Exhibit 4.1
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement is made and entered into as
of September 24, 2001 (this "Agreement") by and between Silverstar Holdings,
Ltd., a Bermuda corporation (the "Company"), and Student Sports, Inc., a
California corporation ("SSI").
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Asset
Purchase Agreement (the "Asset Purchase Agreement"), dated as of September 24,
2001, by and among the Company, Student Sports Inc., a Delaware corporation, SSI
and the other parties thereto, the Company has agreed to provide to SSI certain
registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder, with respect to an aggregate of Nine Hundred
Thousand (900,000) shares (the "Shares") of the Company's common stock, par
value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), issued to SSI on the date hereof pursuant
to the Asset Purchase Agreement.
The Company and SSI hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
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Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings given such terms in the Asset Purchase Agreement. As used in
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other
Person that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common
control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control," when
used with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms of "affiliated," "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Blackout Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(h).
"Board" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(h).
"Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any
day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other
government actions to close.
"Closing Date" means September 24, 2001.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" means the Company's Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share.
"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Filing Date" means the date the Registration Statement is
filed, which date shall be on or before One Hundred and Twenty (120) days after
the Closing Date.
"Holder" or "Holders" means the holder or holders, as the case
may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities, including SSI and its
permitted assigns and transferees.
"Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6(c).
"Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6(c).
"Lock-up" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.
"Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
"Nasdaq" shall mean the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq
Small Cap Market.
"Person" means an individual or a corporation, partnership,
trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited
liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or political
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
"Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or
proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
"Prospectus" means the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the
Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with
respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement, and all other amendments and
supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all
material incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
"Registrable Securities" means the Shares and any shares of
Common Stock issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or
similar event with respect to such Shares.
"Registration Statement" means the registration statement
contemplated by Section 2, including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments
and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and
post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated
by reference in such registration statement.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Rule 158" means Rule 158 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Rule 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
2. Registration. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts
to prepare and file with the Commission, on or prior to the Filing Date, a
"shelf" Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities for an
offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration
Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to
register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such
registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith). The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
practicable and to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under
the Securities Act until such date as is the earlier of (x) the date when all
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or
(y) the date on which the Registrable Securities may be sold without restriction
pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act as determined by
the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter, addressed to
the Company's transfer agent to such effect (the "Effectiveness Period").
3. Registration Procedures.
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In connection with the Company's registration obligations
hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with
the Commission, on or prior to the Filing Date, a Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (or if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3 such registration shall be on another
appropriate form in accordance herewith) in accordance with the method or
methods of distribution thereof as specified by the Holders (except if otherwise
directed by the Holders or a majority of the Registrable Securities), and cause
the Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided
herein; provided, however, that not less than three (3) Business Days prior to
the filing of the Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be
incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall furnish to the Holders
copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than
those incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders.
The Company shall not file the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or
any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in writing within two (2)
Business Days of their receipt thereof.
(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments,
including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective as to the
applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period; (ii) cause the
related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus
supplement, and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
(or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act;
(iii) respond as promptly as practicable to any comments received from the
Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto
and as promptly as practicable provide the Holders true and complete copies of
all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to the Registration
Statement; and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the
Holders thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) Promptly deliver to each Holder upon request such number
of copies of the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto as such
Holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of Registrable
Securities owned by such Holder.
(d) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities,
use its best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities for
offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions
within the United States as any Holder requests in writing, to keep each such
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the
Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things necessary to
enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities
covered by a Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it
is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or
subject the Company to any tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject.
(e) Use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities
relating to such Registration Statement to be listed on the Nasdaq and any other
securities exchange, quotation system, market or over-the-counter bulletin
board, if any, on which similar securities issued by the Company are then
listed.
(f) Comply in all material respects with all applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission and make generally available to its security
holders earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of
any 12-month period (or ninety (90) days after the end of any 12-month period if
such period is a fiscal year) commencing on the first day of the first fiscal
quarter of the Company after the effective date of the Registration Statement,
which statement shall conform to the requirements of Rule 158.
(g) Require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company
information regarding such Holder and the distribution of such Registrable
Securities as is required by law to be disclosed in the Registration Statement,
and the Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of
any such Holder who fails to furnish such information within a
reasonable time prior to the filing of each Registration Statement, supplemented
Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement.
Each Holder covenants and agrees that (i) it will not sell any
Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until: (a) it has
received copies of the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented as
contemplated in Section 3(c) and notice from the Company that such Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto have become effective and
(ii) it and its officers, directors or Affiliates, if any, will comply with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to them in
connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement and (b) any other trading restrictions set forth in the Asset Purchase
Agreement have been complied with and the Lock-Up Period set forth in Section 4
has expired.
(h) If (i) there is material non-public information regarding
the Company which the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") reasonably
determines in good faith not to be in the Company's best interest to disclose
and which the Company is not otherwise required to disclose, or (ii) there is a
significant business opportunity (including, but not limited to, the acquisition
or disposition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any
merger, consolidation, tender offer or other similar transaction) available to
the Company which the Board reasonably determines in good faith not to be in the
Company's best interest to disclose and which the Company would be required to
disclose under the Registration Statement, then the Company may suspend
effectiveness of a registration statement and suspend the sale of Registrable
Securities under a Registration Statement for a period that the Board, in its
sole discretion, determines to be reasonable under the circumstances (each, a
"Blackout Period").
4. Lock-Up.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and
subject to any Blackout Period, each Holder of Registrable Securities shall not
publicly sell (pursuant to an effective registration statement or otherwise),
publicly make any short sale of, publicly grant any option for the purchase of,
or otherwise publicly dispose of, sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, assign or
otherwise transfer any Registrable Securities other than in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 4 (the "Lock-Up"). Each Holder's Registrable
Securities shall be released from the Lock-Up, and shall become freely
transferable (subject to applicable registration requirements), in the following
two (2) installments: (i) 450,000 Shares (the "First Tranche") shall be eligible
for sale within 180 days of the Closing Date and (ii) 450,000 Shares shall be
eligible for sale within 12 months of the Closing Date. In addition, if, within
180 days of the Closing Date, the average last reported sale price per share of
the Common Stock for any fifteen (15) consecutive trading days is equal to or
greater than Three Dollars ($3.00), then One Hundred Thousand (100,000) Shares
of the First Tranche shall be released from the Lock-Up, and shall become freely
transferable (subject to applicable registration requirements). The Lock-Up
shall remain in full force and effect with respect to such Registrable
Securities at all times and any subsequent Holder of Registrable Securities
shall be subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 4. The share
certificates representing the Registrable Securities shall bear an appropriate
legend stating that such shares are subject to the Lock-Up set forth in this
Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of this date between
Holder and the Company.
5. Registration Expenses
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All fees and expenses incident to the registration of the
Registrable Securities shall be borne by the Company, other than (x) fees and
expenses incurred with respect to compliance with state securities or Blue Sky
laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Holders in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities
and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for
investment under the laws of such jurisdictions) and (y) fees and expenses of
any counsel retained by the Holders in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, which fees and expenses shall be borne
exclusively by the Holders, in each case whether or not the Registration
Statement is filed or becomes effective and whether or not any Registrable
Securities are sold pursuant to the Registration Statement.
6. Indemnification
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall,
notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless
each Holder, the officers, directors, agents or employees, if any, of such
Holder and each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the
officers, directors, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, and
the respective successors, assigns, estate and personal representatives of each
of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and
against any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, penalties, judgments,
costs (including, without limitation, costs of investigation) and expenses
(including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and expenses) (collectively,
"Losses"), as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form
of prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based upon information
regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder
expressly for use therein, which information was reasonably relied on by the
Company for use therein. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the
institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally
and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the directors,
officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act),
and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons,
and the respective successors, assigns, estate and personal representatives of
each of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from
and against all Losses, as incurred, arising solely out of or based solely upon
any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement,
any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising solely out of or based
solely upon any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to
make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus
or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made) not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or omission is contained in or omitted from any information so
furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in
the Registration Statement or such Prospectus and that such information was
reasonably relied upon by the Company for use in the Registration Statement,
such Prospectus or such form of prospectus.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding
shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder
(an "Indemnified Party"), such Indemnified Party promptly shall notify the
Person from whom indemnity is sought (the "Indemnifying Party) in writing, and
the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the
employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the
payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof;
provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not
relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to
this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not
subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have proximately
and materially adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in
writing to pay such fees and expenses; or (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have
failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3)
the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such
Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest
is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party
and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies
the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at
the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of
the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall, without
the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any
pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless
such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from
all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
All fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including
reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with
investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not
inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as
incurred, within ten (10) Business Days of written notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party, regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an
Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided that
the Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified
Party to undertake to reimburse all such fees and expenses to the extent it is
finally judicially determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to
indemnification hereunder.
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section
6(a) or 6(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party because of a failure or
refusal of a governmental authority to enforce such indemnification in
accordance with its terms (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each
Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result
of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact,
has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
Indemnifying, Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
in Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys' or other reasonable fees or expenses
incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such
party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the
indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in
accordance with its terms.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into
account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have
to the Indemnified Parties.
7. Rule 144.
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As long as any Holder owns Registrable Securities, the Company
covenants to use its reasonable best efforts to timely file (or obtain
extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all
reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. As long as any Holder owns
Registrable Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to
the Holders and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c)
promulgated under the Securities Act annual and quarterly financial statements,
together with a discussion and analysis of such financial statements in form and
substance substantially similar to those that would otherwise be required to be
included in reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as
well as any other information required thereby, in the time period that such
filings would have been required to have been made under the Exchange Act. The
Company further covenants that it will take such further
action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable such Person to sell Registrable Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
8. Miscellaneous.
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(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a
Holder, of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the
Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all
rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages,
will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The
Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate
compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the
provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any
action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) Specific Enforcement, Consent to Jurisdiction.
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(i) The Company and the Holders acknowledge and agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled
to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of
this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof or
thereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be
entitled by law or equity.
(ii) Each of the Company and the Holders (i) hereby
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York and the courts of the State of New York
located in New York county for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees
not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or
proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit,
action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holders consents
to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section shall affect or
limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company
and Holders of not less 51% of the Registrable Securities then owned by all
Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the
provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of
other Holders may be given by Holders of
at least a majority of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or
consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not
be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions
of the immediately preceding sentence.
(d) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or
deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed given and effective on the earlier of (i) the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified for notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on a Business Day, (ii) the Business Day after the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified for notice later than 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on such
date, (iii) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by
nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) actual receipt by the
party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such
communications shall be with respect to each Holder at its address set forth
under its name on Schedule 1 attached hereto, or with respect to the Company,
addressed to:
Silverstar Holdings, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address or addresses or facsimile number or numbers as any such
party may most recently have designated in writing to the other parties hereto
by such notice. Copies of notices to any Holder shall be sent to the addresses
listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto, if applicable. Copies of notices to the
Company shall be sent to Jenkens & Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, The Chrysler
Building, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, Esq., Facsimile no.: (000) 000-0000.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns. Permitted assigns of the Company shall include any person or entity
which acquires all or substantially all of the capital stock or assets of the
Company or is the successor to the Company by merger, consolidation or other
similar transaction. No Holder shall assign its rights hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that SSI may assign its
rights to the Shareholders (as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement) subject
to the terms and conditions of such transfer as set forth in the Asset Purchase
Agreement.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with
the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original
thereof.
(g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to principles of conflicts of law thereof. This Agreement shall not be
interpreted or construed with any presumption against the party causing this
Agreement to be drafted.
(h) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
(i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable in any respect, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants
and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and
shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto
shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to
achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such
term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared
to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining
terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that
may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(j) Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do
not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or
affect any of the provisions hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
persons as of the date first indicated above.
SILVERSTAR HOLDINGS, LTD.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: President
STUDENT SPORTS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Bark
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Name: Xxxxxx Bark
Title: CEO
