Exhibit 10.18
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Registration Rights
Agreement") is entered into and made effective as of March 18, 1997, by and
among PSW TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the
undersigned stockholders and warrantholders of the Company (collectively, the
"Securityholders" and individually, a "Securityholder").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of good and valuable consideration,
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agree as
follows:
1. Registration Rights. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Section 1:
a. 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 Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration or
document by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC");
b. The term "Registrable Securities" means (1) the outstanding
Common Stock of the Company held by the Securityholders on the date hereof, (2)
the Common Stock of the Company issuable or issued upon exercise of the
outstanding Warrants of the Company held by the Securityholders on the date
hereof and (3) any Common Stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the
conversion or exercise of any other 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 such Common Stock or Warrants, excluding in all cases,
however, any Registrable Securities sold by a person in a transaction in which
his, her or its rights under this Section 1 are not assigned;
c. 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.
d. The term "Holder" means any person owning or having the
right to acquire Registrable Securities or any assignee thereof in accordance
with Section 1.13 hereof; and
e. The term "Form S-3" means such form under the Act as in
effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Act subsequently
adopted by the
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SEC which permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by
reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
1.2 Request for Registration.
a. If the Company shall receive at any time after the day that
is 180 days after the effective date of the first registration statement for a
public offering of securities of the Company (other than a registration
statement relating either to the sale of securities to employees of the Company
pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or similar plan or a SEC Rule 145
transaction) (the "IPO"), a written request from the Holders of a majority of
the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration
statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities that
are or will be converted into Common Stock 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), effect as
soon as practicable, and in any event shall use its best efforts to effect
within 120 days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act
of all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be registered within
twenty (20) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with
paragraph 2.7, provided that the Company shall only be obligated to register
such Registrable Securities that are or have been converted into Common Stock at
the time of the filing of such registration statement.
b. If the Holders initiating the registration request
hereunder (the "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 underwriters shall be selected by a majority in
interest of the Initiating Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include his, her or its
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
1.4(e) hereof) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority in
interest of the Initiating Holders. 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,
that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be
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included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities
are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
c. The Company is obligated to effect only two (2) such
registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2.
d. 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 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 registration statement
to be filed 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 60 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.
1.3 Company 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, or a
registration on any form which does not include substantially the same
information as would be required to be included in a registration statement
covering the sale of the Registrable Securities), the Company shall, at such
time, promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration. Upon the
written request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after mailing of
such notice by the Company in accordance with Section 2.7, the Company shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 1.8, 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 only be obligated to register such
Registrable Securities that are or have been converted into Common Stock at the
time of the filing of such registration statement.
1.4 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 for up to one hundred eighty (180) days.
b. Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection
with such
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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 numbers 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.
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 the light of the circumstances then existing.
g. Use its best efforts to 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 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.
1.5 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
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method of disposition of such securities as shall be required to effect the
registration of such Holder's Registrable Securities.
1.6 Expenses of 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, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the selling Holders 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.
1.7 Expenses of Company Registration. The Company shall bear and pay
all expenses 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 1.13), 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.
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 selected by it (or by
other persons entitled to select 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
Registrable Securities requested by Holders to be included in such offering
together with the securities to be sold by the Company exceeds the amount 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 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 Holders according to the total amount of securities entitled to be
included therein owned by each selling Holder or in such
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other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by such selling Holders) but in
no event shall (i) the amount of securities of the selling Holders included in
the offering be reduced below thirty percent (30%) of the total amount of
securities included in such offering, unless no other stockholder's securities
are included in such offering. For purposes of the preceding parenthetical
concerning apportionment, for any Holder of Registrable Securities 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 Holder," and any pro-rata reduction with respect
to such "selling Holder" shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares
carrying registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in
such "selling Holder," 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. 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
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), against any
losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may
become subject under the Act, or 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, or the 1934
Act or any state securities law; and the Company will pay to each such Holder,
underwriter or controlling person, as incurred, any legal or other expenses
reasonably 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
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expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder,
underwriter or controlling person.
b. 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, or 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.
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 subsection (a) or
(b) of this Section 1.10 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
unavailable to an indemnified party, then each indemnifying party under any such
subsection, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, hereby
agrees to contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount any Holder of Registrable Securities
shall be obligated to contribute pursuant to this subsection (d) shall be
limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds from the offering received by
such holder.
e. 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 after ninety (90) days
after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the
Company for the offering of its securities to the general public;
b. take such action, including the voluntary registration of
its Common Stock under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, as is necessary to enable the
Holders to utilize Form S-3 for the sale of their Registrable Securities, such
action to be taken as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year in
which the first registration statement filed by the Company for the offering of
its securities to the general public is declared effective;
c. 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
d. 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 (at
any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first
registration statement filed by the Company), the Act and the 1934 Act (at any
time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), 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
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regulation of the SEC which permits the selling of any such securities without
registration or pursuant to such form.
1.12 Form S-3 Registration. In case the Company shall receive from
Holders of either at least thirty percent (30%) 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; and
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 fifteen (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 1.12: (1) if
Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the Holders; (2) 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 $250,000; (3) 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, 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 sixty (60) days after
receipt of the request of the Holder or Holders under this Section 1.12;
provided, however, that the Company shall not utilize this right more than once
in any twelve month period; (4) if the Company has, within the twelve (12) month
period preceding the date of such request, already effected two registrations on
Form S-3 for the Holders pursuant to this Section 1.12; or (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.
c. Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a
registration statement covering the Registrable Securities so requested to be
registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests of
the Holders, provided that the Company shall only be obligated to register such
Registrable Securities that are or have been converted into Common Stock at the
time of the filing of such registration statement. All expenses incurred in
connection with a registration requested pursuant to Section 1.12, including
(without limitation) all registration, filing, qualification, printer's and
accounting fees and the
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reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the selling Holder or Holders
and counsel for the Company, but excluding any underwriters' discounts or
commissions associated with Registrable Securities, shall be borne pro rata by
the Holder or Holders participating in the Form S-3 Registration; provided,
that, however, the Company shall pay all registration, filing, qualification,
printing and accounting fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Selling Holder or Holders and counsel for the Company for two (2)
registrations filed pursuant to this Section 1.12, but excluding any
underwriters' discounts or commissions associated with Registrable Securities.
Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 1.12 shall not be counted as
demands for registration or registrations effected pursuant to Sections 1.2 or
1.3, respectively.
1.13 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, provided 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; and provided, further, that 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.
1.14 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.
1.15 Termination of Registration Rights. No Holder shall be entitled
to exercise any right provided for in this Section 1 after five (5) years
following the consummation of the sale of securities pursuant to a registration
statement filed by the Company under the Act in connection with the initial firm
commitment underwritten offering of its securities to the general public.
2. Miscellaneous.
2.1 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, made and to be performed entirely within the State of New York.
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2.2 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding
upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and administrators of the
parties hereto.
2.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire
understanding and agreement among the parties with regard to the subjects hereof
and no party shall be liable or bound to any other party in any manner by any
representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements except as specifically set
forth herein or therein. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is
intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations, or
liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided
herein.
2.4 Separability. Any invalidity, illegality, or limitation of the
enforceability with respect to any party hereto of any one or more of the
provisions of this Agreement, or any part thereof, whether arising by reason of
the law of any such party's domicile or otherwise, shall in no way affect or
impair the validity, legality, or enforceability of this Agreement with respect
to other parties. In case any provision of this Agreement, shall be invalid,
illegal, or unenforceable, it shall to the extent practicable, be modified so as
to make it valid, legal and enforceable and to retain as nearly as practicable
the intent of the parties, and the validity, legality, and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
2.5 Amendment and Waivers. Any provision of Section 1 may be amended
and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular
instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written
consent of the Company and the holders of at least two-thirds of the Registrable
Securities then outstanding. Any amendment or waiver regarding Section 1 of this
Agreement, 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.
2.6 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right,
power, or remedy accruing to any party hereto or any subsequent holder of any
Registrable Securities upon any breach, default or noncompliance of the Company
under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power, or remedy, nor shall
it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach, default or noncompliance, or
any acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach, default or noncompliance
thereafter occurring. It is further agreed that any waiver, permit, consent, or
approval of any kind or character on the part of the parties hereto of any
breach, default or noncompliance under this Agreement or any waiver on the part
of the parties hereto of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement must be
in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in
such writing, and that all remedies, either under this Agreement, by law, or
otherwise afforded to the parties hereto, shall be cumulative and not
alternative.
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2.7 Notices, etc. All notices and other communications required or
permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given
upon personal delivery (by means of overnight mail, courier, messenger or other
reasonable methods of delivery) or upon deposit with the United States Post
Office, by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed: (a) if to a party
hereto other than the Company, at such party's address as maintained in the
Company's records, or at such other address as such party shall have furnished
to the Company in writing, or (b) if to the Company, at its address as set forth
at the end of this Agreement, or at such other address as the Company shall have
furnished to the other parties hereto in writing.
2.8 Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the paragraphs and
subparagraphs of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are
not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
2.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date first above written.
PSW TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
By: /s/ W. Xxxxx Xxxx
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W. Xxxxx Xxxx, Ph.D.
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT as of the date first above written.
If individual investor
______________________________________
Print name of Securityholder
______________________________________
Signature
If corporate or
partnership investor
______________________________________
Print Name of Securityholder
By:__________________________________
Title:_______________________________
SCHEDULE 1
SECURITYHOLDERS' STOCK AND WARRANTS
No. of shares of
Name and Address Common Stock
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