INVESTOR REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS
INVESTOR REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT,
dated as
of _____________, 2007 (this "Agreement"), is made by and between MIT
HOLDING, INC.,
a
Delaware corporation, with headquarters located at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (the “Company”), and
_________________________ located at _________________________________ (the
“Investor”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the subscription agreement of even date
herewith between the Company and the Investor (the “Subscription
Agreement”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of the Subscription Agreement, the
Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Investor the number of Units set
forth in the Subscription Agreement for $1,000 per Unit (the “Purchase Price”),
each Unit consisting of (i) one share of 6% Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock
of MIT (the “Preferred Stock”), convertible at the holder’s option into an
aggregate of 2,000 shares of common stock, $.0001 par value (“Common Stock”) at
a conversion price of $0.50 per share, and (ii) warrants to purchase an
aggregate of 2,000 shares
of
Common Stock, exercisable for a period of five years at a price of $0.75 per
share (the “Warrants”); and
WHEREAS,
the
Common Stock and Warrants issued as part of the Units subscribed for in this
equity offering for a maximum of $3,500,000 in gross proceeds (the “Equity
Offering”) have demand registration rights; and
WHEREAS,
to
induce the Investor to execute and deliver the Subscription Agreement, the
Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any
similar successor statute (collectively, the “Securities Act”), with respect to
the Registrable Securities.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as
follows:
1. Definitions. As
used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(a) “Closing
Date” means the date of the closing of the purchase and sale of the Units as
provided in the Subscription Agreement.
(b) “Effective
Date” means the date the SEC declares a Registration Statement covering the
Registrable Securities and otherwise meeting the conditions contemplated hereby
to be effective.
(c) “Register,”
“Registered,” and “Registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing
and filing a Registration Statement or Statements in compliance with the
Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any
successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous basis (“Rule
415"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration
Statement by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”).
(d) "Registrable
Securities" means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Preferred Stock and upon exercise of the Warrants.
(e) “Registration
Statement” means a registration statement of the Company under the Securities
Act covering Registrable Securities on Form SB-2, if the Company is then
eligible to file using such form, and if not eligible, on such other appropriate
form.
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2. Registration.
(a)
The
Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement registering
for resale by the Investor a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for
the
Investor to sell the Registrable Securities: (i) no later than thirty (30)
days
after the termination of the Equity Offering, provided that the Company either
(i) receives a minimum of $2,000,000 in gross proceeds from the Equity Offering,
or (ii) consummates a merger of the Company with a public company or the
subsidiary of such company identified by Xxxxxx Associates L.P. (each date
the
“Required Filing Date”). The Registration Statement shall state that, in
accordance with Rule 416 and 457 under the Securities Act, it also covers such
indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable
to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits or stock dividends. The Company
will use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
be
declared effective. In the event that the Registration Statement is not
effective (the “Required Effective Date”) upon the earlier of (Y) five (5) days
after oral or written notice by the SEC that it may be declared effective or
(Z)
120 days after the date on which the registration statement is filed (unless
such failure to become effective is a result of the actions of the selling
shareholders), the Company will be deemed to be in breach of this Agreement.
(b) Payments
by the Company.
(i) If
the
Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed in
proper form with the SEC by the Required Filing Date, the Company will make
payment to the Investor in such amounts and at such times as shall be determined
pursuant to this Section 2(b).
(ii) If
the
Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not effective
by
the relevant Required Effective Date or if the Investor is restricted from
making sales of Registrable Securities covered by a previously effective
Registration Statement at any time by virtue of a suspension or stop order
with
respect to such Registration Statement (the date such restriction commences,
a
“Restricted Sale Date”), then the Company will make payments to the Investor in
such amounts and at such times as shall be determined pursuant to this Section
2(b).
(iii) The
amount (the “Periodic Amount”) to be paid by the Company to the Investor shall
be determined as of each Computation Date (as defined below) and such Periodic
Amount shall be equal to two (2%) percent of the Purchase Price for the period
from the date following each of the relevant Required Filing Date or the
Required Effective Date, as the case may be, to the first relevant Computation
Date, and thereafter to each subsequent Computation Date (prorated on a daily
basis if such period is less than thirty 30 days), provided,
however,
that
such Periodic Amounts shall cease after eight (8) months from the initial
Computation Date and provided
further,
that no
Periodic Amount shall be due in the event that Registration Statement covering
the Registrable Securities is not effective by the relevant Required Effective
Date following comments from the SEC regarding Rule 415 under the Securities
Act. The parties acknowledge that the failure to comply on a timely basis with
the provisions related to both the Required Filing Date and the Required
Effective Date would result in a payment of four percent of the Purchase
Price.
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(iv) Each
Periodic Amount will be payable by the Company, and at the option of the
Investor, in cash or shares of Common Stock (1) on the day after the Required
Filing Date or the Required Effective Date, as the case may be, and (2) each
thirtieth day thereafter.
(v) The
parties acknowledge that the damages which may be incurred by the Investor
if
the Registration Statement is not filed by the Required Filing Date or the
Registration Statement has not been declared effective by a Required Effective
Date, including if the right to sell Registrable Securities under a previously
effective Registration Statement is suspended or the shares of the Company’s
stock are not listed on the Principal Trading Market, may be difficult to
ascertain. The parties agree that the Periodic Amounts represent a reasonable
estimate on the part of the parties, as of the date of this Agreement, of the
amount of such damages.
(vi) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the amounts payable by the Company pursuant to this provision
shall not be payable to the extent any delay in the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or such Registration Statement is suspended or subject
to
a stop order occurs because of an act of, or a failure to act or to act timely
by the Investor or its counsel.
(vii) "Computation
Date" means (A) the date which is the earlier of (1) thirty (30) days after
the
Required Filing Date or Required Effective Date, as the case may be, or (2)
the
date after the Required Filing Date on which the Registration Statement is
filed
(with respect to payments due as contemplated by Section 2(b)(i) hereof) or
the
date after the Required Effective Date on which the Registration Statement
is
declared effective (with respect to payments due as contemplated by Section
2(b)(ii) hereof), as the case may be, and (B) each date which is the earlier
of
(1) thirty (30) days after the previous Computation Date or (2) the date after
the previous Computation Date on which the Registration Statement is filed
(with
respect to payments due as contemplated by Section 2(b)(i) hereof) or is
declared effective (with respect to payments due as contemplated by Section
2(b)(ii) hereof), as the case may be.
3. Obligations
of the Company.
In
connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Company
shall do each of the following:
(a) Prepare
promptly, and file with the SEC by the Required Filing Date a Registration
Statement with respect to not less than the number of Registrable Securities
provided in Section 2(a) above, and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts
to cause such Registration Statement relating to Registrable Securities to
become effective and keep the Registration Statement effective at all times
during the period (the “Registration Period”) continuing until the earlier of
(i) the date that the Investor has the right to sell the Registrable Securities
under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or one year in the event the that
Investor is an affiliate of the Company) or (ii) the date the Investor no longer
owns any of the Registrable Securities, which Registration Statement (including
any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading;
(b) Prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments)
and
supplements to the Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection
with the Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration
Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during
the
Registration Period, comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with
respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered
by the Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable
Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in the Registration
Statement;
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(c) Notify
the Investor:
(i) of
the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or
the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (ii) if at any time any of
the
representations or warranties of the Company contained in any agreement
contemplated hereby ceases to be true and correct in all material respects;
(iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (iv) of the occurrence
of
any event that to the best knowledge of the Company makes any statement made
in
the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact
or omit to state any 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.
(d) Furnish
to Investor upon request (i) one (1) copy of the Registration Statement, each
preliminary prospectus and prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto,
and (ii) such number of copies of a prospectus, and all amendments and
supplements thereto and such other documents, as the Investor may reasonably
request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities
owned by such Investor;
(e) As
promptly as practicable after becoming aware thereof, notify the Investor of
the
happening of any event of which the Company has knowledge, as a result of which
the prospectus included in the Registration Statement, as then in effect,
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and
use its best efforts promptly to prepare a supplement or amendment to the
Registration Statement or other appropriate filing with the SEC to correct
such
untrue statement or omission, and deliver a number of copies of such supplement
or amendment to the Investor as such Investor may reasonably
request;
(f) As
promptly as practicable after becoming aware thereof, notify the Investor who
holds Registrable Securities being sold (or, in the event of an underwritten
offering, the managing underwriters) of the issuance by the SEC of a Notice
of
Effectiveness or any notice of effectiveness or any stop order or other
suspension of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement at the earliest
possible time;
(g) Use
its
reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities to be quoted on the
principal market on which the Company’s Common Stock is quoted.
(h) Cooperate
with the Investor being offered to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates for the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant
to the Registration Statement and enable such certificates for the Registrable
Securities to be in such denominations or amounts as the case may be, as the
Investor may reasonably request, and, within five (5) business days after a
Registration Statement which includes Registrable Securities is ordered
effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel
selected by the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for the Registrable
Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable Securities are
included in such Registration Statement) an appropriate instruction and opinion
of such counsel; and
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(i)
Take
all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition
by
the Investor of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
4. Obligations
of the Investor.
In
connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Investor
shall have the following obligations:
(a) The
Investor, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate
with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with
the
preparation and filing of the Registration Statement hereunder, unless it has
notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of the Investor's
Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement; and
(b) The
Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f) or 3(g), above,
the
Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities
until the Investor's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended
prospectus contemplated by Section 3(f) or 3(g) and, if so directed by the
Company, such Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the
Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction)
all copies in the Investor's possession, of the prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such
notice.
5. Expenses
of Registration.
(a) All
expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions of the Investor
and
the expenses of counsel to all Investors in excess of an aggregate of $2,000
)
incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant
to
Section 3, but including, without limitation, all registration, listing, and
qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, the fees and disbursements
of
counsel for the Company shall be borne by the Company.
6. Indemnification.
After
Registrable Securities are included in a Registration
Statement under this Agreement:
(a) To
the
extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless, the
Investor, the directors, the officers, agent and representatives, if any, of
such Investor (each, an "Indemnified Party"), against any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses (joint or several) incurred (collectively,
"Claims") to which any of them may become subject under the Securities Act,
the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings,
whether commenced in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any
untrue statement or untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any
untrue statement or untrue statement of a material fact contained in the final
prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission
to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which the statements therein
were made, not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the
Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or
any
rule or regulation under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state
securities law (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being
collectively referred to as "Violations"). The Company shall reimburse the
Investor for any reasonable legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred
by
them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification
agreement contained in this Section 6(a) shall not (i) apply to any Claims
arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and
in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf
of any Indemnified Party expressly for use in connection with the preparation
of
the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto;
(ii) be available to the extent such Claim is based on a failure of the Investor
to deliver or cause to be delivered the prospectus made available by the
Company; or (iii) apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such
settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Investor will indemnify the
Company, its officers, directors and agents (including legal counsel) (each
an
“Indemnified Party”) against any claims arising out of or based upon a Violation
which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished
in
writing to the Company, by or on behalf of such Investor, expressly for use
in
connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, subject to such
limitations and conditions set forth in this Section 6. The Investor shall
reimburse the Company for any reasonable legal fees or other reasonable expenses
incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim.
Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party, and shall survive
the offering and transfer of the Registrable Securities by the
Investor.
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(b)
Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice
of
the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such
Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against
any
indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party
a
written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall
have
the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so
desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume
control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the
indemnifying party and the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided,
however,
that an
Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the
reasonable fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the
reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the
representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Party and the indemnifying
party would be 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 shall
not
relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under
this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced
in its ability to defend such action. The indemnification required by this
Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the
course of the investigation or defense, as such expense, loss, damage or
liability is incurred and is due and payable.
7. Contribution.
To the
extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited
by
law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect
to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the
fullest extent permitted by law; provided,
however,
that
(a) no contribution shall be made under circumstances where the maker would
not
have been liable for indemnification under the fault standards set forth in
Section 6; (b) no seller of Registrable Securities guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of Registrable Securities
who
was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; and (c) except where the
seller has committed fraud (other than a fraud by reason of the information
included or omitted from the Registration Statement as to which the Company
has
not given notice as contemplated under Section 3 hereof) or intentional
misconduct, contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be
limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from
the
sale of such Registrable Securities.
8.
Reports under Securities Act and Exchange Act.
With a
view to making available to Investor the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under
the Securities Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that
may
at any time permit Investor to sell securities of the Company, to the public
without Registration (“Rule 144”), the Company agrees upon becoming a reporting
company under the Exchange Act to:
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(a) make
and
keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined
in
Rule 144;
(b) file
with
the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
(c) furnish
to the Investor so long as the Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly
upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with
the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act,
(ii) if not available on the SEC’s XXXXX system, a copy of the most recent
annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents
so filed by the Company and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably
requested to permit the Investor to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144
without Registration.
9. Assignment
of the Registration Rights.
The
rights to have the Company register Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Agreement shall be automatically assigned by the Investors to any transferee
of
the Registrable Securities only if the Company is, within a reasonable time
after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the
name
and address of such transferee or assignee and (b) the securities with respect
to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned.
10. Amendment
of Registration Rights.
Any
provision of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be
waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively
or
prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and Investors
who
hold a eighty (80%) percent interest of the Registrable Securities (as
calculated by the sum of the number of Shares held by the Investors). Any
amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding
upon the Investor and
the
Company. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the
extent that the registration rights provided to the holders of the units sold
in
the Equity Offering vary from the registration rights provided to the Investor
hereunder, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to conform to such
registration rights.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) A
person
or entity is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such
person or entity owns of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company
receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more persons
or entities with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall
act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from the
registered owner of such Registrable Securities.
(b) Notices
required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in the manner
contemplated by the Subscription Agreement, (i) if to the Company or to the
Investor, to their respective addresses set forth above, and (ii) if to any
other Investor, at such address as such Investor shall have provided in writing
to the Company, or at such other address as each such party furnishes by notice
given in accordance with this Section 11(b).
(c) Failure
of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise,
or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as
a
waiver thereof.
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(d) This
Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws
of
the State of New York for contracts to be wholly performed in such state and
without giving effect to the principles thereof regarding the conflict of laws.
Each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts in the
City of New York, New York or the state courts of the State of New York sitting
in the City of New York, New York County, New York in connection with any
dispute arising under this Agreement and hereby waives, to the maximum extent
permitted by law, any objection, including any objection based on
forum non coveniens,
to the
bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions. To the extent determined
by such court, the Company shall reimburse the Investor for any reasonable
legal
fees and disbursements incurred by the Investor in enforcement of or protection
of any of its rights under this Agreement
(e) If
any
provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement or the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
(f) Subject
to the requirements of Section 9 hereof, this Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties
hereto.
(g) All
pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter,
singular or plural, as the context may require.
(h) The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning thereof.
(i) This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.
This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party
hereto by telephone line facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement
bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
(j) This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect
to the subject matter hereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties
or
undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto
with
respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended only by
an
instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement
thereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above
written.
MIT
HOLDING, INC.
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