EXHIBIT 10.21
MINIMUM BORROWING NOTE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of February 23, 2004, by and between eLinear, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and Laurus Master Fund, Ltd. (the "Purchaser").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Security Agreement, dated as of
the date hereof, by and among the Purchaser, the Company and the other companies
named therein (the "Security Agreement"), and pursuant to the Notes and the
Warrants referred to therein.
The Company and the Purchaser hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein that are defined in the Security Agreement shall have the meanings given
such terms in the Security Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" means shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$___ per share.
"Effectiveness Date" means the 90th day following the applicable
Filing Date.
"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any successor statute.
"Filing Date" means, with respect to (1) the Registration Statement
which is required to be filed with respect to the Loans made on the initial
funding date as evidenced by a Minimum Borrowing Note, the earlier of (i) 15
days following the date on which the Company's registration statement on Form SB
- 2 is declared effective by the SEC or (ii) 150 days after the initial funding
date, and (2) each $2,000,000 tranche of Loans funded after the initial funding
date, the date which is thirty (30) days after such funding of such additional
$2,000,000 of Loans evidenced by a Minimum Borrowing Note.
"Holder" or "Holders" means the Purchaser or any of its affiliates or
transferees to the extent any of them hold Registrable Securities.
"Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
"Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
"Notes" has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
"Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding
(including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as
a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
"Prospectus" means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information
previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms
of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated
by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
"Registrable Securities" means the shares of Common Stock issued upon
the conversion of each Note and issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.
"Registration Statement" means each registration statement required to
be filed hereunder, including the Prospectus therein, amendments and supplements
to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective
amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Rule 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Rule 424" means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
successor statute.
"Trading Market" means any of the NASD OTC Bulletin Board, NASDAQ
SmallCap Market, the Nasdaq National Market, the American Stock Exchange or the
New York Stock Exchange
"Warrants" means the Common Stock purchase warrants issued pursuant to
the Security Agreement.
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2. REGISTRATION.
(a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and
file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the Registrable
Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule
415. Each Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is
not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3,
in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in
accordance herewith). Purchaser acknowledges that the Company is not currently
eligible to utilize Form S-3. The Company shall cause each Registration
Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein. The
Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to cause the first such
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as
promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than
the Effectiveness Date. The Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts
to cause any subsequent such Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but
in any event no later than sixty (60) days after the filing thereof. The
Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to keep each Registration
Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date which
is the earlier date of when (i) all Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement have been sold or (ii) all Registrable Securities covered
by such Registration Statement may be sold immediately without registration
under the Securities Act and without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 or
Rule 144(k), as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written
opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company's
transfer agent and the affected Holders (each, an "Effectiveness Period").
(b) If: (i) any Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to
the applicable Filing Date for such Registration Statement; (ii) a Registration
Statement filed hereunder is not declared effective by the Commission by the
date required hereby with respect to such Registration Statement; (iii) after a
Registration Statement is filed with and declared effective by the Commission,
such Registration Statement ceases to be effective (by suspension or otherwise)
as to all Registrable Securities to which it is required to relate at any time
prior to the expiration of the Effectiveness Period applicable to such
Registration Statement (without being succeeded immediately by an additional
Registration Statement filed and declared effective) for a period of time which
shall exceed 30 days in the aggregate per year or more than 20 consecutive
calendar days (defined as a period of 365 days commencing on the date such
Registration Statement is declared effective); or (iv) the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted, or is suspended from trading on any Trading Market for a
period of three (3) consecutive Trading Days (provided the Company shall not
have been able to cure such trading suspension within 30 days of the notice
thereof or list the Common Stock on another Trading Market); (any such failure
or breach being referred to as an "Event," and for purposes of clause (i) or
(ii) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (iii) the
date which such 30 day or 20 consecutive day period (as the case may be) is
exceeded, or for purposes of clause (iv) the date on which such three (3)
Trading Day period is exceeded, being referred to as "Event Date"), then until
the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in
cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1.5% for each thirty
(30) day period (prorated for partial periods) on a daily basis of the original
principal amount of each applicable Note. While such Event
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continues, such liquidated damages shall be paid not less often than each thirty
(30) days. Any unpaid liquidated damages as of the date when an Event has been
cured by the Company shall be paid within three (3) days following the date on
which such Event has been cured by the Company.
(c) Within three business days of the Effectiveness Date, the
Company shall cause its counsel to issue a blanket opinion in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A, to the transfer agent stating that the shares are subject
to an effective registration statement and can be reissued free of restrictive
legend upon notice of a sale by Laurus and confirmation by Laurus that it has
complied with the prospectus delivery requirements, provided that the Company
has not advised the transfer agent orally or in writing that the opinion has
been withdrawn. Copies of the blanket opinion required by this Section 2(c)
shall be delivered to Laurus within the time frame set forth above.
(d) The Company may require each Holder to furnish to the Company
a statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
such Holder and the person thereof that has voting and dispositive control over
the Common Stock. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its
obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable
Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such information within
ten (10) days of the Company's request, any liquidated damages that are accruing
at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may
otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such
Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. If and whenever the Company is required by
the provisions hereof to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities
under the Securities Act, the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement
with respect to such Registrable Securities, respond as promptly as possible to
any comments received from the Commission, and use its best efforts to cause
such Registration Statement to become and remain effective for the Effectiveness
Period with respect thereto, and promptly provide to the Purchaser copies of all
filings and Commission letters of comment relating thereto;
(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
supplements to such Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities
Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by
such Registration Statement and to keep such Registration Statement effective
until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period applicable to such Registration
Statement;
(c) furnish to the Purchaser such number of copies of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein (including each
preliminary Prospectus) as the Purchaser reasonably may request to facilitate
the public sale or disposition of the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement;
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(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify
the Purchaser's Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement
under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions within the United
States as the Purchaser may reasonably request, provided, however, that the
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Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to
transact business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not
so qualified or to consent to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction;
(e) list the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement with any securities exchange on which the Common Stock of the Company
is then listed;
(f) immediately notify the Purchaser at any time when a Prospectus
relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the
happening of any event of which the Company has knowledge as a result of which
the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement, as then in effect,
includes an untrue statement 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 in light of the circumstances then existing; and
(g) make available for inspection by the Purchaser and any
attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Purchaser, all publicly
available, non-confidential financial and other records, pertinent corporate
documents and properties of the Company, and cause the Company's officers,
directors and employees to supply all publicly available, non-confidential
information reasonably requested by the attorney, accountant or agent of the
Purchaser.
4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. All expenses relating to the Company's
compliance with Sections 2 and 3 hereof, including, without limitation, all
registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of
counsel and independent public accountants for the Company, fees and expenses
(including reasonable counsel fees) incurred in connection with complying with
state securities or "blue sky" laws, fees of the NASD, transfer taxes, fees of
transfer agents and registrars, fees of, and disbursements incurred by, one
counsel for the Holders are called "Registration Expenses". All selling
commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, including any fees
and disbursements of any special counsel to the Holders beyond those included in
Registration Expenses, are called "Selling Expenses." The Company shall only be
responsible for Registration Expenses.
5. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) In the event of a registration of any Registrable Securities
under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will indemnify
and hold harmless the Purchaser, and its officers, directors and each other
person, if any, who controls the Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities
Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which the Purchaser, or such persons may become subject under the Securities Act
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration
Statement under which such Registrable Securities were
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registered under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, any preliminary
Prospectus or final Prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement
thereof, or arise out of or are based upon 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, and will reimburse the Purchaser, and
each such person for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in
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any such case if and to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information
furnished by or on behalf of the Purchaser or any such person in writing
specifically for use in any such document.
(b) In the event of a registration of the Registrable Securities
under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchaser will
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and its officers, directors and each
other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act, against all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which the Company or such persons may become subject under the
Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact which was
furnished in writing by the Purchaser to the Company expressly for use in (and
such information is contained in) the Registration Statement under which such
Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act pursuant to this
Agreement, any preliminary Prospectus or final Prospectus contained therein, or
any amendment or supplement thereof, or arise out of or are based upon 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, and
will reimburse the Company and each such person for any reasonable legal or
other expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, provided, however, that the
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Purchaser will be liable in any such case if and only to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf
of the Purchaser specifically for use in any such document. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this paragraph, the Purchaser shall not be required to indemnify
any person or entity in excess of the amount of the aggregate net proceeds
received by the Purchaser in respect of Registrable Securities in connection
with any such registration under the Securities Act.
(c) Promptly after receipt by a party entitled to claim
indemnification hereunder (an "Indemnified Party") of notice of the commencement
of any action, such Indemnified Party shall, if a claim for indemnification in
respect thereof is to be made against a party hereto obligated to indemnify such
Indemnified Party (an "Indemnifying Party"), notify the Indemnifying Party in
writing thereof, but the omission so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not
relieve it from any liability which it may have to such Indemnified Party other
than under this Section 5(c) and shall only relieve it from any liability which
it may have to such Indemnified Party under this Section 5(c) if and to the
extent the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such omission. In case any such
action shall be brought against any Indemnified Party and it shall notify the
Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying
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Party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it shall wish, to
assume and undertake the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such
Indemnified Party, and, after notice from the Indemnifying Party to such
Indemnified Party of its election so to assume and undertake the defense
thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party
under this Section 5(c) for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such
Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof; if the Indemnified
Party retains its own counsel, then the Indemnified Party shall pay all fees,
costs and expenses of such counsel, provided, however, that, if the defendants
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in any such action include both the indemnified party and the Indemnifying Party
and the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be
reasonable defenses available to it which are different from or additional to
those available to the Indemnifying Party or if the interests of the Indemnified
Party reasonably may be deemed to conflict with the interests of the
Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to select one
separate counsel and to assume such legal defenses and otherwise to participate
in the defense of such action, with the reasonable expenses and fees of such
separate counsel and other expenses related to such participation to be
reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party as incurred.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in the
event of joint liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either
(i) the Purchaser, or any officer, director or controlling person of the
Purchaser, makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 but it
is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court
of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of
the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such
case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 5 provides for indemnification
in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on
the part of the Purchaser or such officer, director or controlling person of the
Purchaser in circumstances for which indemnification is provided under this
Section 5; then, and in each such case, the Company and the Purchaser will
contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they
may be subject (after contribution from others) in such proportion so that the
Purchaser is responsible only for the portion represented by the percentage that
the public offering price of its securities offered by the Registration
Statement bears to the public offering price of all securities offered by such
Registration Statement, provided, however, that, in any such case, (A) the
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Purchaser will not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the public
offering price of all such securities offered by it pursuant to such
Registration Statement; and (B) no person or entity guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 10(f) of the Act) will be
entitled to contribution from any person or entity who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
(a) The Common Stock of the Company is registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and, except with respect to certain
matters which the Company has disclosed to the Purchaser on Exhibit 12(j) to the
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Security Agreement, the Company has timely filed all proxy statements, reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it
under the Exchange Act and filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2003 (collectively, the "SEC Reports"). Each SEC Report
was, at the time of its filing, in substantial compliance with the requirements
of its respective form and none of the SEC Reports, nor the financial statements
(and the notes thereto)
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included in the SEC Reports, as of their respective filing dates, contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply as to form in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published
rules and regulations of the Commission or other applicable rules and
regulations with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on
a consistent basis during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise
indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case
of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or
may be condensed) and fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, the results of operations and the cash flows of the Company and its
subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of, and for, the periods presented in
each such SEC Report.
(b) The Common Stock is listed for trading on the NASD OTC BB and
satisfies all requirements for the continuation of such listing. The Company
has not received any notice that its Common Stock will be delisted from the NASD
OTC BB or that the Common Stock does not meet all requirements for the
continuation of such listing.
(c) Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person
acting on its or their behalf, has directly or indirectly made any offers or
sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under
circumstances that would cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to the
Security Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for
purposes of the Securities Act which would prevent the Company from selling the
Common Stock pursuant to Rule 506 under the Securities Act, or any applicable
exchange-related stockholder approval provisions, nor will the Company or any of
its affiliates or subsidiaries take any action or steps after the date hereof
that would cause the offering of the Common Stock to be integrated with other
offerings (other than such concurrent offering to the Purchaser).
(d) The Warrants, the Notes and the shares of Common Stock which
the Purchaser may acquire pursuant to the Warrants and the Notes are all
restricted securities under the Securities Act as of the date of this Agreement.
The Company will not issue any stop transfer order or other order impeding the
sale and delivery of any of the Registrable Securities at such time as such
Registrable Securities are registered for public sale or an exemption from
registration is available, except as required by federal or state securities
laws.
(e) The Company understands the nature of the Registrable
Securities issuable upon the conversion of each Note and the exercise of each
Warrant and recognizes that the issuance of such Registrable Securities may have
a potential dilutive effect. The Company specifically acknowledges that its
obligation to issue the Registrable Securities is binding upon the Company and
enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership
interests of other shareholders of the Company.
(f) Except for agreements made in the ordinary course of business,
there is no agreement that has not been filed with the Commission as an exhibit
to a registration statement or to a form required to be filed by the Company
under the Exchange Act, the breach of which
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could reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries, or would prohibit or otherwise interfere with the
ability of the Company to enter into and perform any of its obligations under
this Agreement in any material respect.
(g) The Company will at all times have authorized and reserved a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the full conversion of each Note
and exercise of the Warrants.
7. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) REMEDIES. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a
Holder, of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder
or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise
all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of
damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this
Agreement.
(b) NO PIGGYBACK ON REGISTRATIONS. Except as set forth on
Schedule 7(b) hereto, neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other
than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the
Company in any Registration Statement other than the Registrable Securities, and
the Company shall not after the date hereof enter into any agreement providing
any such right for inclusion of shares in the Registration Statement to any of
its security holders. Except as and to the extent specified in Schedule 7(b)
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hereto, the Company has not previously entered into any agreement granting any
registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person that
have not been fully satisfied.
(c) COMPLIANCE. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will
comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as
applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to
any Registration Statement.
(d) DISCONTINUED DISPOSITION. Each Holder agrees by its
acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from
the Company of the occurrence of a Discontinuation Event (as defined below),
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable
Securities under the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder's
receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration
Statement or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that
the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has
received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration
Statement. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the
provisions of this paragraph. For purposes of this Section 7(d), a
"Discontinuation Event" shall mean (i) when the Commission notifies the Company
whether there will be a "review" of such Registration Statement and whenever the
Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement (the Company shall
provide true and complete copies thereof and all written responses thereto to
each of the Holders); (ii) any request by the Commission or any other Federal or
state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration
Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration
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covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any
Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption
from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such
purpose; and/or (v) the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes
the financial statements included in such Registration Statement ineligible for
inclusion therein or any statement made in such Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to such
Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of
such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(e) PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. If at any time during any
Effectiveness Period there is not an effective Registration Statement covering
all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered during such
Effectiveness Period and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with
the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own
account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity
securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the
Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be
issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee
benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder written notice of such
determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such notice, any
such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such
registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such
holder requests to be registered, to the extent the Company may do so without
violating registration rights of others which exist as of the date of this
Agreement, subject to customary underwriter cutbacks applicable to all holders
of registration rights and subject to obtaining any required the consent of any
selling stockholder(s) to such inclusion under such registration statement.
(f) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company
and the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with
respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of certain Holders
and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may
be given by Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities to
which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of
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this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance
with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.
(g) NOTICES. Any notice or request hereunder may be given to the
Company or the Purchaser at the respective addresses set forth below or as may
hereafter be specified in a notice designated as a change of address under this
Section 7(g). Any notice or request hereunder shall be given by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, hand delivery,
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overnight mail or telecopy (confirmed by mail). Notices and requests shall be,
in the case of those by hand delivery, deemed to have been given when delivered
to any party to whom it is addressed, in the case of those by mail or overnight
mail, deemed to have been given three (3) business days after the date when
deposited in the mail or with the overnight mail carrier, and, in the case of a
telecopy, when confirmed. The address for such notices and communications shall
be as follows:
If to the Company: eLinear, Inc.
Attention:
Facsimile:
With a copy to:
Facsimile:
If to a Purchaser: To the address set forth under
such Purchaser name on the
signature pages hereto.
If to any other Person who is then the registered Holder:
To the address of such Holder as it
appears in the stock transfer books
of the Company
or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter in accordance
with this Section 7(g) by such Person.
(h) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of
the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not
assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Holder. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the
manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Notes and the Securities
Purchase Agreement with the prior written consent of the Company, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld
(i) EXECUTION AND COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the
party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with
the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original
thereof.
(j) GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each
party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the
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interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts
sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Proceeding
is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a
copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with
evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it
under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted
by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any
provisions of a Transaction Document, then the prevailing party in such
Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys
fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation
and prosecution of such Proceeding.
(k) CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. The remedies provided herein are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
(l) SEVERABILITY. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction
of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated
by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and
declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the
remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(m) HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first written above.
ELINEAR, INC.
By:_____________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:__________________________
LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD.
By:______________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:___________________________
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Grin
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
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EXHIBIT A
[Month __, 200_]
[Continental Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
Two Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx]
Re: eLinear, Inc. Registration Statement on Form [S-B2]
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
As counsel to eLinear, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), we
have been requested to render our opinion to you in connection with the resale
by the individuals or entitles listed on Schedule A attached hereto (the
"Selling Stockholders"), of an aggregate of [amount]shares (the "Shares") of the
Company's Common Stock.
A Registration Statement on Form [S-B2] under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Act"), with respect to the resale of the Shares was declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on [date]. Enclosed is the
Prospectus dated [date]. We understand that the Shares are to be offered and
sold in the manner described in the Prospectus.
Based upon the foregoing, upon request by the Selling Stockholders at any
time while the registration statement remains effective, it is our opinion that
the Shares have been registered for resale under the Act and new certificates
evidencing the Shares upon their transfer or re-registration by the Selling
Stockholders may be issued without restrictive legend. We will advise you if the
registration statement is not available or effective at any point in the future.
Very truly yours,
[Company counsel]
SCHEDULE A
Shares
Selling Stockholder R/N/O Being Offered
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