Exhibit 10.13
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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This Agreement dated as of December 31, 1997 is entered into by and among
Switchboard Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, (the "Company"), and Continuum
Software Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser").
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser have entered into a Technology
Development and Marketing Agreement dated November 7, 1997 (the "Technology
Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser desire to provide for certain
arrangements with respect to the registration of shares of capital stock of the
Company under the Securities Act of 1933;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
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shall have the following respective meanings:
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
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other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, $.01 par value per share, of
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the Company.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
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or any similar Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
issued under such Act, as they each may, from time to time, be in effect.
"Registration Statement" means a registration statement filed by the
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Company with the Commission for a public offering and sale of Common Stock
(other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or Form S-4, or their
successors, or any other form for a similar limited purpose, or any registration
statement covering only securities proposed to be issued in exchange for
securities or assets of another corporation).
"Registration Expenses" means the expenses described in Section 5.
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"Registrable Shares" means (i) the Shares and (ii) any other shares of
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Common Stock issued in respect of such shares (because of stock splits, stock
dividends, reclassifications, recapitalizations, or similar events); provided,
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however, that shares of Common Stock which are Registrable Shares shall cease to
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be Registrable Shares (i) upon eligibility for any sale pursuant to a
Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (ii) upon any
sale in any
manner to a person or entity which, by virtue of Section 12 of this Agreement,
is not entitled to the rights provided by this Agreement. Wherever reference is
made in this Agreement to a request of consent of holders of a certain
percentage of Registrable Shares, the determination of such percentage shall
include shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares even if
such conversion has not yet been effected.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
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similar Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission issued
under such Act, as they each many, from time to time, be in effect.
"Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon
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exercise of the warrants to purchase Common Stock issued to the Purchaser
pursuant to the Technology Agreement.
"Stockholders" means the Purchaser and any persons or entities to whom
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the rights granted under this Agreement are transferred by the Purchaser, its
successors or assigns pursuant to Section 12 hereof.
2. Incidental Registration
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(a) Whenever the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement at
any time and from time to time, it will, prior to such filing, give written
notice to all Stockholders of its intention to do so and, upon the written
request of a Stockholder or Stockholders given within 20 days after the Company
provides such notice (which request shall state the intended method of
disposition of such Registrable Shares), the Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts to cause all Registrable Shares which the Company has been
requested by such Stockholder or Stockholders to register to be registered under
the Securities Act to the extent necessary to permit their sale or other
disposition in accordance with the intended methods of distribution specified in
the request of such Stockholder or Stockholders provided, however, that this
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Section 2 shall not apply to any Registration Statement filed or proposed to be
filed by the Company pursuant to any agreement to which the Company is or may
become a party if, pursuant to the terms of such agreement, the Company is
prohibited from permitting the Stockholders to participate in such registration;
and provided further that the Company shall have the right to postpone or
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withdraw any registration effected pursuant to this Section 2 without obligation
to any Stockholder.
(b) In connection with any registration under this Section 2
involving an underwriting, the Company shall not be required to include any
Registrable Shares in such registration unless the holders thereof accept the
terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the
underwriters selected by it (provided that such terms must be consistent with
this Agreement). If in the opinion of the managing underwriter it is
appropriate because of marketing factors to limit the number of Registrable
Shares to be included in the offering, then the Company shall be required to
include in the registration only that number of Registrable Shares, if any,
which the managing underwriter believes should be included therein. If the
number of Registrable Shares to be included in the offering in accordance with
the foregoing is less than the total number of shares which the holders of
Registrable Shares have
requested to be included, then the holders of Registrable Shares who have
requested registration and other holders of securities entitled to include them
in such registration shall participate in the registration as follows:
(i) first, there shall be included in the registration any shares
proposed to be sold by the Company and any shares permitted to be included in
the registration pursuant to Section 2 or 3 of the Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of November 5, 1996 by and among the Company, America Online Inc. and
Digital City Inc., as amended from time to time (the "Original Agreement") or
any other agreement(s) entered into by the Company from time to time, on the
terms set forth therein; and
(ii) second, there shall be included in the registration any
Registrable Shares proposed to be sold in accordance with this Agreement, pro
rata based upon the total ownership of shares of Common Stock by the holders of
Registrable Shares requested to be included therein.
If any holder would thus be entitled to include more securities than such holder
requested to be registered, the excess shall be allocated among other requesting
holders pro rata in the manner described in the preceding sentence.
3. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is required by the
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provisions of this Agreement to use its reasonable best efforts to effect the
registration of any of the Registrable Shares under the Securities Act, the
Company shall furnish to each selling Stockholder such reasonable numbers of
copies of the prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with
the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as the selling
Stockholder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or
other disposition of the Registrable Shares owned by the selling Stockholder.
If the Company has delivered preliminary or final prospectuses to the
selling Stockholders and after having done so the prospectus is amended to
comply with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company shall promptly
notify the selling Stockholders and, if requested, the selling Stockholders
shall immediately cease making offers of Registrable Shares and return all
prospectuses to the Company. The Company shall promptly provide the selling
Stockholders with revised prospectuses and, following receipt of the revised
prospectuses, the selling Stockholders shall be free to resume making offers of
the Registrable Shares.
4. Allocation of Expenses. The selling Stockholders shall pay their
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respective pro rata portions of all Registration Expenses of all registrations
under this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 4, the term "Registration
Expenses" shall mean (i) all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with
this Agreement, include, without limitation, all registration and filing fees,
exchange listing fees, printing expenses, fees and expenses of counsel for the
Company, state Blue Sky fees and expenses, the expense of any special audits
incident to or required by any such registration, underwriting discounts,
selling commissions and the fees and expenses of selling Stockholders' counsel
(including any counsel selected to represent all selling Stockholders).
5. Indemnification and Contribution
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(a) In the event of any registration of any of the Registrable Shares
under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will indemnify
and hold harmless the seller of such Registrable Shares, each underwriter of
such Registrable Shares, and each other person, if any, who controls such seller
or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act of the Exchange Act
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such seller, underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act, state securities or Blue Sky laws or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement
under which such Registrable Shares were registered under the Securities Act,
any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained in the Registration
Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; and the Company will reimburse such seller, underwriter
and each such controlling person for any legal or any other expenses reasonably
incurred by such seller, underwriter or controlling person in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
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extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon any untrue statement or omission made in such Registration Statement,
preliminary prospectus or final prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement,
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company, in
writing, by or on behalf of any seller, underwriter, controlling person or any
other person specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
(b) In the event of any registration of any of the Registrable Shares
under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, each seller of Registrable
Shares, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
each of its directors and officers and each underwriter (if any) and each
person, if any, who controls the Company or any such underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company, such directors
and officers, underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the
Securities Act, Exchange Act, state securities or Blue Sky laws or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which
such Registrable Shares were registered under the Securities Act, any
preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained in the Registration
Statement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, or
arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information relating to such seller furnished in writing
to the Company by or on behalf of such seller specifically for use in connection
with the preparation of such Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or
supplement; provided, however, that the obligations
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of such Stockholders hereunder shall be limited to an amount equal to the
proceeds to each Stockholder of Registrable Shares sold in connection with such
registration.
(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 5 (the
"Indemnified Party") shall give notice to the party required to provide
indemnification (the "Indemnifying Party") promptly after such Indemnified Party
has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall
permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any
litigation resulting therefrom. The Indemnified Party may participate in such
defense at such party's expense; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party
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shall pay such expense 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 the Indemnified Party and any other
party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. No Indemnifying Party, in
the defense of any such claim or litigation shall, except with the consent of
each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by
the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all
liability in respect of such claim or litigation, and no Indemnified Party shall
consent to entry of any judgment or settle such claim or litigation without
prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution to joint
liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either (i) any holder of
Registrable Shares exercising rights under this Agreement, or any controlling
person of any such holder, makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this
Section 5 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or
decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal
or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be
enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 5 provides for
indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may
be required on the part of any such selling Stockholder or any such controlling
person in circumstances for which indemnification is provided under this Section
5; then, in each such case, the Company and such Stockholder will contribute to
the aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be
subject (after contribution from others) in such proportions so that such holder
is responsible for the portion represented by the percentage that the public
offering price of its Registrable Shares offered by the Registration Statement
bears to the public offering price of all securities offered by such
Registration Statement, and the Company is responsible for the remaining
portion; provided, however, that, in any such case, (A) no such holder will be
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required to contribute any amount in excess of the proceeds to it of all
Registrable Shares sold by its pursuant to such Registration Statement, and (B)
no person or entity guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation, within the meaning
of Section 11 (f) of the Securities Act, shall be entitled to contribution from
any person or entity who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
6. Information by Holder. Each Stockholder including Registrable Shares in
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any registration shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such
Stockholder and the distribution proposed by such Stockholder as the Company may
reasonably request in writing and as shall be required in connection with any
registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Agreement.
7. "Stand-Off" Agreement. Each Stockholder, if requested by the Company
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and the managing underwriter of an offering by the Company of Common Stock or
other securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration Statement, shall
agree not to sell publicly or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Registrable
Shares or other securities of the Company held by such Stockholder for a
specified period of time (not to exceed 180 days) following the effective date
of such Registration Statement; provided, that all officers and directors of the
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Company enter into similar agreements.
8. No Limitations on Subsequent or Previous Registration Rights. The
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Company may at any time and from time to time, without the prior written consent
of Stockholders, enter into any agreement relating to registration rights,
including without limitation 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 securities of the Company in any Registration Statement
prior to the inclusion by any Stockholder and (b) to require a registration in
which no Stockholder is permitted to participate. In addition, this Agreement
shall in all respects be subject and subordinate to the provisions of the
Original Agreement, and in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of
this Agreement and the Original Agreement, the terms of the Original Agreement
shall prevail.
9. Rule 144 Requirements. After the earliest of (i) the closing of the
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sale of securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration Statement, (ii) the
registration by the Company of a class of securities under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, or (iii) the issuance by the Company of an offering circular
pursuant to Regulation A under the Securities Act, the Company agrees to:
(a) use its best efforts to comply with the requirements of Rule
144(c) under the Securities Act with respect to current public information about
the Company;
(b) use its best efforts to file with the Commission in a timely
manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to
such reporting requirements); and
(c) furnish to any holder of Registrable Shares upon request (i) a
written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the requirements of
said Rule 144(c), and the reporting requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting
requirements), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the
Company, and (iii) such other reports and documents of the Company as such
holder may reasonably request to avail itself of any similar rule or regulation
of the Commission allowing it to sell any such securities without registration.
10. Mergers, Etc. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, enter
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into any merger, consolidation or reorganization in which the Company shall not
be the surviving corporation unless the proposed surviving corporation shall,
prior to such merger, consolidation or reorganization, agree in writing to
assume the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, and for that purpose
references hereunder to "Registrable Shares" shall be deemed to be references to
the securities which the Stockholders would be entitled to receive in exchange
for Registrable Shares under any such merger, consolidation or reorganization;
provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 10 shall not apply in the
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event of any merger, consolidation or reorganization in which the Company is not
the surviving corporation if all Stockholders are entitled to receive in
exchange for their Registrable Shares consideration consisting solely of (i)
cash, (ii) securities of the acquiring corporation which may be immediately sold
to the public without registration under the Securities Act, or (iii) securities
of the acquiring corporation which the acquiring corporation has agreed to
register within 180 days of completion of the transaction for resale to the
public pursuant to the Securities Act.
11. Termination. All of the Company's obligations to register Registrable
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Shares under this Agreement shall terminate on the fifth anniversary of this
Agreement.
12. Transfers of Rights. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of
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each Purchaser hereunder, may be assigned by such Purchaser to any person or
entity to which Shares are transferred by such Purchaser, and such transferee
shall be deemed a "Purchaser" for purposes of this Agreement; provided that the
transferee provides written notice of such assignment to the Company.
13. General.
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(a) Notices. All notices, requests, consents, and other
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communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by hand or mailed by first class certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid:
If to the Company, at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: President, or at such other address or addresses as may have been
furnished in writing by the Company to the Purchaser, with a copy to Xxxx X.
Xxxxxx, Esq., Xxxx and Xxxx LLP, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000; or
If to the Purchaser, at 000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, XX
0000, Attention: President, or at such other address or addresses as may have
been furnished to the Company in writing by such Purchaser, with a copy to
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Notices provided in accordance with this Section 13(a) shall be deemed
delivered upon personal delivery or two business days after deposit in the mail.
(b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement
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and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to such
subject matter.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be
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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), with the written consent of the Company and the holders of at
least a majority of the Registrable Shares; provided, that this Agreement may be
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amended with the consent of the holders of less than all Registrable Shares only
in a manner
which affects all Registrable Shares in the same fashion. No waivers of or
exceptions to any term, condition or provision of this Agreement, in any one or
more instances, shall be deemed to be, or construed as, a further or continuing
waiver of any such term, condition or provision.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
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counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which
shall be one and the same document.
(e) Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
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provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity of enforceability of
any other provision of this Agreement.
(f) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
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in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
Executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY:
SWITCHBOARD INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx
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Title: President
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PURCHASER:
CONTINUUM SOFTWARE INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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