Exhibit 4.4
EXHIBIT 4 to RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2001, is among
DAOU Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
(the "Investor")."
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor are parties to that certain
Restricted Stock Agreement, dated June 1, 2001 (the "Purchase Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into an agreement concerning the
registration of the shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share (the
"Common Stock"), to be issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
1.1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) the term "Register," "Registered," and "Registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or
similar document in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such
registration statement or document;
(b) the term "Registrable Securities" means the Common Stock issued
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, excluding in all cases, however, any
Registrable Securities sold by a person in a transaction in which such
person's rights under this Article I are not assigned;
(c) the number of shares of "Registrable Securities then
outstanding" will be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
which are Registrable Securities;
(d) the term "Holder" means any person owning or having the right to
acquire Registrable Securities or any permitted assignee thereof; and
(e) the term "Form S-1" means such form under the Act as in effect
on the date of this Agreement or any registration form under the Act
subsequently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
which permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by
reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
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1.2. Form S-1 Registration.
As soon as reasonably practicable after the written request of the
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall file with
the SEC one or more Registration Statements on Form S-1 (or other similar form)
covering the continuous sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415
under the Securities Act or any successor thereto (each, a "Shelf Registration
Statement"), in the manner specified therein. The Company shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause each Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
effective by the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable after its filing with the
SEC, and upon reasonable notice from a Holder (and in any event no less than ten
(10) days) that the Holder intends to sell pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company will file such amendments and supplements as necessary to
update the Shelf Registration Statement so that it will be effective for any
such sale of Registrable Securities until the earlier of (x) such time as all of
the Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement or (y) each Holder is able to sell within any ninety (90) day period
all Registrable Securities owned by such Holder pursuant to SEC Rules as then in
effect, including Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor thereto
("SEC Rule 144") (the "Effective Period"); provided that in the event that
Company determines in good faith that, because it has under consideration a
significant (as defined under Regulation S-X of the SEC) acquisition or
disposition or other material transaction or corporate event that has not been
publicly disclosed or that it is in the process of preparing for filing with the
SEC an Annual Report on Form 10-K, a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or a Current
Report on Form 8-K or other form, a Shelf Registration Statement may contain a
material misstatement or omission, the Company may cause such Shelf Registration
Statement to not be used during the period in question. The Company agrees it
will use its best efforts to ensure that such deferral will be for the shortest
period of time reasonably required not exceeding, in the aggregate, ninety (90)
days in any twelve (12) month period.
1.3. Company Registration.
In the event that (i) the Company fails to satisfy its obligations
pursuant to Section 1.2 or (ii) for any period of not less than thirty (30)
consecutive days a Shelf Registration Statement may not be used for any reason,
and if (but without any obligation to do so) the Company proposes to register
(including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for
shareholders other than the Holders) any of its stock or other securities under
the Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for
cash (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities to
participants in a Company stock plan, or a registration on any form which does
not include substantially the same information as would be required to be
included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable
Securities), the Company will, at such time, promptly give each Holder written
notice of such registration. Upon the written request of each Holder given
within twenty (20) days after mailing of such notice by the Company in
accordance with Section 2.5, the Company will cause to be registered under the
Act all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be
registered.
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1.4. Obligations of the Company.
Except as otherwise expressly specified in this Agreement, whenever
required under this Article I to effect the registration of any Registrable
Securities, the Company will, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable:
(a) 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.
(b) Furnish to the Holders such number of copies of a prospectus,
including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of
the Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order
to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them.
(c) Use its 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 will be reasonably requested by the
Holders, provided that the Company will 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.
1.5. Furnish Information.
It will be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to
take any action pursuant to this Article I with respect to the Registrable
Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder will furnish to the Company
such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, the
intended method of disposition of such securities and all of the other pertinent
information as will be required to effect the registration of such Holder's
Registrable Securities.
1.6. Expenses of Registration.
Subject to restrictions under applicable state securities laws, all
expenses other than underwriting discounts and commissions incurred in
connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections
1.2 and 1.3, including (without limitation) all registration, filing and
qualification fees, printers' and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel
representing the Holders will be borne by the Company.
1.7. Indemnification. If any Registrable Securities are included in a
registration statement under this Article I:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Holder, each of its directors and each of its officers,
any underwriter (as defined in the Act) for such Holder and each person,
if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the
Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or
several) to which they may become subject under the Act, or the Exchange
Act, insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
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or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations
(collectively a "Violation"): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement,
including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein
or any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) 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, or (iii) any
violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Act, the Exchange
Act, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act, or the Exchange
Act; and the Company will pay to each such Holder, director, officer,
underwriter or controlling person, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such
loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the
indemnity agreement contained in this Subsection 1.7(a) will not apply to
amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or
action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company
(which consent will not be unreasonably withheld), nor will the Company be
liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or
action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation
which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by any
such Holder, director, officer, underwriter or controlling person.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of
its officers who has signed the registration statement, each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, any other
Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any
controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of
the foregoing persons may become subject, under the Act or the Exchange
Act insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereto) arise out of or are 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 by such
Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each
such Holder will pay any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this Subsection 1.7(b),
in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this Subsection 1.7(b) will not apply to amounts
paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if
such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld; provided, that, in no event
will any indemnity under this Subsection 1.7(b) exceed the proceeds from
the offering net of sales commission, if any, received by such Holder.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 1.7 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any
governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section
1.7, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the
commencement thereof and the indemnifying party will 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 the
defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party (which
shall not unreasonably withhold its approval); provided, however, that an
indemnified party
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(together with all other indemnified parties which may be represented
without conflict by one counsel) will have the right to retain one
separate counsel, with the reasonable fees and expenses to be paid by the
indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the
counsel retained by the indemnifying party is inappropriate due to actual
or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any
other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to
deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time
of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to
defend such action, will relieve such indemnifying party of any liability
to the indemnified party under this Section 1.7, but the omission so to
deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of
any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under this Section 1.7.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 1.7 is held
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified
party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense
referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying
such indemnified party to this Agreement, will contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss,
liability, claim, damage, or expense in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand
and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim,
damage, or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party
will be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or
by the indemnified party and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
(e) The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section
1.7 will survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities
in a registration statement under this Article I, and otherwise.
1.8. Reports Under 1934 Act.
With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144
promulgated under the Act and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may
at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public
without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-1, the Company
will:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are
understood and defined in SEC Rule 144, at all times;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Act and the Exchange Act; and
(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any
Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by
the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC
Rule 144, the Act and the Exchange Act, or that it qualifies as
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a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any
time after it so qualifies), (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 in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of
the SEC which permits the selling of any such securities without
registration or pursuant to such form.
1.9. Rule 144 Availability.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above in this Article I, prior
to exercising any right provided for in this Article I each Holder will (i)
evaluate in good faith whether such Holder is otherwise permitted to sell the
entire amount of Registrable Securities it is then seeking to register within
the time period it desires to sell pursuant to Rule 144 of the Exchange Act, or
any successor regulation thereto and (ii) exercise such rights only in the case
that it determines in good faith that such rights are necessary to sell such
Registrable Securities in a timely manner.
ARTICLE II
MISCELLANEOUS
2.1. Successors and Assigns.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the respective successors and assigns of the parties (including transferees of
any shares of Registrable Securities). Nothing in this Agreement, express or
implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties to this
Agreement or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies,
obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as
expressly provided in this Agreement.
2.2. Governing Law.
This Agreement will be governed by and construed under the laws of the
State of Delaware.
2.3. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one
and the same instrument.
2.4. Titles and Subtitles.
The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for
convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this
Agreement.
2.5. Notices.
Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this
Agreement will be given in writing and will be deemed effectively given upon
personal delivery to the party to be notified, by telecopy upon the appropriate
answer-back, or upon deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered
or certified mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the party to be
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notified at the address indicated for such party on Schedule 1 or at such other
address as such party may designate by ten (10) days' advance written notice to
the other parties.
2.6. Expenses.
If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret
the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable
attorneys' fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other
relief to which such party may be entitled.
2.7. Amendments and Waivers.
Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any
term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular
instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written
consent of the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities then outstanding. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with
this paragraph will be binding upon each Holder of any Registrable Securities
then outstanding, each future Holder of all such Registrable Securities, and the
Company.
2.8. Severability.
If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be
unenforceable under applicable law, such provision will be excluded from this
Agreement and the balance of the Agreement will be interpreted as if such
provision were so excluded and will be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
2.9. Aggregation of Stock.
All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by affiliated
entities or persons will be aggregated together for the purpose of determining
the availability of any rights under this Agreement.
2.10. Entire Agreement, Amendment, Waiver.
This Agreement (including the Schedules to this Agreement, if any)
constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties
with regard to the subjects of this Agreement and thereof.
2.11. Adjustments for Stock Splits.
Wherever in this Agreement there is a reference to a specific number of
shares of Common Stock of the Company of any class or series, or a reference to
any amount of dollars per any such share, then, upon the occurrence of any
subdivision, combination or stock dividend of such class or series of stock, the
specific number of shares or the specific dollar amount so referenced in this
Agreement will automatically be proportionately adjusted to reflect the effect
on the outstanding shares of such class of series of stock by such subdivision,
combination or stock dividend.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
THE COMPANY:
DAOU SYSTEMS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: EVP and CFO
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THE INVESTOR:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
SCHEDULE 1
INVESTOR
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NAME AND ADDRESS
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Address on file with the Company
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