Exhibit 99.3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made
and entered into as of March 25, 2002, by and among Visual Networks, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and the purchasers signatory hereto (each,
including their respective successors and assigns, a "PURCHASER" and
collectively, the "Purchasers").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof among the Company and the Purchasers (the
"PURCHASE AGREEMENT").
The Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the
meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this
Section 1:
"ADDITIONAL CLOSING" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
"ADDITIONAL CLOSING DATE" shall have the meaning set forth in
the Purchase Agreement.
"ADDITIONAL REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means the Warrant Shares
and Shares issuable in respect of the Additional Warrants and the Preferred
Stock, together with any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split,
dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event, or any
conversion price or exercise price adjustment with respect thereto.
"ADDITIONAL WARRANTS" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
"DEBENTURES" means all the senior secured convertible
debentures issuable at the Closing Date under the Purchase Agreement.
"EFFECTIVENESS DATE" means: (a) with respect to the initial
Registration Statement required to be filed to cover the resale by the Holders
of the Initial Registrable Securities, the earlier of: (i) the 90th day
following the Closing Date and (ii) the fifth Trading Day following the date on
which the Company is notified by the Commission that the initial Registration
Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and
comments, (b) with respect to a Registration Statement required to be filed to
cover the resale by the Holders of the Additional Registrable Securities, the
earlier of: (i) the 90th day following an Additional Closing Date and (ii) the
fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the
Commission that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer
subject to further review and comments and (c) with respect to any additional
Registration Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof,
the earlier of: (i) the 90th day following the date on which the Company first
knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional Registration
Statement is required under such Section and (ii) the fifth Trading Day
following the date on which the Company is notified by the Commission that such
additional Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject
to further review and comments.
"EFFECTIVENESS PERIOD" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a).
"FILING DATE" means: (a) with respect to the initial
Registration Statement required to be filed to cover the resale by the Holders
of the Initial Registrable Securities, the 30th day following the Closing Date,
(b) with respect to a Registration Statement required to be filed to cover the
resale by the Holders of the Additional Registrable Securities, the 30th day
following an Additional Closing Date, and (c) with respect to any additional
Registration Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof,
the 20th day following the date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably
should have known, that such additional Registration Statement is required under
such Section.
"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 REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means the Warrant Shares and
Underlying Shares issuable in respect of the Initial Warrants and Debentures.
"INITIAL WARRANTS" means all Warrants issuable on the Closing
Date under the Purchase Agreement.
"LOSSES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
"PREFERRED STOCK" means the Company's shares of preferred
stock issuable to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement on an
Additional Closing Date.
"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 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 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 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, collectively, the Initial
Registrable Securities and the Additional Registrable Securities.
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means each of the following: (a) an
initial registration statement which is required to register the resale of not
less than 125% of the Initial Registrable Securities measured on the Closing
Date, the Filing Date or the date of request for acceleration of such
registration statement (whichever yields the highest number of shares), (b) if
an Additional Closing shall have occurred, an initial registration statement,
which is required to register the resale of not less than 125% of the Additional
Registrable Securities on the Additional Closing Date, the Filing Date or the
date of request for acceleration of such registration statement (whichever
yields the highest number of shares), (c) each additional registration
statement, if any, contemplated by Section 3(d), and (d) including, in each
case, the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to each 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 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 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.
"RULE 424" means Rule 424 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.
"SHARES" means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion in full of the Preferred Stock, together with any securities issued
or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution,
recapitalization or similar event, or any conversion price adjustment with
respect thereto.
"SPECIAL COUNSEL" means Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP.
"UNDERLYING SHARES" means the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion in full of the Debentures, together with any securities issued
or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution,
recapitalization or similar event, or any conversion price adjustment with
respect thereto.
"WARRANTS" means the Initial Warrants and Additional Warrants.
"WARRANT SHARES" means shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise in full of the Warrants, together with any securities issued or
issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization
or similar event, or any exercise price adjustment with respect thereto.
2. 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
Registrable Securities required to be included in such 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 (except if otherwise required by the Commission) the
"PLAN OF Distribution" attached hereto as ANNEX A. The Company shall use its
best efforts to cause each Registration Statement to be declared effective under
the Securities Act as promptly as possible, but in any event prior to the
applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep such
Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the
date which is two years after the date that such Registration Statement is
declared effective by the Commission or such earlier date when all Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement have been sold or may be sold
without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) 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").
(b) If: (a) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior
to its Filing Date (if the Company files a Registration Statement without
affording the Holder the opportunity to review and comment on the same as
required by Section 3(a), the Company shall not be deemed to have satisfied
clause (a)), or (b) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for
acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act,
within five Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in
writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement
will not be "reviewed," or not subject to further review, or (c) prior to the
date when such Registration Statement is first declared effective by the
Commission, 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 within ten Trading Days after the receipt of comments by
or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for a
Registration Statement to be declared effective, or (d) a Registration Statement
filed or required to be filed hereunder is not declared effective by the
Commission by its Effectiveness Date, or (e) after a Registration Statement is
first declared effective by the Commission, it ceases for any reason to remain
continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities for which it is required
to be effective, or the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus
therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for in any such cases an
aggregate of twenty Trading Days (which need not be consecutive Trading Days)
(any such failure or breach being referred to as an "EVENT," and for purposes of
clause (a) or (d) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause
(b) the date on which such five Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes
of clauses (c) the date which such ten Trading Day period is exceeded, or for
purposes of clause (e) the date on which such twenty Trading Day period is
exceeded being referred to as "EVENT DATE"), then in additional to any other
rights the Holders may have hereunder or applicable law: (x) on each such Event
Date the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase price paid
by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; and (y) 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 liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
equal to 2% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement. If the Company fails to pay any liquidated damages pursuant
to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company
will pay interest thereon at a rate of 12% 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 liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all
such interest thereon, are paid in full.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
In connection with the Company's registration obligations
hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Not less than five Trading Days prior to the filing of a
Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, the Company shall, (i) furnish to the Holders and the Special Counsel
copies of all such documents proposed to be filed (including documents
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference) which documents will be
subject to the review of such Holders and the Special Counsel, and (ii) cause
its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants
to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of
respective counsel 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 and the Special Counsel shall
reasonably object, provided that such objection is communicated to the Company
within five Trading Days of receipt of such documents.
(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments,
including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and a
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,
and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii)
respond as promptly as reasonably possible, and in any event within ten Trading
Days, to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably
possible provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from
and to the Commission relating to a 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 a
Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the
intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in a
Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold
and the Special Counsel as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of
(i)(A) below, not less than three Trading Days prior to such filing) and (if
requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one
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 a Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in
writing on such Registration Statement (the Company shall provide true and
complete copies thereof and all written responses thereto to each of the
Holders); 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 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; and (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 a 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.
(d) File one or more additional Registration Statements if the
number of Registrable Securities issuable upon conversion or exercise (as
applicable) of the Debentures, the Preferred Stock and Warrants relating to such
Registration Statement would require the issuance of in excess of 85% of the
number of shares of Common Stock then registered in such Registration Statement.
Such additional Registration Statement shall cover the resale by the Holders of
not less than 110% of the number of shares required in order that all
Registrable Securities issuable upon conversion or exercise (as applicable) of
the Debentures, the Preferred Stock and Warrants relating to such Registration
Statement would then be registered.
(e) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if
issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order 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, as soon as reasonably practicable.
(f) Furnish to each Holder and the Special Counsel, without
charge, at least one conformed copy of a Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, 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.
(g) Promptly deliver to each Holder and the Special Counsel,
without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each
form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may
reasonably request. 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.
(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities,
use its best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling
Holders and the Special Counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of 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 or advisable to enable the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by a 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 or subject the
Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject.
(i) Cooperate with the Holders 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 Agreement,
of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in
such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may request.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section
3(c)(v), as promptly as reasonably possible, 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.
(k) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission.
(l) 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 requested by the Commission, the
controlling person thereof.
4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. 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 (A) with respect to filings
required to be made with the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then
listed for trading, and (B) in compliance with applicable state securities or
Blue Sky laws), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses
of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses
if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement),
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and $7,500 of the fees and disbursements of Special
Counsel for the Holders, (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 of the Registrable Securities on any
securities exchange as required hereunder.
5. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY. In the event of any
registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement, the Company
shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents and employees 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, agents and employees 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 costs of
preparation and reasonable 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 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 form
of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent,
that (1) 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 such form of
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that
the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (2) in the case of
an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use
by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has
notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective 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 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, 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, arising solely out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder's failure
to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in
reselling Registrable Securities or (y) any 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 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 not misleading 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 or to the extent that (1) 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 (it
being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose),
such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in
Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective
Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the
Prospectus is outdated or defective 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 hereunder 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 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; (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 Trading 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
5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (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 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, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount
by which the 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. 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. No party shall be liable for
contribution with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or claim settled
without its prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
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. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) REMEDIES. Upon any breach by a party of any obligation
hereunder, each Holder or the Company, 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) NO PIGGYBACK ON REGISTRATIONS. Except as and to the extent
specified in SCHEDULE 6(B) hereto, 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 a Registration Statement other than the Registrable
Securities, and the Company shall not after the date hereof enter into any
agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders. Except as and
to the extent specified in SCHEDULE 6(B) hereto, the Company has not previously
entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any
of its securities to any Person which have not been fully satisfied.
(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. Each Holder agrees by its
acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from
the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section
3(c), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable
Securities under a Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the
copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement or
until it is advised in writing (the "ADVICE") by the Company that the use of the
applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received copies
of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement. The
Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this
paragraph.
(e) PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. If at any time during the
Effectiveness Period there is not an effective Registration Statement covering
all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and
file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for
its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its
equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under
the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to
be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee
benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder written notice of such
determination and, if within fifteen days after receipt of such notice, any such
Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such
registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such
holder requests to be registered, subject to customary underwriter cutbacks
applicable to all holders of registration rights. The Company shall have the
right to delay, suspend or withdraw any such registration statements effected
pursuant to this Section 6(e) without any obligation or liability to any Holder.
(f) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company
and the Holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities. Any waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may
be given only by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought
or in favor of whom any such consent is sought.
(g) 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 earliest of (i) the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on a Trading Day, (ii) the Trading Day after the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified in this Agreement later than 6:30 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 Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by
nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by
the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such
notices and communications shall be as follows:
If to the Company: Visual Networks, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Fax No: 000-000-0000
If to a Purchaser: To the address set forth under such Purchaser's name
on the signature pages hereto.
If to any other Person who is then the registered Holder, to the
address of such Holder as it appears in the stock transfer books of the
Company or such other address as may be designated in writing
hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person.
(h) 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 its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Holder. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the
manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.
(i) EXECUTION AND 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.
(j) GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each
party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought
against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers,
shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state
and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect
to the enforcement of the any of this Agreement), and hereby irrevocably waives,
and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally
subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Proceeding is improper.
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of
delivery) 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 contained herein shall be deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby. If either party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of
this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed
by the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
(k) HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(l) INDEPENDENT NATURE OF PURCHASERS' OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS.
The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder is several and not joint with the
obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or
document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant
hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or
create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Each Purchaser 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 Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
VISUAL NETWORKS, INC.
By: /S/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
SIGNATURE PAGES OF PURCHASERS TO FOLLOW
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
PINE RIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.
By: /S/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Attorney-in-fact
Address for Notice:
c/x Xxxxxxx Capital Corp.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Avi Vigder and Eldad Gal
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 and (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
SMITHFIELD FIDUCIARY LLC
By: /S/ Xxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
Address for Notice:
c/o Highbridge Capital Management, LLC
0 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Xxx X. Xxxxxx and Xxxx X. Chill
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
SPECIAL SITUATIONS PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, L.P.
By: /S/ Xxxxx Greenhouse
Name: Xxxxx Greenhouse
Title: Managing Director
Address for Notice:
Special Situations Funds
000 X. 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
With Copy to:
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx PC
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.(000) 000-0000
Attn.: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
SPECIAL SITUATIONS TECHNOLOGY FUND, L.P.
By: /S/ Xxxxx Greenhouse
Name: Xxxxx Greenhouse
Title: Managing Director
Address for Notice:
Special Situations Funds
000 X. 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
With Copy to:
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx PC
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.(000) 000-0000
Attn.: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
PEQUOT SCOUT FUND, L.P.
By: /S/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
Pequot Capital Management, Inc.
Its Investment Manager
Address for Notice:
c/o Pequot Capital Management, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
PEQUOT NAVIGATOR OFFSHORE, INC.
By: /S/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
Pequot Capital Management, Inc.
Its Investment Manager
Address for Notice:
c/o Pequot Capital Management, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
ANNEX A
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Selling Stockholders and any of their pledgees, assignees and
successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares
of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the
shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or
negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the
following methods when selling shares:
-ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the
broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
-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;
-purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the
broker-dealer for its account;
-an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the
applicable exchange;
-privately negotiated transactions;
-short sales;
-broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a
specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
-through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging
transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
-a combination of any such methods of sale; and
-any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for
other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive
commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer
acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be
negotiated. The Selling Stockholders do not expect these commissions and
discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.
The selling stockholder may from time to time pledge or grant a
security interest in some or all of the Underlying Shares or Common Stock or
Warrant 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 under this prospectus, or under an amendment to
this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the
Securities Act of 1933 amending the list of selling stockholders to include the
pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as Selling Stockholders
under this prospectus.
In connection with the sale of our common stock or interests therein,
the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers
or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the
common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling
Stockholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver these
securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common
stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling
Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with
broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more
derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other
financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such
broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this
prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The Selling Stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock
in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other
successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of
this prospectus.
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are
involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the
meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any
commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the
resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. The Selling Stockholders have
informed the Company that it does not have any agreement or understanding,
directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock.
The Company is required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the
registration of the shares, including $7,500 of fees and disbursements of
Special Counsel for the Selling Stockholders. The Company has agreed to
indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
