REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.2
This
Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made
and entered into as of March 16, 2010, between Frederick’s of Hollywood Group
Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), and each
of the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser” and,
collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This
Agreement is made pursuant to two certain Securities Purchase Agreements, each
dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Purchasers (the “Purchase
Agreements”).
The
Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:
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Definitions.
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Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase
Agreements shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase
Agreements. As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Advice” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“Effectiveness Date”
means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder, the 90th calendar day following the Closing Date (or, in the event of
a “full review” by the Commission, the 120th calendar day following the Closing
Date) and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be
required pursuant to Section 3(c), the 60th calendar day following the date on
which an additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder;
provided, however, that in the
event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above
Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further
review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement
shall be the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so
notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above.
“Effectiveness Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Event” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Event Date” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Filing Date” means,
with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 30th
calendar day following the Closing Date and, with respect to any additional
Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the
earliest practical date following the date on which the Company is permitted by
SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the
Registrable Securities.
“Holder” or “Holders” means the
holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable
Securities.
“Indemnified Party”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying Party”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Initial Registration
Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to
this Agreement.
“Losses” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Plan of Distribution”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Prospectus” means the
prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation,
a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus
filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable
Securities” means, as of any date of determination, (a) all of the
Shares, (b) all Warrant Shares (assuming on such date the Warrants are exercised
in full without regard to any exercise limitations therein) and (c) any
securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other
distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing;
provided, that the Holder thereof has completed and delivered to the Company a
Selling Stockholder Questionnaire; and, provided, further, that (a)
any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i)
upon the sale of such securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule
144, (ii) upon such securities becoming eligible for resale without volume or
manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to
Rule 144, such eligibility confirmed in a written opinion by the Company’s
counsel and reasonably acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the
affected Holders and (b) no Warrant Shares shall be Registrable Securities
unless and until such Warrant Shares are issued.
“Registration
Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed
hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements
contemplated by Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus,
including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all
material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
any such registration statement.
“Rule 415” means Rule
415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule
424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same
purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Selling Stockholder
Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(a).
“SEC Guidance” means
(i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff and
(ii) the Securities Act.
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Shelf
Registration.
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(a) On
or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all, or such maximum
portion as permitted by SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use
diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of
the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including
without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations
D.29), of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an
effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each 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) and shall contain (unless
otherwise directed by at least a majority in interest of the Holders)
substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex
A. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall
use its best efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but
in any event prior to or on the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its
best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under
the Securities Act from the date such Registration Statement is declared
effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by
such Registration Statement have been sold or may be sold without restriction
under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a
written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s
transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness
Period”). The Company shall telephonically request
effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. New York
City time on a Trading Day. The Company shall as promptly as
practicable under the circumstances notify the Holders via facsimile or by
e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day
that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission,
which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration
Statement. The Company shall, promptly after the effective date of
such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as
required by Rule 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of
Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration
Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to
advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of
Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to
its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be
registered on such Registration Statement will first be reduced by Registrable
Securities represented by Warrant Shares (applied, in the case that some Warrant
Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total
number of unregistered Warrant Shares held by such Holders) and then by
Registrable Securities represented by Shares (applied to the Holders on a pro
rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Shares held by such
Holders).
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(b) If: (i)
the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date
(if the Company files the Initial Registration Statement without affording the
Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section
3(a) herein, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i)),
or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration
of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, within five (5) Trading Days of the
date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier)
by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or
will not be subject to further review, or (iii) prior to the effective date of a
Registration Statement, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and
otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission in respect of
such Registration Statement as promptly as practicable after the receipt of
comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in
order for such Registration Statement to be declared effective (any such failure
or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clauses (i) and
(iii), the date on which such Event occurs, and for purpose of clause (ii) the
date on which such five (5) Trading Day period is exceeded, and for purpose of
clause (iii) the date which such ten (10) Trading Day period is exceeded, as
applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then,
in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under
applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each
such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date)
until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an
amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1%
for the first thirty (30) consecutive calendar days and 2% for each subsequent
thirty (30) calendar day period or part thereof, of the aggregate purchase price
paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreements for any unregistered
Registrable Securities then held by such Holder. The parties agree
that (1) the Company shall not be liable for liquidated damages under this
Agreement with respect to any unexercised Warrants or Warrant Shares or with
respect to any Registrable Securities that are not registered as a result of
limitations set by SEC Guidance and (2) the maximum aggregate liquidated
damages payable to a Holder under this Agreement shall be 8% of the aggregate
Subscription Amount paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase
Agreements. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated
damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven (7) Trading Days after the
date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum
(or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law)
to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are
due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in
full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof
shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the
cure of an Event.
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Registration
Procedures.
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In
connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company
shall:
(a) Not
less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration
Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any
related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any
document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such
Holders, at their sole cost and expense, and (ii) cause its officers and
directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to
such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective
counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning
of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a 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 good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection
in writing no later than five (5) Trading Days after the Holders have been so
furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the
Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or
supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a
completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Stockholder
Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days
prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following
the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this
Section.
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(b) (i) Prepare
and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously
effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness
Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration
Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the
Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or
supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this
Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule
424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received
from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and
complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a
Registration Statement (provided that, the Company may excise any information
contained therein which would constitute material non-public information as to
any Holder which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with respect
thereto with the Company), and (iv) comply in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to
the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of
this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof
set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as
so supplemented.
(c) If
during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any
time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a
Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably
practicable, but in any case prior to the applicable Filing Date, an additional
Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the
number of such Registrable Securities.
(d) Notify
the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant
to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to
suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as
promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than
one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person)
confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the
day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when the
Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such
Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such
Registration Statement, and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any
request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority
for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other
federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable
Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the
receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any
Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of
time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement
ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as
the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending
corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may
be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the
best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration
Statement or Prospectus, provided that, any notice delivered by the Company to
the Holders notifying the Holders of such a suspension of the Registration
Statement shall not disclose the details or content of such material event or
occurrence, but shall only disclose that an event or occurrence exists which has
caused the Company to determine to suspend the availability of the Registration
Statement, the existence of such an event or occurrence shall remain
confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public,
unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law; provided, further, that
notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential,
each such Holder makes no acknowledgement that any such information is material,
non-public information.
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(e) Use
its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal
of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from
qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(f) Furnish
to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and
all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously
furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such
documents with the Commission; provided, that any such item which is available
on the XXXXX system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical
form.
(g) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after
the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).
(h) The
Company shall cooperate with any broker-dealer through which a Holder proposes
to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the FINRA
Corporate Financing Department pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, as requested by any
such Holder, and the Company shall pay the filing fee required by such filing
within two (2) Business Days of request therefor.
(i) Prior
to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially
reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders
in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the
Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by
the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within
the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the
Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably
necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable
Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that, the Company
shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction
where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in
any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent
to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(j) If
requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to
be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which
certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreements,
of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in
such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may
request.
(k) Upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as
reasonably possible under the circumstances, taking into account the Company’s
good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its
stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or
amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or
a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance
with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any
Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then
the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will
use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as
promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise
its right under this Section 3(k) to suspend the availability of a Registration
Statement and Prospectus for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need
not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period.
(l) Comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.
(m) The
Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified
statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such
Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have
voting and dispositive control over the shares. If, as the result of
any Holder’s failure to furnish such information, the Company would be in
violation of this Agreement for failure to comply with any of its obligations
hereunder, the Company shall remove such Holder from the Registration Statement
and file such Registration Statement, and not be subject to any liquidated
damages by any Holder.
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4.
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Registration
Expenses.
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All fees
and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with, this Agreement
by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable
Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees
and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without
limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation,
fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public
accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with
respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the
Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading and (C) in compliance with
applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company
in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the
Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation,
expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger,
telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such
insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the
Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all
of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all
salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the listing or quotation of the Registrable
Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no
event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of
any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents,
any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
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Indemnification.
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(a) Indemnification by the
Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of
this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers,
directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and
sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure
to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors and
employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person
holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of
each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the
officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and
any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such
titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such
controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively,
“Losses”), as
incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in a 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
supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made)
not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or
regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i)
such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding
such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use
therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such
Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was
reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a
Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for
this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type
specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated,
defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified
such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise
unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of
the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). The Company shall notify the
Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding
arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement of which the Company is aware.
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(b) Indemnification by
Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly,
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and
employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors,
officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the
extent arising out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure
to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (y)
any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, any 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 not misleading (i) to the extent, but
only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any
information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically
for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus, (ii) to the
extent that such information relates to such Holder’s proposed method of
distribution of Registrable Securities, provided that such method of
distribution was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the
Holder has approved Annex A hereto for
this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or
(iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section
3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise
unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing
that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by
such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated
in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling
Holder under this Section 5(b) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of
the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable
Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification
Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted
against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”),
such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is
sought (the “Indemnifying Party”)
in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the defense thereof; provided, that, the failure of any
Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party
of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only)
to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review)
that such failure shall have materially prejudiced the Indemnifying
Party.
An
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties
unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such
fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named
parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both
such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the
Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material 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 the reasonable fees and expenses of no
more than one separate 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 or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any
settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party
is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of
such Proceeding.
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable 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 Trading Days of written notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party; provided, that, the Indemnified Party shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses
applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially
determined not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.
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(d) Contribution. If
the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified
Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then
each Indemnifying Party shall 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 and Indemnified Party in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such
Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a
material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by,
such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party
as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations
set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees
or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the
extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the
indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in
accordance with its terms.
The
parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any
other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no
Holder shall be required to contribute pursuant to this Section 5(d), in the
aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually
received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to
the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission.
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.
6.
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Miscellaneous.
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(a) Remedies. In
the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective
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, shall be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the
Company and each Holder agrees 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 not assert
or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Piggyback on
Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration
Statements. Neither the Company nor any of its security
holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include
securities of the Company in any Registration Statements filed pursuant to this
Agreement. Except with respect to any registration statements to be
filed in connection with that certain Debt Conversion and Preferred Stock
Conversion Agreement with Fursa Capital Partners LP, Fursa Master Rediscovered
Opportunities L.P., Blackfriars Master Vehicle LLC – Series 2, and Fursa Master
Global Event Driven Fund L.P,, the Company shall not file any other resale
registration statements until all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant
to a Registration Statement that is declared effective by the Commission,
provided that this Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing
amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement
provided that no such amendment shall increase the number of securities
registered by such registration statement.
(c) Compliance. Each
Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
(d) Discontinued
Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities,
each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the
occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi),
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable
Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the
“Advice”) by
the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been
supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its
best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly
as is practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any
periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of
the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 2(b).
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(e) 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 the Holders of
67% or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (including, for this
purpose any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any
Security). If a Registration Statement does not register all of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with
the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be
registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each
Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities
shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. 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 a Holder or some
Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other
Holders may be given by such Holder or Holders of all 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 first sentence of this Section
6(f).
(f) Notices. Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to
be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase
Agreements.
(g) Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and
shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign
(except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder
in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under Section 5.7 of the Purchase
Agreements.
(h) No Inconsistent
Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement
with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the
rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(i) ,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered into any
agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities
to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.
(i) Execution and
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the
same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by
each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both
parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any
signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a
“.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf”
signature page were an original thereof.
(j) Governing
Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreements.
(k) Cumulative
Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not
exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
(l) Severability. If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable,
the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth
herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same
or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be
the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(m) Headings. The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of
the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
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(n) Independent Nature of
Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each
Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other
Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the
performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing
contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing,
and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to
constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any
other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way
acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to
protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising
out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be
joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
(o) Saturdays, Sundays,
Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of
any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not
be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised
on the next succeeding Business Day.
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(Signature
Pages Follow)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as
of the date first written above.
By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Signatory of
Holder:__________________________________________________
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Annex
A
PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the shares of common
stock previously issued and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
the warrants to permit the resale of these shares of common stock by the holders
of the warrants from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not
receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders of the
shares of common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our
obligation to register the shares of common stock.
The selling stockholders may sell all
or a portion of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by them and
offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of common stock are sold through
underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling stockholders will be responsible for
underwriting discounts or commissions or agent's commissions. The shares of
common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at
prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined
at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in
transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions,
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any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the
securities may be listed or quoted at the time of
sale;
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the over-the-counter market;
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in
transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the
over-the-counter market;
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through
the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options
exchange or otherwise;
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ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
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block
trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent
but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
facilitate the transaction;
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purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
account;
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an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
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negotiated transactions;
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sales;
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pursuant to Rule 144;
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broker-dealers
may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified number of
such shares at a stipulated price per
share;
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a
combination of any such methods of sale;
and
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any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
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If the selling stockholders effect such
transactions by selling shares of common stock to or through underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may
receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from
the selling stockholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of common
stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal
(which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of
transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of common stock
or otherwise, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with
broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of common
stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling
stockholders may also sell shares of common stock short and deliver shares of
common stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to
return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling
stockholders may also loan or pledge shares of common stock to broker-dealers
that in turn may sell such shares.
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The selling stockholders may pledge or
grant a security interest in some or all of the warrants or shares of Common
Stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured
obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of
common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to
this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of selling
stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest
as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may
transfer and donate the shares of common stock in other circumstances in which
case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be
the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
The selling stockholders and any
broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares of common stock
may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act, and
any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such
broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under
the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the shares of common
stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which
will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of common stock being offered and
the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker- dealers or
agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation
from the selling stockholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions
allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.
Under the securities laws of some
states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such states only through
registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the
shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered
or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or
qualification is available and is complied with.
There can be no assurance that any
selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of common stock
registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus
forms a part.
The selling stockholders and any other
person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the
Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the
shares of common stock by the selling stockholders and any other participating
person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the
distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities
with respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the
marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or
entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of
common stock.
We will pay all expenses of the
registration of the shares of common stock pursuant to the registration rights
agreement, estimated to be $[ ] in total,
including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees
and expenses of compliance with state securities or "blue sky" laws; provided,
however, that a selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and
selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling stockholders against
liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance
with the registration rights agreements, or the selling stockholders will be
entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling stockholders
against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that
may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling
stockholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the
related registration rights agreement, or we may be entitled to
contribution.
Once sold under the registration
statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the shares of common stock
will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our
affiliates.
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Annex
B
FREDERICK’S
OF HOLLYWOOD GROUP INC.
Selling
Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire
The
undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable
Securities”) of Frederick’s of Hollywood Group Inc., a New York
corporation (the “Company”),
understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement (the “Registration
Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of
the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the
Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the
address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
Certain
legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the
Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly,
holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult
their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or
not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the
related prospectus.
NOTICE
The
undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Stockholder”)
of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities
owned by it in the Registration Statement.
The
undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and
represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
QUESTIONNAIRE
1.
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Name.
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(a)
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Full
Legal Name of Selling Stockholder:
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(b)
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Full
Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through
which registrable securities Listed in Item 3 below are
held:
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(c)
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Full
Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who
directly or indirectly, alone or with others, has power to vote or dispose
of the securities covered by this questionnaire):
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2. Address
for Notices to Selling Stockholder:
Telephone:
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Fax:
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E-mail Address:
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Contact Person:
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3. Beneficial
Ownership of Registrable Securities:
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(a)
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Type
and amount of registrable securities beneficially
owned:
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4. Broker-Dealer
Status:
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(a)
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Is
the Selling Stockholder a registered
broker-dealer?
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Yes ¨ No ¨
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Note:
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If
yes, the Commission’s staff has indicated that the Selling Stockholder
should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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(b)
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Is
the Selling Stockholder an affiliate of a
broker-dealer?
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Yes ¨ No ¨
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(c)
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If
the Selling Stockholder is an affiliate of a broker-dealer, does the
Selling Stockholder certify that it bought the registrable securities in
the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the
registrable securities to be resold, it had no agreements or
understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the
registrable securities?
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Yes ¨ No ¨
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Note:
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If
no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that the Selling Stockholder
should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration
Statement.
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5. Beneficial
Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.
Except
as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or
registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the registrable
securities listed above in Item 3.
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Type
and Amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Stockholder:
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6. Relationships
with the Company:
Except
as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers,
directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% or more of the equity
securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any
other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates)
during the past three years.
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any exceptions here:
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The
undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes
in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof
and prior to the effectiveness date for the Registration Statement.
By
signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information
contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 6 and the inclusion of such
information in the Registration Statement and the related
prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be
relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of
the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice
and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly
authorized agent.
Dated:
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PLEASE
FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN
THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL ASAP, TO:
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