REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.1
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 23,
2010, by and among Oriental Financial Group Inc., a financial holding company and corporation
organized in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”), and the several purchasers signatory
hereto (each a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Purchase Agreement”).
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged,
the Company and each of the Purchasers agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are
defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase
Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City
are open for the general transaction of business.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, $1.00 par value per share, and any
securities into which such shares of common stock may hereinafter be reclassified.
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Effective Date” means the date that the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a)
is first declared effective by the Commission.
“Effectiveness Deadline” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New
Registration Statement, the earlier of (i) the 120th calendar day following the Closing Date (or
the 155th calendar day following the Closing Date in the event that such registration statement is
subject to review by the Commission) and (ii) the 5th Trading Day after the date the
Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such
Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided,
that if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is
closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which
the Commission is open for business.
“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Filing Deadline” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be
filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the 90th calendar day following the Closing Date, provided, that if
the Filing Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for
business, the Filing Deadline shall be extended to the next business day on which the Commission is
open for business.
“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of
Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 2(a) of this Agreement.
“Liquidated Damages” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“New Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Principal Market” means the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on
and quoted for trading, which, as of the Closing Date, shall be the New York Stock Exchange.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without
limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed
as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the
Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms
of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement,
and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments,
and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Prospectus.
“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Purchaser” or “Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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“Registrable Securities” means all of the Preferred Shares and the Underlying Shares and any
securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution,
recapitalization or similar event with respect to the Preferred Shares and the Underlying Shares,
provided, that the Holder has completed and delivered to the Company a Selling Stockholder
Questionnaire; and provided, further, that Preferred Shares or Underlying Shares shall cease to be
Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (A) a sale pursuant to a
Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act (in which case, only such security sold
shall cease to be a Registrable Security); (B) becoming eligible for sale without the requirement
for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule
144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) and without volume or manner of sale restrictions by
Holders who are not Affiliates of the Company; (C) if such Preferred Shares or Underlying Shares
have ceased to be outstanding; or (D) if such Preferred Shares or Underlying Shares have been sold
in a private transaction in which the Holder’s rights under this Agreement have not been assigned
to the transferee.
“Registration Statements” means any one or more registration statements of the Company filed
under the Securities Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to
the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation the Initial Registration Statement,
the New Registration Statement and any Remainder Registration Statements), amendments and
supplements to such Registration Statements, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and
all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Registration Statements.
“Remainder Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by
the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by
the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by
the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
”SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments,
requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” means a questionnaire in the form attached as Annex
B hereto, or such other form of questionnaire as may reasonably be adopted by the Company from
time to time.
“Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its
Principal Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on
a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in
the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is
not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter
market as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization
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or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that
the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading
Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the NASDAQ
Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin Board on
which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
2. Registration.
(a) On or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission
a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities not already
covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 or, if Rule 415 is not available for offers and sales of the
Registrable Securities, by such other means of distribution of Registrable Securities as the
Company may reasonably determine (the “Initial Registration Statement”). The Initial Registration
Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is then ineligible to register for resale of
the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on such other form
available to the Company to register for resale of the Registrable Securities as a secondary
offering) subject to the provisions of Section 2(f) and shall contain (except if otherwise required
pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such Registration
Statement) the “Plan of Distribution” section substantially in the form attached hereto as
Annex A. Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2, in the
event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result
of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single
registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the Holders thereof and
use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as
required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Initial Registration Statement and file a new
registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”), in either case covering the maximum number
of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or such other
form available to the Company to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary
offering; provided, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company
shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for
the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance,
including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of Liquidated Damages in Section 2(c),
if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities or other shares
of Common Stock permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary
offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the
Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), the number
of Registrable Securities or other shares of Common Stock to be registered on such Registration
Statement will be reduced on a pro rata basis. In the event the Company amends the Initial
Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i)
or (ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the
Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to
registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other
form available to the Company to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not
registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration
Statement (the “Remainder Registration Statements”). No Holder shall be named as an “underwriter”
in any Registration Statement without such Holder’s prior written consent.
(b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable and, with
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respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as
applicable, no later than the Effectiveness Deadline, and shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to keep each Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until
the earlier of (i) such time as all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement have been publicly sold by the Holders or (ii) the date that all Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement may be sold by non-affiliates without volume or manner of
sale restrictions under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with
the current public information requirements under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if
applicable), as determined by counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such
effect, addressed and reasonably acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the effected
Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall request effectiveness of a Registration
Statement as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Trading Day. The Company shall promptly notify
the Holders via facsimile or electronic mail of a “.pdf” format data file of the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement within one (1) Business Day of the Effective Date. The Company shall, by
9:30 a.m. New York City time on the first Trading Day after the Effective Date, file a final
Prospectus with the Commission, as required by Rule 424(b).
(c) If: (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to
the Filing Deadline, (ii) the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as
applicable, is not declared effective by the Commission (or otherwise does not become effective)
for any reason on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, other than as a result of any open issues
arising out of any routine Commission review of Exchange Act filings in effect as of the date
hereof, or (iii) after its Effective Date, (A) such Registration Statement ceases for any reason
(including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the
Registration Statement), to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities for
which it is required to be effective or (B) the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus
therein to resell such Registrable Securities, in the case of (A) and (B) (other than during an
Allowable Grace Period (as defined in Section 2(e) of this Agreement)), (iv) a Grace Period (as
defined in Section 2(e) of this Agreement) exceeds the length of an Allowable Grace Period, or (v)
after the date six months following the Closing Date, and only in the event a Registration
Statement is not effective or available to sell all Registrable Securities, the Company fails to
file with the SEC any required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act such that it is
not in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable), as a result of which the
Holders who are not affiliates are unable to sell Registrable Securities without restriction under
Rule 144 (or any successor thereto) (any such failure or breach in clauses (i) through (v) above
being referred to as an “Event,” and, for purposes of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (v), the date on
which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (iv) the date on which such Allowable Grace
Period is exceeded, being referred to as an “Event Date”), then in addition to any other rights the
Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly
anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such
date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash,
as liquidated damages and not as a penalty (“Liquidated Damages”), equal to 0.5% of the aggregate
purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any Registrable
Securities held by such Holder on the Event Date. The parties agree that notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein or in the Purchase Agreement, no Liquidated Damages shall be payable (i) if
as of the relevant Event Date, the Registrable Securities may be sold by non-affiliates without
volume or manner of sale restrictions under Rule 144 and the Company is in compliance with the
current public information requirements under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable), as
determined by counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed
and reasonably acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and (ii) with respect to any period after
the expiration of the Effectiveness Period (it being understood that this sentence shall not
relieve the Company of any Liquidated Damages accruing prior to the Effectiveness Period). If the
Company fails to pay any Liquidated Damages pursuant to this Section 2(c) in full within five (5)
Business Days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 1.0% per
month (or such lesser maximum
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amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the
date such Liquidated Damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid
in full. The Liquidated Damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis
for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event, except in the case of the first Event
Date. The Effectiveness Deadline for a Registration Statement shall be extended without default or
Liquidated Damages hereunder in the event that the Company’s failure to obtain the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement on a timely basis results from the failure of a Purchaser to timely
provide the Company with information requested by the Company and necessary to complete the
Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act (in which case the
Effectiveness Deadline would be extended with respect to Registrable Securities held by such
Purchaser).
(d) Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire
not more than ten (10) Trading Days following the date of this Agreement. At least five (5) Trading
Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement for any registration
under this Agreement, the Company will notify each Holder of the information the Company requires
from that Holder other than the information contained in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire, if
any, which shall be completed and delivered to the Company promptly upon request and, in any event,
within two (2) Trading Days prior to the applicable anticipated filing date. Each Holder further
agrees that it shall not be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Registration
Statement or use the Prospectus for offers and resales of Registrable Securities at any time,
unless such Holder has returned to the Company a completed and signed Selling Stockholder
Questionnaire and a response to any requests for further information as described in the previous
sentence. If a Holder of Registrable Securities returns a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or a
request for further information, in either case, after its respective deadline, the Company shall
use its commercially reasonable efforts at the expense of the Holder who failed to return the
Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or to respond for further information to take such actions as are
required to name such Holder as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any
pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore
included) in the Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such late Selling
Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees
that the information in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information as
described in this Section 2(d) will be used by the Company in the preparation of the Registration
Statement and hereby consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time after the Registration
Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the Company may delay the disclosure of
material non-public information concerning the Company if the disclosure of such information at the
time is not, in the good faith judgment of the Company, in the best interests of the Company (a
“Grace Period”); provided, the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Holders in writing of the
existence of material non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that the
Company shall not disclose the content of such material non-public information to the Holders) or
the need to file a post-effective amendment, as applicable, and the date on which such Grace Period
will begin, (ii) use reasonable best efforts to terminate a Grace Period as promptly as practicable
and (iii) notify the Holders in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; provided,
further, that no single Grace Period shall exceed thirty (30) consecutive days, and during any
three hundred sixty-five (365) day period, the aggregate of all Grace Periods shall not exceed an
aggregate of sixty (60) days (each Grace Period complying with this provision being an “Allowable
Grace Period”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period, the Grace Period shall
be deemed to begin on and include the date the Holders receive the notice referred to in clause (i)
above and shall end on and include the later of the date the Holders receive the notice referred to
in clause (iii) above and the date referred to in such notice; provided, that no Grace Period shall
be longer than an Allowable Grace Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company
shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver unlegended Common
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Stock to a transferee of a Holder in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement in
connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which a Holder has entered into
a contract for sale prior to the Holder’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the
Holder has not yet settled.
(f) In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of
Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable
Securities on another appropriate form and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on
Form S-3 promptly after such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the
Commission.
3. Registration Procedures
In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder:
(a) the Company shall not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of a
Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and any similar or successor
reports), the Company shall, furnish to the Holder copies of such Registration Statement,
Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, as proposed to be filed, which documents will be
subject to the review of such Holder (it being acknowledged and agreed that if a Holder does not
object to or comment on the aforementioned documents within such three (3) Trading Day or one (1)
Trading Day period, as the case may be, then the Holder shall be deemed to have consented to and
approved the use of such documents). The Company shall not file any Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which a Holder reasonably objects in good faith,
provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing within the three (3) Trading
Day or one (1) Trading Day period described above, as applicable.
(b) (i) the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements, to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used
in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously
effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for its Effectiveness Period (except during
an Allowable Grace Period); (ii) the Company shall cause the related Prospectus to be amended or
supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and,
as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (except during an Allowable Grace
Period); (iii) the Company shall respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments
received from the Commission with respect to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto
and, as promptly as reasonably possible, provide the Holders true and complete copies of all
correspondence from and to the Commission relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to
the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” but not any comments that would result in the disclosure to
the Holders of material and non-public information concerning the Company; and (iv) the Company
shall comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the
disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement until such time as
all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of (subject to the terms of this
Agreement) in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof as set
forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented;
provided, that each Purchaser shall be responsible for the delivery of the Prospectus to the
Persons to whom such Purchaser sells any of the Registrable Securities (including in accordance
with Rule 172 under the Securities Act), and each Purchaser agrees to dispose of Registrable
Securities in compliance with the plan of distribution described in the Registration Statement and
otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. In the case of
amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to
this Agreement (including pursuant
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to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form
8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange 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 Commission on the same day on which the Exchange Act report which created the
requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement was filed.
(c) the Company shall notify the Holders (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii)
through (v) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the
requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably practicable (and, in the case of (i)(A)
below, not less than two Trading Days prior to such filing, in the case of (iii) and (iv) below,
not more than one Trading Day after such issuance or receipt, and in the case of (v) below, not
more than one Trading Day after the occurrence or existence of such development) and (if requested
by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day following the day
(i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration
Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will
be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on any
Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall provide to each of the Holders true and
complete copies of all comments that pertain to the Holders as a “Selling Stockholder” or to the
“Plan of Distribution” and all written responses thereto, but not information that the Company
believes would constitute material and non-public information); and (C) with respect to each
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of
any request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments
or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information that
pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” or the “Plan of Distribution”; (iii) of the
issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable
Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation
or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or
passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible
for inclusion therein or any statement made in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material
respect or that requires any revisions to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may
be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any
Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made), not misleading.
(d) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if
issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of
the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, as soon as practicable.
(e) the Company shall, if requested by a Holder, furnish to such Holder, without charge, at
least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all exhibits
to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by
reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that the
Company shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available
on the Commission’s XXXXX system.
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(f) the Company shall, prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the registration or
qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or
Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in
writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the
Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration
Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in
any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any
such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process
in any such jurisdiction.
(g) the Company shall, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee
pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted
by the Purchase Agreement and under law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable
Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may
reasonably request. Certificates for Registrable Securities free from all restrictive legends may
be transmitted by the transfer agent to a Holder by crediting the account of such Holder’s prime
broker with DTC as directed by such Holder.
(h) the Company shall following the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section
3(c)(iii)-(v), as promptly as reasonably practicable (taking into account the Company’s good faith
assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature
disclosure of such event), prepare and file a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective
amendment, to the affected Registration Statements or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other
required document so that, as thereafter delivered, no Registration Statement nor any Prospectus
will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of
prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not
misleading.
(i) the Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified
statement as to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and any
Affiliate thereof, (ii) any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) affiliations, (iii)
any natural persons who have the power to vote or dispose of the Common Stock and (iv) any other
information as may be requested by the Commission, FINRA or any state securities commission. During
any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the
registration of Registrable Securities because any Holder fails to furnish such information within
three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any Liquidated Damages that are accruing at such time
as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of
such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the
Company.
(j) the Company shall cooperate with any registered broker through which a Holder proposes to
resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 as
requested by any such Holder and the Company shall pay the filing fee required for the first such
filing within two (2) Business Days of the request therefore.
(k) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain eligibility for use
of Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto) for the registration of the resale of Registrable
Securities.
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(l) if requested by a Holder, the Company shall (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement such information as the
Company reasonably agrees should be included therein and (ii) make all required filings of such
Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the
Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement
or post-effective amendment.
(m) the Company shall otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
including Rule 172, notify the Holders promptly if the Company no longer satisfies the conditions
of Rule 172 and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the
registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder; and make available to its security holders,
as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an
earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months, beginning after the effective
date of each Registration Statement, which earning statement shall satisfy the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder (for the purpose of
this Section 3, “Availability Date” means the 45th day following the end of the fourth fiscal
quarter that includes the effective date of such Registration Statement, except that, if such
fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means
the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter), in each case subject to extensions
permissible under applicable law.
4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance
of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement (excluding any underwriting discounts
and selling commissions and all legal fees and expenses of legal counsel for any Holder) shall be
borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without
limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses
(A) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock
is then listed for trading, (B) with respect to compliance with applicable state securities or Blue
Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in
connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and
determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of
such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders) and (C) if not previously paid by the Company in
connection with an Issuer Filing, with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any
broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with FINRA pursuant
to FINRA Rule 5110, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage
commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation,
expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the
printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery
expenses of the Company, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act
liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all
other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its
internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities
exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any underwriting,
broker or similar fees or commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the
Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
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5. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any
termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder, the officers,
directors, agents, general partners, managing members, managers, Affiliates and employees of each
of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, general partners,
managing members, managers, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and
investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred,
that arise out of or are based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to
any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or
supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading,
except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (A) such untrue statements, alleged untrue
statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder
furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that
such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of
Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved by such Holder expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto (it being understood that each Holder has approved Annex A hereto for
this purpose), or (B) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section
3(c)(iii)-(v), related to the use by a Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the
Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior
to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated and defined in Section 6(d) below, but
only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice the misstatement or omission
giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly
of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall
remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an
Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 5(c)) and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable
Securities by the Holders.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly,
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person
who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of
the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising
out of or are based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus or supplement thereto,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but
only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information
regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein
or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Holder or such
Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved by
such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has
approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in
any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type
specified in Section 3(c)(iii)-(v), to the extent, but only to the extent, related to the use by
such Holder of
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an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that
the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice
contemplated in Section 6(d), but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the
Advice the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected. In no
event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar
amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities
giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or
asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such
Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying
Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof,
including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the
payment of all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided,
that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying
Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent
that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is
not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely
prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding
and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in
writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party,
and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest exists if
the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party; provided,
that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnified Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. No Indemnifying Party shall,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending
Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such Proceeding.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party
(including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or
preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section 5(c)) shall be
paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within twenty Trading Days of written notice thereof to
the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the
Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which
such Indemnified Party is finally judicially determined to not be entitled to indemnification
hereunder). 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 Party under this Section 5, except to the extent that the Indemnifying
Party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is
unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any
Losses, then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in
such proportion as is
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appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in
connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and
Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in
question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or
alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied
by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject
to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees
or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would
have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section
5(d) was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that
does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required to
contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually
received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding
exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5 are in addition to any
liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties and are not in
diminution or limitation of the indemnification provisions under the Purchase Agreement.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their
obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to
being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery
of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The
Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any
losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby
further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach,
it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration
Statements. Neither the Company nor any of its security holders may include securities of the
Company in a Registration Statement hereunder and the Company shall not prior to the Effective Date
enter into any agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders. The Company shall
not, from the date hereof until the date that is 30 days after the Effective Date of the Initial
Registration Statement, prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to
an offering for its own account under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other
than (i) a registration statement on Form S-8, (ii) in connection with an acquisition, on Form S-4
or (iii) a registration statement to register for resale securities issued by the Company pursuant
to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of
the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through
its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company
and in which the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of
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funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities
primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in
securities. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be prohibited from preparing and
filing with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering of Common Stock by
existing stockholders of the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to the terms of registration
rights held by such stockholder or from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to
the date of this Agreement.
(c) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption
therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement and shall sell the Registrable Securities only in accordance with a method
of distribution described in the Registration Statement
(d) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each
Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the
kind described in Section 3(c)(iii)-(v), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such
Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”)
by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or
amended) may be resumed. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the
provisions of this paragraph.
(e) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the
date hereof, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of
impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof.
(f) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the
provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, or waived unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders holding at least two-thirds of the
then outstanding Registrable Securities, provided that any party may give a waiver as to itself.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with
respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not directly or
indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the Registrable
Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, that the provisions of this sentence
may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the
immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such amendment, modification
or waiver would adversely affect in any material respect any Holder or group of Holders who have
comparable rights under this Agreement disproportionately to the other Holders having such
comparable rights, such amendment, modification, or waiver shall also require the written consent
of the Holder(s) so adversely affected.
(g) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or
permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement;
provided that the Company may deliver to each Holder the documents required to be delivered to such
Holder under Section 3(a) of this Agreement by e-mail to the e-mail addresses provided by such
Holder to the Company solely for such specific purpose.
(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the
benefit of each Holder. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon
any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights,
remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly
provided in this Agreement. The Company may not assign its rights (except by merger or in
connection with another entity acquiring all or
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substantially all of the Company’s assets) or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of all the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign
its respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase
Agreement.
(i) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement and shall become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood
that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered
by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall
create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature were the original
thereof.
(j) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the
Purchase Agreement.
(k) Cumulative Remedies. Except as provided in Section 2(c) with respect to
Liquidated Damages, the remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
remedies provided by law.
(l) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in
full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their good faith reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to
achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties
that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without
including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(m) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(n) Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other
Purchaser hereunder, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the
obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase the
Preferred Shares pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made independently of any other
Purchaser. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing,
and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the
Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create
a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations
or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other
Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder
and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its
investment in the Preferred Shares or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each
Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the
rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be
joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that
each of the Purchasers has been provided with the same Registration Rights
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Agreement for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Purchasers and not because it
was required or requested to do so by any Purchaser.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the
date first written above.
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Annex A
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the Securities issued to the selling stockholder to permit the resale of
these Securities by the holders of the Securities from time to time after the date of this
prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of
the Securities. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the
Securities.
The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of the Securities beneficially owned by
them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents. If the Securities are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the
selling stockholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s
commissions. The Securities may be sold 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
or in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market
and 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. The selling
stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling Securities:
• | 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; | ||
• | settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part; | ||
• | broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per share; | ||
• | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise; | ||
• | a combination of any such methods of sale; and | ||
• | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The selling stockholders also may resell all or a portion of the Securities in open market
transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as permitted by that rule, or
Section 4(1) under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus, provided
that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of those provisions.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to
participate in sales. If the selling stockholders effect such transactions by selling Securities 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 Securities for whom they may act as agent or to
whom they may sell as principal. Such commissions will be in amounts to be negotiated, but, except
as set forth in a supplement to this prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction will not be
in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with NASD Rule 2440; and in the case of
a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with NASD IM-2440.
In connection with sales of the Securities or otherwise, the selling stockholders may enter
into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn
engage in short sales of the Securities in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The
selling stockholders may also sell Securities short and if such short sale shall take place after
the date that this Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, the selling
stockholders may deliver Securities 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 Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares, to the extent permitted
by applicable law. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with
broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities
which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered
by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell
pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the selling stockholders have been advised that they may not use
shares registered on this registration statement to cover short sales of our Securities made prior
to the date the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, has been declared
effective by the SEC.
The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some
or all of the Securities owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured
obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Securities from time to time
pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) 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
Securities 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 or agents participating in the distribution of
the Securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the
Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions paid, or any
discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer or agent and any profit on the resale
of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the
Securities Act. Selling Stockholders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of
the Securities Act will be subject to the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act and may be subject to certain statutory liabilities of, including but not limited
to, Sections 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Each selling stockholder has informed the Company that it is not a registered broker-dealer
and does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any
person to distribute the Securities. Upon the Company being notified in writing by a selling
stockholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale
of Securities through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary
distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed, if
required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing (i) the name of each such
selling stockholder and of the participating broker-dealer(s), (ii) the number of shares involved,
(iii) the price at which such the Securities were sold, (iv) the commissions paid or discounts or
concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s), where applicable, (v) that such broker-dealer(s)
did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus, and (vi) other facts material to the transaction. In no event shall
any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups, which, in the aggregate, would exceed
eight percent (8%).
Under the securities laws of some states, the Common Stock may be sold in such states only
through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the 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 Securities
registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.
Each selling stockholder 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, to the extent applicable, Regulation M
of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the Securities by
the selling stockholder and any other participating person. To the extent applicable, Regulation M
may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the Securities to engage
in market-making activities with respect to the Securities. All of the foregoing may affect the
marketability of the Securities and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making
activities with respect to the Securities.
We will pay all expenses of the registration of the Securities 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, that each selling
stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any and any related
legal expenses incurred by it. We will indemnify the selling stockholders against certain
liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the
registration rights agreement, or the selling stockholders will be entitled to contribution. We
may be indemnified 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 stockholders specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related
registration rights agreements, or we may be entitled to contribution.
Annex B
SELLING STOCKHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned holder of securities of Oriental Financial Group Inc., a financial holding
company and corporation organized in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”), issued
pursuant to a certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Purchasers
named therein, dated as of April 23, 2010, understands that the Company intends to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Resale Registration
Statement”) for the registration and the resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of a
certain Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company and the Purchasers named therein,
dated as of April 23, 2010 (the “Agreement”). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale
Registration Statement, a holder of Registrable Securities generally will be required to be named
as a selling stockholder in the related prospectus or a supplement thereto (as so supplemented, the
"Prospectus”), deliver the Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities (including pursuant
to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) and be bound by the provisions of the Agreement (including
certain indemnification provisions, as described below). Holders must complete and deliver this
Notice and Questionnaire in order to be named as selling stockholders in the Prospectus. Holders
of Registrable Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire
within ten (10) Trading Days following the date of the Agreement (1) will not be named as selling
stockholders in the Resale Registration Statement or the Prospectus and (2) may not use the
Prospectus for resales of Registrable Securities.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Resale
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Holders of Registrable Securities are advised to
consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not named as
a selling stockholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
NOTICE
The undersigned holder (the “Selling Stockholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby gives
notice to the Company of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities owned
by it and listed below in Item (3), unless otherwise specified in Item (3), pursuant to the Resale
Registration Statement. The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire,
understands and agrees that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and
Questionnaire and the Agreement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and
warrants that such information is accurate and complete:
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Name.
(a) | Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder: | ||
(b) | Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held: | ||
(c) | Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire): | ||
2. Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:
Telephone: |
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Fax: |
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Contact Person: |
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E-mail address of Contact Person: |
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3. Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities Issuable Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement:
(a) | Type and Number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned and issued pursuant to the Agreement: | ||
(b) | Number of Securities to be registered pursuant to this Notice for resale: | ||
4. Broker-Dealer Status:
(a) | Are you a broker-dealer? |
Yes o No o
(b) | If “yes” to Section 4(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company? |
Yes o No o
Note: | If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement. |
(c) | Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer? |
Yes o No o
Note: If yes, provide a narrative explanation below: | |||
(c) | If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities? |
Yes o No o
Note: If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement. |
5. Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.
Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3. |
Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned: | ||
6. Relationships with the Company:
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years. |
State any exceptions here: | ||
7. Plan of Distribution:
The undersigned has reviewed the form of Plan of Distribution attached as Annex A to the Registration Rights Agreement, and hereby confirms that, except as set forth below, the information contained therein regarding the undersigned and its plan of distribution is correct and complete. |
State any exceptions here: | ||
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By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in
its answers to Items (1) through (7) above and the inclusion of such information in the Resale
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will
be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of any such
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
By signing below, the undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and
agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, particularly Regulation M in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement. The undersigned also acknowledges that it
understands that the answers to this Questionnaire are furnished for use in connection with
Registration Statements filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and any amendments or
supplements thereto filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.
I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foregoing statements (including without
limitation the answers to this Questionnaire) are correct.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Questionnaire to be
executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
Dated: | Beneficial Owner: | |||||||
By: | ||||||||
Name: | ||||||||
Title: |