Exhibit 4
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2003 is
entered into between Vitalstate, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company")
and Scepter Holdings Inc., a Canadian corporation (the "Holder").
The parties hereto agree as follows.
1. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
1.1 DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) The term "ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(b) The term "FORM S-3" means such form under the Act as in effect on
the date hereof or any successor form under the Act that permits inclusion or
incorporation of substantial information by reference to the Company's prior and
subsequent public filings under the 1934 Act.
(c) The term "HOLDER" means Scepter Holdings Inc. and any assignee
thereof in accordance with Section 1.12 hereof.
(d) The term "1934 ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or any similar successor federal statute and the rules and
regulations thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
(e) The term "OTHER STOCKHOLDERS" shall mean persons other than
Holders who, by virtue of agreements with the Company, are entitled to include
their securities in certain registrations hereunder.
(f) The term "REGISTER", "REGISTERED," and "REGISTRATION" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or
similar document in compliance with the Act, and the declaration or ordering of
effectiveness of such registration statement or document.
(g) The term "REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means (i) the shares of Common
Stock issued to Scepter Holdings Inc. pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, of
even date herewith, and the shares issuable upon the exercise of the warrants
issued to Scepter Holdings, Inc. pursuant to such Subscription Agreement, and
(ii) any other shares of Common Stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon
the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is
issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for
or in replacement of the shares referenced in (i) above, excluding in all cases,
however, any Registrable Securities sold by a person in a private transaction in
which his rights under this Agreement are not assigned or any shares of Common
Stock which have been sold to the public either pursuant to a registration
statement or Rule 144..
(h) The number of shares of "REGISTRABLE SECURITIES THEN OUTSTANDING"
shall be determined by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding which
are, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to then
exercisable or convertible securities which are, Registrable Securities.
(i) The term "RULE 144" shall mean Rule 144 as promulgated by the SEC
under the Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar
successor rule that may be promulgated by the SEC.
(j) The term "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission
or any other federal agency at the time administering the Act.
1.2 DEMAND REGISTRATION.
(a) If the Company shall receive a written request from the Holder
that the Company file a registration statement under the Act registering shares
with an aggregate public offering price that would, net of underwriting
discounts and commissions, exceed $100,000, then the Company shall, within ten
(10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all
Holders and shall, subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), use its best
efforts to effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within 120 days of
the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act on Form SB-2 or Form
S-1 (or any comparable successor form) of all Registrable Securities which the
Holders request to be registered. The Company and the Holder agree that the
Registrable Securities will be included in the Company's Form SB-2 Registration
Statement now being prepared by counsel to the Company, which filing will be
made not later than 21 days from the date hereof and be declared effective not
later than 111 days from the date hereof. The Company and the Holder have
further agreed that such inclusion will constitute satisfaction of one of the
two demand registration rights given to Holder pursuant to this Section 1.2;
provided, however, that such inclusion satisfies one of the two demand
registration rights only if it is declared effective not later than 111 days
from the date hereof.
(b) If the Holders initiating the registration request hereunder
("INITIATING HOLDERS") intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered
by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company
as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company
shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection
1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Holders and shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his
Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such
Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder's
Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by
a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent
provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through
such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection
1.5(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Initiating
Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of
shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all
Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant
hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included
in the underwriting shall be allocated among all Holders thereof, including the
Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of
Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder; provided, however,
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that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such
underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely
excluded from the underwriting. If any Holders would thus be entitled to include
more securities than such Holder requested to be registered, the excess shall be
allocated among the other remaining requesting Holders in the manner described
in the immediately preceding sentence.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to
Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a
certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in
the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be
seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration
statement to be filed owing to a material pending transaction and it is
therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the
Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing
for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the
Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this
right more than once in any twelve-month period.
(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to
take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) In any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be
required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such
registration, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject
to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Act;
(ii) After the Company has effected two such (2) registrations on
behalf of the Holders pursuant to this Section 1.2. For purposes of this
paragraph, a registration statement shall not be counted until such time as such
registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC (unless the
Initiating Holders withdraw their request for such registration other than as a
result of material adverse information concerning the business or financial
condition of the Company which was not known to the Initiating Holders prior to
the date on which such registration was requested and elect not to pay the
expenses of registration related thereto;
(iii) During the ninety (90) day period prior to the Company's
good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date one hundred
eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Company initiated registration
subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing
in good faith its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become
effective and that the Company's estimate of the date of filing such
registration statement is made in good faith; or
(iv) If the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of
Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant
to a request made pursuant to Section 1.4 below.
1.3 Piggyback Registration. If (but without any obligation to do so)
the Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration
effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its
stock or other securities under the Act in connection with the public offering
of such securities solely for cash (other than a registration relating solely to
the sale of securities to participants in a Company stock plan, a registration
on any form which does not include substantially the same information as would
be required to be
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included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable
Securities or a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities which are also being
registered), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder written
notice of such registration. Upon the written request of each Holder given
within thirty (30) days after mailing of such notice by the Company in
accordance with Section 2.5, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 1.8, use its best efforts to cause to be registered under the Act all of
the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be registered;
provided that the Company shall have the right to postpone or withdraw any
registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.3 without obligation to any
Holders.
1.4 Form S-3 Registration. In case the Company shall receive from any
Holder or Holders of the Registrable Securities then outstanding a written
request or requests that the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 and any
related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of the
Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders, the Company will:
(a) promptly give written notice of the proposed registration,
and any related qualification or compliance, to all other Holders;
(b) as soon as practicable, effect such registration and all such
qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or
facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Holder's or
Holders' Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with
all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders
joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within 15
days after receipt of such written notice from the Company; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration,
qualification or compliance, pursuant to this section 1.4: (1) on more than two
(2) occasions: (2) if Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the
Holders; (3) if the Holders, together with the holders of any other securities
of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell
Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price
to the public (net of any underwriters' discounts or commissions) of less than
$100,000; (4) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed
by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the
Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously detrimental to the
Company and its stockholders for such Form S-3 Registration to be effected at
such time owing to a material pending transaction, in which event the Company
shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement
for a period of not more than 90 days after receipt of the request of the Holder
or Holders under this Section 1.4; provided, however, that the Company shall not
utilize this right more than once in any twelve month period; (5) in any
particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do
business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such
registration, qualification or compliance or (6) during the period ending one
hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of a registration statement
subject to Section 1.3; and
(c) subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a
registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and other securities
so requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the
request or requests of the Holders. Registrations effected pursuant to this
Section 1.4 are in addition to, and not in lieu of, their right to registration
under Sections
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1.2 and 1.3 and shall not be counted as demands for registration or
registrations effected pursuant to Sections 1.2 or 1.3, respectively.
1.5 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 1
to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as
expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with
respect to such Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective, and, upon the request of the Holders
of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such
registration statement effective until the Registrable Securities registered
thereunder have been sold by the Holders (or such shorter period as the Holders
may consent to in writing).
(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements
to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such
registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the
Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
registration statement.
(c) Furnish to the Holders such number of copies of a prospectus,
including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the
Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to
facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them.
(d) Use its best efforts to register and qualify the securities
covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky
laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders;
provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a
condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to
service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is
already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by
the Act.
(e) In the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into
and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and
customary form, with the managing underwriter of such offering. Each Holder
participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its
obligations under such an agreement.
(f) Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such
registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is
required to be delivered under the 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 a material fact or omits to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing.
(g) Use its best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities
registered hereunder to be listed on the securities exchange or Nasdaq trading
system on which similar securities of the Company are then listed or trade.
(h) Furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration
of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1, on the date that such
Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale in connection
with a registration pursuant to this Section 1, if such securities are being
sold through underwriters, or, if such securities are not being sold through
underwriters, on the date that the registration statement with respect to such
securities becomes
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effective, (i) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the
Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is
customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed
to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of
Registrable Securities and (ii) a letter dated such date, from the independent
certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is
customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in
an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to
the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities.
1.6 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the
obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 1 with
respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder
shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable
Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities
as shall be required to effect the registration of such Holder's Registrable
Securities. The Company shall have no obligation with respect to any
registration requested pursuant to Section 1.2 or Section 1.4 if, as a result of
the application of the preceding sentence, the number of shares or the
anticipated aggregate offering price of the Registrable Securities to be
included in the registration does not equal or exceed the number of shares or
the anticipated aggregate offering price required to originally trigger the
Company's obligation to initiate such registration as specified in subsection
1.2(a) or subsection 1.4(b)(3), whichever is applicable.
1.7 Expenses of Registration.
(a) Demand Registration. All expenses other than underwriting
discounts and commissions incurred in connection with registrations, filings or
qualifications pursuant to Section 1.2, including (without limitation) all
registration, filing and qualification fees, printers' and accounting fees, and
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be borne by the Company;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any
expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 1.2 if the
registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of
a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all
participating holders shall bear such expenses), unless the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one
demand registration pursuant to Section 1.2; provided further, however, that if
at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse
change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company from that known
to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with
reasonable promptness following disclosure by the Company of such material
adverse change, then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such
expenses and shall retain their rights pursuant to Section 1.2.
(b) Piggyback Registration. All expenses other than underwriting
discounts and commissions incurred in connection with any registration, filing
or qualification of Registrable Securities with respect to the registrations
pursuant to Section 1.3 for each Holder (which right may be assigned as provided
in Section 1.12), including (without limitation) all registration, filing, and
qualification fees, printers and accounting fees relating or apportionable
thereto and the fees and disbursements of one counsel for the selling Holders
selected by them, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions relating
to Registrable Securities shall be borne by the Company.
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1.8 Underwriting Requirements. In connection with any offering
involving an underwriting of shares of the Company's capital stock, the Company
shall not be required under Section 1.3 to include any of the Holders'
securities in such underwriting unless they accept the terms of the underwriting
as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters, and then only in such
quantity as the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not
jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total amount of
securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholders to be
included in such offering exceeds the amount of securities sold other than by
the Company that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is
compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required
to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including
Registrable Securities, which the underwriters determine in their sole
discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering (the securities so
included to be apportioned pro rata among the selling stockholders according to
the total amount of securities entitled to be included therein owned by each
selling stockholder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to
by such selling stockholders) but in no event shall (i) the amount of securities
of the selling Holders included in the offering be reduced below fifty percent
of the total amount of securities included in such offering, or (ii)
notwithstanding (i) above, any shares being sold by a stockholder exercising a
demand registration right similar to that granted in Section 1.2 be excluded
from such offering. For purposes of the preceding parenthetical concerning
apportionment, for any selling stockholder which is a holder of Registrable
Securities and which is a partnership or corporation, the partners, retired
partners and stockholders of such holder, or the estates and family members of
any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of
the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single "selling stockholder", and
any pro-rata reduction with respect to such "selling stockholder" shall be based
upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all
entities and individuals included in such "selling stockholder", as defined in
this sentence.
1.9 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or
seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as
the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the
interpretation or implementation of this Section 1.
1.10 Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are
included in a registration statement under this Section 1:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify
and hold harmless each Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Act) for such
Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within
the meaning of the Act or the 1934 Act, against any losses, claims, damages, or
liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Act,
the 1934 Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations
(collectively a "VIOLATION"): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including
any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any
amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the 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 (iii) any violation or alleged
violation by the Company of the Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities law or
any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act; and the Company will pay to
each such Holder, underwriter or controlling person, as incurred, any legal or
other expenses reasonably
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incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this subsection 1.10(a) shall not apply to amounts paid
in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such
settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case
for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action to the extent that it
arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection
with such registration by any such Holder, underwriter or controlling person.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who has signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, any underwriter, any other
Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any controlling
person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any losses, claims,
damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of the foregoing persons
may become subject, under the Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state law,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the
extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for
use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will pay, as
incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any person intended
to be indemnified pursuant to this subsection 1.10(b), in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action;
provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection
1.10(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent
of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, that,
in no event shall any indemnity under this subsection 1.10(b) exceed the net
proceeds from the offering received by such Holder, except in the case of
willful fraud by such Holder.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 1.10 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any
governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 1.10, deliver to
the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the
indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent
the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually
satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party
(together with all other indemnified parties which may be represented without
conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel,
with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if
representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the
indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such
counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice to the
indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such
action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such
indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section
1.10, but the omission so to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party
will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under this Section 1.10.
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(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 1.10 is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified
party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense referred to
therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss,
liability, claim, damage, or expense as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations; provided that in no event shall any contribution by a Holder
under this subsection 1.10(d) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received
by such Holder or the amount such person would have been obligated to pay if
indemnification had been available. The relative fault of the indemnifying party
and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the
provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting
agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are
in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting
agreement shall control for the parties to that agreement.
(f) The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section
1.10 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a
registration statement under this Section 1, and otherwise.
1.11 Reports Under Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With a view to
making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the
Act and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a
Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or
pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company agrees to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms
are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144, at all times so long as the Company
remains subject to the periodic reporting requirements under Section 13 or 15(d)
of the 1934 Act;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Act and the 1934 Act; and
(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any
Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the
Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144,
the Act and the 1934 Act or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities
may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), (ii) a
copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other
reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information
as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation
of the SEC which permits the selling of any such securities without registration
or pursuant to such form.
1.12 Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the
Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1 may be
assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee or
assignee of such securities that is an affiliate (as such
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term is defined in Rule 405 of the Act) of the Holder, provided: (a) the Company
is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice
of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with
respect to which such registration rights are being assigned; (b) such
transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the provisions of
Section 1.14 below; and (c) such assignment shall be effective only if
immediately following such transfer the further disposition of such securities
by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the Act. For the purposes of
determining the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by a transferee
or assignee, the holdings of transferees and assignees of a partnership who are
partners or retired partners of such partnership (including spouses and
ancestors, lineal descendants and siblings of such partners or spouses who
acquire Registrable Securities by gift, will or intestate succession) shall be
aggregated together and with the partnership; provided that all assignees and
transferees who would not qualify individually for assignment of registration
rights shall have a single attorney-in-fact for the purpose of exercising any
rights, receiving notices or taking any action under this Section 1.
1.13 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the
date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent
of the Holders of a majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities, enter
into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of
the Company which would allow such holder or prospective holder (a) to include
such securities in any registration filed under Section 1.2 hereof, unless under
the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such
securities in any such registration only to the extent that the inclusion of his
securities will not reduce the amount of the Registrable Securities of the
Holders which is included or (b) to make a demand registration which could
result in such registration statement being declared effective prior to the
earlier of either of the dates set forth in subsection 1.2(a) or within one
hundred twenty (120) days of the effective date of any registration effected
pursuant to Section 1.2.
1.14 Termination of Registration Rights. No Holder shall be entitled
to exercise any right provided for in this Section 1 after the earlier of (i)
five (5) years from the date hereof with respect to Demand Registration Rights
and seven (7) years from the date hereof with respect to Piggyback or Form S-3
Registrations Rights, or (ii) such time as Rule 144 or another similar exemption
(without recourse to Rule 144(k) unless such Holder holds less than or equal to
2% of the Stock) under the Securities Act is available for the sale of all of
such Holder's shares during a three (3)-month period without registration,
2. MISCELLANEOUS.
2.1 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties (including
transferees of any shares of Registrable Securities). 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.
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2.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
under the laws of the State of New York as applied to agreements among New York
residents entered into and to be performed entirely within New York.
2.3 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.
2.4 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this
Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in
construing or interpreting this Agreement.
2.5 Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or
permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed
effectively given upon personal delivery to the party to be notified or upon
deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid and addressed to the party to be notified at the address
indicated for such party on the signature page hereof, or at such other address
as such party may designate by ten (10) days' advance written notice to the
other parties.
2.6 Expenses. If any action at law or in equity is necessary to
enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and necessary disbursements in
addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.
2.7 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of 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
with the written consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities then outstanding. Any amendment or waiver effected in
accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each holder of any
Registrable Securities then outstanding, each future holder of all such
Registrable Securities and the Company.
2.8 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held
to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from
this Agreement and the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such
provision was so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
2.9 Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Registrable Securities held or
acquired by affiliated entities or persons shall be aggregated together for the
purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement.
2.10 Entire Agreement; Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement (including
the Exhibits hereto, if any) constitutes the full and entire understanding and
agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
VITALSTATE INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxx, Treasurer and Secretary
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0X0
Xxxxxx
SCEPTER HOLDINGS INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, President
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Xxxxxx
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