REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
(this "Agreement"),
dated as of January 30, 2011, by and among Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation,
Delaware corporation, with headquarters located at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the "Company"), and the investors
listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (each, a "Buyer" and collectively, the
"Buyers").
A. In
connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the parties
hereto of even date herewith (the "Securities Purchase
Agreement"), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to each Buyer
(i) senior convertible notes of the Company (the "Notes"), which will, among
other things, be convertible into the Company's common stock, par value $0.001
per share (the "Common
Stock") (as converted, collectively, the "Conversion Shares"). and (ii)
warrants (the "Warrants") which will be
exercisable to purchase shares of Common Stock (as exercised, collectively, the
"Warrant Shares") in
accordance with the terms of the Warrants.
B. In
accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase 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 "1933 Act"), and applicable
state securities laws.
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 each of the Buyers hereby agree as
follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Additional Effective Date"
means the date the Additional Registration Statement is declared effective by
the SEC.
(b) "Additional Effectiveness
Deadline" means (i) in the event that the Additional Registration
Statement is not subject to a full review by the SEC, the date which is fifty
(50) calendar days after the earlier of the Additional Filing Date and the
Additional Filing Deadline or (ii) in the event that the Additional Registration
Statement is subject to a full review by the SEC, eighty (80) calendar days
after the earlier of the Additional Filing Date and the Additional Filing
Deadline.
(c) "Additional Filing Date" means
the date on which the Additional Registration Statement is filed with the
SEC.
(d) "Additional Filing Deadline"
means if Cutback Shares are required to be included in any Additional
Registration Statement, the later of (i) the date sixty (60) days after the date
substantially all of the Registrable Securities registered under the immediately
preceding Registration Statement are sold and (ii) the date six (6) months from
the Initial Effective Date or the most recent Additional Effective Date, as
applicable.
(e) "Additional Registrable
Securities" means, (i) any Cutback Shares not previously included on a
Registration Statement and (ii) any capital stock of the Company issued or
issuable with respect to the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants, the
Warrant Shares, or the Cutback Shares, as applicable, as a result of any stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise,
without regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization and/or redemption
of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants.
(f) "Additional Registration
Statement" means a registration statement or registration statements of
the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering any Additional Registrable
Securities.
(g) "Additional Required Registration
Amount" means (I) any Cutback Shares not previously included on a
Registration Statement, all subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2(f) or
(II) such other amount as may be required by the staff of the SEC pursuant to
Rule 415, in each case without regard to any limitations on conversion,
amortization and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the
Warrants.
(h) "Business Day" means any day
other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in the
City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain
closed.
(i) "Closing Date" shall have the
meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(j) "Cutback Shares" means any of
the Initial Required Registration Amount or the Additional Required Registration
Amount (without regard to clause (II) in the definition thereof) of Registrable
Securities not included in all Registration Statements previously declared
effective hereunder as a result of a limitation on the maximum number of shares
of Common Stock of the Company permitted to be registered by the staff of the
SEC pursuant to Rule 415. For the purpose of determining the Cutback
Shares, in order to determine any applicable Required Registration Amount,
unless an Investor gives written notice to the Company to the contrary with
respect to the allocation of its Cutback Shares, first the Warrant Shares shall
be excluded on a pro rata basis until all of the Warrant Shares have been
excluded, and second the Conversion Shares shall be excluded on a pro rata basis
until all of the Conversion Shares have been excluded.
(k) "Effective Date" means the
Initial Effective Date and the Additional Effective Date, as
applicable.
(l) "Effectiveness Deadline" means
the Initial Effectiveness Deadline and the Additional Effectiveness Deadline, as
applicable.
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(m) "Eligible Market" means the
Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., The NASDAQ Capital Market,
The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or the OTC Bulletin
Board.
(n)
"Filing
Deadline" means the Initial Filing Deadline and the Additional Filing
Deadline, as applicable.
(o) "Initial Effective Date" means
the date that the Initial Registration Statement has been declared effective by
the SEC.
(p) "Initial Effectiveness
Deadline" means the date which is (i) in the event that the Initial
Registration Statement is not subject to a full review by the SEC, sixty (60)
calendar days after the Closing Date or (ii) in the event that the Initial
Registration Statement is subject to a full review by the SEC, ninety (90)
calendar days after the Closing Date.
(q) "Initial Filing Date" means the
date on which the Initial Registration Statement is filed with the
SEC.
(r) "Initial Filing Deadline" means
the date which is ten (10) calendar days after the Closing Date.
(s) "Initial Registrable
Securities" means (i) the Conversion Shares issued or issuable upon
conversion and/or redemption of the Notes, (ii) the Warrant Shares issued or
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and (iii) any capital stock of the
Company issued or issuable with respect to the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the
Warrant Shares or the Warrants as a result of any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, in each case without
regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization and/or redemption of the
Notes or exercise of the Warrants.
(t) "Initial Registration
Statement" means a registration statement or registration statements of
the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the Initial Registrable
Securities.
(u) "Initial Required Registration
Amount" means (I) 130% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of Conversion
Shares issued and issuable pursuant to the Notes (assuming a Conversion Price
(as defined in the Notes) equal to $0.60 (subject to adjustment for stock
splits, stock dividends, reclassifications, reorganizations, recapitalizations,
combinations, reverse stock splits or other similar events)), and (ii) the
maximum number of Warrant Shares issued and issuable pursuant to the Warrants,
each as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date of
determination and all subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2(f) or (II)
such maximum lesser amount as may be required by the staff of the SEC (x)
pursuant to Rule 415 or (y) pursuant to the SEC's rules regarding shares allowed
to be registered, with any cutback applied pro rata to all Investors, in each
case without regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization and/or
redemption of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants; provided, that in no
event (other than pursuant to clause (x) above) shall the Initial Required
Registration Amount be less than, nor shall the Company be relieved from
registering an Initial Required Registration Amount of at least, 100% of the sum
of (i) the maximum number of Conversion Shares issued and issuable pursuant to
the Notes (assuming a Conversion Price equal to $0.60 (subject to adjustment for
stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications, reorganizations,
recapitalizations, combinations, reverse stock splits or other similar events)),
and (ii) the maximum number of Series A Warrant Shares issued and issuable
pursuant to the Warrants, each as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the
applicable date of determination and all subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 2(f).
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(v) "Investor" means a Buyer or any
transferee or assignee thereof to whom a Buyer assigns its rights under this
Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a
transferee or assignee assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to
become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section
9.
(w) "Person" means an individual, a
limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a
trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or
agency thereof.
(x) "Principal Market" means the
NYSE Amex.
(y) "register," "registered," and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration
Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to
Rule 415, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration
Statement(s) by the SEC.
(z) "Registrable Securities" means
the Initial Registrable Securities and the Additional Registrable
Securities.
(aa) "Registration Statement" means
the Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement, as
applicable.
(bb) "Required Holders" means the
holders of at least sixty percent (60%) of the Registrable
Securities.
(cc) "Required Registration Amount"
means either the Initial Required Registration Amount or the Additional Required
Registration Amount, as applicable.
(dd) "Rule 415" means Rule 415
promulgated under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering
securities on a continuous or delayed basis.
(ee) "SEC" means the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission.
(ff) "Trading Day" means any day on
which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal
Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the
principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is
then traded; provided that "Trading Day" shall not include any day on which the
Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5
hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the
final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market
does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or
market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York
time).
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2. Registration.
(a) Initial Mandatory
Registration. The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as
practicable but in no event later than the Initial Filing Deadline, file with
the SEC the Initial Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of
all of the Initial Registrable Securities. In the event that Form S-3
is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as
is available for such a registration on another appropriate form reasonably
acceptable to the Required Holders, subject to the provisions of Section
2(e). The Initial Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto
shall register for resale at least the number of shares of Common Stock equal to
the Initial Required Registration Amount determined as of the date the Initial
Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC, subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 2(f). The Initial Registration Statement shall
contain (except if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the "Plan of Distribution"
and "Selling
Shareholders" sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. The
Company shall use its best efforts to have the Initial Registration Statement
declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than
the Initial Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the
Business Day following the Initial Effective Date, the Company shall file with
the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to
be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Initial Registration
Statement.
(b) Additional Mandatory
Registrations. The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as
practicable but in no event later than the Additional Filing Deadline, file with
the SEC an Additional Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of
all of the Additional Registrable Securities not previously registered on an
Additional Registration Statement hereunder. To the extent the staff
of the SEC does not permit the Additional Required Registration Amount to be
registered on an Additional Registration Statement, the Company shall file
Additional Registration Statements successively trying to register on each such
Additional Registration Statement the maximum number of remaining Additional
Registrable Securities until the Additional Required Registration Amount has
been registered with the SEC. In the event that Form S-3 is
unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is
available for such a registration on another appropriate form reasonably
acceptable to the Required Holders, subject to the provisions of Section
2(e). Each Additional Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto
shall register for resale at least that number of shares of Common Stock equal
to the Additional Required Registration Amount determined as of the date such
Additional Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC, subject
to adjustment as provided in Section 2(f). Each Additional
Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the
Required Holders) the "Plan of Distribution"
and "Selling
Shareholders" sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B. The Company shall use its best efforts to have each
Additional Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than the Additional Effectiveness
Deadline. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the Business Day following
the Additional Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance
with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection
with sales pursuant to such Additional Registration Statement.
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(c) Allocation of Registrable
Securities. The initial number of Registrable Securities
included in any Registration Statement and any increase or decrease in the
number of Registrable Securities included therein shall be allocated pro rata
among the Investors based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each
Investor at the time the Registration Statement covering such initial number of
Registrable Securities or increase or decrease thereof is declared effective by
the SEC. In the event that an Investor sells or otherwise transfers
any of such Investor's Registrable Securities, each transferee shall be
allocated a pro rata portion of the then remaining number of Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement for such
transferor. Any shares of Common Stock included in a Registration
Statement and which remain allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall be allocated
to the remaining Investors, pro rata based on the number of Registrable
Securities then held by such Investors which are covered by such Registration
Statement. In no event shall the Company include any securities other
than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement without the prior
written consent of the Required Holders.
(d) Legal
Counsel. Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Required Holders
shall have the right to select one legal counsel to review and oversee any
registration pursuant to this Section 2 ("Legal Counsel"), which shall
be Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP or such other counsel as thereafter designated
by the Required Holders. The Company and Legal Counsel shall
reasonably cooperate with each other in performing the Company's obligations
under this Agreement.
(e) Ineligibility for Form
S-3. In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the
registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company
shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another
appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders and (ii)
undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such
form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared
effective by the SEC.
(f)
Sufficient Number of Shares
Registered. In the event the number of shares available under
a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) is
insufficient to cover the Required Registration Amount of Registrable Securities
required to be covered by such Registration Statement or an Investor's allocated
portion of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(c), the Company
shall amend the applicable Registration Statement, or file a new Registration
Statement (on the short form available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as
to cover at least the Required Registration Amount as of the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of the filing of such amendment or new
Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in any event
not later than fifteen (15) days after the necessity therefor
arises. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause such
amendment and/or new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as
practicable following the filing thereof. For purposes of the
foregoing provision, the number of shares available under a Registration
Statement shall be deemed "insufficient to cover all of the Registrable
Securities" if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock available for
resale under the Registration Statement is less than the product determined by
multiplying (i) the Required Registration Amount as of such time by (ii)
0.90. The calculation set forth in the foregoing sentence shall be
made without regard to any limitations on the conversion, amortization and/or
redemption of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants and such calculation shall
assume (i) that the Notes are then convertible in full into shares of Common
Stock at the then prevailing Conversion Rate (as defined in the Notes) (ii) the
initial outstanding principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding through
the scheduled Maturity Date (as defined in the Notes) and no redemptions of the
Notes occur prior to the scheduled Maturity Date and (iii) the Warrants are then
exercisable in full into shares of Common Stock.
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(g) Effect of Failure to File
and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration
Statement. If (i) the Initial Registration Statement when
declared effective fails to register the Initial Registration Amount of Initial
Registrable Securities, (ii) a Registration Statement covering all of the
Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby and required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or
before the applicable Filing Deadline (a "Filing Failure") or (B) not
declared effective by the SEC on or before the applicable Effectiveness
Deadline, (an "Effectiveness
Failure") or
(iii) on any day after the applicable Effective Date sales of all of the
Registrable Securities required to be included on such Registration Statement
cannot be made (other than during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in
Section 3(r)) pursuant to such Registration Statement or otherwise (including,
without limitation, because of the suspension of trading or any other limitation
imposed by an Eligible Market, a failure to keep such Registration Statement
effective, a failure to disclose such information as is necessary for sales to
be made pursuant to such Registration Statement, a failure to register a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or a failure to maintain the listing
of the Common Stock) (a "Maintenance Failure") then, as
partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay in or
reduction of its ability to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which
remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in
equity, including, without limitation, specific performance), (A) the Company
shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities relating to such Registration
Statement an amount in cash equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the
aggregate Purchase Price (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement) of such Investor's Registrable Securities included in such
Registration Statement on each of the following dates: (i) the day of a Filing
Failure; (ii) the day of an Effectiveness Failure; (iii) the initial day of a
Maintenance Failure; (iv) on the thirtieth day after the date of a Filing
Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less
than thirty days) until such Filing Failure is cured; (v) on the thirtieth day
after the date of an Effectiveness Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter
(pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Effectiveness
Failure is cured; and (vi) on the thirtieth day after the date of a Maintenance
Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less
than thirty days) until such Maintenance Failure is cured. The
payments to which a holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2(g) are
referred to herein as "Registration Delay
Payments." Registration Delay Payments shall be paid on the
earlier of (I) the dates set forth above and (II) the third Business Day after
the event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is
cured. In the event the Company fails to make Registration Delay
Payments in a timely manner, such Registration Delay Payments shall bear
interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month (prorated for
partial months) until paid in full.
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3.
Related
Obligations.
At such
time as the Company is obligated to file a Registration Statement with the SEC
pursuant to Section 2(a), 2(b), 2(e) or 2(f), the Company will use its best
efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance
with the intended method of disposition thereof and, pursuant thereto, the
Company shall have the following obligations:
(a) The
Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement
with respect to the Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts
to cause such Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities to
become effective as soon as practicable after such filing (but in no event later
than the Effectiveness Deadline). The Company shall keep each
Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the
earlier of (i) the date as of which the Investors may sell all of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement without
restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be
in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under
the 1933 Act or (ii) the date on which the Investors shall have sold all of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (the "Registration
Period"). The Company shall ensure that each 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 the case of prospectuses, in the light of the
circumstances in which they were made) not misleading. The term "best
efforts" shall mean, among other things, that the Company shall submit to the
SEC, within two (2) Business Days after the later of the date that (i) the
Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be
made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on a
particular Registration Statement, as the case may be, and (ii) the approval of
Legal Counsel pursuant to Section 3(c) (which approval is immediately sought), a
request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a
time and date not later than two (2) Business Days after the submission of such
request. The Company shall respond in writing to comments made by the
SEC in respect of a Registration Statement as soon as practicable, but in no
event later than fifteen (15) days after the receipt of comments by or notice
from the SEC that an amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement
to be declared effective.
(b) The
Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the
prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus
is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may be
necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the
Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the
1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the
Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such
Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the
intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in
such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and
supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant
to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the
Company filing a report on Form 10-Q, Form 10-K or any analogous report under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Company shall
have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if
applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the
same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for
the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement.
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(c) The
Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to review and comment upon (i) a
Registration Statement at least three (3) Business Days prior to its filing with
the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements
(except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current
Reports on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor reports) within a reasonable
number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file any
Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which
Legal Counsel reasonably objects. The Company shall not submit a
request for acceleration of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement thereto without the prior approval of Legal Counsel,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall
furnish to Legal Counsel, without charge, (i) copies of any correspondence from
the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating
to any Registration Statement, (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and
filed with the SEC, one copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s)
thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents
incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, and all exhibits
and (iii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one copy of the
prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and
supplements thereto. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with
Legal Counsel in performing the Company's obligations pursuant to this Section
3.
(d) The
Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included
in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) promptly after the
same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one copy of such Registration
Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an
Investor, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement, as many copies of the prospectus
included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements
thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor may reasonably request)
as such Persons may reasonably request and (iii) such other documents, including
copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably
request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the
Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.
(e) The
Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an
exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors
of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such
other securities or "blue sky" laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the
United States, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions such amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and
qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during
the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to
maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the
Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or
advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection
therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction,
or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel and
each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of
any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities
or "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of
actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose.
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(f) The
Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing of the happening
of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as
a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then
in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any
material, nonpublic information), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare
a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue
statement or omission, and deliver as many copies of such supplement or
amendment to Legal Counsel and each Investor as such Persons may reasonably
request. The Company shall also promptly notify Legal Counsel and
each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such
effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal Counsel and each Investor by facsimile
on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), (ii) of any
request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or
related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company's reasonable
determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would
be appropriate. By 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the date following
the date any post-effective amendment has become effective, the Company shall
file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final
prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration
Statement.
(g) The
Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or
other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension
of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the
withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to
notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being
sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of
actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such
purpose.
(h) If
any Investor is required under applicable securities laws to be described in the
Registration Statement as an underwriter or an Investor believes that it could
reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities, at the
reasonable request of such Investor, the Company shall furnish to such Investor,
on the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and thereafter
from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably request (i) a
letter, dated such date, from the Company's independent certified public
accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent
certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering,
addressed to the Investors, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of
counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in
form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public
offering, addressed to the Investors.
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(i)
If any Investor is required
under applicable securities laws to be described in the Registration Statement
as an underwriter or an Investor believes that it could reasonably be deemed to
be an underwriter of Registrable Securities, the Company shall cooperate with
such Investor to provide any information reasonably required as a result of such
determination to (i) such Investor, (ii) Legal Counsel and (iii) one firm of
accountants or other agents retained by the Investors (collectively, the "Inspectors"). Each
Inspector shall agree to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any
disclosure (except to an Investor) or use of any information which the Company
determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the
Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such information is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration
Statement or is otherwise required under the 1933 Act, (b) the release of such
information is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order
from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the
information has been made generally available to the public other than by
disclosure in violation of this Agreement. Each Investor agrees that
it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information is sought in or by a
court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means,
give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to
undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective
order for, the information deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in
any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and any Investor) shall
be deemed to limit the Investors' ability to sell Registrable Securities in a
manner which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and
regulations.
(j)
The Company shall hold in
confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor
provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary
to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such
information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any
Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered
pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or
governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been
made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of
this Agreement or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it
shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor
is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or
through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and allow such
Investor, at the Investor's expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent
disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such
information.
(k) The
Company shall use its best efforts either to (i) cause all of the Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities
exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company
are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then
permitted under the rules of such exchange or (ii) secure the inclusion for
quotation of all of the Registrable Securities on the NYSE Amex or (iii) if,
despite the Company's best efforts, the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying
the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), to secure the inclusion for quotation on,
The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ
Global Market for such Registrable Securities and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, to use its best efforts to arrange for at least two
market makers to register with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
("FINRA") as such with
respect to such Registrable Securities. The Company shall pay all
fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this
Section 3(k).
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(l)
The Company shall cooperate with the
Investors who hold Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent
applicable, facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not
bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be
offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be
in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors may
reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investors may
request.
(m) If
requested by an Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable (i)
incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such
information as an Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating
to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without
limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities
being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other
terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering;
(ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make
amendments to any Registration Statement if reasonably requested by an Investor
holding any Registrable Securities.
(n) The
Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered
by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other
governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities.
(o) The
Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period
covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in the
manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the 0000 Xxx) covering a
twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's
fiscal quarter next following the applicable Effective Date of a Registration
Statement.
(p) The
Company shall otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules
and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration
hereunder.
(q) Within
two (2) Business Days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable
Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall
cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such
Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable
Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that such
Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit
A.
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(r)
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, at any time after the Effective Date, if (i) there is material
non-public information regarding the Company which the Company's Board of
Directors (the "Board") determines
not to be in the Company's best interest to disclose and which the Company is
not otherwise required to disclose, (ii) there is a significant business
opportunity (including, but not limited to, the acquisition or disposition of
assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any merger,
consolidation, tender offer or other similar transaction) available to the
Company which the Board determines not to be in the Company's best interest to
disclose and the Company is not otherwise required to disclose, or (iii) the
Company is required to file a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement to incorporate the Company’s quarterly and annual reports and audited
financial statements on Forms 10-QSB and 10-KSB, then the Company may suspend
effectiveness of a registration statement for a period (“Grace Period”); provided that the
Company may not suspend effectiveness of a registration statement under this
Section 3(r) for more than twenty (20) consecutive days or for more than
forty-five (45) days in the aggregate during any three hundred sixty-five (365)
day period and the first day of any Grace Period must be at least five (5)
Trading Days after the last day of any prior Grace Period; provided, further, that no such
suspension shall be permitted arising out of the same set of facts,
circumstances or transactions; and provided, further, that the
Company shall promptly notify the Investors in writing of (x) the date on which
the Grace Period will begin and (y) the date on which the Grace Period ends
(each, an “Allowable Grace
Period”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace
Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on and include the date the Investors
receive the notice referred to in clause (x) of the last proviso of the
preceding sentence and shall end on and include the later of the date the
Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (y) of the last proviso of
the preceding sentence and the date referred to in such notice. The
provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period of
any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the
Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect
to the information giving rise thereto unless such information is no longer
applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company
shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a
transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities
Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with
respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale, prior to the
Investor's receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Investor
has not yet settled.
(s) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof shall identify any Buyer as
an underwriter in any public disclosure or filing with the SEC, the Principal
Market or any Eligible Market and any Buyer being deemed an underwriter by
the SEC shall not relieve the Company of any obligations it has under this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities
Purchase Agreement) without the prior approval of such Buyer; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from including the disclosure found in
the "Plan of Distribution" section attached hereto as Exhibit B in the
Registration Statement.
(t) The
Company shall not file any other registration statements until, or grant
registration rights to any Person that can be exercised prior to the time that,
all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to a Registration Statement
that is declared effective by the SEC, provided that this Section 3(t) shall not
prohibit the Company from filing amendments (pre-effective and post-effective)
to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement; provided
that no such amendment shall increase the number of securities registered on a
registration statement. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement,
enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the
effect of impairing the rights granted to the Buyers in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
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4. Obligations of the
Investors.
(a) At
least three (3) Business Days prior to the first anticipated Filing Date of a
Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the
information the Company requires from each such Investor if such Investor elects
to have any of such Investor's Registrable Securities included in such
Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the
obligations of the Company to complete any registration pursuant to this
Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor
that such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding
itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of
disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably
required to effect and maintain the effectiveness of the registration of such
Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such
registration as the Company may reasonably request.
(b) Each
Investor, by such Investor's acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to
cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection
with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless
such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor's election to
exclude all of such Investor's Registrable Securities from such Registration
Statement.
(c) Each
Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first
sentence of 3(f), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such
Registrable Securities until such Investor's receipt of copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first
sentence of 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is
required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall
cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a
transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities
Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with
respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the
Investor's receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of
the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f) and for which
the Investor has not yet settled.
(d) Each
Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in
connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
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5. Expenses of
Registration.
All
reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred
in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections
2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and
qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company. The Company
shall also reimburse the Investors for the fees and disbursements of Legal
Counsel in connection with registration, filing or qualification pursuant to
Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement which amount shall be limited to $15,000 for
each such registration, filing or qualification.
6. Indemnification.
In the
event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement under
this Agreement:
(a) To
the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does,
indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor, the directors, officers,
partners, members, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if
any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934
Act (each, an "Indemnified
Person"), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments,
fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys' fees, amounts paid in
settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, "Claims"), incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry,
proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any
court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the
SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or
may be a party thereto ("Indemnified Damages"), to
which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or
proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of
the offering under the securities or other "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction
in which Registrable Securities are offered ("Blue Sky Filing"), or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration
Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if
the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or
the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to
make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the
statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any violation or alleged
violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law,
including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or
regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or (iv) any violation of this
Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being,
collectively, "Violations"). Subject
to Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly
as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or
other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section
6(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person 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 such Indemnified Person
for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation
of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement
thereto, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to
Section 3(d); and (ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any
Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the
Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person
and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors
pursuant to Section 9.
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(b) In
connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is
participating, each such Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify,
hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set
forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers
who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an "Indemnified Party"), against
any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under
the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified
Damages 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 to the Company by such Investor
expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject
to Section 6(c), such Investor shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in
connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however,
that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement
with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts
paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior
written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be
liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified
Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the
sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration
Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party
and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors
pursuant to Section 9.
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(c) Promptly
after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6
of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any
governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a
written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall
have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so
desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume
control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the
indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the
case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not
more than one counsel for all such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be
paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel
retained by the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party, as applicable, the
representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any
other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the
case of an Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately
preceding sentence shall be selected by the Investors holding at least a
majority in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration
Statement to which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or
Indemnified Person shall cooperate reasonably with the indemnifying party in
connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Claim by the
indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information
reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which
relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep
the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to
the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect
thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of
any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent,
provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold,
delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without
the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person,
consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other
compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by
the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a
release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation and such
settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the
Indemnified Party. Following indemnification as provided for
hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms
or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been
made. 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 Person or
Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such
action.
(d) 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 and
when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.
(e) The
indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of
action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against
the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying
party may be subject to pursuant to the law.
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: (i) no
Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000
Xxx) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any
Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable
Securities shall be limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by
such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such
Registration Statement.
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8. Reports Under the 1934
Act.
With a
view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated
under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may
at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public
without registration ("Rule
144"), the Company agrees to:
(a) make
and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined
in Rule 144;
(b) file
with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company remains
subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents
is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and
(c) furnish
to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly
upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has
complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the 1934
Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company
and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such
other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell
such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.
9. Assignment of Registration
Rights.
The
rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the Investors
to any transferee of all or any portion of such Investor's Registrable
Securities if: (i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee
or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to
the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment; (ii) 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; (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment
the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is
restricted under the 1933 Act or applicable state securities laws; (iv) at or
before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause
(ii) of this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the
Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; and (v) such
transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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10. Amendment of Registration
Rights.
Provisions
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 the Required
Holders; provided that any such amendment or waiver that complies with the
foregoing but that disproportionately, materially and adversely affects the
rights and obligations of any Investor relative to the comparable rights and
obligations of the other Investors shall require the prior written consent of
such adversely affected Investor. Any amendment or waiver effected in
accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the
Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it
applies to less than all of the holders of the Registrable
Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person
to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this
Agreement unless the same consideration (other than the reimbursement of legal
fees) also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) A
Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person
owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If
the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or
more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall
act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from such record
owner of such Registrable Securities.
(b) Any
notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be
given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and delivered in
accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, which Section
9(f) shall be deemed to have been incorporated herein by reference and shall
apply to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.
(c) Failure
of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise,
or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a
waiver thereof.
(d) All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New
York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or
rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of
New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed
herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit,
action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought
in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or
proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such
notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute
good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE
ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT
OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
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(e) If
any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to
be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision
that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed
amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable,
and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement
as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original
intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited
nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not
substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of
the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be
conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith
negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s)
with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to
that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
(f)
This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents
(as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the instruments referenced
herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth
or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the other
Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein
supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
(g) Subject
to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties
hereto.
(h) The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i)
This Agreement may be executed
in identical 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
facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the
party so delivering this Agreement.
(j)
Each party shall do and perform, or
cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall
execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and
documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the
intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) All
consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant
to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement,
by the Required Holders, determined as if all of the outstanding Notes then held
by the Investors have been converted for Registrable Securities without regard
to any limitations on redemption, amortization and/or conversion of the Notes
and the outstanding Warrants then held by Investors have been exercised for
Registrable Securities without regard to any limitations on exercise of the
Warrants.
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(l)
The language used in this
Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express
their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against
any party.
(m) This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
(n) The
obligations of each Investor hereunder are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Investor, and no provision of this Agreement is
intended to confer any obligations on any Investor vis-à-vis any other
Investor. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any
Investor pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a
group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated
herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer
and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration
Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
COMPANY:
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[Signature
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer
and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration
Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
BUYERS:
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[Signature
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SCHEDULE
OF BUYERS
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EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Corporate
Stock Transfer, Inc.
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
[ ]
Re:
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Radient
Pharmaceuticals
Corporation
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
[We
are][I am] counsel to Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and have
represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2011 (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"), entered
into by and among the Company and the buyers named therein (collectively, the
"Holders") pursuant to
which the Company issued to the Holders senior convertible notes (the “Notes”) convertible into
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock") and warrants
exercisable for shares of Common Stock (the "Warrants"). Pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also has entered into a
Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders (the "Registration Rights
Agreement") pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to
register the resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement), including the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Notes and upon exercise of the Warrants under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). In
connection with the Company's obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement, on ____________ ___, 2010, the Company filed a Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (File No. 333-_____________) (the "Registration Statement") with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the
Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as a selling shareholder
thereunder.
In
connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that a member of the SEC's
staff has advised [us][me] by telephone that the SEC has entered an order
declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ENTER TIME OF
EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF
EFFECTIVENESS] and
[we][I] have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC's
staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that
any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC
and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
This
letter shall serve as our standing instruction to you that the shares of Common
Stock are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration
Statement. You need not require further letters from us to effect any
future legend-free issuance or reissuance of shares of Common Stock to the
Holders as contemplated by the Company's Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions
dated January [●],
2011.
Very
truly yours,
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[ISSUER'S COUNSEL]
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By:
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EXHIBIT
B
SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS
The
shares of common stock being offered by the selling shareholders are those
issuable to the selling shareholders upon conversion of the convertible notes
and upon exercise of the warrants. For additional information
regarding the issuance of those convertible notes and warrants, see "Private
Placement of Convertible Notes and Warrants" above. We are
registering the shares of common stock in order to permit the selling
shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except
for the ownership of the convertible notes and the warrants issued pursuant to
the Securities Purchase Agreement, the selling shareholders have not had any
material relationship with us within the past three years.
The table
below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the
beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock by each of the selling
shareholders. The second column lists the number of shares of common
stock beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of
the convertible notes and warrants, as of ________, 2010, assuming conversion of
all convertible notes and exercise of the warrants held by the selling
shareholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on conversions,
amortizations, redemptions or exercises.
The third
column lists the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus by the
selling shareholders.
In
accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling
shareholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of at least 130% of
the sum of (i) the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable pursuant to
the convertible notes (assuming a conversion price equal to $0.60 (subject to
adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications,
reorganizations, recapitalizations, combinations, reverse stock splits or other
similar events)) as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the date the
registration statement is initially filed with the SEC, and (ii) the maximum
number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the related warrants
as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the date the registration statement
is initially filed with the SEC. Because the conversion
price of the convertible notes and the exercise price of the warrants may be
adjusted, the number of shares that will actually be issued may be more or less
than the number of shares being offered by this prospectus. The
fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling
shareholders pursuant to this prospectus.
Under the
terms of the convertible notes and the warrants, a selling shareholder may not
convert the convertible notes or exercise the warrants to the extent such
conversion or exercise would cause such selling shareholder, together with its
affiliates, to beneficially own a number of shares of common stock which would
exceed 4.99% of our then outstanding shares of common stock following such
conversion or exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination shares of
common stock issuable upon conversion of the convertible notes which have not
been converted and upon exercise of the warrants which have not been
exercised. The number of shares in the second column does not reflect
this limitation. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none
of their shares in this offering. See "Plan of
Distribution."
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Name of Selling Shareholder
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Number of Shares of
Common Stock Owned
Prior to Offering
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Maximum Number of Shares
of Common Stock to be Sold
Pursuant to this Prospectus
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Common Stock Owned
After Offering
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[Buyer]
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PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
We are
registering the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the
convertible notes and upon exercise of the warrants to permit the resale of
these shares of common stock by the holders of the convertible notes and
warrants from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will
not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders 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 shareholders 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 shareholders 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,
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on
any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the
securities may be listed or quoted at the time of
sale;
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the over-the-counter market;
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in
transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the
over-the-counter market;
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through
the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options
exchange or otherwise;
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ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
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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;
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purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
account;
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an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
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privately
negotiated transactions;
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short
sales;
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sales
pursuant to Rule 144;
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broker-dealers
may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified number of
such shares at a stipulated price per
share;
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a
combination of any such methods of sale;
and
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any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
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If the
selling shareholders 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 shareholders 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 shareholders 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 shareholders may also sell shares of common
stock short and deliver shares of common stock covered by this prospectus to
close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such
short sales. The selling shareholders may also loan or pledge shares
of common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such
shares.
The
selling shareholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of
the convertible notes, warrants or 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 shareholders to include the
pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders
under this prospectus. The selling shareholders 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 shareholders 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 shareholders 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.
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There can
be no assurance that any selling shareholder will sell any or all of the shares
of common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this
prospectus forms a part.
The
selling shareholders 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
shareholders 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
shareholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if
any. We will indemnify the selling shareholders against liabilities,
including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the
registration rights agreements, or the selling shareholders will be entitled to
contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling shareholders
against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that
may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling
shareholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the
related registration rights agreement, or we may be entitled to
contribution.
Once sold
under the 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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