights as set forth herein.
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
Investors hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(i) "Common Stock" means the Company's common stock, $0.001
par value per share.
(ii) "Investors" means the Investors and any transferee or
assignee who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 11 hereof and who executes a form of Joinder Agreement,
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(iii) "register," "registered," and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or
Statements in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a
continuous basis ("Rule 415"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness
of such Registration Statement by the United States of America Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
(iv) "Registrable Securities" means the shares of Common Stock
issued to the Investors pursuant to Section 4 of the Notes and the shares of
Common Stock issued to Investors, or issuable upon the Investors' conversion of
the preferred stock issued to Investors, pursuant to the Section 3 of the Notes.
(v) "Registration Statement" means one or more registration
statements of the Company filed with the SEC under the Securities Act pursuant
to this Agreement.
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(b) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Notes.
2. REGISTRATION.
(a) Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare and file within
thirty (30) days after the closing date of the Qualified Equity Financing or the
Final Maturity Date, if earlier, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or Form
SB-2 (or, if available, on Form S-3, or if Form S-3 is not available, on such
form of Registration Statement as is then available to effect a registration of
the Registrable Securities) with the SEC, covering the resale of the Registrable
Securities to enable the resale by the Investors from time to time on the
American Stock Exchange (the "AMEX") or in privately-negotiated transactions or
otherwise. The Company shall register all of the Registrable Securities on the
Registration Statement; provided, however, that if the Company determines that
not all of the Registrable Securities can be registered on one Registration
Statement, then the Company will file a Registration Statement as soon as
practicable following the issuance of any Registrable Securities not registered
prior to issuance. The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain
effectiveness of the Registration Statement as soon as practicable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish the Investors a
certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good
faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously
detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such Registration Statement
to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such
Registration Statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing
for a period of not more than ninety (90) days from the Final Maturity Date;
provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once.
(b) Piggy-Back Registrations. Subject to the last sentence of this
Section 2(b), if at any time prior to the expiration of the Registration Period
(as defined in Section 3(a) hereof) the Company shall file with the SEC 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 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), the Company shall send to the Investors written
notice of such determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after the
effective date of such notice, the Investors shall so request in writing, the
Company shall include in such Registration Statement all or any part of the
Registrable Securities the Investors request to be registered, except that if,
in connection with any underwritten public offering for the account of the
Company the managing underwriter(s) thereof shall impose a limitation on the
number of shares of Common Stock which may be included in the Registration
Statement because, in such underwriter's judgment, marketing or other factors
dictate such limitation is necessary to facilitate public distribution, then the
Company shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement only such
limited portion of the Registrable Securities with respect to which the Investor
has requested inclusion hereunder as the underwriter shall permit; provided,
however, that the Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless
the Company has first excluded all outstanding securities, the holders of which
are not entitled to inclusion of such securities in such Registration Statement
or are not entitled to pro rata inclusion with the Registrable Securities; and
provided, further, however, that, after giving effect to the immediately
preceding proviso, any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro
rata with holders of other securities having the right to include such
securities in the Registration Statement other than holders of securities
entitled to inclusion of their securities in such Registration Statement by
reason of priority registration rights. No right to registration of Registrable
Securities under this Section 2(b) shall be construed to limit any registration
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required under Section 2(a) hereof. If an offering in which the Investors are
entitled to registration under this Section 2(b) is an underwritten offering,
then the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such
Registration Statement shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Company, offer and
sell such Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering using the same
underwriter or underwriters and, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, on
the same terms and conditions as other shares of Common Stock included in such
underwritten offering. The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take
any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 2(b), after the
Company has effected at least one (1) registration pursuant to this Section
2(b), which includes all Registrable Securities and such registration has been
declared effective by the SEC.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the
registration rights of the Investors pursuant to Section 2(b) above shall only
be available in the event the Company fails to timely file, obtain effectiveness
or maintain effectiveness of the Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to
Section 2(a) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; however, the
availability of such registration rights under Section 2(b) shall not be deemed
to cure any breach of the Company's obligations under Section 2(a), nor shall
the use of any of such rights by any Investor be deemed a waiver of any such
rights or any right to damages resulting therefrom.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.
In connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the
Company shall have the following obligations:
(a) The Company shall prepare promptly and file a Registration
Statement with the SEC in accordance with Section 2(a) hereof, and thereafter
use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as
soon as possible after such filing, and keep the Registration Statement
effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until such date as is the earlier of
(i) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities have been sold, or (ii)
the date on which the Registrable Securities (in the opinion of counsel to the
Investor) may be immediately sold without restriction (including without
limitation as to volume by each holder thereof) without registration under the
Securities Act (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 not misleading.
(b) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and supplements to the Registration
Statement and the prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement
as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective at all times
during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
Registrable Securities of the Company covered by the Registration Statement
until such time as all of such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in
accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers
thereof as set forth in the Registration Statement.
(c) The Company shall furnish to the Investors whose Registrable
Securities are included in the Registration Statement and to its legal counsel
(i) promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the
SEC, or received by the Company, one copy of the Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus and prospectus and each amendment
or supplement thereto, and, in the case of the Registration Statement referred
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to in Section 2(a), each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the
SEC or the staff of the SEC, and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the
staff of the SEC, in each case relating to such Registration Statement (other
than any portion thereof which contains information for which the Company has
sought confidential treatment), and (ii) such number of copies of a prospectus,
including preliminary prospectuses, and all amendments and supplements thereto
and such other documents as the Investors may reasonably request in order to
facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by the Investors.
The Company will promptly notify the Investors by facsimile of the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment. The Company will
promptly respond to any and all comments received from the SEC, with a view
towards causing any Registration Statement or any amendment thereto to be
declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable and shall promptly file an
acceleration request as soon as practicable following the resolution or
clearance of all SEC comments or, if applicable, following notification by the
SEC that the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto will not be subject
to review.
(d) The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and qualify
the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such
other securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions in the United States
as the Investors, holding Registrable Securities being offered, may reasonably
request, (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 (a) qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
Section 3(d), (b) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction,
(c) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, (d)
provide any undertakings that cause the Company undue expense or burden, or (e)
make any change in its charter or bylaws, which in each case the Board of
Directors of the Company determines to be contrary to the best interests of the
Company and its stockholders.
(e) As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, the
Company shall notify the Investors of the happening of any event of which the
Company has knowledge, as a result of which the prospectus included in the
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 not misleading, and use its best
efforts promptly to prepare a supplement or amendment to the Registration
Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver such number
of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Investors as they may
reasonably request.
(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
and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the
earliest possible moment and to notify the Investors, holders of Registrable
Securities being sold (or, in the event of an underwritten offering, the
managing underwriters), of the issuance of such order and the resolution
thereof.
(g) The Company shall permit counsel to the Investors, as holders of
the Registrable Securities, to review the Registration Statement and all
amendments and supplements thereto (as well as all requests for acceleration or
effectiveness thereof) a reasonable period of time prior to their filing with
the SEC, and the Company will not file any document in a form to which such
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counsel reasonably objects and the Company will not request acceleration of the
Registration Statement without prior notice to such counsel. In the event of a
disagreement between the Investors and the Company regarding any action taken by
the Company to which counsel to the Investors objects (the "Dispute"), the
Investors shall give written notice (the "Dispute Notice") of the Dispute to the
Company, delivered in accordance with Section 14(b) of this Agreement. The
Dispute Notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the Dispute of the
Investors. Upon receipt of the Dispute Notice, the date upon which the Company
is required to file the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof
shall be extended by the number of elapsed day(s) of the Dispute. The sections
of the Registration Statement covering information with respect to the
Investors, Investors' beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, or the
Investors' intended method of disposition of Registrable Securities shall
conform to the information provided to the Company by the Investors.
(h) At the request of the Investors, the Company shall furnish, on the
date that Registrable Securities are delivered to an underwriter, if any, for
sale in connection with the Registration Statement or, if such securities are
not being sold by an underwriter, on the date of effectiveness thereof (i) an
opinion, dated as of such date, from 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
underwriters, if any, and the Investors, and (ii) a letter, dated such date,
from the Company's independent certified public accountants, in form and
substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to
underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters,
if any, and the Investors.
(i) In the event of any underwritten public offering, the Company shall
enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual
and customary form, with the managing underwriter of such offering. The
Investors participating in such an underwriting shall also enter into and
perform their obligations under such an agreement.
(j) The Company shall make available for inspection by (i) the
Investors, (ii) any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the
Registration Statement, (iii) one firm of attorneys and one firm of accountants
or other agents retained by the Investors and all such underwriters
(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 to enable
each Inspector to exercise its due diligence responsibility, and cause the
Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any
Inspector may reasonably request for purposes of such due diligence; provided,
however, that each Inspector shall hold in confidence and shall not make any
disclosure (except to the Investors or underwriters) 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, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant
to a subpoena or other 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. The Company shall not be required to disclose any confidential
information in such Records to any Inspector until and unless such Inspector
shall have entered into confidentiality agreement (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Company) with the Company with respect thereto,
substantially in the form of this Section 3(j). The Investors agree that they
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
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prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order
for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other
confidentiality agreement between the Company and the Investors) shall be deemed
to limit the Investors' ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which
is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
(k) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of
information concerning the Investors 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 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 or any other agreement. The Company agrees that
it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning the
Investors is required under clause (i) or clause (ii) above, or is sought in or
by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other
means, give prompt notice to the applicable Investor prior to making such
disclosure, and allow the applicable Investor, at its expense, to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order
for, such information.
(l) The Company shall (i) cause all the Registrable Securities covered
by the Registration Statement to be listed on each national securities exchange
on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then
listed, including, without limitation, the AMEX, if any, if the listing of such
Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, or
(ii) secure the designation and quotation, of all the Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement on the Nasdaq or, if not eligible for the
Nasdaq on the Nasdaq SmallCap and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, to arrange for at least two (2) market makers to register with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") as such with
respect to such Registrable Securities.
(m) The Company shall provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may
be a single entity, for the Registrable Securities not later than the effective
date of the Registration Statement.
(n) The Company shall cooperate with the Investors, as holders of
Registrable Securities being offered, and the managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates (not bearing any restrictive legends) representing Registrable
Securities to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement and enable such
certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the
managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or the Investors may reasonably
request and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any, or the Investors may request, and, within three (3)
business days after a Registration Statement which includes Registrable
Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall
cause legal counsel selected by the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent
for the Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors, whose Registrable
Securities are included in such Registration Statement) an instruction in
customary form and substance and an opinion of such counsel, if required by the
transfer agent, in customary form and substance.
(o) At the request of the Investors, as holders of Registrable
Securities, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC, such amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration
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Statement and the prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement
as may be necessary in order to change the plan of distribution set forth in
such Registration Statement.
(p) In the event that the Investors transfer or assign any Registrable
Securities in accordance with Section 11 hereof, the Company will supplement or
amend the Registration Statement to allow for the transferee or assignee to
effect sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(q) The Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to
expedite and facilitate disposition by the Investors of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(r) The Company shall cause all Registrable Securities to be approved
for listing on the American Stock Exchange prior to the earlier of (i) the Final
Extension Date (as defined in the Notes) or (ii) the filing of the Registration
Statement with the SEC.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTOR.
In connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the
Investors shall have the following obligations:
(a) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company
to any Investor to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement that
such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself,
the Registrable Securities held by such Investor and the intended method of
disposition of the Registrable Securities held by such Investor as shall be
reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities
and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the
Company may reasonably request. At least three (3) business days prior to the
first anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement, the Company shall
notify the Investors of the information the Company requires from each Investor.
(b) By the Investors' acceptance of the Registrable Securities, the
Investors agree to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the
Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration
Statement hereunder, unless an Investor has notified the Company in writing of
its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from the Registration
Statement.
(c) The Investors agree that, upon receipt of any notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(e) or
Section 3(f) hereof, the Investors will immediately discontinue disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such
Registrable Securities until the Investors' receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(e) or Section 3(f)
hereof and, if so directed by the Company, the Investors shall deliver to the
Company (at the expense of the Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a
certificate of destruction) all copies in the Investors' possession of the
prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt
of such notice.
(d) An Investor may not participate in any underwritten registration
hereunder unless the Investor (i) agrees to sell its Registrable Securities on
the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements in usual and customary form
entered into by the Company, (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires,
powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents
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reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, and (iii)
agrees to pay its pro rata share of all underwriting discounts and commissions.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.
All expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions,
incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to
Sections 2 and 3 hereof, including without limitation all registration, listing
and qualification fees, printers and accounting fees, the fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one
counsel selected by the Investors, shall be borne by the Company.
6. INDEMNIFICATION.
In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration
Statement under this Agreement:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify, hold
harmless and defend (i) the Investors, as holders of Registrable Securities, and
Xxxxxxx Capital Group, LLC ("ZCG"), (ii) the directors, officers, members,
managers, partners, trustees, employees and agents of and each person who
controls the Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), if any, or ZCG (iii) any
underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act), if any, and (iv) the directors,
officers, partners, employees and each person who controls any such underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, if any (each, an
"Indemnified Person"), against any joint or several losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses (collectively, together with actions, proceedings or
inquiries by any regulatory or self-regulatory organization, whether commenced
or threatened, in respect thereof, "Claims") to which any of them may become
subject insofar as such Claims arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration
Statement or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date
of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended
or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any
material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading; or
(iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state
securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or
sale of the Registrable Securities (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i)
through (iii) being, collectively, "Violations"). Subject to the restrictions
set forth in Section 6(c) hereof with respect to the number of legal counsel,
the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Person, promptly as such expenses
are incurred and are due and payable, for any reasonable legal fees or other
reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall
not apply to a Claim 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 any Indemnified Person or underwriter for such Indemnified Person
expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration
Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such
prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c)
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hereof; (ii) 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; and (iii) with respect to any
preliminary prospectus, shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Person
if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the
preliminary prospectus was corrected on a timely basis in the prospectus, as
then amended or supplemented, such corrected prospectus was timely made
available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof, and the Indemnified
Person was promptly advised in writing not to use the incorrect prospectus prior
to the use giving rise to a Violation and such Indemnified Person,
notwithstanding such advice, used it. 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 Investor, pursuant to Section 11.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which the
Investors are participating, the Investors agree severally and not jointly to
indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner
set forth in Section 6(a) hereof, the Company, each of its directors, each of
its officers who signs the Registration Statement, each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act, any underwriter, and any other Investor or other stockholder selling
securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and each of their respective
directors, officers, trustees, members, managers and employees or any person who
controls such Investor, stockholder or underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively and together with an
Indemnified Person, an "Indemnified Party"), against any Claim to which any of
them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, insofar as such Claim arises out of or is based upon any Violation by
an Investor, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such
Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
about the Investor furnished to the Company by the Investor expressly for use in
connection with such Registration Statement; and subject to Section 6(c) hereof,
the Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses (promptly as such
expenses are incurred and are due and payable) 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) shall not apply to
amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without
the prior written consent of the Investor, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be
liable under this Agreement (including this Section 6(b) and Section 7 hereof)
for only that amount as does not exceed the net proceeds to the Investor as a
result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration
Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of
any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall
survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investor, pursuant to
Section 11 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to any
preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party
if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the
preliminary prospectus was corrected on a timely basis in the prospectus, as
then amended or supplemented.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action
(including any governmental action), 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 to be
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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. The indemnifying party shall pay for only one
separate legal counsel for the Indemnified Persons or the Indemnified Parties,
as applicable, and such legal counsel shall be selected by the Investors, as
holder of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement to
which the Claim relates (with the approval of the Investors), if the Investors
are entitled to indemnification hereunder, or the Company, if the Company is
entitled to indemnification hereunder, as applicable. 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 Section 6,
except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced in its
ability to defend such action. 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 such expense, loss, damage or liability is
incurred and is due and payable.
7. CONTRIBUTION.
To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is
prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum
contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable
under Section 6 hereof to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided,
however, that (i) no contribution shall be made under circumstances where the
indemnifying party would not have been liable for indemnification under the
fault standards set forth in Section 6, (ii) no seller of Registrable Securities
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of
Registrable Securities who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation,
and (iii) contribution (together with any indemnification or other obligations
under this Agreement) 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 EXCHANGE ACT.
With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule
144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any other similar rule or regulation
of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the
Company to the public without registration ("Rule 144"), the Company agrees to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are
understood and defined in Rule 144;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act
so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of
such reports and other documents as is required for the applicable provisions of
Rule 144; and
(c) furnish to the Investor, so long as the Investor or its affiliates
owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by
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the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144,
the Securities Act and the Exchange 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
to permit the Investor to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without
registration.
9. INFORMATION RIGHTS.
The Company covenants and agrees that, commencing on the date upon
which the Company ceases to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act, for so
long as the Investors or any of their affiliates hold any of the Registrable
Securities, the Company will:
(a) Annual Reports. Deliver to the Investors, as soon as practicable
and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company, audited financial statements for the Company and its subsidiaries
for such year, setting forth in comparative form, the figures from the Company's
previous fiscal year, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and practices; and
(b) Quarterly Reports. Deliver to the Investors, as soon as practicable
and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal
quarter of the Company (except the last quarter of the Company's fiscal year),
quarterly unaudited financial statements on a consolidated basis, including a
balance sheet, a statement of income and a statement of cash flows.
10. INSPECTION RIGHTS
The Company shall permit the Investors, at the Investors' expense, to
visit and inspect the Company's and its subsidiaries' properties, to examine the
books of account and records of the Company and its subsidiaries and to discuss
the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries with the
officers of the Company and its subsidiaries, all at such reasonable times as
may be requested by the Investors; provided, however, that the Company and its
subsidiaries shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 10 to provide the
Investors access to any information which is non-public or they reasonably
consider to be a trade secret or similar confidential information.
11. ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
The registration rights under this Agreement (but not the additional
rights set forth in Section 10 above, which rights are expressly not assignable
by the Investors) shall be automatically assignable by the Investors to any
transferee of all or any portion of Registrable Securities if: (i) the
transferee agrees to execute a form of Joinder Agreement in the form of Exhibit
A attached hereto, and a copy of such Joinder 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) following such transfer or assignment, the
further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is
restricted under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, and
(iv) such transferee shall be an "accredited investor" as that term defined in
Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
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12. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof
may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either
retroactively or prospectively), only with written consent of the Company and a
majority-in-interest of the Investors (to the extent the Investors or any of
their affiliates still own Registrable Securities); provided, however, that no
amendment which increases the obligations of any Investor with respect to
indemnification or contribution shall be binding on any Investor which has not
consented to it. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this
Section 12 shall be binding upon the Investors and the Company.
13. TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
The Investors shall not be entitled to exercise any right provided for
in Section 2 of this Agreement after the earlier of (i) two years following the
consummation of the sale of all Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act, or (ii)
such time as Rule 144(k) or another similar exemption under the Securities Act
is available for the sale of all of the Investors' shares during a three-month
period without registration.
14. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) A person or entity is deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such person or entity, or a nominee designated by such
person or entity, owns of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company
receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more persons
or entities 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 required or permitted to be given under the terms
hereof shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested)
or delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery
service) or by facsimile and shall be effective five (5) days after being placed
in the mail, if mailed by regular United States mail, or upon receipt, if
delivered personally or by courier (including a recognized overnight delivery
service) or by facsimile, in each case addressed to a party. The addresses for
such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
Probex Corp.
One Galleria Tower
00000 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to:
Jenkens & Xxxxxxxxx, A Professional Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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If to the Investors list on Schedule B:
c/o Zesiger Capital Group, LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
With a copy to:
Proskauer Rose LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
If to any other Investor:
United Infrastructure Company, LLC
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Operating Officer
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx Enterprises Holdings, Inc.
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
or such other address as any party may hereafter designate by similar notice to
the other parties hereto.
(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) This Agreement shall be enforced, governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made
and to be performed entirely within such State excepting its choice of law
rules, other than Section 5-1401 of New York's General Obligation Law. In the
event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any
applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed
inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed
modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any provision hereof which
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may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
(e) This Agreement, together with the Notes, the Loan Agreement and the
Intercreditor and Security Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth
or referred to herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof, including without limitation that certain Term Sheet dated as of August
10, 2001.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement
shall not constitute a waiver of any of (i) United Infrastructure Company LLC's
("UIC") rights, the Company's obligations or the conditions contained in that
certain Registration and Investor Rights Agreement, Stock Purchase Agreement and
Additional Right to Purchase Agreement, each by and between UIC and the Company
and dated as of February 2, 2001, and (ii) the Investors', who are listed on
Schedule B hereto and who are parties to that certain Note Purchase Agreement by
and among the purchasers named therein, the Company and Probex Fluids Recovery,
Inc., dated as of November 29, 2001 (the "NPA"), rights, the Company's
obligations or the conditions contained in the NPA.
(g) Subject to the requirements of Section 11 hereof, this Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of
each of the parties hereto.
(h) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) This Agreement may be executed in one or more 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.
(j) 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Investors have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
PROBEX CORP.,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
INVESTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE B:
By: Xxxxxxx Capital Group, LLC,
as agent and attorney-in-fact
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx
Title: ____________________
UNITED INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY, LLC
a Delaware limited liability
company
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
-----------------------------
Xxxx X. Xxxx
Vice President
SCHEDULES INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
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Exhibit A
Form of Registration Rights Joinder Agreement
Probex Corp.
00000 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Secretary
Ladies & Gentlemen:
In consideration of the transfer to the undersigned of ____________
shares of the common stock of Probex Corp., a corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), the undersigned represents that
[he][she][it] is a permitted transferee of [insert name of transferor] and
agrees that, as of the date written below, [he][she][it] shall become a party
to, and an Investor as defined in that certain Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of September 7, 2001, as such agreement may have been amended from time
to time (the "Agreement"), between the Company and the Investors named therein,
and shall be fully bound by, and subject to, all of the covenants, terms and
conditions of the Agreement, as though a party thereto.
Executed as of the ____ day of __________, ______ .
SIGNATORY:_______________________
Address:___________________________
____________________________
ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:
PROBEX CORP.
By: _________________________
Name:_______________________
Title:________________________
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