REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.4
Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) dated as of July 1, 2006, between Metro One Telecommunications, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company”), and Jingle Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holder” or “JNI”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Telecom Information Services Agreement dated as of July 1, 2006, by and between the Company and Holder (the “Services Agreement”), Holder has been issued certain warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company;
WHEREAS, the warrants issued to Holder pursuant to the Services Agreement are in two tranches each of which is exercisable upon satisfaction of certain conditions therein specified, with the first tranche for up to 623,250 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “First Tranche”) and the second tranche for up to 870,075 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Second Tranche”) (the First Tranche and the Second Tranche being collectively referred to herein as the “Warrants” and the share amounts stated in this Agreement reflect a 1-for-4 reverse stock split effected by the Company on July 6, 2006);
WHEREAS, in connection with Services Agreement and the Warrants, the Company agreed to provide certain rights to Holder to cause the shares purchased upon proper exercise of the Warrants to be registered pursuant to the Securities Act; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto hereby desire to set forth Holder’s rights and the Company’s obligations to cause the registration of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Securities Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Services Agreement, the Warrants, the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions and Usage.
As used in this Agreement the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
1.1. Definitions.
“Agent” shall mean the principal placement agent on an agented placement of Registrable Securities.
“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
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“Business Day” shall mean any day other than (A) Saturday or Sunday or (B) any other day in which banks in Portland, Oregon are permitted or required to be closed.
“Commission” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” shall mean (i) the common stock, no par value, of the Company, and (ii) shares of capital stock of the Company issued by the Company in respect of or in exchange for shares of such common stock in connection with any stock dividend or distribution, stock split-up, recapitalization, recombination or similar exchange by the Company generally of shares of such common stock.
“Demand Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Form S-3” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC which permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
“Form S-3 Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Holder” shall mean JNI and any subsequent transferee of Registrable Securities as permitted by Section 9 and the term “Holders” shall include Holder and transferees of Registrable Securities with respect to the rights that such Transferees shall have acquired in accordance with Section 9, at such times as such Persons shall own Registrable Securities.
“Initiating Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
“Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, unincorporated syndicate, unincorporated association, trust, trustee, executor, administrator or other legal representative, governmental authority or agency, political subdivision, or any group of Persons acting in concert.
“Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.
“Register”, “registered”, and “registration” shall refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering by the Commission of effectiveness of such registration statement or document.
“Registrable Securities” shall mean, subject to Section 9 and Section 11.3: (i) Shares owned by a Holder from the proper exercise of all or any portion of the Warrants on the date of determination; (ii) any shares of Common Stock or other securities issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange by the Company generally for,
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or in replacement by the Company generally of, such Shares; and (iii) any securities issued in exchange for Shares in any subsequent merger or reorganization of the Company; provided, however, that Registrable Securities shall not include any securities which have theretofore been registered and sold pursuant to the Securities Act or which have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 or any similar rule promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, and, provided further, the Company shall have no obligation under Section 2, Section 3 or Section 4 to register any Registrable Securities of a Holder if the Company shall deliver to the Holders requesting such registration an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Holders and their counsel to the effect that the proposed sale or disposition of all of the Registrable Securities for which registration was requested does not require registration under the Securities Act for a sale or disposition, and offers to remove any and all legends restricting transfer from the certificates evidencing such Registrable Securities. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person will be deemed to be an owner of Registrable Securities whenever such Person has the then-existing right to acquire such Registrable Securities (by conversion, purchase or otherwise, including acquisition pursuant to proper exercise of the Warrants), whether or not such acquisition has actually been effected.
“Registrable Securities then outstanding” shall mean, with respect to a specified determination date, the Registrable Securities owned by all Holders on such date.
“Registration Expenses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
“S-3 Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Selling Holders” shall mean, with respect to a specified registration pursuant to this Agreement, Holders whose Registrable Securities are included in such registration.
“Shares” shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued by the Company to Holder upon proper exercise of and pursuant to the Warrants.
“Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
“Transfer” shall mean and include the act of selling, giving, transferring, creating a trust (voting or otherwise), conveying, assigning or otherwise disposing of (other than pledging, hypothecating or otherwise transferring as security) (and correlative words shall have correlative meanings); provided, however, that any transfer or other disposition upon foreclosure or other exercise of remedies of a secured creditor after an event of default under or with respect to a pledge, hypothecation or other transfer as security shall constitute a “Transfer.”
“Underwriters’ Representative” shall mean the managing underwriter, or, in the case of a co-managed underwriting, the managing underwriter designated as the Underwriters’ Representative by the co-managers.
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“Violation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
“Warrants” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals, above.
1.2. Usage.
(i) When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section or Exhibit, such reference shall be to a Section or Exhibit of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires.
(ii) The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(iii) Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
(iv) References to a Person are also references to its assigns and successors in interest (by means of merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all the assets of such Person or otherwise, as the case may be) permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
(v) References to a document are to such document as amended, waived and otherwise modified from time to time and references to a statute or other governmental rule are to such statute or rule as amended and otherwise modified from time to time (and references to any provision thereof shall include references to any successor provision).
(vi) The definitions set forth herein are equally applicable both to the singular and plural forms and the feminine, masculine and neuter forms of the terms defined.
(vii) The term “hereof” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole.
(viii) References to Registrable Securities “owned” by a Holder shall include Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Person but which are held of record in the name of a nominee, trustee, custodian, or other agent, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock held by a Holder in a fiduciary capacity for customers of such Person.
(ix) The “date of” any notice or request given pursuant to this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with Section 14.2.
Section 2. Demand Registration.
2.1. (i) At any time on or after the date the Warrants shall be exercisable by Holder in accordance with their terms and upon satisfaction of any requirements in the Warrants or in the Services Agreement with respect to the disposition of the Warrants or of such Shares, if one or more Holders that own an aggregate market value of $2,000,000 or more at the time of the request of the Registrable Securities shall make a written request to the Company, the Company shall cause there to be filed with the Commission a registration statement meeting the requirements of the Securities Act (a “Demand Registration”), and each Holder shall be entitled to have included therein (subject to Section 2.6) all or such number of such Holder’s Registrable Securities, as the
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Holder shall designate pursuant to Section 2.1(i) or (iii) in writing. Any request made pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be addressed to the attention of the Secretary of the Company, and shall specify the number of Registrable Securities to be registered, the intended methods of disposition thereof and that the request is for a Demand Registration pursuant to this Section 2.1(i).
(ii) The Company shall be entitled to postpone for up to 90 days the filing of, or any Transfer under, any registration statement otherwise required to be prepared and filed pursuant to this Section 2.1, if the Company furnishes to the Holders a certificate signed by the chief executive officer of the Company stating that in the good-faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration to be effected or Transfer to be made at such time; provided, however, that such right shall not be invoked more than once in any twelve month period.
(iii) Whenever the Company shall have received a demand pursuant to Section 2.1(i) to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall promptly give written notice of such proposed registration to all other Holders. Any such Holder may, within 20 days after receipt of such notice, request in writing that all of such Holder’s Registrable Securities, or any portion thereof designated by such Holder, be included in the registration.
2.2. Following receipt of a request for a Demand Registration the Company shall:
(i) File the registration statement with the Commission in accordance with Section 5 hereof as promptly as practicable, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the registration declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable, in each instance giving due regard to the need to prepare current financial statements, conduct due diligence and complete other actions that are reasonably necessary to effect a registered public offering.
(ii) Use the Company’s reasonable best efforts to keep the relevant registration statement continuously effective for up to 90 days or until such earlier date as of which all the Registrable Securities under the Demand Registration statement shall have been disposed of in the manner described in the registration statement.
2.3. The Company shall be obligated to effect no more than one Demand Registration. For purposes of the preceding sentence, registration shall not be deemed to have been effected (i) unless a registration statement with respect thereto has become effective, (ii) if after such registration statement has become effective, such registration or the related offer, sale or distribution of Registrable Securities thereunder is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other governmental agency or court for any reason not attributable to the Selling Holders and such interference is not thereafter eliminated, or (iii) if the conditions to closing specified in the underwriting agreement, if any, entered into in connection with such registration are not satisfied or waived, other than by reason of a failure on the part of the Selling Holders. If the Company shall have complied with its obligations under this Agreement, a right to demand a registration pursuant to this Section 2 shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon the earlier of (x) the date as of which all of the Registrable Securities included therein shall have been disposed of pursuant to the Registration Statement, and (y) the date as of which such Demand Registration shall have been continuously effective for a period of 90 days.
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2.4. A registration pursuant to this Section 2 shall be on such appropriate registration form of the Commission as shall (i) be selected by the Company and be reasonably acceptable to the Selling Holders, and (ii) permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition specified in the request pursuant to Section 2.1(i) or Section 2.2, respectively.
2.5. If any registration pursuant to Section 2 involves an underwritten offering (whether on a “firm”, “best efforts” or “all reasonable efforts” basis or otherwise), or an agented offering, the Company shall have the right to select the underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers to administer such underwritten offering or the Agent or Agents for such agented offering; provided, however, that each Person so selected shall be reasonably acceptable to the Selling Holders.
2.6. Whenever the Company shall effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2 in connection with an underwritten offering by one or more Selling Holders of Registrable Securities: (i) if such Selling Holders have requested the inclusion therein of more than one class of Registrable Securities, and the Underwriters’ Representative or Agent advises each such Selling Holder in writing that, in its opinion, the inclusion of more than one class of Registrable Securities would adversely affect such offering, the Holders holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities (determined by the relative market value as of the date on which a timely demand is last received from Holder) proposed to be sold therein by them, shall decide which class of Registrable Securities shall be included therein in such offering and the related registration, and the other class shall be excluded; and (ii) if the Underwriters’ Representative or Agent advises each such Selling Holder in writing that, in its opinion, the amount of securities requested to be included in such offering (whether by Selling Holders or others) exceeds the amount which can be sold in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Selling Holders, securities shall be included in such offering and the related registration, to the extent of the amount which can be sold within such price range, and on a pro rata basis among all Selling Holders: first for the account of the Holder, and second by all other Selling Holders.
Section 3. Form S-3 Registration.
3.1. If the Company receives a request from Holders of at least 10% of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 (a “Form S-3 Registration”) with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders (the “Initiating Holders”), then the Company shall:
(i) within 10 days after the date such request is given, give notice of the proposed registration to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders (the “S-3 Notice”); and
(ii) as soon as practicable, use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Initiating Holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holders joining in such request as are specified in a request given to the Company within 15 days after the S-3 Notice is given; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration pursuant to this Section 3 if:
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(a) Form S-3 is not then available for such offering by the Holders;
(b) the Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to and requesting inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriting discounts, selling commissions and state transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities) of less than $2,000,000; or
(c) the Company furnishes to the Initiating Holders a certificate signed by the chief executive officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Form S-3 registration to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for a period of not more than 90 days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders under this Section 3; provided, however, that the Company shall not invoke this right more than once in any twelve month period; and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholder during such 90 day period other than pursuant to (A) a registration relating to the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, or similar plan; (B) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-3; or (C) a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.
3.2. The Company shall be obligated to effect no more than two S-3 Registrations pursuant to this Section 3, and no such registrations shall be counted as a Demand Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.
3.3 Should any Form S-3 Registration pursuant to this Section 3 be a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “Shelf Registration”), then the registration statement to be filed in connection therewith shall provide for the resale by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities affected thereby in accordance with the manner of sale provisions set forth in Rule 144(f) under the Securities Act or otherwise in customary brokerage transactions on the Nasdaq Capital Market or other public market on which the Common Stock is traded; provided, however, no more than 400,000 Registrable Securities can be registered as Shelf Registrations at any given time.
3.4 The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep any Form S-3 Registration (other than a Shelf Registration) continuously effective for up to 90 days or until such earlier date as of which all the Registrable Securities under the registration statement shall have been disposed of in the manner described in the registration statement, and to keep any Shelf Registration continuously effective until the date that is two years after the date hereof or such shorter period ending (i) when the Registrable Securities cease to meet the definition of Registrable Securities or (ii) the Company’s obligations hereunder terminate pursuant to Section 14.9; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled to postpone Transfers under a registration statement filed under this Section 3 on Form S-3 and to require Holders to discontinue any Transfers covered by a Shelf Registration for a reasonable period of time due to
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(A) the existence of a material development or potential material development involving the Company which the Company would be obligated to disclose in the prospectus contained in the registration statement, which disclosure would in the good faith judgment of the Board be premature or otherwise inadvisable at such time and would have a material adverse affect upon the Company and its shareholders, (B) it is necessary for the Company to supplement the prospectus or make an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act so as to cause the prospectus to become current, or (C) the Company is required under the Securities Act and the regulations thereunder to amend the registration statement in order to cause the prospectus to be current. In the event that the Company determines that a supplement to the prospectus, the filing of a report pursuant the Exchange Act or an amendment to the registration statement under the Securities Act is necessary, the Company will take such actions as soon as practicable; whereupon it will notify the Initiating Holders of the filing of such supplement, report or amendment, and, in the case of an amendment, the effectiveness thereof; provided further, that the Company will not invoke this right more than once in any twelve month period.
Section 4. Piggyback Registration.
4.1. If at any time during the term of this Agreement the Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for shareholders of the Company other than the Holders) securities under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering solely for cash on Forms S-1 or S-3 (or any replacement or successor forms), the Company shall promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration (a “Piggyback Registration”). Upon the written request of each Holder given within 20 days following the date of such notice, the Company shall cause to be included in such registration statement and use its reasonable best efforts to be registered under the Securities Act all the Registrable Securities that each such Holder shall have requested to be registered. The Company shall have the absolute right to withdraw or cease to prepare or file any registration statement for any offering referred to in this Section 3 without any obligation or liability to any Holder.
4.2. If the Underwriters’ Representative or Agent shall advise the Company in writing (with a copy to each Selling Holder) that, in its opinion, the amount of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration would materially adversely affect such offering, or the timing thereof, then the Company will include in such registration, to the extent of the amount and class which the Company is so advised can be sold without such material adverse effect in such offering: first, all securities proposed to be sold by the Company for its own account; and second, all other securities being registered pursuant to the exercise of contractual rights comparable to the rights granted in Section 2, Section 3 or Section 4, pro rata based on the estimated gross proceeds from the sale thereof; provided, however, that the Registrable Securities that have been requested to be registered shall not be reduced below 40% of the shares included in such registration unless such action is necessary to avoid a material adverse effect on the Company taken as a whole.
4.3. The Company shall be obligated to effect no more than three Piggyback Registrations pursuant to this Section 4.
4.4. If the Company has previously filed a registration statement with respect to Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, Section 3 or this Section 4, and if such previous registration has not been withdrawn or abandoned, the Company need not file or cause to be
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effected any other registration of any of its equity securities or securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for its equity securities under the Securities Act (except on Form S-3 or any successor form), whether on its own behalf or at the request of any holder or holders of such securities, until a period of 180 days has elapsed from the effective date of such a previous registration.
Section 5. Registration Procedures.
Whenever required under Section 2, Section 3 or Section 4 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as practicable:
5.1. Prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use the Company’s reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; provided, however, that before filing a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, including documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of the registration statement and prior to effectiveness thereof, the Company shall furnish to one firm of counsel for the Selling Holders copies of all such documents in the form substantially as proposed to be filed with the Commission at least four Business Days prior to filing for review and comment by such counsel.
5.2. Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and rules thereunder with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement. If the registration is for an underwritten offering, the Company shall amend the registration statement or supplement the prospectus whenever required by the terms of the underwriting agreement entered into pursuant to Section 6.2. If the registration is for an underwritten offering, and if any event or development occurs as a result of which the registration statement or prospectus contains a misstatement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, the Company shall promptly notify each Selling Holder, amend the registration statement or supplement the prospectus so that each will thereafter comply with the Securities Act and furnish to each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities such amended or supplemented prospectus, which each such Holder shall thereafter use in the Transfer of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement. Pending such amendment or supplement each such Holder shall cease making the offers or Transfers of Registrable Securities pursuant to the prior prospectus. In the event that any Registrable Securities included in a registration statement subject to, or required by, this Agreement remain unsold at the end of the period during which the Company is obligated to use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, the Company may file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement for the purpose of removing such securities from registered status.
5.3. Furnish to each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities, without charge, such numbers of copies of the registration statement, any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto, the prospectus, including each preliminary prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, in each case in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules thereunder, and such other related documents as any such Selling Holder may reasonably
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request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holder.
5.4. Use its reasonable best efforts (i) to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such states or domestic jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Underwriters’ Representative or Agent (as applicable, or, if inapplicable, the Selling Holders), and (ii) to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of the offer and transfer of any of the Registrable Securities in any jurisdiction, at the earliest possible moment; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business, to subject itself to taxation or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions.
5.5. In the event of any underwritten or agented offering, enter into and perform the Company’s obligations under an underwriting or agency agreement (including indemnification and contribution obligations of underwriters or agents), in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter or underwriters of or agents for such offering. The Company shall also cooperate with the Selling Holders, and the Underwriters’ Representative or Agent for such offering in the marketing of the Registrable Securities, including making available the Company’s officers, independent registered public accountants, counsel, premises, books and records for such purpose, but the Company shall not be required to incur any out-of-pocket expense pursuant to this sentence.
5.6. Promptly notify each Selling Holder of any stop order issued or threatened to be issued by the Commission in connection therewith and take all reasonable actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered.
5.7. Make generally available to the Company’s security holders copies of all periodic reports, proxy statements, and other information referred to in Section 11.1 and, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act covering the 12-month period beginning within three months after the effective date of each registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.
5.8. Make available for inspection by any Selling Holder, any underwriter participating in such offering and the representatives of such Selling Holder and underwriter (but not more than one firm of counsel to such Selling Holders), all financial and other information as shall be reasonably requested by them, and provide the Selling Holder, any underwriter participating in such offering and the representatives of such Selling Holder and underwriter the opportunity to discuss the business affairs of the Company with its appropriate officers and independent public accountants who have certified the audited financial statements included in such registration statement, in each case all as necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility under the Securities Act; provided, however, that information that the Company determines, in good faith, to be confidential, and which the Company advises such Person in writing is confidential, shall not be disclosed unless such Person signs a confidentiality agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Company or the related Selling Holder of Registrable Securities agrees to be responsible for such Person’s breach of confidentiality on terms satisfactory to the Company.
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5.9. Use the Company’s reasonable best efforts to obtain a so-called “comfort letter” from its independent public accountants and legal opinions of counsel to the Company addressed to the Selling Holders, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by such letters, and in a form that shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Selling Holders. The Company shall furnish to each Selling Holder a signed counterpart of any such comfort letter or legal opinion. Delivery of any such opinion or comfort letter shall be subject to the recipient furnishing such written representations or acknowledgments as are customarily provided by selling shareholders who receive such comfort letters or opinions.
5.10. Provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such registration statement.
5.11. Use all reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement (i) if the Common Stock is then listed on a securities exchange or included for quotation in a recognized trading market, to continue to be so listed or included for a reasonable period of time after the offering, and (ii) to be registered with or approved by such other United States or state governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company to enable the Selling Holders of Registrable Securities to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
5.12. Use the Company’s reasonable efforts to provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities prior to the effective date of the first registration statement including Registrable Securities.
5.13. Take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities included in each such registration.
Section 6. Holders’ Obligations.
It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of any Selling Holder of Registrable Securities that such Selling Holder shall:
6.1. Furnish to the Company such information regarding such Selling Holder, the number of the Registrable Securities owned by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required to effect the registration of such Selling Holder’s Registrable Securities, and to cooperate with the Company in preparing such registration.
6.2. Agree to sell their Registrable Securities to the underwriters (if any) at the same price and on substantially the same terms and conditions as the Company or the other Persons on whose behalf the registration statement was being filed have agreed to sell their securities, and to execute the underwriting agreement (if any) agreed to by the Selling Holders (in the case of a registration under Section 2 or Section 3) or the Company and the Selling Holders (in the case of a registration under Section 4).
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Section 7. Expenses of Registration.
Expenses in connection with registrations pursuant to this Agreement shall be allocated and paid as follows:
7.1. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.1, with respect to a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2, the Company shall bear and pay all expenses incurred in connection with any registration, filing, or qualification of Registrable Securities with respect to such Demand Registration for each Selling Holder (which right may be assigned to any Person to whom Registrable Securities are Transferred as permitted by Section 9), including all registration, filing and National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. fees, all fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws, all word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of the Company’s independent registered public accountants, including the expenses of “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance (the “Registration Expenses”); provided, however, the Company shall only be obligated for up to a maximum aggregate of the first one hundred thousands dollars ($100,000) of such Registration Expenses, after which point any remaining Registration Expenses for the Demand Registration shall be borne pro rata by the Selling Holders; provided further, that any fees and disbursements of counsel for the Selling Holders and any underwriting discounts and commissions relating to the Selling Holder’s Registrable Securities shall be borne and paid exclusively by the Selling Holders.
7.2. The Company shall bear and pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any Form S-3 Registrations pursuant to Section 3 or any Piggyback Registrations pursuant to Section 4 for each Selling Holder (which right may be Transferred to any Person to whom Registrable Securities are Transferred as permitted by Section 9), but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions relating to Registrable Securities and any fees and disbursements of counsel for the Selling Holders (which shall be paid on a pro rata basis by the Selling Holders of Registrable Securities).
7.3. Any failure of the Selling Holders or the Company to pay any Registration Expenses as required by this Section 7 shall not relieve the Selling Holders or the Company, as applicable, of its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 8. Indemnification; Contribution.
If any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Agreement:
8.1. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Holder, each Person, if any, who controls such Selling Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act, and each officer, director, partner, and employee of such Selling Holder and such controlling Person, against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable expenses (joint or several), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and expenses of investigation, incurred by such party pursuant to any actual or threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation, or to which any of the foregoing Persons may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state laws, insofar as such losses, claims,
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damages, liabilities and reasonable expenses arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a “Violation”):
(i) Any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendments or supplements thereto;
(ii) The omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or
(iii) Any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any applicable state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any applicable state securities law; provided, however, that the indemnification required by this Section 8.1 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by the indemnified party expressly for use in connection with such registration; provided further, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8 shall not apply to any underwriter to the extent that any such loss is based on or arises out of an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, or an omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, contained in or omitted from any preliminary prospectus if the final prospectus shall correct such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or such omission or alleged omission, and a copy of the final prospectus has not been sent or given to such person at or prior to the confirmation of sale to such person if such underwriter was under an obligation to deliver such final prospectus and failed to do so. The Company shall also indemnify the Selling Holders against claims asserted by underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their officers, directors, agents and employees and each person who controls such persons (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Selling Holders.
8.2. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Selling Holder shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who shall have signed the registration statement, each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, any other Selling Holder, any controlling Person of any such other Selling Holder and each officer, director, partner, and employee of such other Selling Holder and such controlling Person, against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (joint and several), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and expenses of investigation, incurred by such party pursuant to any actual or threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation, or to which any of the foregoing Persons may otherwise become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state laws, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses arise out of or are 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 about such Selling Holder furnished by such Selling Holder to the Company expressly for use in connection with such registration; provided, however, that (x) the indemnification required by this
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Section 8.2 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense if settlement is effected without the consent of the relevant Selling Holder of Registrable Securities, and (y) in no event shall the amount of any indemnity under this Section 8.2 exceed the gross proceeds from the applicable offering received by such Selling Holder.
8.3. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding, investigation or threat thereof made in writing for which such indemnified party may make a claim under this Section 8, such indemnified party shall 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 the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time following the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 8 but shall not relieve the indemnifying party of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than pursuant to this Section 8. Any fees and expenses incurred by the indemnified party (including any fees and expenses incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such action or proceeding) shall be paid to the indemnified party, as incurred, within 30 days of written notice thereof to the indemnifying party; provided, however, that such notice is accompanied by an appropriate undertaking of the indemnified party to reimburse the indemnifying party to the extent it is ultimately determined that such party is not entitled to indemnification. Any such indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action, claim or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be the expenses of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees and expenses or (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to promptly assume the defense of such action, claim or proceeding. No indemnifying party shall be liable to an indemnified party for any settlement of any action, proceeding or claim without the written consent of the indemnifying party.
8.4. If the indemnification required by this Section 8 from the indemnifying party is unavailable to an indemnified party hereunder in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in this Section 8:
(i) The 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, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified parties in connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any Violation has been committed by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified parties, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such Violation. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8.1 and Section 8.2, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding.
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(ii) The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8.4(i). 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.
8.5. If indemnification is available under this Section 8, the indemnifying parties shall indemnify each indemnified party to the full extent provided in this Section 8 without regard to the relative fault of such indemnifying party or indemnified party or any other equitable consideration referred to in Section 8.4.
8.6. The obligations of the Company and the Selling Holders of Registrable Securities under this Section 8 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration statement under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section 9. Transfer of Registration Rights.
Subject to restrictions in the Warrants and in the Services Agreement on the right to transfer the Shares, including, without limitation, the right of first refusal in favor of the Company and the prohibition of transfer to any competitor or reasonably foreseeable competitor of the Company, rights with respect to the Shares constituting Registrable Securities may be transferred by JNI with respect to more than 400,000 Shares to any third party transferee (other than a competitor or potential competitor of the Company). Any transferee to whom rights under this Agreement are so transferred shall, as a condition to such transfer, have executed and delivered to the Secretary of the Company a properly completed agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A, and the transferor shall have delivered to the Secretary of the Company, no later than 15 days following the date of the Transfer, written notification of such Transfer setting forth the name of the transferor, name and address of the transferee, and the number of Registrable Securities which shall have been so transferred.
Section 10. Holdback.
Each Holder entitled pursuant to this Agreement to have Registrable Securities included in a registration statement prepared pursuant to this Agreement, if so requested by the Underwriters’ Representative or Agent in connection with an offering of any Registrable Securities, shall not effect any public sale or distribution of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, including a sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (except as part of such underwritten or agented registration), during the 30 day period prior to, and during the 90 day period beginning on, the date such registration statement is declared effective under the Securities Act by the Commission, provided, however, that such Holder is timely notified of such effective date in writing by the Company or such Underwriters’ Representative or Agent. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company shall be entitled to impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities of each Holder until the end of such period.
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Section 11. Covenants of the Company.
The Company hereby agrees and covenants as follows:
11.1. The Company shall file as and when applicable, on a timely basis, all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act. If the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company shall make publicly available the information specified in subparagraph (c)(2) of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, and take such further action as may be reasonably required from time to time and as may be within the reasonable control of the Company, to enable the Holders to transfer Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.
11.2. The Company shall not effect any public sale or distribution of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, during the five Business Days prior to, and during the 90-day period beginning on, the commencement of a public distribution of the Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration statement prepared pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall not effect any registration of its securities (other than on Forms S-4 or Forms S-8 or any successor forms or pursuant to such other registration rights agreements as may be approved in writing by the Selling Holders), or effect any public or private sale or distribution of any of its securities, including a sale pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act, whether on its own behalf or at the request of any holder or holders of such securities from the date of a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1 until the earlier of (x) 90 days following the date as of which all securities covered by such Demand Registration shall have been Transferred, and (y) 180 days following the effective date of such Demand Registration, unless the Company shall have previously notified in writing all Selling Holders of the Company’s desire to do so, and Selling Holders owning a majority of the Registrable Securities or the Underwriters’ Representative, if any, shall have consented thereto in writing.
11.3. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, (x) enter into any merger, consolidation or reorganization in which the Company shall not be the surviving corporation or (y) transfer or agree to transfer all or substantially all the Company’s assets, unless prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization or asset Transfer, the surviving corporation or the transferee, respectively, shall have agreed in writing to assume the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, and for that purpose references hereunder to “Registrable Securities” shall be deemed to include the securities which the Holders of Registrable Securities would be entitled to receive in exchange for Registrable Securities pursuant to any such merger, consolidation or reorganization.
Section 12. Amendment, Modification and Waivers; Further Assurances.
(i) This Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Company, and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company shall have obtained the written consent of Holders owning Registrable Securities possessing a majority in number of the Registrable Securities then outstanding to such amendment, action or omission to act.
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(ii) No waiver of any terms or conditions of this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any other breach of such terms and conditions or any other term or condition, nor shall any failure to enforce any provision hereof operate as a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof. No written waiver hereunder, unless it by its own terms explicitly provides to the contrary, shall be construed to effect a continuing waiver of the provisions being waived, and no such waiver in any instance shall constitute a waiver in any other instance or for any other purpose or impair the right of the party against whom such waiver is claimed in all other instances or for all other purposes to require full compliance with such provision.
(iii) Each of the parties hereto shall execute all such further instruments and documents and take all such further action as any other party hereto may reasonably require in order to effectuate the terms and purposes of this Agreement.
Section 13. Assignment; Benefit.
This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns. A Holder may transfer its rights hereunder to a successor in interest to the Registrable Securities owned by such assignor only as permitted by Section 9.
Section 14. Miscellaneous.
14.1. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REGARDLESS OF THE LAWS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE GOVERN UNDER APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.
14.2. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally, sent by overnight courier (with delivery confirmed) or telecopied (with a confirmatory copy sent by overnight courier) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):
(i) if to Company, to:
Metro One Telecommunications, Inc.
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
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(ii) if to the original Holder, to:
Jingle Networks, Inc..
New England Executive Park, West Wing 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Chief Technology Officer
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Ropes & Xxxx LLP
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
In the event of a Transfer of any Registrable Securities, notices given pursuant to this Agreement to a subsequent Holder shall be delivered to the relevant address specified in the relevant agreement in the form of Exhibit A whereby such Holder became bound by the provisions of this Agreement.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the date of each such notice and request shall be deemed to be, and the date on which each such notice and request shall be deemed given shall be: at the time delivered, if personally delivered or mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if sent by telecopy; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next Business Day delivery.
14.3. Entire Agreement; Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements between or among any of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and embodies the entire understanding among the parties relating to such subject matter.
14.4. Injunctive Relief. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that in the event of a breach by any of them of any material provision of this Agreement, the aggrieved party may be without an adequate remedy at law. Each of the parties therefore agrees that in the event of such a breach hereof the aggrieved party may elect to institute and prosecute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce specific performance or to enjoin the continuing breach hereof. By seeking or obtaining any such relief, the aggrieved party shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which it may be entitled.
14.5. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. All signatures need not be on the same counterpart.
14.6. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining
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provisions of this Agreement, unless the result thereof would be unreasonable, in which case the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith as to appropriate amendments hereto.
14.7. Filing. A copy of this Agreement and of all amendments thereto shall be filed at the principal executive office of the Company with the corporate secretary of the Company.
14.8. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by a written instrument signed by the parties hereto. Unless sooner terminated in accordance with the preceding sentence, this Agreement (other than Section 8 hereof) shall terminate in its entirety on such date as there shall be no Registrable Securities outstanding, provided, however, that any shares of Common Stock previously subject to this Agreement shall not be Registrable Securities following the sale of any such shares in an offering registered pursuant to this Agreement; and provided further that a Holder shall cease to be a Holder under this Agreement for all purposes if such Holder (i) is provided with an opinion of counsel of the Company which is reasonably satisfactory to Holder to the effect that such Holder may sell all of the Registrable Securities owned by it without registration under the Securities Act and (ii) enters into an agreement with the Company pursuant to which the Company agrees to remove all legends and “stop transfers” relating to such Registrable Securities.
14.9. Attorneys’ Fees. In any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Agreement, or where any provision hereof is validly asserted as a defense, the successful party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees (including any fees incurred in any appeal) in addition to its costs and expenses and any other available remedy.
14.10. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended to confer upon any person, other than the parties hereto or their respective permitted successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the date and year first written above.
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EXHIBIT A
to Registration
Rights Agreement
AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
BY THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
The undersigned, being the transferee of ______ shares of the common stock, no par value (the “Registrable Securities”), of Metro One Telecommunications, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the “Company”), as a condition to the receipt of such Registrable Securities, acknowledges that matters pertaining to the registration of such Registrable Securities is governed by the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 1, 2006, initially among the Company and the Holder referred to therein (the “Agreement”), and the undersigned hereby (1) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Agreement, and (2) agrees to be bound as a Holder by the terms of the Agreement, as the same has been or may be amended from time to time.
Agreed to this __ day of ______________, 200_.
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*Include address for notices.
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