EXHIBIT 99.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made and entered
into as of September 20, 2006, by and among X. Xxxxx-Food International Ltd., an
Israeli company (the "COMPANY"), and the investors signatory hereto (each a
"INVESTOR" and collectively, the "INVESTORS").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof among the Company and the Investors (the "PURCHASE
AGREEMENT").
The Company and the Investors hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein
that are defined in the Purchase Agreement will have the meanings given such
terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1:
"ADVICE" has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day except Saturday, Sunday, Friday and any
day which is a federal legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions
in the State of New York or the city of Tel Aviv are authorized or required
by law or other governmental action to close.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" means, as to the Registration Statement, the date on
which such Registration Statement is first declared effective by the
Commission.
"EFFECTIVENESS DATE" means the earlier of: (i) the 90th calendar day
following the Closing Date; PROVIDED, that, if the Commission reviews and
has written comments to the filed Registration Statement that would require
the filing of a pre-effective amendment thereto with the Commission, then
the Effectiveness Date under this clause (i) shall be the 130th calendar
day following the Closing Date, and (ii) the fifth Trading Day following
the date on which the Company is notified by the Commission that the
Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to
further review and comments PROVIDED THAT, if the Effectiveness Date falls
on a Saturday, Sunday or any other day which shall be a legal holiday or a
day on which the Commission is authorized or required by law or other
government actions to close, the Effectiveness Date shall be the following
Business Day.
"EFFECTIVENESS PERIOD" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"FILING DATE" means the 40th calendar day following the Closing Date.
"HOLDER" or "HOLDERS" means the holder or holders, as the case may be,
from time to time of Registrable Securities.
"INDEMNIFIED PARTY" has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
"INDEMNIFYING PARTY" has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
"LOSSES" has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
"NEW YORK COURTS" means the state and federal courts sitting in the
City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
"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: (i) the Shares, (ii) the Warrant
Shares and (iii) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split,
dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event, or any
conversion price adjustment with respect to any of the securities
referenced in (i) or (ii) above.
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the registration statement required to
be filed in accordance with Section 2(a), including the Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus,
including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all
material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein.
"RULE 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"RULE 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"RULE 424" means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
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"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"SHARES" means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the
Investors pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
"WARRANTS" means the Common Stock purchase warrants issued or issuable
to the Investors pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and to any placement
agent identified in SCHEDULE 3.1(U) to the Purchase Agreement in accordance
with the terms of the engagement or similar agreements between the Company
and any such agents.
"WARRANT SHARES" means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants.
2. REGISTRATION.
(a) On or prior to the Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file
with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all
Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and effective
registration statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis
pursuant to Rule 415, on Form F-3 (or on such other form appropriate for
such purpose). Such Registration Statement shall contain (except if
otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the
Commission upon a review of such Registration Statement) the "Plan of
Distribution" attached hereto as ANNEX A. The Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event,
no later than its Effectiveness Date, and shall use its reasonable best
efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the
Securities Act until the date which is the earliest of (i) three years
after its Effective Date, (ii) such time as all of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been publicly sold
by the Holders, or (iii) such time as all of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement may be sold by the Holders pursuant
to Rule 144(k) as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a
written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the
Company's transfer agent and the affected Holders (the "EFFECTIVENESS
PERIOD"). By 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately
following the Effective Date, the Company shall file with the Commission in
accordance with Rule 424 under the Securities Act the final prospectus to
be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement
(whether or not such filing is technically required under such Rule).
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(b) If: (i) the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its
Filing Date (if the Company files the Registration Statement without
affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as
required by Section 3(a) hereof, the Company shall not be deemed to have
satisfied this clause (i)), or (ii) the Registration Statement is not
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to its required
Effectiveness Date or if by the Business Day immediately following the
Effective Date the Company shall not have filed a "final" prospectus for
the Registration Statement with the Commission under Rule 424(b) (whether
or not such a prospectus is actually required by such Rule), or (iii) after
its Effective Date, without regard for the reason thereunder or efforts
therefor, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to be effective
and available to the Holders as to all Registrable Securities to which it
is required to cover at any time prior to the expiration of its
Effectiveness Period for more than an aggregate of 25 Trading Days (which
need not be consecutive) in any one-year period measured from the Effective
Date (any such failure or breach being referred to as an "EVENT," and for
purposes of clauses (i) or (ii) the date on which such Event occurs, or for
purposes of clause (iii) a date which such 25 Trading Day-period is
exceeded, being referred to as "EVENT DATE"), then in addition to any other
rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law: on each
monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall
not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the
Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1.0% of the aggregate Investment
Amount paid by such Holder for Shares pursuant to the Purchase Agreement
which are still owned by such Holder. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT (1) THE
COMPANY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WITH
RESPECT TO ANY WARRANTS OR WARRANT SHARES AND (2) IN NO EVENT WILL THE
COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IN EXCESS OF
1.0% OF THE AGGREGATE INVESTMENT AMOUNT OF THE HOLDERS IN ANY 30-DAY
PERIOD, AND (3) THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES PAYABLE TO A
HOLDER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE TEN PERCENT (10%) OF THE AGGREGATE
INVESTMENT AMOUNT PAID BY SUCH HOLDER PURSUANT TO THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on
a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an
Event.
(c) Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed
Questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as ANNEX B (a "SELLING
HOLDER QUESTIONNAIRE"). The Company shall not be required to include the
Registrable Securities of a Holder in the Registration Statement and shall
not be required to pay any liquidated or other damages under Section 2(b)
to any Holder who fails to furnish to the Company a fully completed Selling
Holder Questionnaire at least three Trading Days prior to the Filing Date
(subject to the requirements set forth in Section 3(a)).
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
In connection with the Company's registration obligations hereunder, the
Company shall:
(a) Not less than four Trading Days prior to the filing of the
Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, the Company shall furnish to each Holder copies of the
"Selling Stockholders" section of such document, the "Plan of Distribution"
and any risk factor contained in such document that addresses specifically
this transaction or the Selling Stockholders, as proposed to be filed which
documents will be subject to the review of such Holder. The Company shall
not file the Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto in which the "Selling Stockholder" section thereof
differs from the disclosure received from a Holder in its Selling Holder
Questionnaire (as amended or supplemented).
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(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments,
including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable
Registrable Securities for its 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 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 such Registration
Statement that would not result in the disclosure to the Holders of
material and non-public information concerning the Company; and (iv) comply
in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act with respect to the Registration Statement and the disposition
of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement.
(c) Notify the Holders as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the
case of (i)(A) below, not less than three Trading Days prior to such filing
and, in the case of (v) below, not less than three Trading Days prior to
the financial statements in the Registration Statement becoming ineligible
for inclusion therein) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such
notice in writing no later than one Trading Day following the day (i)(A)
when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the
Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a "review" of such
Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on
such Registration Statement (the Company shall provide true and complete
copies thereof and all written responses thereto to each of the Holders
that pertain to the Holders as a Selling Stockholder or to the Plan of
Distribution, but not information which the Company believes would
constitute material and non-public information); and (C) with respect to
the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same
has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other
Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to
the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering any or all of the
Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that
purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such
purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that
makes the financial statements included in the Registration Statement
ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in such Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(d) Use its reasonable best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if
issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification
(or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for
sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(e) Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed
copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all
exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously
furnished) as promptly as reasonably possible after the filing of such
documents with the Commission.
(f) Promptly, as reasonably possible, deliver to each Holder, without
charge, as many copies of each 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.
(g) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its
best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities for offer
and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of all 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 the Registration Statement; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do
business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or take any
action that would subject it to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or subject the Company to any
material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(h) Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be
delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which
certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the 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.
(i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c)(v),
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 the 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.
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(j) Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will not sell any
Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until the Company
has electronically filed the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented as
contemplated in Section 3(i).
4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. All fees and expenses incident to the performance
of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the
Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the
Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing
sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings
required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then
listed for trading, and (B) in compliance with applicable state securities or
Blue Sky laws), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses
of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses
if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement),
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company
so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons
retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible
for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation,
all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any
securities exchange as required hereunder. The Company shall not be responsible
for the fees and disbursements of any underwriters (including any commissions
and discounts) and their legal counsel and accountants, if any are employed in
connection with a registration statement.
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, investment advisors, partners, members 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, reasonable costs of preparation and
reasonable 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 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 (1) 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 (it being understood that the Holder
has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (2) in the case of an
occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), 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 an Advice or an
amended or supplemented Prospectus, but only if and to the extent that
following the receipt of the Advice or the amended or supplemented
Prospectus the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have
been corrected. The Company shall notify the Holders as promptly as
reasonably possible, of the institution, threat or assertion of any
Proceeding of which the Company is aware in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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(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 incurred, arising solely out of or based solely
upon: (x) such Holder's failure to comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue 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
arising solely out of or based solely 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 only to the extent that, (1) 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 (it being understood that the Holder has
approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (2) in the case of
an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v),
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 an Advice or an
amended or supplemented Prospectus, but only if and to the extent that
following the receipt of the Advice or the amended or supplemented
Prospectus the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have
been corrected. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder
hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds
received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving
rise to such indemnification obligation.
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(c) CONDUCT OF INDEMNIFICATION PROCEEDINGS. If any Proceeding shall be
brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an
"INDEMNIFIED PARTY"), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the
Person from whom indemnity is sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing,
and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the
employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and
the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense
thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such
notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or
liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent
that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
(which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such
failure shall have proximately and materially adversely prejudiced the
Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or
Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such
fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named
parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both
such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and 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. 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).
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(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 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.
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) NO PIGGYBACK ON REGISTRATIONS. Except as and to the extent
specified in SCHEDULE 3.1(V) 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
during the Effectiveness Period enter into any agreement providing any such
right to any of its security holders.
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(c) COMPLIANCE. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply
with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as
applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(d) DISCONTINUED DISPOSITION. Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of
such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company
of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c), 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 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.
(e) PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. If at any time during the Effectiveness
Period there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the
Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file
with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for
its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of
its equity securities, other than on Form F-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
calendar 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, subject to customary underwriter cutbacks
applicable to all holders of registration rights.
(f) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this Section 6(f), 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 of no less than a majority in interest of the
then outstanding Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a
matter that relates exclusively to the rights of certain 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.
(g) 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
(provided the sender receives a machine-generated confirmation of
successful transmission) at the facsimile number specified in this Section
prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, (b) the next
Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified
in this Section on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 6:30 p.m.
(New York City time) on any Business Day, (c) the third Business Day
following the date of mailing, if sent by a recognized international
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:
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If to the Company: X. Xxxxx-Food International Ltd.
0 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, 00000
Israel
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: 972 8 932 2277
With a copy to: Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy,
Xxxxxxxxx & Co.
One Azrieli Center
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Adv.
Telephone: x000 (0) 000-0000
Facsimile: x000 (0) 000-0000
If to a Investor: To the address set forth under such Investor's
name on the signature pages hereto.
If to any other Person who is then the registered Holder:
To the address of such Holder as it appears
in the stock transfer books of the Company
or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same
manner, by such Person.
(h) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the
parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not
assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of each Holder. Each Holder may assign their respective rights
hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase
Agreement.
(i) EXECUTION AND 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.
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(j) GOVERNING LAW. 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 New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of
law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the
interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective
Affiliates, employees or agents) will be commenced in the New York Courts.
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the New York Courts 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 Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any New York Court, or that such Proceeding has been
commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process
being served in any such 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. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial
by jury in any Proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence a
Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the prevailing
party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its
attorney's fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
(k) CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. The remedies provided herein are cumulative
and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
(l) 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.
(m) HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
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(n) INDEPENDENT NATURE OF INVESTORS' OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS. The
obligations of each Investor under this Agreement are several and not joint
with the obligations of each other Investor, and no Investor shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Investor under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein or in any
Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant thereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a
group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Each Investor
acknowledges that no other Investor will be acting as agent of such
Investor in enforcing its rights under this Agreement. Each Investor shall
be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including
without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall
not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party
in any Proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that each of
the Investors has been provided with the same Registration Rights Agreement
for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Investors and not
because it was required or requested to do so by any Investor.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first written above.
X. XXXXX-FOOD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
By: /s/ GIL HOCHBOIN
--------------------
Gil Hochboin
Chief Financial Officer
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first written above.
NAME OF INVESTING ENTITY
____________________________________________
By: ________________________________________
Name:
Title:
ADDRESS FOR NOTICE
c/o:________________________________________
Street:_____________________________________
City/State/Zip:_____________________________
Attention:__________________________________
Tel:________________________________________
Fax:________________________________________
Email:______________________________________
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Annex A
Plan of Distribution
The Selling Stockholders and any of their pledgees, donees, transferees,
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 Investors;
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 to cover short sales made after the date that this Registration Statement
is declared effective by the Commission;
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.
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, 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 may from time to time pledge or grant a security
interest in some or all of the Shares owned by them and, if they default in the
performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may
offer and sell shares of Common Stock from time to time under this prospectus,
or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other
applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933 amending the list of selling
stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest
as selling stockholders under this prospectus.
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Upon the Company being notified in writing by a Selling Stockholder that
any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale
of Common Stock through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution
or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, a supplement to
this prospectus will be filed, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act, disclosing (i) the name of each such Selling Stockholder and of
the participating broker-dealer(s), (ii) the number of shares involved, (iii)
the price at which such the shares of Common Stock were sold, (iv)the
commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s),
where applicable, (v) that such broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any
investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in
this prospectus, and (vi) other facts material to the transaction. In addition,
upon the Company being notified in writing by a Selling Stockholder that a donee
or pledgee intends to sell more than 500 shares of Common Stock, a supplement to
this prospectus will be filed if then required in accordance with applicable
securities law.
The Selling Stockholders also may transfer the shares of Common Stock in
other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors
in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this
prospectus.
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. Discounts, concessions, commissions and
similar selling expenses, if any, that can be attributed to the sale of
Securities will be paid by the Selling Stockholder and/or the purchasers. Each
Selling Stockholder has represented and warranted to the Company that it
acquired the securities subject to this Registration Statement in the ordinary
course of such Selling Stockholder's business and, at the time of its purchase
of such securities such Selling Stockholder had no agreements or understandings,
directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute any such securities.
The Company has advised each Selling Stockholder that it may not use shares
registered on this Registration Statement to cover short sales of Common Stock
made prior to the date on which this Registration Statement shall have been
declared effective by the Commission. If a Selling Stockholder uses this
prospectus for any sale of the Common Stock, it will be subject to the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The Selling Stockholders
will be responsible to comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities
Act and Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder promulgated,
including, without limitation, Regulation M, as applicable to such Selling
Stockholders in connection with resales of their respective shares under this
Registration Statement.
The Company is required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the
registration of the shares, but the Company will not receive any proceeds from
the sale of the Common Stock. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling
Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act.
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Annex B
X. XXXXX-FOOD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
SELLING SECURITYHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned beneficial owner of ordinary shares (the "COMMON STOCK"), of X.
Xxxxx-Food International Ltd. (the "COMPANY") understands that the Company has
filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"COMMISSION") a Registration Statement for the registration and resale of the
Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of September __, 2006 (the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT"),
among the Company and the Investors named therein. A copy of the Registration
Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set
forth below. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and
represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. NAME.
(a) Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder
______________________________________________________________________
(b) Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above)
through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held:
______________________________________________________________________
(c) Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural
person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to
vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire):
______________________________________________________________________
2. ADDRESS FOR NOTICES TO SELLING SECURITYHOLDER:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone: _____________________________________________________________________
Fax: ___________________________________________________________________________
Contact Person: ________________________________________________________________
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3. BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF REGISTRABLE SECURITIES:
Type and Principal Amount of Registrable Securities beneficially
owned:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
4. BROKER-DEALER STATUS:
(a) Are you a broker-dealer?
Yes [_] No [_]
Note: If yes, the Commission's staff has indicated that you should be
identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
(b) Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?
Yes [_] No [_]
(c) If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you
bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business,
and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be
resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or
indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?
Yes [_] No [_]
Note: If no, the Commission's staff has indicated that you should be
identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
5. BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY OWNED BY THE
SELLING SECURITYHOLDER.
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW IN THIS ITEM 5, THE UNDERSIGNED IS NOT THE
BENEFICIAL OR REGISTERED OWNER OF ANY SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY OTHER THAN
THE REGISTRABLE SECURITIES LISTED ABOVE IN ITEM 3.
Type and Amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Securityholder:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
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6. RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMPANY:
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW, NEITHER THE UNDERSIGNED NOR ANY OF ITS
AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL EQUITY HOLDERS (OWNERS OF 5%
OF MORE OF THE EQUITY SECURITIES OF THE UNDERSIGNED) HAS HELD ANY POSITION
OR OFFICE OR HAS HAD ANY OTHER MATERIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPANY (OR
ITS PREDECESSORS OR AFFILIATES) DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS.
State any exceptions here:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or
changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date
hereof and prior to the Effective Date for the Registration Statement.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information
contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 6 and the inclusion of such
information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. The
undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company
in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement
and the related prospectus.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this
Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its
duly authorized agent.
Dated: _________________________ Beneficial Owner: ____________________________
By: __________________________________________
Name:
Title:
PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND
RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
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