REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.1
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of May 11, 2005, is
entered into by and among SPECTRUM SCIENCES & SOFTWARE HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”); and XXXXXX X. XXXXX, XXXXXXXX X. XXXXX and XXXXXXX XXXXXXX (severally and not
jointly, each, a “Shareholder” and, collectively, the “Shareholders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 14, 2005,
by and among the Company, Xxxxx Acquisition LLC, a Virginia limited liability company and wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company, Xxxxx Engineering Services, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and the
Shareholders (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which the Shareholders will receive an
aggregate of 6,100,000 shares (the “Merger Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock (as
defined below) on the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the
Shareholders with certain registration rights with respect to the Merger Shares; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement is being entered into as a condition precedent to the closing of the
Merger (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained in this
Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Definitions.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person which, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such specified
person. For purposes of this definition, control of a person means the power, direct or indirect,
to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether by contract
or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day which is a
legal holiday under the laws of the state of New York or a day on which national banking
associations in New York are required by law or other governmental action to close.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other
federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the
relevant statute for the particular purpose.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $.0001 per share, of the Company.
“Delay Conditions” means (i) the Company is in possession of material non-public
information the disclosure of which would have a material adverse effect on the business,
operations, prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole or (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a
delay in the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or the Registration Statement ceasing to
be effective or a Prospectus thereunder ceasing to be usable, as the case may be, is appropriate
due to the occurrence or existence of any material pending corporate development with respect to
the Company. The Delay Conditions shall be deemed to no longer exist if (x) in the case of clause
(i) above, the Company is no longer in possession of such material non-public information or the
Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that the disclosure of such material
information would not be prejudicial to or contrary to the interest of the Company and (y) in the
case of clause (ii) above, the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that such
delay or cessation is no longer appropriate.
“Effectiveness Period” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c)(i)
hereof.
“Effective Time” means the date on which the Commission declares the Registration
Statement effective or on which the Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective.
“Electing Holder” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(a)(ii) hereof.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5(a) hereof.
“Managing Underwriters” means the investment banker or investment bankers and manager
or managers that shall administer an underwritten offering, if any, conducted pursuant to
Section 6 hereof.
“Maximum Delay Period” means 30 consecutive days in any calendar year (or 60 days in
the aggregate in any calendar year).
“Merger Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Notice and Questionnaire” means a Notice of Registration Statement and Selling
Securityholder Questionnaire, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Other Holders” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6(a) hereof.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated
organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Plan of Distribution” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a)
hereof.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus (including, without limitation, any preliminary
prospectus, any final prospectus and any prospectus that discloses information previously omitted
from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
under the Securities Act) included in the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any
prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to
such prospectus, including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus and all
documents filed after the date of such prospectus by the Company under the Exchange Act and
incorporated by reference therein.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement of the Company filed under the
Securities Act covering the Registrable Securities, including the Prospectus contained therein, any
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and
all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement, including,
without limitation, a “shelf” registration statement providing for the registration of, and the
sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the holders of, all of the Registrable Securities pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Securities Act and/or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission,
filed by the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement.
“Registrable Security(ies)” means any shares of Common Stock held by the Shareholders,
including, without limitation, the Merger Shares, the Make Whole Shares (as defined in the Merger
Agreement) and any other shares of Common Stock held by the Shareholders that may be issued or
distributed to them by way of conversion, dividend, stock split or other distribution, merger,
consolidation, exchange, recapitalization or reclassification or similar transaction;
provided, however, that a security ceases to be a Registrable Security when it is
no longer a Restricted Security.
“Restricted Security” means any security except any such security that (i) has been
registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act and sold in a
manner contemplated by the Registration Statement, (ii) has been sold in compliance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) or is transferable pursuant to
paragraph (k) of such Rule 144 (or any successor provision thereto) or (iii) has otherwise been
sold and a new security not subject to transfer restrictions under the Securities Act has been
delivered by or on behalf of the Company.
“Rules and Regulations” means the published rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as in effect at any relevant time.
“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Underwriter” means any underwriter of Registrable Securities in connection with an
offering thereof under a Registration Statement.
2. Mandatory Registration.
(a) At any time from and after the earliest of (i) one hundred eighty (180) days after the
Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement); (ii) the first date upon which the Company is
eligible to register securities for reoffer and resale using a Registration Statement on Form S-3;
and (iii) the date upon which the Xxxxx Employment Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement)
is terminated by the Company without “Cause” or by Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx for “Good Reason” (as those
terms are defined in the Xxxxx Employment Agreement), and for so long as the Shareholders or their
respective transferees own beneficially or of record any Registrable Securities, the Company shall,
upon the written request (hereinafter a “notice”) of a holder or holders of a majority of the then
outstanding Registrable Securities, and subject to the covenants, terms and conditions of
Section 2(b) below, prepare and file a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3, as
the case may be, under the Securities Act, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, covering
the resale from time to time, of all of the shares of Registrable Securities held by such
requesting holder or holders and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the
Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable thereafter; provided,
further, that in the event that additional Registrable Securities are issued after the
Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the Company shall, upon the written request of a
holder of Registrable Securities, subject to the covenants, terms and conditions of Section
2(b) below, prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements as may
be necessary to cover the resale from time to time of any such additional Registrable Securities;
provided, further, that the Company may, by notice to the requesting holder or
holders, as the case may be, delay such requested registrations for the Maximum Delay Period if and
for so long as the Delay Conditions exist. The Registration Statement shall contain the “Plan
of Distribution” in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
The Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 2 to effectuate more than
one (1) registration for the benefit of the holders of Registrable Securities, except as provided
for in this Section 2(a) with respect to additional Registrable Securities issued after the
Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement). In the event that Form S-3 is not available for
the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall register the
resale of the Registrable Securities on another such other available form of Registration Statement
reasonably acceptable to the requesting holder or holders. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, no request may be made under this Section 1.2:
(i) within one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of a
Registration Statement filed by the Company covering a primary
underwritten public offering of securities of the Company under the Securities
Act with an aggregate offering price (before underwriting commissions and expenses)
of at least Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000); provided that such offering was made
in accordance with Section 6(a) below, or
(ii) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the
Company’s estimated date of filing of, and ending on the date one hundred (180) days
immediately following the effective date of any Registration Statement pertaining to
securities of the Company (other than a registration of securities in a Rule 145
transaction or with respect to an employee benefit plan), provided that the Company
is actively employing in good faith all reasonable best efforts to cause such
Registration Statement to become effective and that the Company’s estimate of the
date of filing such Registration Statement is made in good faith.
(b) Immediately following receipt of any notice pursuant to Section 2(a), the Company
shall promptly notify all holders of Registrable Securities from whom such notice has not been
received and, as soon thereafter as practicable, shall file a Registration Statement with the
Commission and use all reasonable best efforts to have such Registration Statement declared
effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable, so as to permit the public sale in
accordance with the method of disposition specified in such notice from requesting holders (such
method of disposition shall be as requested by such holder or holders of a majority of Registrable
Securities included in such notices received by the Company) of the number of shares of Registrable
Securities specified in such notice (and in all notices received by the Company from other holders
within twenty (20) days after the giving of such notice by the Company). If such method of
disposition shall be an underwritten public offering, subject to the covenants, terms and
conditions of Section 6 below, the Company shall designate the managing underwriter of such
offering, following consultation and subject to the approval of the holders of Registrable
Securities from whom notice has been received, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. All holders of Registrable Securities providing notice to the Company pursuant to the
foregoing, must participate in such underwriting. The Company’s registration obligation hereunder
shall be deemed satisfied only when a Registration Statement(s) covering all shares of Registrable
Securities specified in notices received as aforesaid, for sale in accordance with the method of
disposition specified by the requesting holders, shall have become effective and, if such method of
disposition is a firm commitment underwritten public offering, all such shares shall have been sold
pursuant thereto.
(c) The Company shall use all reasonable best efforts:
(i) to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective in order to
permit the Prospectus to be usable by holders for resales of Registrable Securities
until the earlier of (A) the sale under the Registration Statement of all the
Registrable Securities registered thereunder and (B) all of the securities ceasing
to be Restricted Securities (such period being referred to herein as the
“Effectiveness Period”); and
(ii) after the Effective Time and during the Effectiveness Period, promptly
upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities that is
not then an Electing Holder, to take any action reasonably necessary to enable
such holder to use the Prospectus for resales of Registrable Securities, including
without limitation any action necessary to identify such holder as a selling
securityholder in the Registration Statement; provided, however,
that nothing in this subparagraph shall relieve such holder of the obligation to
return a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance
with Section 3(a) hereof.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Registration Statement, the
following provisions shall apply:
(a) No holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Registration
Statement as of the Effective Time, and no such holder shall be entitled to use the Prospectus for
resales of Registrable Securities at any time unless such holder has returned a completed and
signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company by the deadline for response set forth therein;
provided, however, such holders shall have at least five (5) Business Days from the
date on which the Notice and Questionnaire is first mailed to such holders to return a completed
and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company.
(i) After the Effective Time, the Company shall, upon the request of any holder
of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, promptly send a
Notice and Questionnaire to such holder. The Company shall not be required to take
any action to name such holder as a selling securityholder in the Registration
Statement or to enable such holder to use the Prospectus for resales of Registrable
Securities until such holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and
Questionnaire to the Company.
(ii) The term “Electing Holder” shall mean any holder of Registrable
Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the
Company in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof.
(b) The Company shall furnish to each Electing Holder, counsel to the Electing Holders
selected in accordance with Section 4(b) hereof, and the Managing Underwriters, if any, no
fewer than five (5) Business Days prior to the initial filing of the Registration Statement, a copy
of such Registration Statement, and shall furnish to such holders, counsel to such holders, and the
Managing Underwriters, if any, no fewer than two (2) Business Days prior to the filing of any
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, a copy of such amendment or supplement and shall use all
reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document when so filed with the Commission such
comments as such holders and their such counsel reasonably may propose; provided,
however, that the Company shall make the final decision as to the form and content of each
such document. If any such Registration Statement refers to any Electing Holder by name or
otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company and such reference is not required by the
Securities Act or any similar federal statute, then such Electing Holder shall have the right to
require the deletion of the reference to such Electing Holder in any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the time that such reference ceases to be
required.
(c) From the date hereof until the end of the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall (subject
to paragraph (j) below) promptly take such action as may be necessary so that (i) each of the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto (and each report or other document incorporated by reference therein in each case) complies
in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules and
regulations thereunder, (ii) each of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not,
when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (iii) each of the Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus does not at any time during the Effectiveness
Period include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(d) The Company shall promptly advise each Electing Holder, and shall confirm such advice in
writing if so requested by any such holder (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii) through (iv)
hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the
requisite changes have been made):
(i) when the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been filed
with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state
governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;
(iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the securities included in the Registration
Statement for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such
purpose; and
(iv) if changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are required in
order that the Registration Statement and Prospectus do not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact and do not omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the
Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not
misleading.
(e) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance, and if issued
to obtain the withdrawal, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
at the earliest possible time.
(f) The Company shall furnish to each requesting Electing Holder, without charge, at least one
(1) copy of the Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, and, if such holder so
requests in writing, all reports, other documents and exhibits that are filed with or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(g) The Company shall, during the Effectiveness Period, deliver to each Electing Holder,
without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such Electing Holder may reasonably request; and the Company
consents (except during the continuance of any event described in Section 3(d)(iv) above)
to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Electing
Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto during the Effectiveness Period.
(h) Prior to any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement,
the Company shall (i) register or qualify or cooperate with the Electing Holders and a single
counsel for the Electing Holders in connection with the registration or qualification of such
Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such
jurisdictions within the United States as any Electing Holder may reasonably request, (ii) keep
such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the
continuance of offers and sales in such jurisdictions for so long as may be necessary to enable any
Electing Holder or underwriter, if any, to complete its distribution of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement, and (iii) take any and all other actions necessary or
advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to (A) qualify
as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not
otherwise be required to so qualify but for this Section 3(h) or (B) file any general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not as of the date hereof so subject.
(i) The Company shall cooperate with the Electing Holders to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to the
Registration Statement, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall meet
the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed and
which certificates shall be in such permitted denominations and registered in such names as
Electing Holders may request in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any fact or event contemplated by paragraph 3(d)(iv) above, the
Company shall (subject to the next sentence) promptly prepare a post-effective amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any document incorporated therein by
reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of
the Registrable Securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the
Electing Holders in accordance with clauses (ii) through (iv) of paragraph 3(d) above to suspend
the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes to the Prospectus have been made, then each
Electing Holder shall suspend the use of the Prospectus until (i) such Electing Holder has received
copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by the preceding sentence or (ii)
such Electing Holder is
advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed and has
received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 6 hereof, the Company
may suspend the use of the Prospectus and shall not be required to amend or supplement the
Registration Statement, any related Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference, for a
period not to exceed the Maximum Delay Period if and so long as the Delay Conditions exist.
(k) The Company shall use all reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable Rules and
Regulations, and to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in
any event not later than eighteen months after (i) the effective date (as defined in Rule 158(c)
under the Securities Act) of the Registration Statement, (ii) the effective date of each
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, and (iii) the date of each filing by the
Company with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries complying
with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(l) In the event of an underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof,
the Company shall (subject to paragraph 3(j) above), if requested, promptly include or incorporate
in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement such
information as the Managing Underwriters reasonably agree should be included therein and to which
the Company does not object and shall (subject to paragraph 3(j) above) make all required filings
of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after it is
notified of the matters to be included or incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment.
(m) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting
agreement in customary form in the event of an underwritten offering conducted pursuant to
Section 6 hereof) and take all other appropriate action in order to expedite and facilitate
the registration and disposition of the Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith, if an
underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and
procedures substantially identical to those set forth in Section 5 hereof.
(n) The Company shall:
(i) (A) make reasonably available for inspection by requesting Electing
Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the
Registration Statement, and any attorney selected in accordance with Section
4(b) hereof, one accountant and any other agent retained by such holders or any
such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate
documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries and (B) cause the
Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably
requested by such holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in
connection with the Registration Statement, in each case, as is customary for
similar due diligence examinations; provided, however, that all
records, information and documents that are designated in writing by the Company, in
good faith, as confidential shall be kept confidential by such holders and any
such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in
connection with a court proceeding or required by law, or such records, information
or documents become available to the public generally or through a third party
without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality; and provided,
further that, if the foregoing inspection and information gathering would
otherwise disrupt the Company’s conduct of its business, such inspection and
information gathering shall, to the greatest extent possible, be coordinated on
behalf of the requesting Electing Holders and the other parties entitled thereto by
one counsel designated by and on behalf of Electing Holders and other parties;
(ii) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to
Section 6 hereof, make such representations and warranties to the Electing
Holders participating in such underwritten offering and to the Managing
Underwriters, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by the Company to
underwriters in primary underwritten offerings of equity securities;
(iii) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to
Section 6 hereof, obtain opinions of counsel to the Company (which counsel
and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Managing Underwriters) addressed to each requesting Electing Holder, covering such
matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in primary underwritten
offerings of equity securities (it being agreed that the matters to be covered shall
include, without limitation, as of the date of the opinion and as of the Effective
Time or the date of the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case
may be, comment of such counsel as to the absence, to such counsel’s knowledge, from
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including the documents incorporated
by reference therein, of an untrue statement of a material fact or the omission of a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading);
(iv) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to
Section 6 hereof, obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the
independent public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, from the
independent public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business
acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or
are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each
requesting Electing Holder (if such Electing Holder has provided such letter,
representations or documentation, if any, required for such cold comfort letter to
be so addressed) and the underwriters, in customary form and covering matters of the
type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with primary
underwritten offerings;
(v) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to
Section 6 hereof, deliver such documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by any Electing Holders and the Managing Underwriters, if
any, including without limitation certificates to evidence compliance with
Section 3(j) hereof and with any conditions contained in the underwriting
agreement or other agreements entered into by the Company in connection therewith.
(o) The Company shall use all reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to
effect the registration of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement
contemplated hereby.
4. Registration Expenses. (a) All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by it whether or not any Registration
Statement is filed or becomes effective and whether or not any securities are issued or sold
pursuant to any Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing
sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including without
limitation fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and (B) in compliance with securities or Blue Sky laws
(including without limitation and in addition to that provided for in (b) below, reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters or counsel for the holders of Registrable
Securities in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities )), (ii)
printing expenses (including without limitation expenses of printing certificates for Registrable
Securities and of printing Prospectuses if the printing of Prospectuses is requested by the
Managing Underwriters, if any), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and one counsel for the holders of Registrable Securities,
in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(b) hereof, (v) fees and disbursements of all
independent certified public accountants referred to in Section 3(n)(iv) hereof (including
without limitation the expenses of any special audit and “comfort” letters required by or incident
to such performance), (vi) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company desires such
insurance, and (vii) fees and expenses of all other persons retained by the Company. In addition,
the Company shall pay its internal expenses (including without limitation all salaries and expenses
of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual
audit, and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities on a
securities exchange. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
each holder of the Registrable Securities being registered shall pay all underwriting discounts and
commissions with respect to any Registrable Securities sold by it and the fees and disbursements of
any counsel or other advisors or experts retained by such holders (severally or jointly), other
than counsel referred to in clause (iv) above.
(b) In connection with any registration hereunder, the Company shall reimburse the holders of
the Registrable Securities being registered in such registration for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of not more than one counsel chosen by the holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities for whose benefit the applicable Registration Statement is being prepared.
5. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification by the Company.
(i) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Electing Holder and each
underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional, if any, which
facilitates the disposition of Registrable Securities, and each of their respective
officers and directors and each person who controls such Electing Holder,
underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each such person
being sometimes referred to as an “Indemnified Person”) against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Person
may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement or any Prospectus contained therein or
furnished by the Company to any Indemnified Person, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading; and
(ii) the Company hereby agrees to reimburse such Indemnified Person for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to any such
Indemnified Person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage
or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement or
Prospectus, or amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information relating to such Indemnified Person furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person expressly for use therein;
provided, further, however, that the foregoing indemnity
agreement with respect to any Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any
Indemnified Person who failed to deliver a final Prospectus or an amendment or
supplement thereto (provided by the Company to the several Indemnified Persons in
the requisite quantity and on a timely basis to permit proper delivery on or prior
to the relevant transaction date) to the person asserting any losses, claims,
damages and liabilities and judgments caused by any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, or caused by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein 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, if such material misstatement or
omission or alleged material misstatement or omission was cured in the final
Prospectus or an amendment or supplement thereto.
(b) Indemnification by the Holders and any Agents and Underwriters. Each Electing
Holder agrees, as a consequence of the inclusion of any of such holder’s Registrable Securities in
any Registration Statement, and each underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional,
if any, which facilitates the disposition of Registrable Securities shall agree, as a consequence
of facilitating such disposition of Registrable Securities, severally and not jointly, to (i)
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers who sign such Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which the Company or such other persons may become subject, under the Securities Act
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information relating to such holder, underwriter, selling agent or other
securities professional furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such holder, underwriter,
selling agent or other securities professional expressly for use therein and (ii) reimburse the
Company and its directors and officers who sign such Registration Statement for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company and such directors and officers in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Notices of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party
under this Section 5, notify such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 5.
In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify an
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to
the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of
its election so to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying party shall not be liable to such
indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other
expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without
the written consent of the indemnified party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld,
effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to,
any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may
be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such
action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional
release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii)
does
not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by
or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) of
this Section 5 in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of
such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information about such indemnifying party or
indemnified party supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Electing Holders or any underwriters, selling agents or other securities
professionals or all of them were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this
Section 5(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be
deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The obligations of the Electing Holders and any underwriters, selling agents or other securities
professionals in this Section 5(d) to contribute shall be several in proportion to the
percentage of Registrable Securities registered or underwritten, as the case may be, by them and
not joint.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5, in no event will any (i)
Electing Holder be required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 5 for
any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such holder from the
sale of such holder’s Registrable Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions
applicable thereto) pursuant to any Registration Statement and (ii) underwriter, selling agent or
other securities professional be required to undertake liability to any person hereunder for any
amounts in excess of the discount, commission or other compensation payable to such underwriter,
selling agent or other securities professional with respect to the Registrable Securities
underwritten by it and distributed to the public.
(f) The obligations of the Company under this Section 5 shall be in addition to any
liability that the Company may otherwise have to any Indemnified Person and the obligations of any
Indemnified Person under this Section 5 shall be in addition to any liability that such
Indemnified Person may otherwise have to the Company. The remedies provided in
this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may
otherwise be available to an indemnified party at law or in equity.
6. Underwritten Offerings.
(a) If at any time the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities
Act in connection with the public offering of such securities for its own account or for the
accounts of stockholders other than the Shareholders (“Other Holders”), solely for cash on
a form that would also permit the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall,
each such time, promptly give each holder of Registrable Securities written notice of such
determination. Upon the written request of any holder of Registrable Securities given within
thirty (30) days after the giving of any such notice by the Company, the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause to be registered under the Securities Act all of the Registrable
Securities that each such holder of Registrable Securities has requested be registered. In
connection with any offering under this Section 6(a), the Company shall not be required to
include any holder’s of Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless such holder accepts the
terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the Managing Underwriters, and
then only in such quantity as will not, in the reasonable opinion of the Managing Underwriters,
jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total amount of securities that all
holders of Registrable Securities request to be included in an underwritten offering exceeds the
amount of securities that the Managing Underwriters reasonably believe compatible with the success
of the offering, then the number of shares of Registrable Securities and shares of securities held
by Other Holders that may be included in the offering shall be allocated among the Shareholders and
the Other Holders in such proportion as the respective number of shares the Shareholders and each
Other Holder requests to be included in such registration bears to the total number of shares the
Shareholders and Other Holders request be included. All Registrable Securities or any other
securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the underwriter’s marketing limitation shall
not be included in such registration. If a Shareholder or Other Holder of other securities
entitled upon request) to be included in such registration, disapproves of the terms of the
underwriting, such person may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company, the
underwriter and the Other Holders of securities to be included in such registration. The
securities so withdrawn shall also be withdrawn from registration.
(b) Any holder of Registrable Securities who desires to do so may sell Registrable Securities
(in whole or in part) in an underwritten offering. In any such underwritten offering, the
underwriting arrangements with respect thereto (including the size of the offering) will be
approved by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be included in such
offering; provided, however, that such underwriting arrangements must be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company. No holder may participate in any underwritten offering contemplated
hereby unless (a) such holder agrees to sell such holder’s Registrable Securities to be included in
the underwritten offering in accordance with any approved underwriting arrangements, (b) such
holder completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements, lock-up letters (which shall be no more onerous than the lock-ups of the
management of the Company) and other documents required under the terms of such approved
underwriting arrangements and (c) if such holder is not then an Electing Holder, such holder
returns a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in
accordance with Section 3(a) hereof within a reasonable amount of time before such
underwritten offering. The holders participating in any underwritten offering shall be responsible
for any underwriting discounts and commissions and, subject to Section 4 hereof, expenses
of their own counsel. The Company shall pay all expenses customarily borne by issuers, including
but not limited to filing fees, the fees and disbursements of its counsel and independent public
accountants and any printing expenses incurred in connection with such underwritten offering.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of Section 3(l) hereof, upon receipt of a
request from the Managing Underwriter or a representative of holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities to be included in an underwritten offering to prepare and file an amendment
or supplement to the Registration Statement and Prospectus in connection with an underwritten
offering, the Company may delay the filing of any such amendment or supplement for up to the
Maximum Delay Period if and so long as the Delay Conditions exist.
7. Rule 144.
The Company agrees, for so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding and during
any period in which the Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to provide
such opinions or other statements of its legal counsel and make all filings required thereby in a
timely manner in order to permit resales of such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 of the
Securities Act.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Company to
comply with its obligations under this Agreement may result in material irreparable injury to the
Purchasers or the holders of Registrable Securities for which there is no adequate remedy at law,
that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event
of any such failure, the Purchasers or any holder of Registrable Securities may obtain such relief
as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s obligations hereunder. The Company
further agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law
would be adequate.
(b) Other Registration Rights. The Company will not, on or after the date of this
Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is superior to the rights
granted to the holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may
not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of holders of a
majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities (excluding Registrable Securities held by the
Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from
the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of holders whose Registrable
Securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not affect directly or
indirectly the rights of other holders of Registrable Securities may be given by the holders of a
majority of Registrable Securities being sold by such holders pursuant to such Registration
Statement.
(d) Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if sent by registered or
certified mail, first class postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the address of the
parties set forth on the signature pages of this Agreement or such other future address as may be
specified by any party by notice to all of the other parties. Such communications may also be
given by personal delivery, by facsimile or by regular mail, but shall be effective only if and
when actually received.
(e) Parties in Interest. The parties to this Agreement intend that all holders of
Registrable Securities shall be entitled to receive the benefits of this Agreement and that any
Electing Holder shall be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement by reason of such
election with respect to the Registrable Securities that are included in a Registration Statement.
All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of
and shall be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto and any
holder from time to time of the Registrable Securities to the aforesaid extent. In the event that
any transferee of any holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any
manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase, operation of law or otherwise, such transferee shall,
without any further writing or action of any kind, be entitled to receive the benefits of and, if
an Electing Holder, be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement to the aforesaid extent.
(f) Mergers, Etc. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into any
merger, consolidation or reorganization in which the Company shall not be the surviving corporation
unless the proposed surviving corporation shall, prior to such merger, consolidation or
reorganization, agree in writing to assume the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, and
for that purpose references hereunder to “Registrable Securities” shall be deemed to be references
to the securities which the holders would be entitled to receive in exchange for Registrable
Securities under any such merger, consolidation or reorganization; provided, however, that the
provisions of this Agreement shall not apply in the event of any merger, consolidation or
reorganization in which the Company is not the surviving corporation if the holders of Registrable
Securities are entitled to receive in exchange therefor (i) cash, or (ii) securities of the
acquiring corporation which may be immediately sold to the public without registration under the
Securities Act.
(g) Short Sales. Each Shareholder hereby agrees that it will not, at any time during
the Effectiveness Period, engage in short sales of Registrable Securities, short and deliver
Registrable Securities to close out such short positions, or enter into transactions with
broker-dealers to effect the foregoing.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(i) Headings. The headings in this agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning, construction or interpretation hereof.
(j) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to provisions relating to conflicts of
law to the extent the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
(k) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained
herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in
every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or
affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties hereto
shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(l) Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and
other provisions set forth in this Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on
behalf of any Electing Holder, any director, officer or partner of such holder, any agent or
underwriter, any director, officer or partner of such agent or underwriter, or any controlling
person of any of the foregoing, and shall survive the transfer and registration of the Registrable
Securities of such holder.
(m) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression
of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein, with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Registrable Securities.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect
to such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Shareholders have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
| COMPANY: | ||||||
| SPECTRUM SCIENCES & SOFTWARE HOLDINGS CORP. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxx, Xx. | |||||
| Xxxxxxx X. Xxx, Xx. | ||||||
| President and CEO | ||||||
| Address for Notice: | ||
| 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
| Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | ||
| Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 | ||
| With a copy to: | ||
| Squire, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx L.L.P. | ||
| Two Renaissance Square | ||
| 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 | ||
| Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | ||
| Attn: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. | ||
| Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 |
| SHAREHOLDERS: | ||||||
| /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
| Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
| Address for Notice: | ||||||
| [On file with Company] | ||||||
| With a copy to: | ||||||
| DLA Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx US LLP | ||||||
| 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 | ||||||
| Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000 | ||||||
| Attention to: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, XX | ||||||
| Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 | ||||||
| /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
| Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
| Address for Notice: | ||||||
| [On file with Company] | ||||||
| With a copy to: | ||||||
| DLA Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx US LLP | ||||||
| 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 | ||||||
| Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000 | ||||||
| Attention to: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, XX | ||||||
| Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 | ||||||
| /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
| Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
| Address for Notice: | ||||||
| [On file with Company] | ||||||
| With a copy to: | ||||||
| DLA Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx US LLP | ||||||
| 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 | ||||||
| Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000 | ||||||
| Attention to: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, XX | ||||||
| Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 | ||||||
Exhibit A
FORM OF NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
Exhibit B
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the shares of common stock issued to the selling stockholders and to permit
the resale of these shares of common stock by the holders of the common stock from time to time
after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the
selling stockholders of the shares of common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to
our obligation to register the shares of common stock.
The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of common stock beneficially
owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of common stock are sold through underwriters or
broker-dealers, the selling stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or
commissions or agent’s commissions. The shares of common stock may be sold in one or more
transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying
prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in
transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions,
| • | on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale; |
| • | in the over-the-counter market; |
| • | in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market; |
| • | through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise; |
| • | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
| • | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
| • | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
| • | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
| • | privately negotiated transactions; |
| • | broker-dealers may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; |
| • | a combination of any such methods of sale; and |
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| • | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
If the selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling shares of common stock to or
through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may
receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling
stockholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as
agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to
particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types
of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of common stock or otherwise,
the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn
engage in short sales of the shares of common stock in the course of hedging in positions they
assume. The selling stockholders may also loan or pledge shares of common stock to broker-dealers
that in turn may sell such shares.
The selling stockholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares
of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations,
the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time
pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other
applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of
selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling
stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer and donate the
shares of common stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or
other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
The selling stockholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares
of common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and
any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be
deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a
particular offering of the shares of common stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required,
will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of common stock being
offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents,
any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling stockholders
and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.
Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such
states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the
shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for
sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied
with.
There can be no assurance that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of
common stock registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus
forms a part.
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The selling stockholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be
subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which
may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of common stock by the selling
stockholders and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any
person engaged in the distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making
activities with respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the
marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in
market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock.
We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock pursuant to the
registration rights agreement, estimated to be $[ ] in total, including, without limitation,
Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or
“blue sky” laws; provided, however, that a selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts
and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling stockholders against liabilities,
including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights
agreements, or the selling stockholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by
the selling stockholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act,
that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling stockholder specifically
for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreements, or we
may be entitled to contribution.
Once sold under the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the
shares of common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.
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