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EXHIBIT 4.4
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made and
entered into as of October 31, 2000, among Procom Technology, Inc., a California
corporation (the "COMPANY"), and the investors signatory hereto (each such
investor is a "PURCHASER" and all such investors are, collectively, the
"PURCHASERS").
WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to enter into this Agreement in
connection with, and as a condition to the Closing under, the Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company and the
Purchasers (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT");
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers agree
as follows:
1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in
this Agreement, (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement, and (b) the
following terms have the meanings indicated:
"FILING DATE" means, with respect to the initial Registration
Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 45th day following the
Closing Date, and, with respect to any additional Registration
Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the 30th day
following the date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably
should have known that such additional Registration Statement is
required under such Section.
"HOLDER" means any holder, from time to time, of Registrable
Securities.
"PROCEEDING" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or
proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
"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 430A
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 any Common Stock (including
Underlying Shares) issued or issuable pursuant to the Transaction
Documents.
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"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the initial registration
statement required to be filed hereunder and any additional
registration statements contemplated by Section 3(c), including (in
each case) 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.
"REQUIRED EFFECTIVENESS DATE" means, with respect to the
initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the
120th day following the Closing Date, and, with respect to any
additional Registration Statements that may be required pursuant to
Section 3(c), the 90th day following the date on which the Company
first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional
Registration Statement is required under such Section.
"RULE 415," "RULE 424" and "RULE 461" means Rule 415, Rule 424
and Rule 461, respectively, promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or
any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission
having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"SPECIAL COUNSEL" means one special counsel to the Holders.
Unless the Holders notify the Company otherwise, the Special Counsel
will be the Purchaser Counsel identified in the Purchase Agreement.
2. Shelf Registration
(a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare
and file with the Commission a "Shelf" Registration Statement covering the
resale of all Registrable Securities 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 as the Holders may consent) and
shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Holders) the "Plan of
Distribution" attached hereto as Annex A. 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 Required Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts
to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities
Act until the date which is two years after the date that such Registration
Statement is declared effective by the Commission or such earlier date when all
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or
may be sold in any calendar quarter pursuant to Rule 144(k) (the "EFFECTIVENESS
PERIOD").
(b) The initial Registration Statement to be filed hereunder
shall cover the sale by the Holders of at least the Required Minimum number of
shares of Common Stock.
(c) Each of the following shall constitute an "EVENT"
hereunder:
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(i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior
to its Filing Date or is filed without the Company affording the
Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required
by Section 3(a) hereof;
(ii) an amendment to a Registration Statement is not
filed by the Company with the Commission within 10 Trading Days after
the Commission notifies the Company that such amendment is required in
order for such Registration Statement to be declared effective, or the
Company fails to respond as promptly as reasonably possible and in any
event within 10 Trading Days to any comments received from the
Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto;
(iii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a
request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 within five days
after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever
is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be
"reviewed" or is not subject to further review;
(iv) a Registration Statement filed hereunder is not
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to its Required
Effectiveness Date;
(v) after the Effective Date of a Registration
Statement, a Holder is not permitted to sell Registrable Securities
under such Registration Statement (or a subsequent Registration
Statement filed in replacement thereof) for five or more Trading Days
(whether or not consecutive);
(vi) the Common Stock is not listed or quoted, or is
suspended from trading, on an Eligible Market for a period of three
consecutive Trading Days; or
(vii) the exercise or conversion rights of the
Holders pursuant to the Transaction Documents are suspended for any
reason other than as provided in Section 4.5(g) of the Purchase
Agreement (but only so long as the Company is complying with Section
4.5(g) of the Purchase Agreement) or Section 14 of the Debenture.
Upon the occurrence of any Event and on every monthly anniversary thereof until
the applicable Event is cured, as partial relief for the damages suffered
therefrom by the Holders (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other
remedies available at law or in equity), the Company shall pay to each Holder an
amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 2.0% of the
aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
The liquidated damages payable pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a
pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Company's
registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Not less than three Trading Days prior to the filing of
each Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference), the
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Company shall (i) furnish to the Holders and their Special Counsel 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 their Special Counsel, 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 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 and their Special Counsel shall
reasonably object.
(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 and prepare and file with the Commission
such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under
the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related
Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement,
and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii)
respond as promptly as reasonably possible, and in any event within ten Trading
Days, 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; 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 applicable period in accordance 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) If, on any date, the number of shares of Common Stock
previously registered under all existing Registration Statements is less than
125% of the Actual Minimum on such date, then the Company shall file an
additional Registration Statement covering a number of shares of Common Stock at
least equal to (i) the Required Minimum on such date, less (ii) the number of
shares of Common Stock previously registered under all existing Registration
Statements; provided that the Company will not be required at any time to
register a number of shares of Common Stock greater than the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock that could possibly be issued pursuant to the Transaction
Documents.
(d) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold
and their Special Counsel as promptly as reasonably possible, and (if requested
by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day
thereafter, of any of the following events: (i) the Commission notifies the
Company whether there will be a "review" of any Registration Statement; (ii) the
Commission comments in writing on any Registration Statement (in which case the
Company shall deliver to each Holder a copy of such comments and of all written
responses thereto); (iii) any Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment is declared effective; (iv) the Commission or any other Federal or
state governmental authority requests any amendment or supplement to a
Registration Statement or Prospectus or requests additional information related
thereto; (v) the Commission issues any stop order suspending the
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effectiveness of any Registration Statement or initiates any Proceedings for
that purpose; (vi) the Company receives notice of any suspension of the
qualification or exemption from qualification of any Registrable Securities for
sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any Proceeding for such
purpose; or (vii) the financial statements included in any Registration
Statement become ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference is untrue in any material respect or any
revision to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other document is required
so that 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.
(e) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of or, if
issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of
any 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.
(f) Furnish to each Holder and their Special Counsel, without
charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, 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.
(g) Promptly deliver to each Holder and their Special Counsel,
without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each
form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may
reasonably request. 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.
(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities,
use its best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling
Holders and their Special Counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such
Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws
of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder requests in
writing, to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption
therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other
acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by a 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 or subject the
Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject.
(i) Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to
be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which
certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the
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Purchase 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.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event described in Section
3(d)(vii), as promptly as reasonably possible, 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.
(k) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission.
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, (a) all registration and filing fees
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses (i) with respect to filings
required to be made with any Trading Market, and (ii) in compliance with
applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation,
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky
qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and determination of
the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of
such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders )), (b) printing expenses
(including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for
Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses requested by the Holders),
(c) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (d) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and Special Counsel for the Holders and (e) fees and
expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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, 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 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, agents and employees 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, costs of preparation and attorneys' fees) and expenses
(collectively, "LOSSES"), as incurred, arising out of or relating to 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
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of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, 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 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 or (ii) in the case of an
occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(v)-(vii), 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(f).
The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or
assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(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, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses (as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment not subject
to appeal or review) arising out of or based upon any 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 arising out of
or based upon any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading to the extent, but in
all such cases 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 to the extent that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are
based 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
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 or (ii) in the
case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section
3(d)(v)-(vii), 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(f). 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.
(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 be entitled but not obligated 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
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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 proximately and materially adversely prejudiced the
Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ one
separate counsel with each other Indemnified Party in each jurisdiction in which
any such Proceeding is pending or threatened 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: (i) the Indemnifying Party has agreed
in writing to pay such fees and expenses; or (ii) 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 (iii) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any
impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying
Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a
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
such 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. 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.
All 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 (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified
Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided, that the
Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to reimburse
all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially determined
that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder).
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section
5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy
or otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, 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
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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 Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys' or other reasonable 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 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. No Person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was
not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
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 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 waive the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) 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 the Holders. 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 at least a majority 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.
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(c) 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 and to the extent specified in the applicable
schedule to the Purchase Agreement, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary 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.
(d) No Piggyback on Registrations. Except as and to the extent
specified in the applicable schedule to the Purchase Agreement, 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 the Registration
Statement other than the Registrable Securities, and the Company shall not after
the date hereof enter into any agreement providing any such right to any of its
security holders.
(e) 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.
(f) Discontinued Disposition. Each Holder agrees by its
acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from
the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Sections
3(d)(iv), 3(d)(v), 3(d)(vi), or 3(d)(vii), such Holder will forthwith
discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the Registration
Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented
Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement contemplated by Section 3(j),
or until it is advised in writing (the "ADVICE") by the Company that the use of
the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received
copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement.
The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of
this paragraph.
(g) 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 stock option or other employee
benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder written notice of such
determination and, if within fifteen days after receipt 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any, of such offering advise each Holder of such Registrable
Securities that the success of the offering
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would be materially and adversely affected by the inclusion of the Registrable
Securities and securities of such Persons requested to be included, then the
amount of securities to be offered for the accounts of Holders and securities of
such Persons will be reduced first, by reducing such securities of the holders
of securities other than the Holders, and second, by reducing the Registrable
Securities (ratably in proportion to the amount of Registrable Securities
proposed to be registered in such offering) proposed for registration to the
extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such
offering to the amount recommended by such managing underwriter or underwriters.
(h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or
deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified in this Agreement on a day that is not a
Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) and earlier than 11:59
p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the
date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier
service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required
to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as
follows:
If to the Company: Procom Technology, Inc.
00 Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: O'Melveny & Xxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
If to a Purchaser: To the address set forth under such Purchaser's name
on the signature pages hereof;
or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same
manner, by such Person.
(i) 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 its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Holder. Each Holder may assign its rights and obligations hereunder in the
manner and to the extent permitted under the Purchase Agreement.
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(j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with
the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original
thereof.
(k) Governing Law. The corporate laws of the State of
California shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company
and its stockholders. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
Texas, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts sitting in Dallas, Texas, for the adjudication of any dispute
hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby
or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the
Transaction Documents), 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
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 via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery
(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for 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.
(l) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are
cumulative and not exclusive of any 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 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 of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
(o) Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights.
The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder is several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or
document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
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hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Each Purchaser 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 Purchaser 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.
PROCOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MONTROSE INVESTMENTS LTD.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Address for Notice:
Montrose Investments Ltd.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxx
With copies to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxx, L.L.P.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
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Annex A
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Selling Stockholders and any of their pledgees, assignees and
successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares
of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the
shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or
negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the
following methods when selling shares:
o ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the
broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
o 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;
o purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the
broker-dealer for its account;
o an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
o privately negotiated transactions;
o short sales
o broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a
specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
o a combination of any such methods of sale; and
o any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
The Selling Stockholders may also engage in short sales against the
box, puts and calls and other transactions in securities of the Company or
derivatives of Company securities and may sell or deliver shares in connection
with these trades. The Selling Stockholders may pledge their shares to their
brokers under the margin provisions of customer agreements. If a Selling
Stockholder defaults on a margin loan, the broker may, from time to time, offer
and sell the pledged shares.
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for
other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive
commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer
acts as agent for the purchaser of shares,
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from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The Selling Stockholders do not
expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types
of transactions involved.
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are
involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the
meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any
commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the
resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.
The Company is required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the
registration of the shares, including fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Selling Stockholders. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling
Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act.
