REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of May __,
2001, by and among Interactive Telesis Inc., a Delaware corporation, with
headquarters located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the "COMPANY"), the undersigned buyers (each, a "BUYER" and
collectively, the "BUYERS") and the Finders (as defined below).
WHEREAS:
A. In connection with the Series B Preferred Stock and Warrants
Purchase Agreement by and among the parties hereto of even date herewith (the
"SERIES B PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of the Series B Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell
to the Buyers (i) shares of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock,
$0.001 par value per share (the "SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK"), convertible into
shares of the Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share ("COMMON
STOCK") and (ii) warrants (the "WARRANTS") to purchase shares of Series B
Preferred Stock (the "WARRANT SHARES"), convertible into shares of Common Stock;
B. In connection with the transactions contemplated under the
Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to issue to each of Xxx
Xxxx and Next Millennium Capital Holdings, LLC (each, a "FINDER" and
collectively, the "FINDERS"), as payment of a finders' fee, (i) shares of Common
Stock (the "FINDERS SHARES"), and (ii) warrants to purchase shares of Common
Stock (the "FINDERS WARRANTS"), as set forth on the Schedule of Investors
attached hereto.
C. To induce the Buyers to execute and deliver the Series B 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, the
Finders and the Buyers hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
A. "INVESTOR" means a Buyer or Finder, any transferee or
assignee thereof to whom a Buyer or Finder 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.
b. "PERSON" means a corporation, a limited liability company,
an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a
governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.
c. "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 under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering
securities on a continuous basis ("RULE 415"), and the declaration or ordering
of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
d. "REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means (i) the Finders Shares, the
Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Finders Warrants, the
Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the Series B Purchase Agreement,
including the Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Series B
Preferred Stock (including the Warrant Shares issued or issuable on exercise of
the Warrants) and (ii) any shares of capital stock issued or issuable with
respect to Registrable Securities, Series B Preferred Stock (including the
Warrant Shares issued or issuable on exercise of the Warrants), Finders Warrants
or Warrants as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
anti-dilution adjustment, exchange or similar event or otherwise, without regard
to any limitation on exercise or conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock
(including the Warrant Shares issued or issuable on exercise of the Warrants),
Finders Warrants or Warrants.
e. "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means a registration statement or
registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act.
2. REGISTRATION.
a. DEMAND REGISTRATIONS. Subject to the terms of this Section
2.a and Section 5, at any time after the date hereof, after receipt of a written
request (the "INVESTOR REQUEST") from the holders of Registrable Securities
requesting that the Company effect a registration under the Securities Act
covering at least 40% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, and
specifying the intended method of disposition thereof, the Company shall
promptly notify all Investors in writing of the receipt of such request and each
such Investor may elect (by written notice sent to the Company within ten (10)
business days from the date of such Investor's receipt of the aforementioned
notice from the Company) to have Registrable Securities included in such
registration thereof pursuant to this Section 2.a. Thereupon, the Company shall,
as expeditiously as possible (and in accordance with Section 3), use its best
efforts to effect the registration under the 1933 Act of all shares of
Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by
such Investors for sale, all to the extent required to permit the disposition of
all of the Registrable Securities so registered; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to effect more than two (2) registrations of
Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.a.
b. PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. If at any time the Company
proposes to file with the SEC a Registration Statement relating to an offering
for its own account or the account of others under the 1933 Act of any of its
securities (other than a Registration Statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or
their equivalents at such time) relating to securities to be issued solely in
connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities
issuable in connection with stock option or other employee benefit plans), the
Company shall promptly send to each Investor written notice of the Company's
intention to file a Registration Statement and of such Investor's rights under
this Section 2.b and, if within twenty (20) days after receipt of such notice,
such Investor shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such
Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities such
Investor requests to be registered, subject to the priorities set forth in this
Section 2.b below. No right to registration of Registrable Securities under this
Section 2.b shall be construed to limit any registration required under Section
2.a. The obligations of the Company under this Section 2.b may be waived by
Investors holding a majority of the Registrable Securities. If an offering in
connection with which an Investor is entitled to registration under this Section
2.b is an underwritten offering, then each Investor whose Registrable Securities
are included in such Registration Statement shall, unless otherwise agreed to by
the Company, offer and sell such Registrable Securities in an underwritten
offering using the same underwriter or underwriters and, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, on the same terms and conditions as other shares
of Common Stock included in such underwritten offering. If a registration
pursuant to this Section 2.b is to be an underwritten public offering and the
managing underwriter(s) advise the Company in writing, that in their reasonable
good faith opinion, marketing or other factors dictate that a limitation on the
number of shares of Common Stock which may be included in the Registration
Statement is necessary to facilitate and not adversely affect the proposed
offering, then the Company shall include in such registration:
(1) first, all securities the Company proposes to sell for its
own account;
(2) second, up to the full number of securities proposed to be
registered for the account of the holders of securities entitled to inclusion of
their securities in the Registration Statement by reason of demand registration
rights; and
(3) third, the securities requested to be registered by the
Investors and other holders of securities entitled to participate in the
registration, as of the date hereof, drawn from them pro rata based on the
number each has requested to be included in such registration.
c. ALLOCATION OF REGISTRABLE SECURITIES. The initial number of
Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement and each increase
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 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 shall be allocated to the remaining
Investors, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held
by such Investors.
d. LEGAL COUNSEL. Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Investors
holding a majority of the Registrable Securities shall have the right to select
one legal counsel to review and oversee as their counsel any offering pursuant
to this Section 2 ("LEGAL COUNSEL"), which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx &
Xxxxxx LLP as their counsel or such other counsel as thereafter designated by
the holders of a majority of Registrable Securities. The Company shall
reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel in performing the Company's obligations
under this Agreement.
e. INELIGIBILITY FOR FORM S-3. In the event that Form S-3 is
unavailable for any registration of Registrable Securities hereunder, the
Company shall (i) register the sale of the Registrable Securities on another
appropriate form 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.
3. RELATED OBLIGATIONS.
Whenever an Investor has requested that any Registrable Securities be
registered pursuant to Section 2.b or at such time as the Company is obligated
to file a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2.a, 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 (on or prior
to the thirtieth (30th) day after the Company's receipt of the Investor Request
(the "DEMAND FILING DATE")) for the registration of Registrable Securities
pursuant to Section 2.a and use its best efforts to cause such Registration
Statements relating to the Registrable Securities to become effective as soon as
possible after such filing (but, in no event later than ninety (90) days after
the Company's receipt of the Investor Request in the event the SEC does not
review the Registration Statement and no later than one hundred twenty (120)
days after the Company's receipt of the Investor Request in the event the SEC
conducts a full review of the Registration Statement (as applicable, the "DEMAND
EFFECTIVE DATE")). The Company shall not file any other Registration Statement
with respect to its securities between the date of the Investor Request and
ninety (90) days after the Demand Effective Date (other than a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (or its equivalent at such time) or any Registration
Statements required to be filed for securities issued or issuable to H&QGF
pursuant to the existing terms of the Company's equity line agreement with
H&QGF. The Company shall keep any Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder 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 pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the 1933 Act
(or successor thereto) or (ii) the date on which (A) the Investors shall have
sold all the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement
and (B) none of the Series B Preferred Stock (including the Warrant Shares
issued or issuable on exercise of the Warrants), Finders Warrants or Warrants
is outstanding (the "REGISTRATION PERIOD"), which Registration Statement
(including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained
therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading. The term "best efforts" shall mean, among other things, that
the Company shall submit to the SEC, within two business days after 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 the
Registration Statement, as the case may be, a request for acceleration of
effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later
than 48 hours after the submission of such request.
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-K, Form
10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "1934 ACT"), the Company 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 the
Registration Statement.
c. The Company shall (a) permit Legal Counsel to review and
comment upon (i) the Registration Statement at least seven (7) days prior to its
filing with the SEC and (ii) all other Registration Statements and all
amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements within a reasonable
number of days prior to the their filing with the SEC and (b) not file any
document 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 approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company
shall furnish to Legal Counsel, without charge, (i) 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
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.
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, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement, ten (10) 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)
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 reasonable efforts to (i) register
and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under
such other securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions in the United
States as Legal Counsel or any Investor reasonably requests, (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.
f. In the event Investors who hold a majority of the
Registrable Securities being offered in the offering select underwriters for the
offering, the Company shall enter into and perform its obligations under an
underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without
limitation, customary indemnification and contribution obligations, with the
underwriters of such offering; provided, however, that the Company shall have
the right to consent to the selection of such underwriter, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld.
g. As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such
event, the Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing of
the happening of any 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 omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, and promptly prepare a supplement or
amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or
omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to Legal
Counsel and each Investor (or such other number of copies as Legal Counsel or
such Investor 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.
h. 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 (and, in the event of an underwritten
offering, the managing underwriters) 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.
i. At the request of any 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) if required by an underwriter, 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 underwriters, 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 underwriters and the
Investors.
j. The Company shall make available for inspection by (i) any
Investor, (ii) Legal Counsel, (iii) any underwriter participating in any
disposition pursuant to a Registration Statement, (iv) one firm of accountants
or other agents retained by the Investors, and (v) one firm of attorneys
retained by such underwriters (collectively, the "INSPECTORS") all pertinent
financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of
the Company (collectively, the "RECORDS"), as shall be reasonably deemed
necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company's officers, directors and
employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably request;
provided, however, that each Inspector shall hold in strict confidence and shall
not make any disclosure (except to an Investor) or use of any Records or other
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 Records 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 Records is ordered pursuant to a
final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of
competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made
generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of
this or any other agreement of which the Inspector has knowledge. Each
Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records
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 Records deemed confidential.
k. 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.
l. The Company shall use its best efforts either to (i) cause
all the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed
on each securities exchange or market 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
market, or (ii) secure the inclusion for quotation on the over-the-counter
market on the electronic bulletin board for such Registrable Securities and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to arrange for at least two
market makers to register with the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. ("NASD") 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.x.
x. The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold
Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, any managing
underwriter or underwriters, to 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 managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or, if there is no
managing underwriter or underwriters, the Investors may reasonably request and
registered in such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or
the Investors may request.
n. The Company shall provide a transfer agent and registrar of
all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such
Registration Statement.
o. If requested by the managing underwriters or an Investor,
the Company shall: (i) immediately incorporate in a prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriters and the
Investors agree should 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 sold to such underwriters,
the purchase price being paid therefor by such underwriters and any other terms
of the underwritten (or best efforts underwritten) offering of the Registrable
Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as 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 requested by an Investor or any underwriter of such Registrable Securities.
p. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the
Registrable Securities covered by the applicable 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.
q. The Company shall make generally available to its security
holders as soon as practical, but not later than 90 days after the close of the
period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with 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 effective date of the Registration Statement.
r. 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.
s. Within two (2) business days after a Registration Statement
which covers applicable 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.
t. The Company shall take all other reasonable actions
necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by the Investors of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
u. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.g, at
any time after the Registration Statement has been declared effective, the
Company may delay the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning
the Company the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith
opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company and its counsel, in the best
interest of the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, otherwise
required (a "GRACE PERIOD"); provided, that the Company shall promptly (i)
notify the Investors in writing of the existence of material, non-public
information giving rise to a Grace Period and the date on
which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Investors in writing
of the date on which the Grace Period ends; and, provided further, that
during any consecutive 365-day period, there shall be only one Grace Period,
such Grace Period not to exceed 20 days in the aggregate (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 (i) above and shall end on and include the date
the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) above. Upon
expiration of the Allowable Grace Period, the Company shall again be bound by
the first sentence of Section 3.g with respect to the information giving rise
thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Investors may exercise or convert Finders Warrants, Warrants and Series B
Preferred Stock (including the Warrant Shares issued or issuable on exercise
of the Warrants) during a Grace Period.
v. Each of the following events shall constitute a
"REGISTRATION DEFAULT" for purposes of this Agreement:
(i) the Company's failure to file a Registration Statement
pursuant to Section 2.a by the Demand Filing Date;
(ii) the SEC's failure to declare a Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2.a effective on or before the Demand Effective Date,
except where the failure to meet such deadline is the result solely of actions
by the holders of Registrable Securities or Legal Counsel;
(iii) the Company's failure to request acceleration of the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement within two (2) business days after the
SEC has notified the Company that it may file such an acceleration request as
required by Section 3.a hereof, except where the failure to meet such deadline
is a result solely of actions by the holders of Registrable Securities or Legal
Counsel;
(iv) the Investors' inability to sell all Registrable
Securities pursuant to an effective Registration Statement (whether because of a
failure to keep the Registration Statement effective, to disclose such
information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to the Registration
Statement, to register sufficient shares of Common Stock or otherwise); or
(v) the aggregate days of Grace Period exceed the Allowable
Grace Period.
Upon the occurrence of a Registration Default, the Company shall pay each
Investor an amount determined in accordance with the following formula for each
30-day period of such Registration Default:
2% x P x N for the first 30 days of the first Registration Default, and
3% x P x N for all continuing subsequent Registration Defaults
where
P = the average closing sale price of the Company's Common Stock
on the Principal Market for the applicable 30 days (for
purposes of this Agreement, "PRINCIPAL MARKET" shall mean the
American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the
NASDAQ National Market, or the NASDAQ SmallCap Market,
whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or
market for the Common Stock, based upon share volume, or if
the Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or market, the
OTC Bulletin Board); and
N = the number of Registrable Securities that such Investor
holds or may acquire pursuant to exercise or conversion of
Series B Preferred Stock (including the Warrant Shares issued
or issuable on exercise of the Warrants), Finders Warrants or
Warrants on the last day of the applicable 30-day period
(without giving effect to any limitations on conversion or
exercise of such Series B Preferred Stock (including the
Warrant Shares issued or issuable on exercise of the
Warrants), Finders Warrants or Warrants).
If a Registration Default is cured before the end of a 30-day period, the
applicable formula shall be pro-rated. The Company shall pay such amount in cash
on demand by an Investor made at any time during the continuance or after
termination of such Registration Default. If the Company does not remit payment
of the amount due to such Investor, the Company will pay the Investor's
reasonable costs of collection, including attorneys' fees. An Investor's right
to demand such payment shall be in addition to any other rights it may have
under this Agreement, the Series B Purchase Agreement or otherwise.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS.
a. At least seven (7) 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 the 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 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. In the event any Investor elects to participate in an
underwritten public offering pursuant to Section 2.b, each such Investor agrees
to enter into and perform such Investor's obligations under an underwriting
agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without limitation, customary
indemnification and contribution obligations, with the managing underwriter of
such offering and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities.
d. 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.h
or the first sentence of Section 3.g, 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 the copies
of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.h or the
first sentence of Section 3.g.
e. No Investor may participate in any underwritten
registration hereunder unless such Investor (i) agrees to sell such Investor's
Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the Investors entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements, (ii)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms
of such underwriting arrangements, and (iii) agrees to pay its pro rata share of
all underwriting discounts and commissions.
f. Each Investor agrees not to take any action to cause such
Investor to become a registered broker-dealer as defined under the 1934 Act or
to effect any change to such Investor's status that would preclude the Company
from using Form S-3 for the Registration Statement.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.
All reasonable expenses (other than expenses incurred pursuant
to Section 3.j(iv) and (v) and 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 and reasonable fees and disbursements of Legal Counsel,
shall be paid by the Company.
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 who holds such Registrable
Securities, the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents,
representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within
the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, and any underwriter (as defined in
the 0000 Xxx) for the Investors, and the directors and officers of, and each
Person, if any, who controls, any such underwriter 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,
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 or 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 material violation
of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being,
collectively, "VIOLATIONS").
The Company shall reimburse the Investors and each such
underwriter or controlling person, promptly as such expenses are incurred and
are due and payable, for any legal fees or reasonable other 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 or underwriter 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;
(ii) with respect to any preliminary prospectus, shall not inure to the benefit
of any such person from whom the person asserting any such Claim purchased the
Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof (or to the benefit of
any person controlling such person) if the untrue statement or omission of
material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected in the
prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, if such prospectus was timely
made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3.d, and the Indemnified
Person was promptly advised in writing not to use the incorrect prospectus
prior to the use giving rise to a violation and such Indemnified Person,
notwithstanding such advice, used it; (iii) shall not be available to the
extent such Claim is based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or to
cause to be delivered the prospectus made available by the Company, if such
prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3.d;
and (iv) 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. 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.
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, each Person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act
(collectively and together with an Indemnified Person, 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.d, such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them 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; 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6.b with respect to any
preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party
if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the
preliminary prospectus was corrected on a timely basis in the prospectus and
such prospectus was provided to Investors as required, as then amended or
supplemented.
c. The Company shall be entitled to receive indemnities from
underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry
professionals participating in any
distribution, to the same extent as provided above, with respect to
information such persons so furnished in writing expressly for inclusion in
the Registration Statement.
d. 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 to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in
the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the
representation by such counsel of the Indemnified 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. The Company shall
pay reasonable fees for only one separate legal counsel for the Investors, and
such legal counsel shall be selected by the Investors holding a majority of the
issued or issuable Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement
to which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall
cooperate fully 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 written
consent; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably
withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without
the 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. 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.
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 seller of Registrable Securities guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to
contribution from any seller 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 net amount of proceeds received by
such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities.
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"),
during the Registration Period, 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 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
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 and 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.
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 Investors who then hold or have the right to acquire two-thirds (2/3) of the
Registrable Securities. 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 any of this Agreement unless the same consideration 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 the registered 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 will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when
delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided
confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and
kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one business day after deposit with
a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly
addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers
for such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
Interactive Telesis Inc
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
With a copy to:
Rushall & XxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
If to an Investor, to its address and facsimile number on the signature pages or
Schedule of Investors attached hereto, with copies to such Investor's
representatives as set forth on the signature pages or Schedule of Investors or
to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such
other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to
each other party five days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written
confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent,
waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically generated by the sender's
facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an
image of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier
service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, overnight or courier
delivery or transmission by facsimile in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, respectively.
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 Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of
law or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the
laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. Each party hereby
irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 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. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that
jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this
Agreement in any other jurisdiction. 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.
e. This Agreement constitutes 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 supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof.
f. 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.
g. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
h. 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.
i. 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 the 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.
j. 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.
k. 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.
* * * * * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Registration Rights
Agreement to be duly executed as of day and year first above written.
COMPANY: BUYERS:
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INTERACTIVE TELESIS INC. BH CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.
By: HB and Co., Inc. its General
Partner
By: By:
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Name: Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Its: Its: Authorized Signatory
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EXCALIBUR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Excalibur Capital Management, Inc.
Its General Partner
By:
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, President
FINDERS:
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Xxx Xxxx
Next Millennium Capital Holdings, LLC
By:
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Name:
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Its:
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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ATTN:
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Re: INTERACTIVE TELESIS INC.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Interactive Telesis Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY"), which has entered into that certain Series B Preferred Stock and
Warrants Purchase Agreement dated as of May __, 2001 (the " PURCHASE AGREEMENT")
by and among the Company, and the buyers named therein (collectively with the
Finders, the "HOLDERS") pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holders
shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share
(the "SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK"), convertible into shares of the Company's
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "COMMON STOCK") and Warrants to
purchase Series B Preferred Stock. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the
Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders
and the Finders (as defined therein) (the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT")
pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the
Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 ACT"). In connection with the
Company's obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ____________
___, 2001, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-___ (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 stockholder thereunder.
In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the
SEC's staff has advised us 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 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.
Very truly yours,
[ISSUER'S COUNSEL]
By:
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cc: [LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS AND FINDERS]
SCHEDULE OF INVESTORS
NAME OF BUYER INITIAL NUMBER OF SHARES OF SERIES B INITIAL NUMBER OF SHARES OF
PREFERRED STOCK SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK
UNDERLYING WARRANTS
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BH CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, L.P. 25,000 7,500
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Tower, 7th Floor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada X0X 0X0
Fax: 000-000-0000
EXCALIBUR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 25,000 7,500
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X I B2
Fax: 000-000-0000
NAME OF FINDER INITIAL NUMBER OF FINDERS SHARES OF INITIAL NUMBER OF SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK UNDERLYING FINDERS
WARRANTS
XXX XXXX 18,750 2,500
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X0X 0X0
NEXT MILLENNIUM CAPITAL HOLDINGS, LLC. 18,750 2,500
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
