REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of April 10, 1997 (this
"Agreement"), is made by and between DATAWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and the person named on the signature page hereto
(the "Initial Investor").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, in connection with the Subscription Agreement, dated as of
April 10, 1997, between the Initial Investor and the Company (the "Subscription
Agreement"), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Subscription Agreement, to issue and sell to the Initial
Investor an aggregate of 3,000 shares (the "Preferred Shares") of preferred
stock of the Company as provided in the Subscription Agreement, which shares of
Preferred Stock are convertible into shares (the "Conversion Shares") of Common
Stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), of the Company; and
WHEREAS, to induce the Initial Investor to execute and deliver the
Subscription Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide 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 with respect to the
Conversion Shares;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the
Initial Investor hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"Certificate of Designations" means the Certificate of Designations of
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock as filed by the Company with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware.
"Computation Date" has the meaning provided in the Certificate of
Designations.
"Conversion Percentage" has the meaning provided in the Certificate of
Designations.
"Investor" means the Initial Investor and any transferee or assignee
who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance
with Section 9 hereof.
"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 Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC").
"Registrable Securities" means the Conversion Shares and any shares of
Common Stock issued by the Company to any Investor as a dividend on the
Preferred Shares.
"Registration Period" means the period from the Closing Date to the
earlier of (i) the date which is two years after the Closing Date and (ii) the
date on which the Investors no longer own any Registrable Securities; provided,
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however, that if on the date specified in the preceding clause (i) the Investors
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would not be permitted under the Securities Act to sell all Registrable
Securities beneficially owned by the Investors without restriction on the manner
of sale or the amount of securities sold and without the requirement for the
giving of any notice to, or the making of any filing with, the SEC, then the
period specified in such clause (i) shall be extended to the earlier of the date
on which the Investors are so permitted or the date which is three years after
the Closing Date.
"Registration Statement" means a registration statement of the Company
under the Securities Act, including any amendment thereto.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term Investor includes (i) each
Investor (as defined above) and (ii) each person who is a permitted transferee
or assignee of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 9 of this
Agreement.
(c) Capitalized terms defined in the introductory paragraph or the
recitals to this Agreement shall have the respective meanings therein provided.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Subscription Agreement.
2. REGISTRATION.
(A) MANDATORY REGISTRATION. The Company shall prepare, and on or
prior to the date which is 30 days after the Closing Date, file with the SEC a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering at least 1,335,256 shares of Common
Stock as Registrable Securities, and which Registration Statement shall state
that, in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act, such Registration
Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common
Stock as may become issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions or
by reason of changes in the conversion price of the Preferred Shares in
accordance with the terms thereof. If at any time the number of shares of
Common Stock included in the Registration Statement required to be filed as
provided in the first sentence of this Section 2(a) shall be insufficient to
cover the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion in full of the
unconverted Preferred Shares, then promptly, but in no event later than 20 days
after such insufficiency shall occur, the Company shall file with the SEC an
additional Registration Statement on Form S-3 (which shall not constitute a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed pursuant to the
first sentence of this Section 2(a)) covering such number of shares of Common
Stock as shall be sufficient to permit such conversion. For all purposes of
this Agreement such additional Registration Statement shall be deemed to be the
Registration Statement required to
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be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Agreement, and the
Company and the Investors shall have the same rights and obligations with
respect to such additional Registration Statement as they shall have with
respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed by the
Company pursuant to this Section 2(a).
(B) CERTAIN OFFERINGS. If any offering pursuant to a Registration
Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof involves an underwritten offering, the
Company shall have the right to select one legal counsel and an investment
banker or bankers and manager or managers to administer the offering, which
investment banker or bankers or manager or managers shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Investors who hold a majority in interest of the Registrable
Securities subject to such underwritten offering. The Investors who hold the
Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting shall pay all
underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of such
investment banker or bankers and manager or managers so selected in accordance
with this Section 2(b) (other than fees and expenses relating to registration of
Registrable Securities under federal or state securities laws, which are payable
by the Company pursuant to Section 5 hereof) with respect to their Registrable
Securities and the fees and expenses of such legal counsel so selected by the
Investors.
(C) ADJUSTMENTS OF CONVERSION TERMS. If (1) the Company fails to file
the Registration Statement with the SEC on or prior to the date which is 90 days
after the Closing Date, (2) the Registration Statement covering the Registrable
Securities which is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the first
sentence of Section 2(a) hereof is not effective within 120 days after the
Closing Date, (3) the Company fails to submit a request for acceleration of the
effective date of the Registration Statement in accordance with Section 3(a),
(4) the Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 2(a) shall cease to be available for use by any holder of shares of
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock which is named therein as a selling
stockholder for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of an SEC
stop order, a material misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement
or the information contained in such Registration Statement having become
outdated) or (5) a holder of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
having become unable to convert any shares of Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock in accordance with Section 10(a) of the Certificate of Designations (other
than by reason of the 4.9% limitation set forth therein), then on each
Computation Date the Conversion Percentage shall be adjusted as provided in the
Certificate of Designations.
(D) PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. If at any time the Company shall
determine to prepare and 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 each Investor who is entitled to registration rights under this Section
2(d) written notice of such determination and, if within ten (10) days after
receipt of such notice, such Investor shall so request in writing, the Company
shall include in such Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable
Securities such Investor requests 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
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which may be included in the Registration Statement because, in such
underwriter(s)' judgment, such limitation is necessary to effect an orderly
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 such Investor has requested inclusion hereunder. Any
exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among the Investors
seeking to include Registrable Securities, in proportion to the number of
Registrable Securities sought to be included by such Investors; provided,
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however, that the Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless
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the Company has first excluded all outstanding securities the holders of which
are not entitled by right to inclusion of securities in such Registration
Statement; and provided further, however, that, after giving effect to the
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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, based on the number of securities for
which registration is requested except to the extent such pro rata exclusion of
such other securities is prohibited under any written agreement entered into by
the Company with the holder of such other securities prior to the date of this
Agreement, in which case such other securities shall be excluded, if at all, in
accordance with the terms of such agreement. No right to registration of
Registrable Securities under this Section 2(d) shall be construed to limit any
registration required under Section 2(a) hereof. The obligations of the Company
under this Section 2(d) may be waived by Investors holding a majority in
interest of the Registrable Securities and shall expire after the Company has
afforded the opportunity for the Investors to exercise registration rights under
this Section 2(d) for two registrations; provided, however, that any Investor
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who shall have had any Registrable Securities excluded from any Registration
Statement in accordance with this Section 2(d) shall be entitled to include in
an additional Registration Statement filed by the Company the Registrable
Securities so excluded. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
if the Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of
this Agreement shall have been ordered effective by the SEC and the Company
shall have maintained the effectiveness of such Registration Statement as
required by this Agreement and if the Company shall otherwise have complied in
all material respects with its obligations under this Agreement, then the
Company shall not be obligated to register any Registrable Securities on such
Registration Statement referred to in this Section 2(d).
(E) ELIGIBILITY FOR FORM S-3. The Company meets the requirements for
the use of Form S-3 for registration of the Registrable Securities for resale by
the Investors. The Company shall file all reports required to be filed by the
Company with the SEC in a timely manner so as to become eligible for the use of
Form S-3 and so as to maintain such eligibility for the use of Form S-3.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY. In connection with the registration
of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall:
(a) prepare promptly, and file with the SEC not later than 30 days
after the Closing Date, a Registration Statement with respect to the number of
Registrable Securities provided in Section 2(a), and thereafter to use its best
efforts to cause each Registration Statement relating to Registrable Securities
to become effective as soon as possible after such filing, and keep the
Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times during the
Registration Period; submit to the SEC, within three business days after the
Company learns that
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no review of the Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or
that the staff of the SEC has no further comments on the Registration Statement,
as the case may be, a request for acceleration of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement to a time and date not later than 48 hours after the
submission of such request; and the Company represents and warrants to, and
covenants and agrees with, the Investors that the Registration Statement
(including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained
therein), at the time it is first filed with the SEC, at the time it is ordered
effective by the SEC and at all time during which it is required to be effective
hereunder (and each such amendment and supplement at the time it is filed with
the SEC and at all time during which it is available for use in connection with
the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities) shall not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading;
(b) 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 the Registration 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) furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are
included in the Registration Statement and its legal counsel, (1) 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, 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 relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion of any
thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential
treatment) and (2) such number of copies of a prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto and such
other documents, as such Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate
the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor;
(d) use reasonable efforts to (i) register and qualify the
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Investors who hold a
majority in interest of the Registrable Securities being offered 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 at all
times until the end of 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
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in connection therewith or as a condition thereto (I) to qualify to do business
in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for
this Section 3(d), (II) to subject itself to general taxation in any such
jurisdiction, (III) to file a general consent to service of process in any such
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jurisdiction, (IV) to provide any undertakings that cause more than nominal
expense or burden to the Company or (V) to make any change in its charter or by-
laws, 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) in the event that the Registrable Securities are being offered in
an underwritten offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an
underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without
limitation, customary indemnification and contribution obligations, with the
underwriters of such offering;
(f) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or
circumstance, notify each Investor of any event or circumstance 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 omits 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, 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 a number of copies of such supplement
or amendment to each Investor as such Investor may reasonably request;
(g) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event,
notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold (or, in the
event of an underwritten offering, the managing underwriters) of the issuance by
the SEC of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement at the earliest possible time;
(h) permit a single firm of counsel designated as selling
stockholders' counsel by the Investors who hold a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities being sold to review and comment on the Registration
Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto a reasonable period of time
prior to their filing with the SEC;
(i) make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period
covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of
Rule 158 under the Securities Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not
later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the
effective date of the Registration Statement;
(j) at the request of the Investors who hold a majority in interest
of the Registrable Securities being sold, furnish on the date that Registrable
Securities are delivered to an underwriter, if any, for sale in connection with
the Registration Statement (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company's
independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily
given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters; and (ii) an
opinion, dated such date, from counsel representing the Company for purposes of
such Registration Statement, in form and substance as is customarily given in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters and the Investors;
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(k) make available for inspection by any Investor, any underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to the Registration Statement, and any
attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such Investor or underwriter
(collectively, the "Inspectors"), all pertinent financial and other records,
pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the
"Records"), as shall be reasonably necessary 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
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each Inspector shall hold in confidence and shall not make any disclosure
(except to an Investor) 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 (i) the disclosure of such Records is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration
Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or
other order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction or (iii)
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 agreements (in form and substance satisfactory to the Company)
with the Company with respect thereto, substantially in the form of this Section
3(k). Each Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such
Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent
jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow
the Company, at the Company's own expense, to undertake appropriate action to
prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed
confidential. The Company shall hold in confidence and shall not make any
disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company
pursuant to Section 4(e) hereof 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 an Investor is sought in or by a court
or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give
prompt notice to such Investor, at such Investor's own expense, to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order
for, such information;
(l) use its best efforts (i) to cause all the Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on the Nasdaq National Market
("Nasdaq") or such other principal securities market on which securities of the
same class or series issued by the Company are then listed or traded or (ii) if
securities of the same class or series as the Registrable Securities are not
then listed on Nasdaq or any such other securities market, to cause all of the
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on the
New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange;
(m) 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;
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(n) cooperate with the Investors who hold 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 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 substantially in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT 1
and an opinion of such counsel, if required by the Company's transfer agent, in
the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT 2;
(o) during the period the Company is required to maintain
effectiveness of the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(a), the
Company shall not bid for or purchase any Common Stock or any right to purchase
Common Stock or attempt to induce any person to purchase any such security or
right if such bid, purchase or attempt would in any way limit the right of the
Investors to sell Registrable Securities by reason of the limitations in Rule
10b-6 under the Exchange Act; and
(p) take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and
facilitate disposition by the Investor of the Registrable Securities pursuant to
the Registration Statement.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS. 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 complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to
the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall
furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable
Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable
Securities held by it 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 four (4)
days prior to the first anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement,
the Company shall notify each Investor of the information the Company requires
from each such Investor (the "Requested Information") if any of such Investor's
Registrable Securities are eligible for inclusion in the Registration Statement.
If at least one (1) business day prior to the filing date the Company has not
received the Requested Information from an Investor (a "Non-Responsive
Investor"), then the Company may file the Registration Statement without
including Registrable Securities of such Non-Responsive Investor;
(b) Each Investor by such Investor's acceptance of the Registrable
Securities agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the
Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration
Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of
such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's Registrable
Securities from the Registration Statement;
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(c) In the event Investors holding a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities being registered determine to engage the services of an
underwriter, each Investor agrees to enter into and perform such Investor's
obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form,
including, without limitation, customary indemnification and contribution
obligations, with the managing underwriter of such offering and take such other
actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the Registrable Securities, unless such Investor has notified the
Company in writing of such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's
Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement;
(d) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f) or
3(g), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable
Securities until such Investor's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or
amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(f) or 3(g) and, if so directed by
the Company, such Investor 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 such Investor's possession, of the prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice; and
(e) No Investor may participate in any underwritten registration
hereunder unless such Investor (i) agrees to sell such Investor's Registrable
Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by
the Investors entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements, (ii) completes
and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements and (iii) agrees to pay its pro rata share of all
underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of investment
bankers and any manager or managers of such underwriting and legal expenses of
the underwriters applicable with respect to its Registrable Securities, in each
case to the extent not payable by the Company pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION. All reasonable expenses, other than
underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of investment
bankers and other than brokerage commissions, incurred in connection with
registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Section 3, including,
without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers
and accounting fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company
and the Investors, shall be borne by the Company, provided, however, that the
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Investors shall bear the fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the one legal
counsel selected by the Investors pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.
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 and
hold harmless each Investor who holds such Registrable Securities, the
directors, if any, of such Investor, the officers, if any, of such Investor,
each person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, any underwriter (as defined in
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the Securities Act) for the Investors, the directors, if any, of such
underwriter and the officers, if any, of such underwriter, and each person, if
any, who controls any such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act (each, an "Indemnified Person"), against any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses (joint or several) incurred (collectively,
"Claims") to which any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings,
whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations in the
Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereof, or any
prospectus included therein: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereof or the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (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 state securities law or any rule or
regulation under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities
law (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively,
"Violations"). Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6(d) with
respect to the number of legal counsel, the Company shall reimburse the
Investors and each such underwriter or controlling person, promptly as such
expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any 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)
hereof; (II) with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any such person from whom the person asserting any such Claim
purchased the Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof (or to the
benefit of any person controlling such person) if the untrue statement or
omission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected
in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, if such prospectus was
timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof; and (III)
shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is
effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified
Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the
Investors pursuant to Section 9.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an
Investor is participating, each such Investor agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless, to the same extent and in the same manner set forth in Section 6(a),
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
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stockholder selling securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or any of
its directors or officers or any person who controls such 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, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent)
that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in
connection with such Registration Statement; and such Investor will reimburse
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any Indemnified Party in
connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however,
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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 such Investor, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be
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liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim as does not
exceed the amount by which the net proceeds to such Investor from the sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement exceeds the cost
of such Registrable Securities to such Investor. 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 Investors pursuant to Section 9. 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) The Company shall be entitled to receive indemnities from
underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry
professionals participating in any distribution, to the same extent as provided
above, with respect to information so furnished in writing by such persons
expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement.
(d) 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 selected by the indemnifying party
but reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as
the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified
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Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses
to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel
retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such
counsel in such proceeding. In such event, the Company shall pay for only one
separate legal counsel for the Investors; such legal counsel shall be selected
by the Investors holding a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities
included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The failure
to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a
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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
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 to the fullest extent permitted by
law; provided, however, that (a) no contribution shall be made under
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circumstances where the maker would not have been liable for indemnification
under the fault standards set forth in Section 6, (b) 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 (c) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities
shall be limited in amount to the amount by which the net amount of proceeds
received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities exceeds the
purchase price paid by such seller for such Registrable Securities.
8. REPORTS UNDER 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;
and
(c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable
Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company that
it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the 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
Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.
9. ASSIGNMENT OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights to have the
Company register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be
automatically assigned by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion
of such securities (or all or any portion of the Preferred Shares) of
Registrable Securities only if: (a) the Investor agrees in writing with the
transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is
furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (b) the
Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment,
furnished with written notice of (i) the name and address of such transferee or
assignee and (ii) the securities with respect to which such registration rights
are being transferred or assigned, (c) immediately following such transfer or
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assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or
assignee is restricted under the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws, and (d) at or before the time the Company received the written notice
contemplated by clause (b) of this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in
writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein.
In connection with any such transfer the Company shall, at its sole cost and
expense, promptly after such assignment take such actions as shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Initial Investor and such transferee to assure that the
Registration Statement and related prospectus are available for use by such
transferee for sales of the Registrable Securities in respect of which the
rights to registration have been so assigned.
10. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Any provision of this
Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either
generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and Investors who
hold a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities. Any amendment or
waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each
Investor and the Company.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) A person or entity is deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever 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) Notices required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to be sufficiently given when personally delivered
(by hand, by courier, by telephone line facsimile transmission or other means)
or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, properly addressed and with
proper postage pre-paid (i) if to the Company, at Dataware Technologies, Inc.,
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief
Financial Officer, telephone line facsimile transmission No. (000) 000-0000,
(ii) if to the Initial Investor, x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxx., 00000 X.X. 0xx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, telephone line facsimile
transmission No. (000) 000-0000 and (iii) if to any other Investor, at such
address as such Investor shall have provided in writing to the Company, or at
such other address as each such party furnishes by notice given in accordance
with this Section 11(b), and shall be effective, when personally delivered, upon
receipt and, when so sent by certified mail, four days after deposit with the
United States Postal Service.
(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. 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
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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 may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
(e) This 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.
(f) Subject to the requirements of Section 9 hereof, this Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of
each of the parties hereto.
(g) All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine,
feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require.
(h) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) The Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
Company's obligations under Section 3(n), or any delay in such performance could
result in damages to the Investors and the Company agrees that, in addition to
any other liability the Company may have by reason of any such failure or delay,
the Company shall be liable for all direct and consequential damages caused by
any such failure or delay.
(j) This Agreement may be executed in two 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 telephone line facsimile transmission of a copy of
this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of day and
year first above written.
DATAWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
GFL ADVANTAGE FUND LIMITED
By /s/ X.X. xxXxxxx
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Name: X.X. xxXxxxx
Title: President
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EXHIBIT 1
TO
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
[Company Letterhead]
[Date]
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
as Transfer Agent and Registrar
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and direction
to you [(1) to transfer or re-register the certificates for the shares of Common
Stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), of Dataware Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), represented by certificate numbers _______
and _______ for an aggregate of _______ shares (the "Outstanding Shares") of
Common Stock presently registered in the name of [Name of Investors] upon
surrender of such certificate(s) to you, notwithstanding the legend appearing on
such certificates, and (2)]/1/ to issue shares (the "Conversion Shares") of
Common Stock to or upon the order of the holder from time to time on conversion
of the shares (the "Preferred Shares") of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock,
$.01 par value, of the Company, issued by the Company upon receipt by you of a
Notice of Conversion from such holder in the form enclosed herewith. [The
transfer or re-registration of the certificates for the Outstanding Shares by
you should be made at such time as you are requested to do so by the record
holder of the Outstanding Shares. The certificate issued upon such transfer or
re-registration should be registered in such name as requested by the holder of
record of the certificate surrendered to you and should not bear any legend
which would restrict the transfer of the shares represented thereby. In
addition, you are hereby directed to remove any stop-transfer instruction
relating to the Outstanding Shares.]/2/ Certificates for the Conversion Shares
should not bear any restrictive legend and should not be subject to any stop-
transfer restriction.
Contemporaneously with the delivery of this letter, the Company is
delivering to you an opinion of Xxxxxx & Dodge LLP as to registration of [the
Outstanding Shares and]/*/ the Conversion Shares under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
___________________
/1/ Omit if no conversions of Preferred Stock have occurred before SEC
registration is declared effective.
Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact
me.
Very truly yours,
DATAWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
___________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Enclosures
cc: [Name of Investor]
EXHIBIT 2
TO
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
April __, 1997
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
as Transfer Agent and Registrar
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
DATAWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Dataware Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and we understand that [Name of Investor] (the "Holder") has
purchased from the Company an aggregate of 3,000 shares (the "Preferred Shares")
of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value (the
"Preferred Stock"). The Preferred Shares were purchased by the Holder pursuant
to a Subscription Agreement, dated as of April __, 1997, between the Holder and
the Company (the "Subscription Agreement"). Pursuant to a Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of April __, 1997, between the Company and the Holder (the
"Registration Rights Agreement") entered into in connection with the purchase by
the Holder of the Preferred Shares, the Company agreed with the Holder, among
other things, to register for resale the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Preferred Shares (the "Conversion Shares") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), upon the terms
provided in the Registration Rights Agreement. Pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement, on __________, the Company filed a Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 333-__________) (the "Registration Statement") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the Conversion
Shares, which names the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder.
[Other introductory and scope of examination language to be inserted]
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Conversion
Shares have been registered for resale under the Securities Act.
This opinion may be relied upon by the Holder as if addressed to the
Holder. [Other appropriate language to be included.]
Very truly yours,
cc: [Name of Investor]
