REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made
and entered into as of August 26, 2009 among CNS Response, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and the
Maxim Group, LLC (“Maxim”).
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Holder have entered into that certain Placement Agency
Agreement, dated August 3, 2009 (the “Agency Agreement”) in
connection with the Company’s private offering to select, accredited investors
of units (the “Investors” and,
together with Maxim, the “Holders”), each unit
comprised of 180,000 shares of Common Stock, and a five-year warrant to purchase
90,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per
share (the “Investor
Warrants”), in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions
described in that certain Private Placement Memorandum, dated August 26, 2009,
as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Memorandum”);
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Investors entered into Subscription Agreements, a form of
which is attached hereto as Annex C (the “Subscription
Agreement”); and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms of the Memorandum and in connection with the Holder’s
services under the Agency Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Holder
certain warrants to purchase the Company’s Common Stock (the “Placement Agent
Warrants”, and, together with the Investor Warrants, the “Warrants”).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Advice” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“Effectiveness Date”
means no later than the 180th
calendar day following the final closing of the Offering; provided, however, that in the
event the Company is notified by the Commission that the Registration Statement
will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the
Effectiveness Date shall be the fifth Trading Day following the date on which
the Company is so notified if such date precedes the date required
above.
“Effectiveness Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Event” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Event Date” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Filing Date” means no
later than the later of (i) ten (10) business days following the Company’s
filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its year ended September 30, 2009
with the Securities and Exchange Commission; or (ii) the 20th calendar day after
termination of the Offering.
“Indemnified Party”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying Party”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Losses” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Plan of Distribution”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Prospectus” means the
prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon
Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by
any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement, and
all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable
Securities” means, the Shares, the Shares issuable upon the exercise of
the Warrants.
“Registration
Statement” means the registration statement required to be filed
hereunder, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such
registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective
amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration
statement.
“Rule 415” means Rule
415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as
such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule
424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as
such Rule.
“Selling Shareholder
Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(a).
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2.
Registration. On or prior to the Filing
Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration
Statement covering the resale of the Registrable Securities on such Filing Date
for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The
Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then
eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which
case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance
herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85%
majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution”
attached hereto as Annex A.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts
to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any
event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts
to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities
Act until the sooner of the second anniversary of the date of such effectiveness
or the date that all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration
Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to
Rule 415, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written
opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s
transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness
Period”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the amount of Registrable Securities required to be included in the
Registration Statement as described in this Section 2 shall not exceed the
maximum amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in a Registration
Statement without exceeding registration limitations imposed by the SEC pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “Rule 415 Amount”). In
the event that less than all of the Registrable Securities are included in the
Registration Statement as a result of such limitations, then the Company will
file additional Registration Statements each registering the Rule 415 Amount,
seriatim, until all of the Registrable Securities have been registered.
The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of the Registration
Statement as of 5:00 pm Eastern time on a Trading Day. The Company
shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically
confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested
for effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company shall, by
9:30 am Eastern time on the second Trading Day after the Filing Date, file a
final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. All selling
shareholders included on the applicable Registration Statement shall be given
notice of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement substantially at the
same time.
3.
Registration
Procedures.
In connection
with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company
shall:
(a) Not
less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of the Registration
Statement and not less than one Trading Day prior to the filing of the related
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that
would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the
Company shall, (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed
to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and
(ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public
accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the
reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder to conduct a reasonable
investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not
file the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is
notified of such objection in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days after
the Holders have been so furnished copies of the Registration Statement or one
(1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of the related
Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to
the Company a completed Questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as
Annex B (a “Selling
Shareholder Questionnaire”) not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to
the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the date
on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this
Section.
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(b) (i)
Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously
effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness
Period; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any
required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and as
so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as
promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission
with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as
promptly as reasonably possible provide the Holders true and complete copies of
all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to the Registration
Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information contained
therein which would constitute material non-public information as to any Holder
which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the Company); and (iv)
comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement during the Effectiveness Period in
accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of
disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so
amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) Notify
the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant
to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, shall also be accompanied by an
instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes
have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A)
below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested
by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading
Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed to be filed;
(B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of
such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on
such Registration Statement; and (C) with respect to the Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any
request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority
for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other
federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities
or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) 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; (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of
time that makes the financial statements included in the Registration Statement
ineligible for inclusion therein or 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; and (vi) the occurrence or existence of any pending
corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may
be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the
best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of the Registration
Statement or Prospectus; provided that any and
all of such information shall remain confidential to each Holder until such
information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required
by law; provided, further, that
notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential,
the Holders make no acknowledgement that any such information is material,
non-public information.
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(d) Use
its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal
of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or
(ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of
any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest
practicable moment.
(e) Furnish
to each Holder, without charge, at least one (1) conformed copy of the
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and
all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously
furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such
documents with the Commission.
(f) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after
the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).
(g) The Company shall effect a filing with respect to the
public offering contemplated by the Registration Statement (an “Issuer Filing”)
with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Corporate Financing Department
pursuant to the applicable FINRA Rule within one (1) Trading Day of the date
that the Registration Statement is filed with the Commission and pay the filing
fee required by such Issuer Filing. The Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to pursue the Issuer Filing until FINRA issues a letter
confirming that it does not object to the terms of the offering contemplated by
the Registration Statement.
(h) (i) In
the time and manner required by the NYSE Amex and any other market on which the
Registrable Securities are traded (each, a “Principal Market”),
prepare and file with each Principal Market an additional shares listing
application covering all of the Registrable Securities and a notification form
regarding the change in the number of the Company’s outstanding Shares; (ii)
take all steps necessary to cause such Registrable Securities to be approved for
listing on each Principal Market as soon as possible thereafter; (iii) provide
to each Holder notice of such listing; and (iv) maintain the listing of such
Registrable Securities on each Principal Market.
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(i)
Prior to any
resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable
efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the
Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by
the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within
the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the
Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably
necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable
Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that the
Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any
material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a
general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(j)
If requested
by the Holders, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered
to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall
be free, to the extent permitted by the Subscription Agreement, of all
restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may
request.
(k) Upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by this Section 3, as promptly as
reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s
good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its
stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or
amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement
or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. If the Company notifies the
Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to
suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus
have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The
Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may
be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to
exercise its right under this Section 3(k) to suspend the availability of the
Registration Statement and Prospectus for a period not to exceed sixty (60)
calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any twelve (12) month
period.
(l) Comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and each Principal
Market.
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(m) The
Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified
statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such
Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have
voting and dispositive control over the Shares. During any periods that the
Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the
registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to
furnish such information within three (3) Trading Days of the Company’s request,
any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only
shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such
delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is
delivered to the Company.
4. Registration
Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company
whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the Registration
Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall
include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be
made with any Principal Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for
trading, and (B) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws
reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation,
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky
qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), and (C) if not previously paid by the Company in
connection with an Issuer Filing, with respect to any filing that may be
required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales
of Registrable Securities with FINRA pursuant to the applicable FINRA
Rule, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage
commission in connection wish such sale, (ii) printing expenses of the
Company (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for
Registrable Securities, (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses of the
Company, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities
Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees
and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In
addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses
incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required
hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or
similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the
Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the
Holders.
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5. Indemnification
(a) Indemnification by the
Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this
Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors,
members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell
Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to
perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors and employees
(and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding
such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of
them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers,
directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other
Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles,
notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such
controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively,
“Losses”), as
incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form
of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the
Company of the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any
rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent,
that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information
regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder
expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to
such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of the Registrable
Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that
the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of
an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the
use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has
notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and
prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section
6(d). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution,
threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is
aware.
(b) Indemnification by
Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person
who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or
employees of such controlling Persons (and any other Persons with a functionally
equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such
title or any other title, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based
solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or
any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged
omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so
furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in
such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that such
information relates to such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of the
Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by
such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (it being understood
that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus
or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in
the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section
3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus
after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is
outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice
contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling
Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds
received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise
to such indemnification obligation.
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(c) Conduct of Indemnification
Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any
Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”),
such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is
sought (the “Indemnifying Party”)
in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the
extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
(which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such
failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the
right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in
the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the
Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the
Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such
Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified
Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably
believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same
counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in
which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing
that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying
Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense
thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate
counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding
effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior
written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending
Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such
settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
Proceeding.
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Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the
Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred
in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a
manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified
Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses
applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially
determined to be not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
(d) Contribution. If the
indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified
Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then
each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact,
has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a
result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses
incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such
party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the
indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in
accordance with its terms.
The
parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any
other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required
to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the
net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable
Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, except in the case of fraud by
such Holder.
The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition
to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified
Parties.
6. Miscellaneous
(a) Remedies. In
the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder, of any of their respective
obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may
be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and
under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and
each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation
for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of
this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for
specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall
waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
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(b) No Piggyback on
Registrations. Except as set froth on
Schedule 6(b) attached hereto, neither the Company nor any of its security
holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include
securities of the Company in any Registration Statement other than the
Registrable Securities. The Company shall not file any other registration
statements until there is an effective Registration Statement(s) pursuant to
which the Holders are permitted to utilize a Prospectus to resell all
Registrable Securities or such Registrable Securities may be resold by the
Holders pursuant to Rule 144(k), provided that this Section 6(b) shall not
prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements filed
prior to the date of this Agreement.
(c) Compliance. Each
Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(d) Discontinued
Disposition. Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of Registrable
Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of
any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder
will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the
Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the
Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been
supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its best
efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as
it practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods
during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the
Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section
2(b).
(e) Piggy-Back
Registrations. If at any time during the Effectiveness Period there is
not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable
Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement relating to an offering for its own account
or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity
securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the
Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be
issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with the stock option or other employee
benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder a written notice of
such determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after the date of such
notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include
in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities
such Holder requests to be registered; provided, however, that, the
Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to
this Section 6(d) that are not eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 415
promulgated under the Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the amount of Registrable Securities required to be included in the
Registration Statement as described in this Section 6(d) shall equal the lesser
of (i) the amount of Registrable Securities that Holders request to have so
registered pursuant to this Section 6(d) and (ii) the maximum amount of
Registrable Securities which may be included in a Registration Statement without
exceeding the Rule 415 Amount.
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(f) Amendments and
Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or
consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders holding at least
67% of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect
to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not
directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by
Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent
relates; provided, however, that the
provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except
in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding
sentence.
(g) Notices. Any and all
notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be
provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Placement Agent
Warrant.
(h) Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to
the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the
Holders of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign
their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted
under the Subscription Agreement.
(i)
No Inconsistent
Agreements. 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
Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions
hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(h),
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has previously entered into any
agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities
to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.
(j)
Execution and
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement
and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and
delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not
sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such
signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or
on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if
such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original
thereof.
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(k) Governing Law.
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of the Subscription Agreement.
(l)
Cumulative Remedies.
The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
remedies provided by law.
(m) Severability. If any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(n) Headings. The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of
this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
(o) Independent Nature of
Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder
are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder,
and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the
obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any
other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any
Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as
a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including
without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be
necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written
above.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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MAXIM
GROUP LLC
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By:
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Name:
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ANNEX
A
Plan of
Distribution
The
shares covered by this prospectus may be offered and sold from time to time by
the selling stockholders. The term “selling stockholder” includes pledgees,
donees, transferees or other successors in interest selling shares received
after the date of this prospectus from each selling stockholder as a pledge,
gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale related transfer. The number of
shares beneficially owned by a selling stockholder will decrease as and when it
effects any such transfers. The plan of distribution for the selling
stockholders’ shares sold hereunder will otherwise remain unchanged, except that
the transferees, pledgees, donees or other successors will be selling
stockholders hereunder. To the extent required, we may amend and supplement this
prospectus from time to time to describe a specific plan of
distribution.
The
selling stockholders will act independently of us in making decisions with
respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. The selling stockholders
may make these sales at prices and under terms then prevailing or at prices
related to the then current market price. The selling stockholders may also make
sales in negotiated transactions. The selling stockholders may offer their
shares from time to time pursuant to one or more of the following
methods:
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ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
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one
or more 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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publicly
or privately negotiated
transactions;
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through
underwriters, brokers or dealers (who may act as agents or principals) or
directly to one or more purchasers;
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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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In
connection with distributions of the shares or otherwise, the selling
stockholders may:
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enter
into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares in the
course of hedging the positions they
assume;
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sell
the shares short and redeliver the shares to close out such short
positions;
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enter
into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial
institutions which require the delivery to them of shares offered by this
prospectus, which they may in turn resell;
and
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pledge
shares to a broker-dealer or other financial institution, which, upon a
default, they may in turn resell.
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In
addition to the foregoing methods, the selling stockholders may offer their
shares from time to time in transactions involving principals or brokers not
otherwise contemplated above, in a combination of such methods or described
above or any other lawful methods. The selling stockholders may also transfer,
donate or assign their shares to lenders, family members and others and each of
such persons will be deemed to be a selling stockholder for purposes of this
prospectus. The selling stockholders or their successors in interest may from
time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of
common stock, and if the selling stockholders default in the performance of
their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell
the shares of common stock from to time under this prospectus; provided however
in the event of a pledge or then default on a secured obligation by the selling
stockholder, in order for the shares to be sold under this registration
statement, unless permitted by law, we must distribute a prospectus supplement
and/or amendment to this registration statement amending the list of selling
stockholders to include the pledgee, secured party or other successors in
interest of the selling stockholder under this prospectus.
The
selling stockholders may also sell their shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, which permits limited resale of shares purchased in a private
placement subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Sales
through brokers may be made by any method of trading authorized by any stock
exchange or market on which the shares may be listed or quoted, including block
trading in negotiated transactions. Without limiting the foregoing, such brokers
may act as dealers by purchasing any or all of the shares covered by this
prospectus, either as agents for others or as principals for their own accounts,
and reselling such shares pursuant to this prospectus. The selling stockholders
may effect such transactions directly, or indirectly through underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents acting on their behalf. In effecting sales,
broker-dealers or agents engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for
other broker-dealers to participate. Broker-dealers or agents may receive
commissions, discounts or concessions from the selling stockholders, in amounts
to be negotiated immediately prior to the sale (which compensation as to a
particular broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions for routine
market transactions).
In
offering the shares covered by this prospectus, the selling stockholders, and
any broker-dealers and any other participating broker-dealers who execute sales
for the selling stockholders, may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the
meaning of the Securities Act in connection with these sales. Any profits
realized by the selling stockholders and the compensation of such broker-dealers
may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.
The
Company is required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration of
the shares.
The
Company has agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against certain losses,
claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act.
ANNEX
B
Selling
Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire
The
undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable
Securities”) of CNS Response, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) the
Registration Statement (the “Registration
Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of
the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the
Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the
address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
Certain
legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the
Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders
and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own
securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being
named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related
prospectus.
NOTICE
The
undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling
Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the
Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.
The
undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and
represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
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1.
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Name.
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(a)
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Full
Legal Name of Selling Securityholder
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(b)
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Full
Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through
which Registrable Securities are held:
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(c)
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Full
Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who
directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose
of the securities covered by the questionnaire):
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Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
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Telephone:
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Fax:
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Contact Person:
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Broker-Dealer Status:
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you a broker-dealer?
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Yes ¨ No ¨
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(b)
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If
“yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as
compensation for investment banking services to the
Company.
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Yes ¨ No ¨
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If
no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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Are
you an affiliate of a
broker-dealer?
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Yes ¨ No ¨
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If
you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought
the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the
time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had
no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person
to distribute the Registrable
Securities?
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If
no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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4.
Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling
Securityholder.
Except
as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or
registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registerable
Securities.
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Type
and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Securityholder:
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5. Relationships
with the Company:
Except
as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers,
directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity
securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any
other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates)
during the past three years.
State any
exceptions here:
The
undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes
in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof
at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
By
signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information
contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such
information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements
thereto. The undersigned understands that such information
will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or
amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice
and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly
authorized agent.
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Beneficial
Owner: ___________________________________
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PLEASE
FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN
THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
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Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx
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ANNEX
C
INVESTOR
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
