Exhibit 4.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered
into as of November 2, 2004 between vFinance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") and the parties whose names appear on the signature page hereof
(individually, a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders").
This Agreement is made in connection with the acquisition by the Holders of
the Company's shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (the "Common Stock") and
warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase Common Stock.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
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As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:
(a) "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal
holiday, on which banks in the State of Florida are open for business.
(b) "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(c) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or any successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time.
(d) "Holders" means the Holders referred to in the Preamble.
(e) "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation,
association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization and any
government, governmental department or agency or political subdivision thereof.
(f) "Registrable Securities" means (i) the Common Stock and shares of
Common Stock underlying the Warrants issued to the Holders; and (ii) any shares
of capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the
securities referred to in clause (i) by way of a stock split or stock dividend
or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger,
consolidation or other reorganization. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person
will be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities upon conversion or
exercise in connection with a transfer of securities or otherwise, but
disregarding any restrictions or limitations upon the exercise of such right,
whether or not such acquisition has actually been effected. Such securities will
cease to be Registrable Securities when sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or any offering registered under the Securities Act.
(g) "Registration Expenses" means all expenses incident to the Company's
performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including, without limitation,
all registration, filing, listing and National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") fees, all fees and expenses of complying with securities
or blue sky laws, all word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, all
messenger and delivery expenses, any transfer taxes, the fees and expenses of
the Company's legal counsel and independent public accountants, including the
expenses of any special audits or "cold comfort" letters required by or incident
to such performance and compliance, fees and disbursements of one counsel for
all of the Holders, and any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily
paid by insurers or sellers of securities; provided, however, that Registration
Expenses shall not include underwriting discounts and commissions.
(h) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
2. Piggyback Registration Rights.
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(a) Incidental Registration. If the Company for itself or any of its
security holders shall at any time or times after the date hereof determine to
register under the Securities Act any shares of its capital stock or other
securities other than: (i) the registration of an offer, sale or other
disposition of securities solely to employees of, or other persons providing
services to, the Company, or any subsidiary pursuant to an employee or similar
benefit plan; or (ii) relating to a merger, acquisition or other transaction of
the type described in Rule 145 under the Securities Act or a comparable or
successor rule, registered on Form S-4 or similar or successor forms, on each
such occasion the Company will notify each Holder of such determination at least
thirty (30) days prior to the filing of such registration statement, and upon
the request of any Holder given in writing within twenty (20) days after the
receipt of such notice, the Company will use its best efforts as soon as
practicable thereafter to cause any of the Registrable Securities specified by
any such Holder to be included in such registration statement to the extent such
registration is permissible under the Securities Act and subject to the
conditions of the Securities Act (an "Incidental Registration").
(b) Number of Registrations. The Company shall not be obligated to effect
more than one Incidental Registration pursuant to this Agreement, except as
provided in subdivision (f) hereof. Subject to subdivision (f) hereof, the
Company may include in such Incidental Registration other securities of the
Company for sale, for the Company's account or for the account of any other
person, if and to the extent that the managing underwriter determines that the
inclusion of such additional shares will not interfere with the orderly sale of
the underwritten securities at a price range acceptable to the requesting
Holders. Upon receipt of a written request pursuant to Section 2(a), the Company
shall promptly give written notice of such request to all Holders, and all
Holders shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in such request. The
Company will then be obligated to include in the Incidental Registration such
number of Registrable Securities of any Holder who joins such request by
providing written notice to the Company within twenty (20) days of receipt of
the Company's notice to such Holder.
(c) Limitations on Piggyback Registration Rights. No Holder may exercise
its registration rights under Section 2(a) hereof if such Holder could sell all
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of its Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Incidental
Registration in a three (3) month period without registration under the
Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
(d) Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses incurred in
connection with any Incidental Registration.
(e) Effective Registration Statement. An Incidental Registration requested
pursuant to Section 2(a) shall not be deemed to have been effected unless it has
been declared effective by the Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
registration statement will not be deemed to have been effected if: (i) after it
has become effective with the Commission, such registration is interfered with
by any stop order, injunction, or other order or requirement of the Commission
or other governmental agency or any court proceeding for any reason other than a
misrepresentation or omission by any Holder; or (ii) the conditions to closing
specified in the purchase agreement or underwriting agreement entered into in
connection with such registration are not satisfied, other than solely by reason
of some act or omission by any Holder.
(f) Priority in Incidental Registration. If an Incidental Registration is
an underwritten registration initiated by the Company, and the managing
underwriters shall give written advice to the Company that, in their opinion,
market conditions dictate that no more than a specified maximum number of
securities (the "Underwriter's Maximum Number") could successfully be included
in such Incidental Registration, then the Company will include in such
registration:
(i) first, that number of securities which the Company proposes to
offer and sell for its own account in such registration and which
does not exceed the Underwriter's Maximum Number; and
(ii) second, that number of Registrable Securities which shall have
been requested by the Holders thereof having registration rights
hereunder which does not exceed the difference between the
Underwriter's Maximum Number and that number of securities which the
Company is entitled to include therein pursuant to clause (i) above.
If less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in
any such registration by the Holders can be so included due to these priority
requirements, then each requesting Holder's request shall be granted on an pro
rata basis with the other requesting Holders. In addition, all Holders whose
Registrable Securities were not included in the Incidental Registration as
requested as a result of this Section 2(f), shall have the right to participate
in one (1) additional Incidental Registration in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2,
the Company shall have the right to delay any registration of Registrable
Securities requested pursuant to this Section 2 for up to one hundred twenty
(120) days if such registration would, in the judgment of the Company's Board of
Directors, substantially interfere with any material transaction being
considered at the time of receipt of the request from the Holders.
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3. Registration Procedures.
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(a) If and whenever the Company is required to use its best efforts to
effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act
as provided in Section 2, the Company, as expeditiously as possible and subject
to the terms and conditions of Section 2, will:
(i) prepare and file with the Commission the requisite registration
statement to effect such registration and use its best efforts to
cause such registration to become and remain effective;
(ii) permit any Holder which, in the reasonable judgment of the
Holder, might be deemed to be an underwriter or a controlling person
of the Company, to participate in the preparation of such
registration statement and to require the insertion therein of
material furnished to the Company in writing, which in the reasonable
judgment of such Holder and its counsel should be included;
(iii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in
connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration
statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by such registration statement until the earlier of such time
as all of such securities have been disposed of in accordance with
the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof
set forth in such registration statement or the expiration of 180
days after such registration statement becomes effective;
(iv) furnish to the Holders such number of conformed copies of such
registration statement and of each such amendment and supplement
thereto (in each case including all exhibits), such number of copies
of the prospectus contained in such registration statement (including
each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other
prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in
conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such
other documents, as the purchaser or any Holder of Registrable
Securities to be sold under such registration statement may
reasonably request;
(v) use its best efforts to register or qualify all Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement under such other
United States state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions
as any Holder of Registrable Securities to be sold under registration
statement shall reasonably request, to keep such registration or
qualification in effect for so long as such registration remains in
effect, and take any other action which may be reasonably necessary
or advisable to enable the Holder of Registrable Securities to be
sold under such registration statement to consummate the disposition
in such jurisdictions of the securities owned by such Holder, except
that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to (a)
qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this
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subdivision (v) be obligated to be so qualified, or (b) subject
itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (c) consent to
general service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(vi) use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered
by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by
such other United States state governmental agencies or authorities
as may be necessary to enable the Holder of Registrable Securities to
be sold under such registration statement to consummate the intended
disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(vii) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the registration statement, or of any order
suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or
suspending the qualification of any Registrable Securities included
in such registration statement for sale in any jurisdiction, the
Company shall use its best efforts promptly to obtain the withdrawal
of such order; and
(viii) immediately notify the Holders of Registrable Securities
included in such registration statement at any time when a prospectus
relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the
prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in
effect, includes an untrue statement of material fact or omits to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, and at the request of the
Holders promptly prepare and furnish to the Holders a reasonable
number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such
prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to
the purchasers of such securities, such prospectus shall not include
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 not misleading in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made.
(b) The Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to be
sold under such registration statement, at the Company's expense, to furnish the
Company with such information and undertakings as it may reasonably request
regarding such Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Company may
from time to time reasonably request in writing.
(c) Each Holder, by execution of this Agreement, agrees (A) that upon
receipt of any notice of the Company of the happening of any event of the kind
described in subdivision (a)(viii) of this Section 3, such Holder will forthwith
discontinue its disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
registration statement relating to such Registrable Securities until the receipt
by such Holder of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus
contemplated by subdivision (a)(viii) of this Section 3 and, if so directed by
the Company, will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file
copies, then in possession of the Holders of the prospectus relating to such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice and (B)
that the Holder will immediately notify the Company, at any time when a
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prospectus relating to the registration of such Registrable Securities is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event
as a result of which information previously furnished by such Holder to the
Company for inclusion in such prospectus contains an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made. In the event the Company or any such
Holder shall give any such notice, the period referred to in subdivision
(a)(viii) of this Section 3 shall be extended by a number of days equal to the
number of days during the period from and including to the giving of notice
pursuant to subdivision (a)(viii) of this Section 3 and including the date when
such Holder shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended
prospectus contemplated by subdivision (a)(viii) of this Section 3.
4. Underwritten Offerings.
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(a) Underwritten Offering. In connection with any underwritten offering
pursuant to a registration requested under Section 2(a), the Company will enter
into an underwriting agreement with the underwriters for such offering. Each
Holder shall be a party to such underwriting agreement. Each Holder whose
Registrable Securities are included in such registration shall be required to
make such representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the
underwriters as are reasonable requested by the Company and such underwriters.
(b) Selection of Underwriters. If an Incidental Registration pursuant to
Section 2(a) involves an underwritten offering, then the Company shall have sole
discretion to select the underwriter.
(c) Holdback Agreements. Each Holder agrees, if so reasonably required by
the managing underwriter in a registration pursuant to Section 2, not to effect
any public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities or sales of such
Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A under the Securities
Act, during the seven (7) days prior to and the 180 days after any firm
commitment underwritten registration pursuant to Section 2 has become effective
(except as part of such underwritten registration) or, if the managing
underwriter advises the Company that, in its opinion, no such public sale or
distribution should be effected for a period of not more than 180 days after
such underwritten registration in order to complete the sale and distribution of
securities included in such registration and the Company gives notice to such
effect to such Holders of such advice, each Holder shall not effect any public
sale or distribution of Registrable Securities or sales of such Registrable
Securities pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A under the Securities Act during
such period after such underwritten registration, except as part of such
underwritten registration, whether or not such Holder participates in such
registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
4(c), the obligations and restrictions of this Section 4(c) (and any agreement
executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 4(c)) shall apply only to (i)
one underwritten offering and (ii) one non-underwritten offering.
5. Preparation, Reasonable Investigation. In connection with the
preparation and filing of each registration statement under the Securities Act,
the Company will give the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold under
such registration statement, the underwriters, if any, and their respective
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counsel and accountants, drafts and final copies of such registration statement,
each prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission and each amendment
thereof or supplement thereto, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the
filing thereof with the Commission, and will give each of them such access to
its books and records and such opportunities to discuss the business of the
Company with its officers and the independent public accountants who have
certified its financial statements as shall be necessary, in the opinion of such
Holders and such underwriters' respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable
investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act.
6. Indemnification and Contribution.
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(a) Indemnification by the Company. In the event of any registration under
the Securities Act pursuant to Section 2 of any Registrable Securities covered
by such registration, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities to be sold under such
registration statement, each other person who participates as an underwriter in
the offering or sale of such securities (if so required by such underwriter as a
condition to including the Registrable Securities of the Holders in such
registration) and each other person, if any, who controls any such Holder or any
such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act (collectively, the
"Indemnified Parties"), against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which the Holders or underwriter or controlling person may
become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or
threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
registration statement under which such securities were registered under the
Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary
prospectus contained therein or any document incorporated therein by reference,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, or arise out of any violation by the
Company of any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act or state
securities law applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction
required of the Company in connection with any such registration, and the
Company will reimburse the Indemnified Parties for any legal or any other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be liable to any Indemnified Party in any
such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action
or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in such registration statement, any such preliminary prospectus, final
prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Indemnified
Party.
(b) Indemnification by the Holders. As a condition to including any
Registrable Securities of any person or entity in any registration statement
filed pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof, the Holders whose Registrable Securities
are included in such registration statement will, and do hereby, indemnify and
hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in
subdivision (a) of this Section 6) the Company, each director of the Company,
each officer of the Company and each other person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, with respect to any statement
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or alleged statement in or omission or alleged omission from such registration
statement, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus
contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, if, and only if, such
statement or alleged statement or omission or alleged omission was made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company directly by such person or entity specifically for use therein;
provided, however, that the obligation of any Holder hereunder shall be limited
to an amount equal to the proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of
Registrable Securities sold in the offering covered by such registration.
(c) Notices of Claims, etc. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party
of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving a claim
referred to in the preceding subdivisions of this Section 6, such Indemnified
Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against a party required
to provide indemnification (an "Indemnifying Party"), give written notice to the
latter of the commencement of such action, provided, however, that the failure
of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the
Indemnifying Party of its obligation under the preceding subdivisions of this
Section 6, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is actually
prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any such action is brought
against an Indemnified Party, unless in such Indemnified Party's reasonable
judgment a conflict of interest between such Indemnified and Indemnifying
Parties may exist in respect of such claim, the Indemnifying Party shall be
entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, jointly with any
other Indemnifying Party similarly notified to the extent that it may wish, with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and after notice from
the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified Party of its election so to assume
the defense thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to such
Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the
latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation. No Indemnifying Party shall consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into any settlement without the consent of the Indemnified Party which
does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or
plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect
to such claim or litigation.
(d) Indemnification Payment. 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 expense, loss,
damage or liability is incurred.
(e) Survival of Obligations. The obligations of the Company and of the
Holders under this Section 6 shall survive the completion of any offering of
Registrable Securities under this Agreement.
(f) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party, then each
Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable to such
Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to in this Section 6 an amount or additional amount, as the case may
be, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
Indemnifying Party or parties on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, demands or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among
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other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or parties on the one hand or the
Indemnified Party on the other and the parties' relative, intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue
statement or omission. The amount paid to an Indemnified Party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of
this Section 6(f) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating
or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this Section 6. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
7. Rule 144. The Company shall file, on a timely basis, any reports
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act so as
to enable the Holders holding any Registrable Securities to sell such
Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitations of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 under the Securities Act,
as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule
hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the request of any such Holder, the
Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has
complied with such requirements.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that there may be
no adequate remedy at law if any party fails to perform any of its obligations
hereunder and that each party may be irreparably harmed by any such failure, and
accordingly agree that each party, in addition to any other remedy to which it
may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific
performance of the obligations of any other party under this Agreement in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(b) Notices. All demands, requests, notices and other communications
required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or sent by
United States first class mail, postage prepaid, or by reputable overnight
courier service, and to the parties hereto at the following address or at such
other address as any party hereto shall hereafter specify by notice to the other
party hereto:
(i) if to the Company, addressed to:
vFinance, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, LLP
000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxx.
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, P.A.
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(ii) if to the Holders, to their addresses set forth on Schedule 1
attached hereto
Except as otherwise provided herein, all such demands, requests, notices and
other communications shall be deemed to have been received on the date of
personal delivery thereof or on the third business day after the mailing
thereof.
(c) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement
should be ruled wholly or partially invalid or unenforceable by a court or other
governmental body of competent jurisdiction, then: (i) the validity and
enforceability of all provisions of this Agreement not ruled to be invalid or
unenforceable shall be unaffected; (ii) the effect of the ruling shall be
limited to the jurisdiction of the court or other government body making the
ruling; (iii) the provision(s) held wholly or partly invalid or unenforceable
shall be deemed amended and the court or other government body is authorized to
reform the provision(s), to the minimum extent necessary to render them valid
and enforceable in conformity with the parties intent as manifested herein; and
(iv) if the ruling and/or controlling principle of law or equity leading to the
ruling is subsequently overruled, modified, or amended by legislative, judicial,
or administrative action, then the provision(s) in question as originally set
forth in this Agreement shall be deemed valid and enforceable to the maximum
extent permitted by the new controlling principle of law or equity.
(d) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of Florida, without regard to conflicts of law
principles thereof. Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby (i) consents to
submit itself to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of any Florida state court
or any federal court located in the State of Florida in Broward County in the
event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) agrees that it shall not attempt to deny
or defeat such personal jurisdiction or object to such venue by motion or other
request for leave from any such court.
(e) Headings. The descriptive headings of the several sections and
paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, and do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning
or interpretation of this Agreement.
(f) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the other writings
referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter. This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties
with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement may be amended and the
observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a
particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by a written
instrument duly executed by the Company and those Holders holding a majority of
Registrable Securities. Each Holder of any Registrable Securities at the time or
thereafter outstanding shall be bound by an amendment or waiver authorized by
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this Section 9(e), whether or not any such Registrable Securities shall have
been marked to indicate such consent.
(g) No Assignability. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall
not be assigned by any Holder to any purchaser, transferee or assignee of any
Registrable Security.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.
VFINANCE, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
THE HOLDERS:
GLOBAL PARTNERS SECURITIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
XXXXX0.XXX, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
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Schedule 1
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Names and Addresses of each Holder
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Global Partners Securities, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx - XX
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxx0.xxx, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx - XX
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
