REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") made April 23, 1997 by and
between JANUS INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation ("the "Corporation")
("Seller") and XXXXX X. XXXX, an individual (the "Shareholder").
Recitals:
A. As a result of the closing of the transactions contemplated by (i) the
Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 23, 1997 (the "Asset Purchase Agreement")
by and among the Corporation, Xxxx Yeaggy of Ohio, Inc., Motel Associates of
Westerville, Inc., Xxxxx Xxxxxx and the Shareholder and (ii) the Agreement and
Plan of Merger dated April 23, 1997 (the "Merger Agreement"; and together with
the Asset Purchase Agreement, the "Acquisition Agreements"), the Shareholder is,
or will become, the holder of Registrable Securities (defined below).
B. It is a condition precedent to the closing of the transactions under the
Acquisition Agreements that the Corporation and the Shareholder enter into this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:
1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions
shall apply:
(i) The terms "register," "registered," and "registration" refer to a
registration under Section 5 of the Federal Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act") effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar
document in compliance with the Act, and the declaration or ordering of
effectiveness of such registration statement, document or amendment thereto by
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC");
(ii) The term "Common Stock" means the Corporation's common stock, par
value $.01 per share;
(iii) The term "Preferred Stock" means the shares of the Corporation's
Series B Preferred Stock issuable under the terms of the Merger Agreement;
(iv) The term "Shareholder Common Stock" means the shares of the
Corporation's Common Stock issuable under the terms of the Acquisition
Agreements; and
(v) The term "Registrable Securities" means the Preferred Stock and the
Shareholder Common Stock collectively;
2. Demand Registration Request as to the Preferred Stock. (a) On a one time
basis, at any time, the Shareholder may deliver to the Corporation a notice to
the effect that the Shareholder desires to have all, but not less than all, of
the Preferred Stock registered under the Act (a "Preferred Demand Registration
Request").
(b) Provided that the Corporation has received a Preferred Demand
Registration Request from holders representing 75% of the outstanding shares of
the Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall thereupon, as expeditiously as
possible, effect the registration of the Preferred Stock under the Act to permit
the transfer by the Shareholder of the Preferred Stock in accordance with the
intended method of transfer described in the Preferred Demand Registration
Request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the right of the Shareholder to
require registration under this paragraph 2 shall not be exercisable less than
six (6) months following the date upon which a previous registration statement
issued in respect of an offering of securities for cash for the account of the
Corporation shall have become effective and (ii) unless the Shareholder shall
notify the Corporation that the Preferred Stock to be sold can only be sold in a
manner not permitted by Rule 144 of the SEC promulgated under this Act, the
Corporation shall not be required to register any Preferred Stock on behalf of
the Shareholder to the extent such Preferred Stock may then be sold without
restrictive legend in compliance with Rule 144 and the Corporation takes all
steps as are necessary or appropriate to permit the transfer of the Preferred
Stock under such rule.
3. Incidental Registration Rights as to the Preferred Stock. If the
Corporation proposes to register any of its stock or other securities under the
Act in connection with a public offering of such securities (other than a
registration on Form X-0, Xxxx X-0 or other limited purpose form) and all
Preferred Stock has not theretofore been included in a registration statement
under paragraph 2 which remains effective, the Corporation agrees to give the
Shareholder and all other holders of the Preferred Stock prompt written notice
of such registration. Upon the written request of the Shareholder and holders of
the Preferred Stock representing 75% of the outstanding shares in the aggregate
given within twenty (20) days after receipt of such notice, the Corporation
agrees to use its best efforts to cause to be registered under the Act all of
the Preferred Stock. However, the Corporation shall have no obligation under
this paragraph 3 to the extent that, with respect to a public offering
registration, any underwriter of such public offering determines, in its
reasonable discretion, that the inclusion of the Preferred Stock in the offering
would adversely affect its consummation.
4. Demand Registration Request as to the Common Stock. (a) On a one time
basis, at any time following the Termination Date under the Investor Agreement
of even date herewith between the Corporation and the Shareholder (the "Investor
Agreement"), the Shareholder may deliver to the Corporation a notice to the
effect that the Shareholder desires to have shares of the Shareholder Common
Stock registered under the Act (a "Common Demand Registration Request"), at the
expense of the Corporation, as provided in Section 9 below. The Corporation
shall thereupon, as expeditiously as possible, effect the registration of the
shares of Shareholder Common Stock under the Act to permit the transfer by the
Shareholder of the Shareholder Common Stock in accordance with the intended
method of transfer described in the Common Demand Registration Request.
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(b) To the extent that all of the Shareholder's Shareholder Common Stock
has not theretofore been included in a registration statement under paragraph
(a) above which remains effective, on a one time basis, following the
Termination Date under the Investor Agreement, the Shareholder may deliver a
Common Demand Registration Request, and all of the fees, costs and expenses of
and incidental to such registration shall be at the Shareholder's expense.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b), (i) the right of
the Shareholder to require registration under this paragraph 4 shall not be
exercisable less than six (6) months following the date upon which a previous
registration statement issued in respect of an offering of securities for cash
for the account of the Corporation shall have become effective and (ii) unless
the Shareholder shall notify the Corporation that the shares of Shareholder
Common Stock to be sold can only be sold in a manner not permitted by Rule 144
of the SEC promulgated under this Act, the Corporation shall not be required to
register any Shareholder Common Stock on behalf of the Shareholder to the extent
such Shareholder Common Stock may then be sold without restrictive legend in
compliance with Rule 144 and the Corporation takes all steps as are necessary or
appropriate to permit the transfer of the Shareholder Common Stock under such
rule.
5. Incidental Registration Rights as to the Shareholder Common Stock. If
following the Termination Date under the Investor Agreement the Corporation
proposes to register any of its Common Stock under the Act in connection with a
public offering of such securities (other than a registration on Form X-0, Xxxx
X-0 or other limited purpose form), the Corporation agrees to give the
Shareholder prompt written notice of such registration. Upon the written request
of the Shareholder given within twenty (20) days after receipt of such notice,
the Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to cause to be registered under
the Act all of the Shareholder Common Stock which the Shareholder requests to be
included in the registration. However, the Corporation shall have no obligation
under this paragraph 4 to the extent that, with respect to a public offering
registration, any underwriter of such public offering determines, in its
reasonable discretion, that the inclusion of the Shareholder Common Stock, or a
portion thereof, in the offering would adversely affect its consummation.
Moreover, the Corporation shall have no obligation under this paragraph 4 to the
extent that any of Daewoo Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, The Prudential
Insurance Company of America or General Electric Capital Corporation, or any of
their respective successors, remains subject to restrictions on the disposition
of its or their Common Stock by way of agreement with the Corporation or under
the terms of the Corporation's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended.
6. Certain Covenants of the Corporation. Whenever required under this
Agreement to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the
Corporation agrees to use its best efforts to:
(i) Keep a registration statement effective for at least a period of one
year in the aggregate, pursuant to the provisions of Rule 415 under the Act or
otherwise, while any holder of Registrable Securities desires to dispose of the
securities covered by such registration statement (but not after the holder of
Registrable Securities, in the reasonable opinion of the Corporation's
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counsel, is free to sell all such securities in any three month period under the
provisions of Rule 144 under the Act).
(ii) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such
registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such
registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the
Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
registration statement.
(iii) Furnish to each holder of Registrable Securities such numbers of
copies of a current prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act,
and such other documents as each holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably
require in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned
by such holder of Registrable Securities.
(iv) Use its reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the securities
covered by such registration statement under such other securities or "Blue Sky"
laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the holder of
Registrable Securities, provided that the Corporation shall not be required in
connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to
file a general consent to service of process in any such states or
jurisdictions.
(v) Notify each holder of Registrable Securities of the happening of any
event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration
statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of material fact or
omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then
existing, and use its reasonable best efforts to promptly update and/or correct
such prospectus.
(vi) Furnish, at the request of any holder of Registrable Securities, an
opinion of counsel of the Corporation, dated the effective date of the
registration statement, as to the due authorization and issuance of the
securities being registered.
(vii) Use its best efforts to list the Registrable Securities covered by
such registration statement with any securities exchange on which the Common
Stock, is then listed in accordance with the rules of such exchange.
7. Information to be provided by the Shareholder. The Shareholder will
furnish to the Corporation in connection with any registration under this
Agreement, in writing, such information regarding himself, the Registrable
Securities and other securities of the Corporation held by him and the intended
method of disposition of the Registrable Securities as shall be reasonably
required to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities held by the
Shareholder. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, if the
Shareholder fails to provide such information to the Corporation on a timely
basis as is reasonably requested by the Corporation, the Corporation may exclude
the Shareholder's Registrable Securities from such registration statement and
the Shareholder will not for twelve (12) months thereafter be entitled to
registration of such Shareholder's Registrable Securities under this Agreement.
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8. Indemnification.
(i) The Corporation agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Shareholder from and against, and shall reimburse the Shareholder with respect
to, any and all claims, suits, demands, causes of action, losses, damages,
liabilities, costs or expenses ("Liabilities") to which the Shareholder may
become subject under the Act or otherwise, arising from or relating to (A) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in a
registration statement pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any
prospectus contained therein or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (B) 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; provided, however, that
the Corporation shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
Liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or omission so made
in conformity with information furnished by the Shareholder in writing
specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
(ii) The Shareholder shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Corporation from and against, and shall reimburse the Corporation with respect
to, any and all Liabilities to which the Corporation may become subject under
the Act or otherwise, arising from or relating to (A) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in a registration
statement pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any prospectus contained
therein or any amendment or supplement thereto or (B) 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 if the case of (A) or (B) the information was
supplied by the Shareholder in writing specifically for use in the preparation
of such registration statement.
(iii) Promptly after receipt by a party entitled to indemnification
hereunder (an "indemnitee") of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the party
required to make indemnification hereunder (the "indemnitor"), notify the
indemnitor in writing thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnitor
shall not relieve the indemnitor from any Liability which it may have to the
indemnitee other than under this paragraph and shall only relieve it from any
Liability which it may have to the indemnitee under this section if and to the
extent the indemnitor is materially prejudiced by such omission. In case any
such action shall be brought against any indemnitee and such indemnitee shall
notify the indemnitor of the commencement thereof, the indemnitor shall be
entitled to participate in and, to the extent it shall wish, to assume and
undertake the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnitee, and, after notice from the indemnitor to the indemnitee of its
election so to assume and undertake the defense thereof, the indemnitor shall
not be liable to the indemnitee under this section for any legal expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnitee in connection with the defense thereof
other than reasonable costs of investigation and of liaison with counsel so
selected, provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action include
both the indemnitor and such indemnitee and the indemnitee shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be reasonable defenses available to it which are
different from or additional to those available to the indemnitor or if the
interests of
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the indemnitee reasonably may be deemed to conflict with the interests of the
indemnitor, the indemnitee shall have the right to select a separate counsel and
to assume such legal defenses and otherwise to participate in the defense of
such action, with the reasonable expenses and fees of such separate counsel and
other reasonable expenses related to such participation to be reimbursed by the
indemnitor as incurred.
9. Expenses of Registration.
(i) With respect to the inclusion of Registrable Securities in a
registration statement pursuant to this Agreement, except for a registration
under Section 4(b), all fees, costs and expenses of and incidental to such
registration, inclusion and public offering shall be borne by the Corporation;
provided, however, that any security holders participating in such registration
shall bear their pro-rata share of the underwriting discounts and commissions,
if any, incurred in connection with such registration.
(ii) The fees, costs and expenses of registration to be borne by the
Corporation as provided in this paragraph 9 shall include, without limitation,
all registration, filing and NASD fees, printing expenses, fees and
disbursements of counsel and accountants for the Corporation, and all legal fees
and disbursements and other expenses of complying with state securities or Blue
Sky laws of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which securities to be offered
are to be registered and qualified. In all cases the fees and disbursements of
counsel and accountants for the holders of Registrable Securities for personal
services rendered incidental to any registration shall be borne by such
respective holders.
10. Standstills. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if
requested by the Corporation and an underwriter in connection with a public
offering of securities of the Corporation which are the same or similar to the
Registrable Securities or convertible into such securities or evidencing a right
to purchase such securities registered on Form X-0, X-0, X-0 or similar form of
the SEC then available to the Corporation, the Shareholder shall not sell or
otherwise transfer or dispose of any Registrable Securities held by him during
the one hundred eighty (180) day period following the effective date of a
registration statement of the Corporation filed under the Act; provided that the
foregoing restrictions shall not apply to a registration statement relating
solely to an employee benefit plan or a registration relating solely to a
transaction covered by Rule 145 under the Act on Form S-4 or similar form or
forms promulgated in the future. The Corporation may impose stop-transfer
instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities subject to the foregoing
restriction until the end of said one hundred eighty (180) day period.
11. Rights of Transferees. In the event that all or any part of the
Preferred Stock held by the Shareholder shall at any time be transferred by the
Shareholder, in a transfer permissible under applicable securities laws, other
than pursuant to an effective registration statement, the registration rights
hereunder shall extend to the transferee of such securities. In the event that
all or any part of the Shareholder Common Stock held by the Shareholder shall at
any time be pledged by the Shareholder to a bank or other financial institution
as security for a loan, the registration rights hereunder shall extend to the
pledgee of such securities.
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12. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided
herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval or other
communication shall or may be given to or served upon any party by any other, or
whenever any party desires to give or serve upon another party communication
with respect to this Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent,
approval, or other communication shall be in writing and either shall be
delivered in person with receipt acknowledged or registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
(i) If to the Shareholder, at the address of such holder appearing on
the books and records of the Corporation.
(ii) If to the Corporation, at
Janus Industries, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
P.O. Box 1551
Union, N.J. 07083-1551
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
Attention: President
or at such other address as may be substituted by notice given as herein
provided. The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing
by the party entitled to receive such notice. Every notice, demand, request,
consent, approval, declaration or other communication hereunder shall be deemed
to have been duly given or served on the date on which personally delivered,
with receipt acknowledged, or three (3) days after the same shall have been
deposited in the United States mail for overnight delivery or delivered to a
courier service for overnight delivery. Failure or delay in delivering copies of
any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other
communication to the persons designated above to receive copies shall in no way
adversely affect the effectiveness of such notice, demand, request, consent,
approval, declaration or other communication.
13. Miscellaneous.
(i) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(ii) None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived,
altered, modified or amended except in writing duly signed for and on behalf of
the parties hereto.
(iii) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Registration Rights
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
JANUS INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:____________________________
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
_______________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
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