REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”),
dated
as of November 2, 2007, by and among MRU Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal offices at 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the “Company”),
and
the undersigned buyers (each, a “Buyer,”
and
collectively, the “Buyers”).
WHEREAS:
A. In
connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the parties
hereto of even date herewith (the “Securities
Purchase Agreement”),
the
Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the
Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell on the date hereof to each
Buyer shares (the “Common
Shares”)
of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common
Stock”).
B. To
induce
the Buyers to execute and deliver the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company
has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act
of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar
successor statute (collectively, the “1933
Act”),
and
applicable state securities laws.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Buyers hereby agree as
follows:
1. Definitions.
Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
a. “Affiliate”
of
the
Company means any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
the Company.
b. “Business
Day”
means
any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks
in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain
closed.
c. “Closing
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
d. “Delay
Period”
means,
with respect to any obligation to keep any Registration Statement or prospectus
contained therein usable for resales pursuant to Section 3, the shortest period
of time determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose
when there exist circumstances relating to a material pending development,
including but not limited to, a pending or contemplated material acquisition
or
merger or other material transaction or similar event, which would require
disclosure by the Company in such Registration Statement or the prospectus
contained therein of material information which the Company determines in good
faith that it has a bona
fide
business
purpose for keeping confidential and non-public, and the non-disclosure of
which
in such Registration Statement or prospectus contained therein might cause
such
Registration Statement or prospectus contained therein to fail to comply with
applicable disclosure requirements.
e. “Effective
Date”
means
the date the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
SEC.
f. “Effectiveness
Deadline”
means,
with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder, the earlier of: (i) the date that is 120 days after the Final
Closing; and (ii) the 5th
trading
day following the date on which the Company is notified by the SEC that the
Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further
comments and review.
g. “Eligible
Market”
means
the Principal Market, New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange,
The
NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Capital Market.
h. “Filing
Deadline”
means
the date that is 30 days after the Final Closing Date.
i. “Investor”
means
a
Buyer or any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a Buyer assigns its rights
under this Agreement and who agrees to become irrevocably and unconditionally
bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and
any
transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee assigns its
rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become irrevocably and
unconditionally bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with
Section 9.
j. “Person”
means
an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture,
a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any
department or agency thereof.
k. “register,”
“registered,”
and
“registration”
refer
to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration
Statements in material compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415
and
the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s)
by the SEC.
l. “Registrable
Securities”
means
(i) the Common Shares and (ii) any shares of capital stock issued or issuable
with respect to the Common Shares as a result of any stock split, stock
dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise; provided,
however,
that
any Common Shares deemed to be Registrable Securities shall cease to be, or
cease to be deemed, Registrable Securities at such date that such Common Shares
shall be eligible for resale or transfer without further restriction pursuant
to
Rule 144(k) (or any successor thereto) under the 1933 Act.
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m. “Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under
the
1933 Act covering the Registrable Securities.
n. “Required
Holders”
means
the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities.
o. “Required
Registration Amount”
for
the
Registration Statement means the number of Common Shares issued pursuant to
the
Securities Purchase Agreement.
p. “Rule
415”
means
Rule 415 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for
offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.
q. “SEC”
means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
2. Registration.
a. Mandatory
Registration.
The
Company shall use reasonable best efforts to prepare, and, as soon as
practicable but in no event later than the Filing Deadline, file with the SEC
the Registration Statement 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, the Registration Statement shall be on another appropriate form in
accordance herewith), the
resale of at least the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required
Registration Amount determined as of date the Registration Statement is
initially filed with the SEC. The Registration Statement shall contain (except
if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the “Selling
Stockholders”
and
“Plan
of Distribution”
sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B.
The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement
declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later
than
the Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 am on the second Business Day following
the
Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule
424
under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales
pursuant to such Registration Statement.
b. Legal
Counsel.
The
Required Holders shall have the right to select one legal counsel to review
and
oversee any registration pursuant to this Section 2 (“Legal
Counsel”),
which
shall be Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP or such other counsel as thereafter
designated by the Required Holders. The Company and Legal Counsel shall
reasonably cooperate with each other in performing the Company’s obligations
under this Agreement.
c. Ineligibility
for Form S-3.
In the
event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of
Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall undertake to register the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as reasonably practicable after
such
form is available, provided that the Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in
effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the
Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC.
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d. Effect
of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration
Statement.
If (i)
a Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities required
to
be covered thereby and required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the Filing Deadline (a
“Filing
Failure”)
or (B)
not declared effective by the SEC on or before the Effectiveness Deadline (an
“Effectiveness
Failure”)
or
(ii) on any day after the Effective Date sales of all of the Registrable
Securities required to be included on such Registration Statement cannot be
made
(other than during a Delay Period in compliance with Section 3(n)) pursuant
to
such Registration Statement (including, without limitation, because of a failure
to keep such Registration Statement effective, to disclose such information
as
is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement or
to
register a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or to maintain the
listing of the Common Stock) (a “Maintenance
Failure”)
then,
as partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay
in
or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which
remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in
equity), the Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities relating
to such Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to one percent (1.00%)
of
the aggregate Purchase Price (as such term is defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement) of such Investor’s Registrable Securities included in such
Registration Statement on each of the following dates: (i) the day of a Filing
Failure and on every thirtieth day (pro rated for periods totaling less than
thirty (30) days) thereafter until such Filing Failure is cured; (ii) the day
of
an Effectiveness Failure and on every thirtieth day (pro rated for periods
totaling less than thirty (30) days) thereafter until such Effectiveness Failure
is cured; and (iii) the initial day of a Maintenance Failure and on every
thirtieth day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty (30) days)
thereafter until such Maintenance Failure is cured. The payments to which a
holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2(d) are referred to herein
as
“Registration
Delay Payments.”
Registration Delay Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (I) the last day
of
the calendar month during which such Registration Delay Payments are incurred
and (II) the third Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the
Registration Delay Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make
Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner, such Registration Delay Payments
shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1.00%) per month (prorated
for
partial months) until paid in full. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the
Securities Purchase Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate
amount of Registration Delay Payments (other than Registration Delay Payments
payable pursuant to events that are within the control of the Company) exceed,
in the aggregate, seven and a half percent (7.50%) of the aggregate Purchase
Price of the Common Shares.
3. Related
Obligations.
At
such
time as the Company is obligated to file a Registration Statement with the
SEC
pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(c), the Company will use its reasonable best
efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance
with the intended method of disposition thereof and, pursuant thereto, the
Company shall have the following obligations:
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a. The
Company shall submit to the SEC, within five (5) Business Days after the Company
learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by
the
staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on a particular
Registration Statement, as the case may be, a request for acceleration of
effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than
48 hours after the submission of such request, unless the Company determines,
in
its sole discretion that, notwithstanding such clearance, it is required to
amend the Registration Statement under the rules and regulations under the
1933
Act, in which case the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to amend
the
Registration Statement as promptly as practicable, address any comments the
staff may have with respect to the amended Registration Statement and request
acceleration of the Registration Statement within five (5) Business Days after
it learns that the staff has no further comments. The Company shall keep each
Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the
earlier of (i) the date as of which the Investors may sell all of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement without
restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any successor thereto) promulgated
under
the 1933 Act or (ii) the date on which the Investors shall have sold all of
the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (the “Registration
Period”).
The
Company shall ensure that each Registration Statement (including any amendments
or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain
any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to
be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case
of
prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not
misleading.
b. The
Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and
the
prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus
is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may
be
reasonably necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times
during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply in all material
respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition
of
all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement
until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed
of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or
sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of
amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to
be
filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b))
by
reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-QSB, Form 10-KSB, or any
analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“1934
Act”),
the
Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration
Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with
the
SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the
requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration
Statement.
c. The
Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to review and comment upon (i) a
Registration Statement at least four (4) Business Days prior to its filing
with
the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements
(except for Annual Reports on Form 10-KSB, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB
and
Current Reports on Form 8-K and any similar or successor reports) within a
reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file
any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement therein in a form to
which
Legal Counsel reasonably objects, provided,
however,
that
Legal Counsel shall have one Business Day to respond in writing to the Company
General Counsel with comments, if any, to such Registration Statement or any
amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or any other
Registration Statements, and failure to timely respond shall result in Legal
Counsel and each Buyer irrevocably forfeiting its review and comment rights
as
set forth in this Section 3(c) hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, Legal Counsel
shall have no right of approval in connection with the review and comment rights
granted in this Section 3(c) hereof. Unless otherwise publicly available through
the XXXXX database, the Company shall furnish to Legal Counsel, (i) copies
of
any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company or its
representatives relating to any Registration Statement, (ii) promptly after
the
same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one copy of any Registration Statement
and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules,
all
documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, and
all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement,
one
copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all
amendments and supplements thereto. The Company shall reasonably cooperate
with
Legal Counsel in performing the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section
3.
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d. Unless
otherwise publicly available through the XXXXX database, the Company shall
furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any
Registration Statement, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with
the SEC, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any amendment(s)
thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents
incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, all exhibits
and
each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement, ten (10) copies of the prospectus included in such Registration
Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number
of
copies as such Investor may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents,
including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may
reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition
of
the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.
e. The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register and qualify,
unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale
by
Investors of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement
under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of all applicable jurisdictions
in the United States, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such
registrations and qualifications as may be reasonably necessary to maintain
the
effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other
actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications
in
effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other
actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities
for sale in such jurisdictions; provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition
thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not
otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(e), (y) subject itself
to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent
to
service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall as promptly
as
reasonably practicable, notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds
Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any
jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
f. The
Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing of the happening
of any event, as promptly as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of
such
event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement,
as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any
material, nonpublic information), and promptly prepare a supplement or amendment
to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission,
and
unless otherwise publicly available through the XXXXX database, deliver ten
(10)
copies of such supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel and each Investor (or
such other number of copies as Legal Counsel or such Investor may reasonably
request). The Company shall also as promptly as reasonably practicable notify
Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any
prospectus supplement, other than a prospectus supplement filed solely to
identify a new selling securityholder, or post-effective amendment has been
filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has
become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to
Legal
Counsel and each Investor by facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness
and
by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements
to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and
(iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment
to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
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g. The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement,
or
the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for
sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to
obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension as promptly as reasonably
practicable and to notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable
Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof
or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding
for such purpose.
h. The
Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information
concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such
information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii)
the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a
misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of
such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final,
non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction
or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other
than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other agreement. The
Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information
concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of
competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to
such Investor and allow such Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order
for, such information.
i. The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts either to (i) cause all of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on
each
securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued
by
the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable
Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, or (ii) secure
designation and quotation of all of the Registrable Securities required to
be
covered by a Registration Statement on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or (iii)
if, despite the Company’s reasonable best efforts to satisfy the preceding
clauses (i) and (ii), the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding
clauses (i) and (ii), to use its reasonable best efforts to secure the inclusion
for quotation on the NASDAQ Global Market or the American Stock Exchange for
such Registrable Securities and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, to use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for at least two market
makers to register with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(“NASD”)
as
such with respect to such Registrable Securities. The Company shall pay all
fees
and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section
3(i).
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j. The
Company shall reasonably cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable
Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend)
representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration
Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts,
as the case may be, as the Investors may reasonably request and registered
in
such names as the Investors may request.
k. The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved
by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to
consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
l. The
Company shall otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply in all
material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in
connection with any registration hereunder.
m. Within
three (3) Business Days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable
Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and
shall
cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such
Registrable Securities (with copies to Legal Counsel on behalf of the Investors
whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement)
confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by
the
SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A.
n. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof shall identify any Investor
as an underwriter in any public disclosure or filing with the SEC or any
Principal Market (as
defined in the Securities
Purchase Agreement) or
Eligible Market and any Investor being deemed an underwriter by the SEC shall
not relieve the Company of any obligations it has under this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document (as
defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement); provided,
however,
that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from including the disclosure
found in the “Plan of Distribution” section attached hereto as Exhibit
B
in the Registration Statement.
o. If
requested by an Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable (i)
incorporate in a prospectus supplement such information as an Investor
reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution
of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with
respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the
purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the
Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required
filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being
notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make amendments to any
Registration Statement if reasonably requested by an Investor holding any
Registrable Securities.
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p. Effectiveness
Requirement; Delay Period.
(1) Effectiveness
Requirement.
The
Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to keep each Registration
Statement continuously effective and the prospectus included in such
Registration Statement usable for resales for a period commencing on the date
that such Registration Statement is initially declared effective by the SEC
and
terminating on the date when all of the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Registration Statement
or
cease to be Registrable Securities (the “Effectiveness
Period”);
provided, however, that the Company shall be permitted to suspend the sales
of
Registrable Securities during any Delay Period.
(2) Delay
Period.
A
Delay
Period shall commence on and include the date that the Company gives written
notice (a “Delay
Notice”)
to the
Investors that such Registration Statement or any prospectus contained therein
is no longer usable as a result of a material pending development and shall
end
on the date when the Investors are advised in writing by the Company that the
current Delay Period has terminated (it being understood that the Company shall
provide such notice to all Investors promptly upon making the determination
that
the Delay Period has ended); provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be entitled to Delay Periods having durations that exceed
thirty (30) consecutive days and during any three hundred sixty five (365)
day
period such Delay Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of forty-five (45)
days
and the first day of any Delay Period must be at least five (5) trading days
after the last day of any prior Delay Period. The Company covenants and agrees
that it shall not deliver a Delay Notice with respect to a Delay Period unless
Company employees, officers and directors and their Affiliates and any other
holders of registration rights with respect to the Company’s Common Stock are
also prohibited by the Company for the duration of such Delay Period from
effecting any public sales of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
them.
The Company represents that it has no knowledge of any circumstance that would
reasonably be expected at the time of the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement to cause the Company to exercise its rights under this Section
3(n).
(3) Notice.
The
Company shall, in the event such Registration Statement is declared effective,
provide to each Investor a reasonable number of copies of the prospectus which
is a part of such Registration Statement (unless otherwise publicly available
through the XXXXX database), notify each such Investor when such Registration
Statement has become effective and take such other actions as are required
to
permit unrestricted resales of the Registrable Securities. The Company further
agrees to supplement or amend each Registration Statement if and as required
by
the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form
used
by the Company for such Registration Statement or by the 1933 Act or by any
other rules and regulations thereunder for registrations.
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(4) Effective
Registration Statement.
A
Registration Statement shall not be deemed to have become effective unless
it
has been declared effective by the SEC; provided,
however,
that
if, after it has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order,
injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental
agency or court, such Registration Statement shall be deemed not to have been
effective during the period of such interference, until the offering of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally
resume.
4. Obligations
of the Investors.
a. At
least
five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a
Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor of the
information the Company requires from each such Investor if such Investor elects
to have any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities included in such
Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations
of
the Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect
to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall
furnish to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the filing of
a
Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) such information
regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and to be sold and
the
intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as
shall
be reasonably required to effect and maintain the effectiveness of the
registration of such Registrable Securities and such information as the Company
may, after conferring with legal counsel with regard to information relating
to
the Investors that would be required by the SEC to be included in such
Registration Statement or prospectus included therein, reasonably request for
inclusion in such Registration Statement or prospectus included therein. The
Investors shall execute such documents in connection with such registration
as
the Company may reasonably request, including without limitation, a
questionnaire in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit
C
and
selling stockholder certificate in substantially the form attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit
D.
Each
Investor as to which any registration is being effected agrees to promptly
furnish to the Company all information with respect to such Investor necessary
to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Investor
not
materially misleading.
b. Each
Investor, by such Investor’s acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to
cooperate with the Company as requested by the Company in connection with the
preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such
Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to
exclude all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities from such Registration
Statement.
c. Each
Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first
sentence of 3(f), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such
Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of notice that (i) the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first
sentence of 3(f) has been filed with the SEC; (ii) no supplement or amendment
is
required; or (iii) advised in writing by the Company that the use of the
applicable prospectus may be resumed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary,
the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of
Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of
the
Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable
Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for
sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first
sentence of 3(f) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.
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d. Each
Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom
in
connection with sales of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
5. Expenses
of Registration.
All
reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts, brokerage fees and
commissions incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications
pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration,
listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, all fees and
expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws, and fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company, shall be paid by the
Company.
6. Indemnification.
In
the
event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement under
this Agreement:
a. To
the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall, and hereby does, indemnify,
hold harmless and defend each Investor, the directors, officers, members,
partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who
controls any Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each,
an “Indemnified
Person”),
against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties,
charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or
expenses, joint or several, (collectively, “Claims”)
incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit,
inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or
before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency,
body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified
party is or may be a party thereto (“Indemnified
Damages”),
to
which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or
proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out
of
or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a
material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the
offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in
which Registrable Securities are offered (“Blue
Sky Filing”),
or
the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any
preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration
Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented,
if
the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC)
or
the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary
to
make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
the statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any violation or alleged
violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law,
including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or
regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or (iv) any violation of this
Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being,
collectively, “Violations”),
except to the extent, but only to the extent: (A) such Violations which occur
in
reliance upon and in conformity with information regarding such Investor
furnished in writing to the Company by such Investor for use therein, or to
the
extent that such information relates to such Investor or such Investor’s
proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed
and
expressly approved in writing by such Investor for use in the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereto, such prospectus or such form of prospectus
or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Investor
has approved Exhibit
B
hereto
for this purpose); or (B) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type
specified in Sections 3(f) and (g), the use by such Investor of an outdated
or
defective prospectus after the Company has notified such Investor in writing
that the prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such
Investor of the advice contemplated under Section 4(c)(iii) hereof. Subject
to
Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly
as
such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other
reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such Claim, provided,
however,
that,
to the extent there is a disagreement between an Indemnified Person and the
Company as to whether the Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification
hereunder, the Company’s obligation to make periodic payments pursuant to this
section 6(a) may be conditioned upon receipt by the Company of a written
undertaking by the Indemnified Person to repay any periodic payments made by
the
Company to the Indemnified Person pursuant to this Section 6(a) in the event
it
is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Indemnified
Person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding anything
to
the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this
Section 6(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of a Claim if such
settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such indemnity shall
remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or
on
behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the
Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.
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b. In
connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is
participating, each such Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify,
hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set
forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers
who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls
the
Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an
“Indemnified
Party”),
against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become
subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim
or
Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case
to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
such
Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement;
and,
subject to Section 6(c), such Investor will reimburse any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with
investigating or defending any such Claim; provided,
however,
that
the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with
respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid
in settlement of any claim if such settlement is effected without the prior
written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed, provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be
liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified
Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of
the
sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such
indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer
of
the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.
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c. Promptly
after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section
6
of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any
governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person
or
Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against
any
indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party
a
written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall
have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party
so
desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume
control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the
indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as
the
case may be; provided,
however,
that an
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its
own
counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party
if,
in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the
representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and
any
other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the case of
an
Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding
sentence shall be selected by the Investors holding at least a
majority in
interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement
to
which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall
cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation
or defense of any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall
furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or Claim.
The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person
reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any
settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be
liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without
its prior written consent; provided,
however,
that
the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition
its
consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of
the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an
unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in
respect to such Claim or litigation, and such settlement shall not include
any
admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified Party. Following
indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be
subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with
respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter
for
which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice
to
the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any
such
action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the
extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such
action.
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d. The
indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments
of
the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and
when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.
e. The
indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause
of
action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against
the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying
party may be subject to pursuant to the law.
7. Contribution.
To
the
extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited
by
law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect
to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the
fullest extent permitted by law; provided,
however,
that:
(i) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities, which Person
is
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f)
of
the 0000 Xxx) in connection with such sale, shall be entitled to contribution
from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller
of
Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds
received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant
to
such Registration Statement.
8. Reports
Under the 1934 Act.
With
a
view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated
under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that
may
at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public
without registration (“Rule
144”),
the
Company agrees to:
a. make
and
keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined
in
Rule 144;
b. file
with
the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company remains
subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents
is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and
c. furnish
to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly
upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has
complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the
1934
Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company
and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company and (iii) such
other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to
sell
such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.
9. Assignment
of Registration Rights.
The
rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the Investors
to any transferee of all or any portion of such Investor’s Registrable
Securities if: (i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or
assignee to assign such rights and a copy of such agreement is furnished to
the
Company within a reasonable time after such assignment; (ii) the Company is,
within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with
written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee and
(b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being
transferred or assigned; (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment
the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is
restricted under the 1933 Act or applicable state securities laws; (iv) at
or
before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause
(ii) of this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the
Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; and (v) such
transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements
of
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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10. Amendment
of Registration Rights.
Provisions
of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived
(either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the holders
of
at least 66.67% of the Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected
in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and
the
Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies
to
less than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration
shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or
modification of any provision of any of this Agreement unless the same
consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.
11. Miscellaneous.
a. A
Person
is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns
or
is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives
conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with
respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the
basis
of instructions, notice or election received from the such record owner of
such
Registrable Securities.
b. Any
notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to
be
given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed
to
have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon
receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is
mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party);
or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized
overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to
receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications
shall be:
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If
to the
Company:
MRU
Holdings, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxx, Esq., VP and General Counsel
with
a
copy to:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, LLP
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxx, Esq.
If
to
Legal Counsel:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Esq.
If
to a
Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Buyers
attached hereto, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the
Schedule of Buyers, or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or
to
the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by
written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the
effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by
the
recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B)
mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine
containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first
page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier
service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile
or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance
with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
c. Failure
of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise,
or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as
a
waiver thereof.
d. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New
York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision
or
rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State
of
New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of
the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of
Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and
hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction
of
any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it
under
this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or
the
validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction. EACH
PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO
REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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e. This
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities
Purchase Agreement) and the instruments referenced herein and therein constitute
the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or
undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein.
This
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein
and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
f. Subject
to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of
and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties
hereto.
g. The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
h. This
Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.
This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party
hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the
signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
i. Each
party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further
acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements,
certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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j. All
consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant
to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement,
by the determination of the Required Holders.
k. The
language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by
the
parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction
will
be applied against any party.
l. This
Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
m. The
obligations of each Investor hereunder are several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Investor, and no provision of this Agreement is
intended to confer any obligations on any Investor vis-à-vis any other Investor.
Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association,
a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated herein. Each Investor confirms
that
it has independently participated in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement and has received the advice (or has had the opportunity to seek
advice) of its own counsel and advisors.
n. After
the
date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent
of the Required Holders, enter into any agreement during the period when the
Registrable Securities covered by this Agreement continue to meet the definition
of Registrable Securities with any holder or prospective holder of any
securities of the Company that would grant such holder registration rights
senior to those granted to the Investors hereunder.
o. Currency.
As used
herein, “Dollar,” “US Dollar” and “$” each mean the lawful money of the United
States.
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* * * *
*
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
COMPANY:
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MRU
HOLDINGS, INC.
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx |
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Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each
Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
BUYERS:
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STEELHEAD
INVESTMENTS LTD.
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By:
HBK Services, LLC, Investment Advisor
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X’Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X’Xxxx |
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Title: Authorized
Signatory
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PENINSULA
MASTER FUND LTD.
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
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Title: President
of GP/Managing Member
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PENINSULA
CATALYST FUND QP, LP
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: GP/Managing
Member
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PENINSULA
CATALYST FUND LP
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: GP/Managing
Member |
BATTERY
INVESTMENT PARTNERS VII, LLC
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By:
Battery Partners VII, LLC
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Title: Member
Manager
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BATTERY
VENTURES VII, LLC
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By:
Battery Partners VII, LLC
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Title: Member
Manager
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XXXXXX
STREET FUND II, L.P.
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By:
BlackRock Private Equity II, L.P., its member manager
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By:
Portfolio Administration & Management Ltd., its general
partner
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By: | /s/ Xxx X. Xxxx | |
Name: Xxx X. Xxxx |
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Title: Vice
President
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XXXXXX
STREET PORTFOLIO II, L.P.
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By:
BlackRock DivPEP II, LLC, its managing general partner
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By:
BlackRock Private Equity II, L.P., its member manager
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By:
Portfolio Administration & Management Ltd., its general
partner
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By: | /s/ Xxx X. Xxxx | |
Name: Xxx X. Xxxx |
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Title: Vice
President
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XXXXX
STREET FUND II, L.P.
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By:
BlackRock DivPEP II, LLC, its general partner
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By:
BlackRock Private Equity II, L.P., its member manager
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By:
Portfolio Administration & Management Ltd., its general
partner
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By: | /s/ Xxx X. Xxxx | |
Name: Xxx X. Xxxx |
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Title: Vice
President
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XXXXX
STREET PORTFOLIO II, L.P.
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By:
BlackRock DivPEP II, LLC, its managing general partner
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By:
BlackRock Private Equity II, L.P., its member manager
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By:
Portfolio Administration & Management Ltd., its general
partner
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By: | /s/ Xxx X. Xxxx | |
Name: Xxx X. Xxxx |
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Title: Vice
President
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SUTTONBROOK
CAPITAL PORTFOLIO LP
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: Authorized
Person
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LBI
GROUP INC.
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: Managing
Director
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UBS
X’XXXXXX LLC F/B/O X’XXXXXX PIPES CORPORATE STRATEGIES MASTER
LIMITED
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Title: Executive
Director
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CRYSTAL
LAKE PARTNERS LLC
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: General
Partner
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EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
[Transfer
Agent]
Attention:
_________________
Re: MRU
Holdings, Inc.
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
[We
are][I am] counsel to MRU Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the
laws
of the State of Delaware (the “Company”),
and
have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement (the “Securities Purchase
Agreement”),
entered into by and among the Company and the buyers named therein
(collectively, the “Holders”)
pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holders its shares of the Company’s
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common
Stock”).
Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also has entered
into
a Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”)
pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the resale
of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933
Act”).
In
connection with the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement, on ____________ ___, 2007, the Company filed a Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (File No. 333-_____________) (the “Registration
Statement”)
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as a
selling stockholder thereunder.
In
connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that a member of the SEC’s
staff has advised [us][me] by telephone that the SEC has entered an order
declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at
[ENTER
TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS]
on
[ENTER
DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS]
and
[we][I] have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC’s
staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or
that
any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the
SEC
and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
This
letter shall serve as our standing instruction to you that the shares of Common
Stock are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration
Statement. You need not require further letters from us to effect any future
legend-free issuance or reissuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holders,
provided at the time of such reissuance, the Company has not otherwise notified
you that the Registration Statement is unavailable for the resale of the
Registrable Securities.
Very
truly yours,
[ISSUER’S
COUNSEL]
By:_____________________
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CC:
[LIST
NAMES OF HOLDERS]
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EXHIBIT
B
SELLING
STOCKHOLDERS
The
shares of Common Stock being offered by the selling stockholders are those
previously issued to the selling stockholders. For additional information
regarding the issuances of Common Stock, see “Private Placement of Common
Shares” above. We are registering the shares of Common Stock in order to permit
the selling stockholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time.
Because each selling stockholder may offer all or a portion of the shares of
Common Stock offered by this prospectus at any time and from time to time after
the date hereof, no estimate can be made of the number of shares of Common
Stock
that each selling stockholder may retain upon completion of this offering.
The
shares of Common Stock being offered by this prospectus may be offered directly
by the selling stockholders named below or by pledges, donees, transferees
or
other successors in interest thereto, as discussed under “Plan of Distribution”
below. Except for the ownership of the shares of Common Stock, the selling
stockholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past
three years.
The
table
below lists the selling stockholders and other information regarding the
beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock by each of the selling
stockholders. The second column lists the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of the
shares of Common Stock, as of ________, 200_.
The
third
column lists the shares of Common Stock being offered by this prospectus by
the
selling stockholders.
The
fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling
stockholders pursuant to this prospectus.
Under
the
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, beneficial ownership includes
shares over which the named stockholder exercises voting and/or investment
power. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes below, we believe that the
persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and investment power
with respect to all shares beneficially owned, subject to applicable community
property laws. The information with respect to beneficial ownership of shares
of
Common Stock held by each person is based upon record ownership data provided
by
our transfer agent, information supplied or confirmed by the selling
stockholders, based upon statements filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or based upon our actual knowledge.
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Name
of Selling Stockholder
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Number
of Shares Owned Prior to Offering
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Maximum
Number of Shares to be Sold Pursuant to this
Prospectus
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Number
of Shares Owned After
Offering
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PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
We
are
registering the shares of Common Stock previously issued to permit the resale
of
these shares of Common Stock from time to time by the persons or entities listed
under the “Selling Stockholders” section of this prospectus. As used in this
section of the prospectus, the term “selling stockholders” includes the selling
stockholders named in the table above and any of their donees, pledges,
transferees or other successors in interest who receive shares of Common Stock
offered hereby from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge or other non-sale
related transfer and who subsequently sell any of such shares after the date
of
this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the
selling stockholders of the shares of Common Stock. We will bear all fees and
expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of Common
Stock.
The
selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or
through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of
Common Stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling
stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions
or
agent’s commissions. The shares of Common Stock may be sold in one or more
transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the
sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.
These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block
transactions,
· on
any
national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may
be
listed or quoted at the time of sale;
· in
the
over-the-counter market;
· in
transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the
over-the-counter market;
· through
the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange
or otherwise;
· ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits
purchasers;
· 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;
· purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
account;
· an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
· privately
negotiated transactions;
· short
sales;
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· sales
pursuant to Rule 144;
· broker-dealers
may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified number of such
shares at a stipulated price per share;
· a
combination of any such methods of sale; and
· any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
If
the
selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling shares of Common Stock
to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts,
concessions or commissions from the selling stockholders or commissions from
purchasers of the shares of Common Stock for whom they may act as agent or
to
whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions
as
to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those
customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales
of
the shares of Common Stock or otherwise, the selling stockholders may enter
into
hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short
sales of the shares of Common Stock in the course of hedging in positions they
assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of Common Stock short
and
deliver shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus to close out short
positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales.
The
selling stockholders may also loan or pledge shares of Common Stock to
broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares.
The
selling stockholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all
of
the Common Stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their
secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the
shares of Common Stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any
amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b) or other applicable provision
of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of
selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors
in
interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders
also may transfer and donate the shares of Common Stock in other circumstances
in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest
will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this
prospectus.
The
selling stockholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution
of
the shares of Common Stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning
of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions
allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions
or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of
the
shares of Common Stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will
be
distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of Common Stock
being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of
any
broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms
constituting compensation from the selling stockholders and any discounts,
commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.
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Under
the
securities laws of some states, the shares of Common Stock may be sold in such
states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition,
in
some states the shares of Common Stock may not be sold unless such shares have
been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from
registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
There
can
be no assurance that any selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares
of Common Stock registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which
this
prospectus forms a part.
The
selling stockholders and any other person participating in such distribution
will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without
limitation, Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales
of
any of the shares of Common Stock by the selling stockholders and any other
participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person
engaged in the distribution of the shares of Common Stock to engage in
market-making activities with respect to the shares of Common Stock. All of
the
foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of Common Stock and the
ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with
respect to the shares of Common Stock.
We
will
pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of Common Stock pursuant
to
the registration rights agreement, including, without limitation, Securities
and
Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities
or “blue sky” laws; provided,
however,
that a
selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions,
if any. We will indemnify and hold harmless the selling stockholders against
liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance
with the registration rights agreements, or the selling stockholders will be
entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified and held harmless by the selling
stockholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us
by
the selling stockholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance
with the related registration rights agreement, or we may be entitled to
contribution.
Once
sold
under the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the
shares of Common Stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other
than our affiliates.
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EXHIBIT
C
SELLING
INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
The
undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Common
Stock”),
of
MRU
Holdings, Inc.
(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 Common Stock,
in
accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
_________ [ ], 2007 (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)
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Full
Legal Name of Selling Investor
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(b)
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Full
Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through
which the Common Stock listed in Item 3 below are
held:
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(c)
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Full
Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person
who
directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or
dispose
of the securities covered by the
questionnaire):
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2. Address
for Notices to Selling Investor:
Telephone:
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Fax:
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E-mail:
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Contact
Person:
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3. Beneficial
Ownership of Common Stock:
Number
of shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned:
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4. Broker-Dealer
Status:
(a)
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Are
you a broker-dealer?
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Yes
¨ No
¨
Note:
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If
yes, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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(b)
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Are
you an affiliate of a
broker-dealer?
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Yes
¨ No
¨
(c)
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If
you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you
bought
the Common Stock in the ordinary course of business, and at the time
of
the purchase of the Common Stock to be resold, you had no agreements
or
understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute
the
Common Stock?
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Yes
¨ No
¨
Note:
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If
no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as
an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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5.
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Beneficial
Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling
Investor.
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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 Common Stock
listed above in Item 3.
Type
and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Investor:
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6.
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Relationships with the Company: |
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (wners 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.
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:
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PLEASE
FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN
THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn:
Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
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EXHIBIT
D
[insert
date]
American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Re:
MRU
Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”); Common Stock
Dear
Xx.
Xxxxx:
Please
be
advised that [specify exact name of selling stockholder] has sold [specify
number of shares sold] shares of the above referenced security on
_______________ in accordance with the terms outlined in the prospectus dated
[ ], 2007. The undersigned represents
and warrants to you and the Company as follows:
__
The sale was made pursuant to the prospectus dated
[ ], 200_.
__
I/We have delivered a copy of the prospectus to the buyer.
Please
issue a clean certificate for the above referenced security in the name of
[specify exact name in which new certificate(s) is to be issued].
Very
truly yours,
[Specify
entity name, if applicable, or name of individual]
______________________________________
By:
[specify name and title of signatory signing on behalf of selling
stockholder/or name of individual]
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cc:
MRU Holdings, Inc.
Attention: General Counsel
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