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INVESTOR REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of
November 17, 2005, by and among HEADLINERS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the undersigned investors listed
on Schedule I attached hereto (each, an "Investor" and collectively, the
"Investors").
WHEREAS:
A. The Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Investors an
Amended and Restated Secured Convertible Debenture of even date herewith
(the "Convertible Debenture") which shall be convertible into that number of
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
"Common Stock"), for an aggregate purchase price of up to Eight Million One
Hundred Ninety Two Thousand Three Hundred Nine Dollars ($8,192,309).
B. To induce the Investors to purchase the Convertible Debenture,
the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations there
under, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the "Securities
Act"), and applicable state securities laws.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and
the Investors hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) "Person" means a corporation, a limited liability
company, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an
individual, a governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental
agency.
(b) "Register," "registered," and "registration" refer
to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration
Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the Securities Act and
pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule
providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis ("Rule
415"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration
Statement(s) by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC").
(c) "Registrable Securities" means the shares of Common
Stock issuable to the Investors upon conversion of the Convertible Debenture
and the shares of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Investor's
Warrant (the "Warrant Shares") dated the date hereof.
(d) "Registration Statement" means a registration
statement under the Securities Act which covers the Registrable Securities.
2. REGISTRATION.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the Company shall prepare and file, no later than thirty (30) days from the date
of receipt of written notification from the Investor (the "Scheduled Filing
Deadline"), with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 or SB-2 (or,
if the Company is then eligible, on Form S-3) under the Securities Act (the
"Initial Registration Statement") for the resale by the Investors of the
Registrable Securities, which includes a minimum of One Hundred Fifty
Million (150,000,000) shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion
of the Convertible Debenture and Ten Million (10,000,000) Warrant Shares.
The Company shall cause the Registration Statement to remain effective until
all of the Registrable Securities have been sold. Prior to the filing of
the Registration Statement with the SEC, the Company shall furnish a copy of
the Initial Registration Statement to the Investors for their review and
comment. The Investors shall furnish comments on the Initial Registration
Statement to the Company within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt
thereof from the Company.
(b) Effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement.
The Company shall use its best efforts (i) to have the Initial Registration
Statement declared effective by the SEC no later than ninety (90) days after
the date filed (the "Scheduled Effective Deadline") and (ii) to insure that
the Initial Registration Statement and any subsequent Registration Statement
remains in effect until all of the Registrable Securities have been sold,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. It shall be an event
of default hereunder if the Initial Registration Statement is not declared
effective by the SEC within ninety (90) days after filing thereof.
(c) Failure to File or Obtain Effectiveness of the
Registration Statement. In the event the Registration Statement is not
filed by the Scheduled Filing Deadline or is not declared effective by the
SEC on or before the Scheduled Effective Date, or if after the Registration
Statement has been declared effective by the SEC, sales cannot be made
pursuant to the Registration Statement (whether because of a failure to keep
the Registration Statement effective, failure to disclose such information
as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to the Registration Statement,
failure to register sufficient shares of Common Stock or otherwise then as
partial relief for the damages to any holder of Registrable Securities by
reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the
underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall not be exclusive of
any other remedies at law or in equity), the Company will pay as liquidated
damages (the "Liquidated Damages") to the holder, at the holder's option,
either a cash amount or shares of the Company's Common Stock within three
(3) business days, after demand therefore, equal to two percent (2%) of the
liquidated value of the Convertible Debenture outstanding as Liquidated
Damages for each thirty (30) day period after the Scheduled Filing Deadline
or the Scheduled Effective Date as the case may be.
(d) Liquidated Damages. The Company and the Investor hereto
acknowledge and agree that the sums payable under subsection 2(c) above
shall constitute liquidated damages and not penalties and are in addition to
all other rights of the Investor, including the right to call a default.
The parties further acknowledge that (i) the amount of loss or damages
likely to be incurred is incapable or is difficult to precisely estimate,
(ii) the amounts specified in such subsections bear a reasonable
relationship to, and are not plainly or grossly disproportionate to, the
probable loss likely to be incurred in connection with any failure by the
Company to obtain or maintain the effectiveness of a Registration Statement,
(iii) one of the reasons for the Company and the Investor reaching an
agreement as to such amounts was the uncertainty and cost of litigation
regarding the question of actual damages, and (iv) the Company and the
Investor are sophisticated business parties and have been represented by
sophisticated and able legal counsel and negotiated this Agreement at arm's
length.
3. RELATED OBLIGATIONS.
(a) The Company shall keep the Registration Statement
effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the date on which the
Investor shall have sold all the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement (the "Registration Period"), which Registration
Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses
contained therein) shall not contain any 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 in which they
were made, not misleading.
(b) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a
Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such
Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration
Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities
of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all
of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance
with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as
set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and
supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed
pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by
reason of the Company's filing a report on Form 10-KSB, Form 10-QSB or Form
8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Company shall incorporate such report by
reference into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such
amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the Exchange
Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend
or supplement the Registration Statement.
(c) The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose
Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without
charge, (i) at least one (1) copy of such Registration Statement as declared
effective by the SEC and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference,
all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) ten (10) copies of the
final prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments
and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor may
reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents as such Investor may
reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition
of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.
(d) The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register
and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under
such other securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions in the United
States as any Investor reasonably requests, (ii) prepare and file in those
jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to
maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii)
take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations
and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period,
and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify
the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or
as a condition thereto to (w) make any change to its articles of
incorporation or by-laws, (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction
where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section
3(d), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or
(z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
The Company shall promptly notify each Investor who holds Registrable
Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of
any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the
initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.
(e) As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such
event or development, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of
the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in a
Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omission 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 (provided that in
no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and
promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to
correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of
such supplement or amendment to each Investor. The Company shall also
promptly notify each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective
(notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to each Investor by
facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness), (ii) of any request by the
SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related
prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company's reasonable
determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement
would be appropriate.
(f) The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a
Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction within the United States
of America and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the
withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and
to notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold of the
issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual
notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.
(g) At the reasonable request of any Investor, the Company
shall furnish to such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an
Investor may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the
Company's independent certified public accountants in form and substance as
is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to
underwriters in an underwritten public offering, and (ii) an opinion, dated
as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such
Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given
in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors.
(h) The Company shall make available for inspection by (i)
any Investor and (ii) one (1) firm of accountants or other agents retained by
the Investors (collectively, the "Inspectors") all pertinent financial and
other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company (collectively, the "Records"), as shall be reasonably deemed
necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company's officers, directors and
employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably
request; provided, however, that each Inspector shall agree, and each
Investor hereby agrees, to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any
disclosure (except to an Investor) or use any Record or other information
which the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which
determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of
such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in
any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the Securities
Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-
appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent
jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally
available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any
other agreement of which the Inspector and the Investor has knowledge. Each
Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records
is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or
through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the
Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent
disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed
confidential.
(i) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any
disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company
unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with
federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration
Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a
subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental
body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made
generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of
this Agreement or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall,
upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is
sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or
through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and allow
such Investor, at the Investor's expense, to undertake appropriate action to
prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such
information.
(j) The Company shall use its best efforts either to cause all
the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement (i) to be
listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or
series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such
Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or
(ii) the inclusion for quotation on the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. OTC Bulletin Board for such Registrable Securities. The
Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its
obligation under this Section 3(j).
(k) The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold
Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing
any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be
offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to
be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors
may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investors may
request.
(l) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the
Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to
be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or
authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such
Registrable Securities.
(m) The Company shall make generally available to its
security holders as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days
after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form
complying with the provisions of Rule 158 under the Securities Act) covering
a twelve (12) month period beginning not later than the first day of the
Company's fiscal quarter next following the effective date of the
Registration Statement.
(n) The Company shall otherwise use its best efforts to
comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with
any registration hereunder.
(o) Within two (2) business days after a Registration
Statement which covers Registrable Securities is declared effective by the
SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the
Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities
(with copies to the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in
such Registration Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement
has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
(p) The Company shall take all other reasonable actions
necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by the Investors of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS.
Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company
of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f) or the
first sentence of 3(e), such Investor will immediately discontinue
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration
Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor's
receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated
by Section 3(e) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is
required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause
its transfer agent to deliver unlegended certificates for shares of Common
Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions of even date herewith in connection
with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor
has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor's receipt of a
notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described
in Section 3(f) or the first sentence of 3(e) and for which the Investor has
not yet settled.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.
All expenses incurred in connection with registrations, filings or
qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation,
all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers, legal and
accounting fees shall be paid by the Company.
6. INDEMNIFICATION.
With respect to Registrable Securities which are included in a
Registration Statement under this Agreement:
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company
will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor, the
directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and
each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an "Indemnified Person"), against
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties,
charges, costs, reasonable attorneys' fees, amounts paid in settlement or
expenses, joint or several (collectively, "Claims") incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry,
proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before
any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body
or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified
party is or may be a party thereto ("Indemnified Damages"), to which any of
them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings,
whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the
offering under the securities or other "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction
in which Registrable Securities are offered ("Blue Sky Filing"), or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or
alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the
statements therein were made, not misleading; or (iii) any violation or
alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act,
any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or
any rule or regulation there under relating to the offer or sale of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement (the matters in
the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively, "Violations").
The Company shall reimburse the Investors and each such controlling person
promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any
legal fees or disbursements or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement
contained in this Section 6(a): (x) shall not apply to a Claim by an
Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the
preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or
supplement thereto; (y) shall not be available to the extent such Claim is
based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or to cause to be delivered
the prospectus made available by the Company, if such prospectus was timely
made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c); and (z) shall not
apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is
effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full
force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable
Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9 hereof.
(b) In connection with a Registration Statement, each
Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and
defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section
6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers, employees,
representatives, or agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each an
"Indemnified Party"), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any
of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or is
based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the
extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for
use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to Section
6(d), such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such
Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this
Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in
Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such
settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, further,
however, that the Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only
that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net
proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in
full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf
of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable
Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in
this Section 6(b) with respect to any prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of
material fact contained in the prospectus was corrected and such new
prospectus was delivered to each Investor prior to such Investor's use of
the prospectus to which the Claim relates.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any
action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding)
involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a
Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under
this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the
commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to
participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume
control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the
indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as
the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the
fees and expenses of not more than one (1) counsel for such Indemnified
Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the
reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the
representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such
proceeding. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate
fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or
defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall
furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to
the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or
claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or
Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the
defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No
indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim
or proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided, however,
that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or
condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to
entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which
does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant
or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release
from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Following
indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be
subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with
respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter
for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written
notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the
commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of
any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this
Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in
its ability to defend such action.
(d) The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be
made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the
investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified
Damages are incurred.
(e) The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in
addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified
Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and
(ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to
the law.
7. CONTRIBUTION.
To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is
prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the
maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would
otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law;
provided, however, that: (i) no seller of Registrable Securities guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of
Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation;
and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be
limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from
the sale of such Registrable Securities.
8. REPORTS UNDER THE EXHANGE ACT.
With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule
144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any similar rule or regulation
of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of
the Company to the public without registration ("Rule 144") the Company
agrees to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those
terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and
other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements; and
(c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns
Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by
the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule
144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent
annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and
documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may
be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities
pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.
9. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof
may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either
retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the
Company and Investors who then hold at least two-thirds (2/3) of the
Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with
this Section 9 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such
amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to fewer than all
of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be
offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or
modification of any provision of any of this Agreement unless the same
consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.
10. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such
Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions,
notices or elections from two (2) or more Persons with respect to the same
Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of
instructions, notice or election received from the registered owner of such
Registrable Securities.
(b) Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications
required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be
in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt,
when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile
(provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically
generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) business
day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service,
in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The
addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
If to the Company, to:
Headliners Entertainment Group, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
With Copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq,
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to an Investor, to its address and facsimile number on the Schedule of
Investors attached hereto, with copies to such Investor's representatives as
set forth on the Schedule of Investors or to such other address and/or
facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other person as the
recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party
five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written
confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent,
waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated
by the sender's facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient
facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C)
provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable
evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a
nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause
(i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
(c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy
under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such
right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
(d) The laws of the State of New Jersey shall govern all
issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and the Investors as
its stockholders. All other questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed
by the internal laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to
any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State
of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of
the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New Jersey. Each party
hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior
Courts of the State of New Jersey, sitting in Xxxxxx County, New Jersey and
federal courts for the District of New Jersey sitting Newark, New Jersey,
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or
with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction
of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding
by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such 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. If any provision of this Agreement shall be
invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the
remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or
enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT
TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(e) This Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement dated
January 25, 2005 and related documents thereto, and the Irrevocable Transfer
Agent Instructions dated the date hereof with Interwest Stock Transfer Company,
the Amended and Restated Security Agreement between the Company and the
Investor dated the date hereof (the "Security Agreement"), and the Pledge
and Escrow Agreement among the Company, the Investor and the Escrow Agent
dated the date hereof constitute the entire agreement among the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set
forth or referred to herein and therein.
(f) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties
hereto.
(g) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) This Agreement may be executed in identical counter-
parts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall
constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a
party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of
a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this
Agreement.
(i) Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done
and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver
all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the
other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen
by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict
construction will be applied against any party.
(j) This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not
for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Investor Registration
Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of day and year first above written.
COMPANY:
HEADLINERS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE OF INVESTORS
Address/Facsimile
Name Signature Number of Investors
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Cornell Capital Partners,
LP By: Yorkville Advisors, LLC 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx -
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx: General Partner Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Its: Portfolio Manager
With a copy to: Xxxx Xxxxx, Esq. 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx -
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Attention:
Re: HEADLINERS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Headliners Entertainment Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and have represented the Company in connection
with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Securities Purchase
Agreement") entered into by and among the Company and the investors named
therein (collectively, the "Investors") pursuant to which the Company issued
to the Investors shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
"Common Stock"). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company also has
entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Investors (the
"Investor Registration Rights Agreement") pursuant to which the Company
agreed, among other things, to register the Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In connection with the Company's
obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ____________ ____,
the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form ________ (File No. 333-
_____________) (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and
Exchange SEC (the "SEC") relating to the Registrable Securities which names
each of the Investors as a selling stockholder there under.
In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the
SEC's staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an order
declaring the Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act at
[ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS] and we have
no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC's staff, that
any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any
proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC
and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the Securities
Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
[Law Firm]
By:
cc: [LIST NAMES OF INVESTORS]
