EXHIBIT A
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of March 4, 2002 between
Northwind Associates, Inc., a Cayman Islands Corporation ("Purchaser") and
eMagin Corporation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").
WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the parties shall enter into the Common Stock Purchase Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, (the "Purchase Agreement") pursuant to which the
Purchaser has committed to purchase up to $20,000,000 of the Company's Common
Stock (capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Purchase Agreement) and the Warrant; and
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and granting to
the Purchaser of the registration rights set forth herein with respect to the
Shares is a component part of the transaction contemplated under the Purchase
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:
Section 1. Registrable Securities. As used herein the term
"Registrable Security" means all Shares that (i) have not been sold under the
Registration Statement, (ii) have not been sold under circumstances under which
all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in
force) under the Securities Act ("Rule 144") are met, (iii) have not been
otherwise transferred to persons who may trade such Shares without restriction
under the Securities Act, and the Company has delivered a new certificate or
other evidence of ownership for such Shares not bearing a restrictive legend, or
(iv) may not be sold without any time, volume or manner limitations pursuant to
Rule 144(k) (or any similar provision then in effect) under the Securities Act.
In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or
other change in corporate structure affecting the Common Stock, such adjustment
shall be deemed to be made in the definition of "Registrable Security" as is
appropriate in order to prevent any dilution or enlargement of the rights
granted pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 2. Restrictions on Transfer. The Purchaser acknowledges and
understands that in the absence of an effective Registration Statement
authorizing the resale of the Shares as provided herein, the Shares are
"restricted securities" as defined in Rule 144. The Purchaser understands that
no disposition or transfer of the Shares may be made by Purchaser in the absence
of (i) an opinion of counsel to the Purchaser, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, that such transfer may be made without registration
under the Securities Act or (ii) such registration.
With a view to making available to the Purchaser the benefits of Rule
144, the Company agrees to use its reasonable efforts to:
(a) comply with the provisions of paragraph (c)(1) of Rule 144; and
(b) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) under the
Exchange Act; and, if at any time it is not required to file such reports
but in the past had been required to or did file such reports, it will,
upon the request of the Purchaser, make available other information as
required by, and so long as necessary to permit sales of, its Registrable
Securities pursuant to Rule 144.
Section 3. Registration Rights With Respect to the Shares.
(a) The Company agrees that it will prepare and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"), within 60 days after the date
hereof, a registration statement (on Form S-3 and/or Form S-2, or other
appropriate form of registration statement) under the Securities Act (the
"Registration Statement"), at the sole expense of the Company (except as
provided in Section 3(c) hereof), so as to permit a public offering and resale
of the Shares under the Securities Act by Purchaser.
(b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause
the Registration Statement to become effective within the earlier of (i) 120
days of the date of filing the Registration Statement (180 days in the event of
a "full review" by the Commission), or (ii) five (5) days after receiving
written notice of SEC clearance and will within said five (5) days request
acceleration of effectiveness. The Company will notify Purchaser of the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement within one Trading Day of such
event.
(c) The Company will maintain the Registration Statement or
post-effective amendment filed under this Section 3 hereof effective under the
Securities Act until the earliest of (i) the date that all of the Registrable
Securities have been disposed of pursuant to the Registration Statement, (ii)
the date that all Registrable Securities have been otherwise transferred to
persons who may trade such shares without restriction under the Securities Act,
and the Company has delivered a new certificate or other evidence of ownership
for such Registrable Securities not bearing a restrictive legend, or (iii) the
date that all Registrable Securities may be sold without any time, volume or
manner limitations pursuant to Rule 144(k) or any similar provision then in
effect under the Securities Act in the opinion of counsel to the Company, which
counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser (the "Effectiveness
Period").
(d) All fees, disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses and costs
incurred by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement under subparagraph 3(a) and in complying with applicable
securities and Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, all attorneys' fees
of the Company) shall be borne by the Company. The Purchaser shall bear the cost
of underwriting and/or brokerage discounts, fees and commissions, if any,
applicable to the Shares being registered and the fees and expenses of its
counsel.
(e) The Purchaser and its counsel shall have a reasonable period, not
to exceed five (5) Trading Days, to review the proposed Registration Statement
or any amendment thereto, prior to filing with the Commission, and the Company
shall provide the Purchaser with copies of any comment letters received from the
Commission with respect thereto within two (2) Trading Days of receipt thereof.
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(f) The Company shall make reasonably available for inspection by
Purchaser, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the
Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by
the Purchaser or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records,
pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, and cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to
supply all information reasonably requested by the Purchaser or any such
underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Registration
Statement, in each case, as is customary for due diligence examinations;
provided, however, all records, information and documents that are designated in
writing by the Company, in good faith, as confidential, proprietary or
containing any material non-public information shall be kept confidential by the
Purchaser and any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent, unless such
disclosure is made pursuant to judicial process in a court proceeding (after
first giving the Company an opportunity promptly to seek a protective order or
otherwise limit the scope of the information sought to be disclosed) or is
required by law, or such records, information or documents become available to
the public generally or through a third party not in violation of an
accompanying obligation of confidentiality. If, in the Company's reasonable
judgment, the foregoing inspection and information gathering would disrupt the
Company's conduct of its business, such inspection and information gathering
shall, to the maximum extent possible, be coordinated on behalf of the Purchaser
and the other parties entitled thereto by one firm of counsel designed by and on
behalf of the majority in interest of Purchaser and other parties.
(g) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
qualify any of the Shares for sale in such states as the Purchaser reasonably
designates and shall furnish indemnification in the manner provided in Section 6
hereof. However, the Company shall not be required to qualify in any state which
will require an escrow or other restriction relating to the Company and/or the
sellers, or which will require the Company to qualify to do business in such
state or require the Company to file therein any general consent to service of
process.
(h) The Company at its expense will supply the Purchaser with copies
of the Registration Statement and the final prospectus included therein (the
"Prospectus") and other related documents in such quantities as may be
reasonably requested by the Purchaser.
(i) The Company shall not be required by this Section 3 to include the
Purchaser's Shares in any Registration Statement which is to be filed if, in the
opinion of counsel for both the Purchaser and the Company (or, should they not
agree, in the opinion of another counsel experienced in securities law matters
acceptable to counsel for the Purchaser and the Company) the proposed offering
or other transfer as to which such registration is requested is exempt from
applicable federal and state securities laws and would result in all purchasers
or transferees obtaining securities which are not "restricted securities", as
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
(j) If at any time or from time to time after the effective date of
the Registration Statement, the Company notifies the Purchaser in writing of the
existence of
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a Potential Material Event (as defined in Section 3(k) below), the Purchaser
shall not offer or sell any Shares or engage in any other transaction involving
or relating to Shares, from the time of the giving of notice with respect to a
Potential Material Event until the Purchaser receives written notice from the
Company that such Potential Material Event either has been disclosed to the
public or no longer constitutes a Potential Material Event (the "Suspension
Period"). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if a Suspension
Period occurs at any time during any period commencing on a Trading Day a Draw
Down Notice is deemed delivered and ending five (5) Trading Days following the
end of the corresponding Draw Down Pricing Period, then the Company must
compensate the Purchaser for any net decline, if any, in the market value of any
Shares purchased, or committed to be purchased, by the Purchaser pursuant to
such recent Draw Down Pricing Period through the end of such Suspension Period
and sold by the Purchaser within the five (5) Trading Days immediately following
the Suspension Period. If there is a net decline, the net decline shall be
calculated as the difference between the highest VWAP during the applicable
Suspension Period and the price at which such Shares were sold by the Purchaser.
The Company must give Purchaser notice in writing of the existence of a
Potential Material Event promptly upon knowledge that such an event exists and,
where reasonably possible, prior to the first day of a Suspension Period.
(k) "Potential Material Event" means any of the following: (i) the
possession by the Company of material information that is not ripe for
disclosure in a registration statement, as determined in good faith by the Chief
Executive Officer or the Board of Directors of the Company or that disclosure of
such information in the Registration Statement would be detrimental to the
business and affairs of the Company; (ii) any material engagement or activity by
the Company which would, in the good faith determination of the Chief Executive
Officer or the Board of Directors of the Company, be adversely affected by
disclosure in a registration statement at such time, which determination shall
be accompanied by a good faith determination by the Chief Executive Officer or
the Board of Directors of the Company that the Registration Statement would be
materially misleading absent the inclusion of such information; or (iii)
pursuant to applicable law, the Company is required to file a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement because the Company experiences a
fundamental change, must change the plan of distribution to the Prospectus, or
must update the information included in the Prospectus pursuant to Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
Section 4. Cooperation with Company. The Purchaser will cooperate with
the Company in all respects in connection with this Agreement, including timely
supplying all information reasonably requested by the Company (which shall
include all information regarding the Purchaser and proposed manner of sale of
the Registrable Securities required to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement) and executing and returning all documents reasonably requested in
connection with the registration and sale of the Registrable Securities and
entering into and performing its obligations under any underwriting agreement,
if the offering is an underwritten offering, in usual and customary form, with
the managing underwriter or underwriters of such underwritten offering. The
Purchaser shall consent to be named as an underwriter in the Registration
Statement. Purchaser acknowledges that in accordance with current Commission
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policy, the Purchaser will be named as the underwriter of the Shares in the
Registration Statement.
Section 5. Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is
required by any of the provisions of this Agreement to effect the registration
of any of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act, the Company shall
(except as otherwise provided in this Agreement), as expeditiously as possible,
subject to the Purchaser's assistance and cooperation as reasonably required:
(a) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be
necessary to keep such registration statement effective and to comply with
the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the sale or other
disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement
whenever the Purchaser of such Registrable Securities shall desire to sell
or otherwise dispose of the same (including prospectus supplements with
respect to the sales of securities from time to time in connection with a
registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the
Securities Act) and (ii) take all lawful action such that each of (A) the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes
effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading and (B) the Prospectus, and any amendment
or supplement thereto, does not at any time during the Effectiveness Period
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(b) prior to the filing with the Commission of any Registration
Statement (including any amendments thereto) and the distribution or
delivery of the Prospectus (including any supplements thereto), provide
draft copies thereof to the Purchaser and shall give reasonable
consideration to all such comments as the Purchaser (and its counsel) may
propose and (ii) furnish to the Purchaser such numbers of copies of the
Prospectus including a preliminary prospectus or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus, as applicable, in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents, as the
Purchaser may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or
other disposition of the Registrable Securities;
(c) comply with the New York blue sky laws with respect to the
Registrable Securities (subject to the limitations set forth in Section
3(g) above), and do any and all other acts and things which may be
reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Purchaser to consummate the
public sale or other disposition in such jurisdiction of the Registrable
Securities;
(d) list such Registrable Securities on the Principal Market, and any
other exchange on which the Common Stock of the Company is then listed, if
the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the
rules of such exchange or the Principal Market;
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(e) notify the Purchaser at any time when the Prospectus is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event of
which it has knowledge as a result of which the Prospectus, 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 the light of the circumstances then
existing, and the Company shall prepare and file a curative amendment or
curative supplement under Section 5(a) as quickly as commercially possible
and the period beginning on the date of notice until the curative amendment
is effective or curative supplement is provided to the Purchaser shall be
deemed a Suspension Period and the Company shall compensate the Purchaser
as set forth in Section 3(j) herein;
(f) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event,
notify the Purchaser (or, in the event of an underwritten offering, the
managing underwriters) of the issuance by the Commission or any state
authority of any stop order or other suspension of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement at the earliest possible time and take all lawful
action to effect the withdrawal, rescission or removal of such stop order
or other suspension;
(g) take all such other lawful actions reasonably necessary to
expedite and facilitate the disposition by the Purchaser of its Registrable
Securities in accordance with the intended methods therefor provided in the
Prospectus which are customary for issuers to perform under the
circumstances;
(h) in the event of an underwritten offering, promptly include or
incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement such information as the managing underwriters
reasonably agree should be included therein and to which the Company does
not reasonably object and make all required filings of such prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after it is
notified of the matters to be included or incorporated in such prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment; and
(i) maintain a transfer agent for its Common Stock.
Section 6. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser
and each person, if any, who controls the Purchaser within the meaning of
the Securities Act (the Purchaser and each person who controls a Purchaser
is defined to be a "Distributing Purchaser") against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several (which shall, for all purposes of
this Agreement, include, but not be limited to, all reasonable costs of
defense and investigation and all reasonable attorneys' fees), to which the
Distributing Purchaser 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 the
Registration Statement, or any related preliminary prospectus, the
Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the
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omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any
such case 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 made in the Registration
Statement, preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or amendment or
supplement thereto in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written
information furnished to the Company by the Distributing Purchaser
specifically for use in the preparation thereof. This Section 6(a) shall
not inure to the benefit of any Distributing Purchaser with respect to any
person asserting such loss, claim, damage or liability who purchased the
Registrable Securities which are the subject thereof if the Distributing
Purchaser failed to send or give a copy of the Prospectus to such person at
or prior to the written confirmation to such person of the sale of such
Registrable Securities, where the Distributing Purchaser was obligated to
do so under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
which the Company may otherwise have. No Purchaser, or person who controls
the Purchaser, found 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.
(b) Each Distributing Purchaser agrees that it will indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, and each officer, director of the Company or person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act,
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (which shall, for all
purposes of this Agreement, include, but not be limited to, all reasonable
costs of defense and investigation and all reasonable attorneys' fees) to
which the Company or any such officer, director or controlling person 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 the Registration Statement, or
any related preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or amendment or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in
each case only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration
Statement, preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or amendment or
supplement thereto in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written
information furnished to the Company by such Distributing Purchaser
specifically for use in the preparation thereof. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability which the Distributing Purchaser may
otherwise have. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Distributing Purchaser shall not be liable under this Section 6(b) for any
amount in excess of the gross proceeds to such Distributing Purchaser as a
result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement. If the Company, or any officer, director or person who controls
the Company is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) such person shall not be entitled
to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
6 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will,
if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not
relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have to any
indemnified party except to the extent of actual prejudice demonstrated by
the indemnifying party. In case any such action is brought against any
indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate in, and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, assume the defense thereof, subject
to the provisions herein stated and after notice from the indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense
thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified
party under this Section 6 for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof
other than reasonable costs of investigation, unless the indemnifying party
shall not pursue the action to its final conclusion. The indemnified party
shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to
participate in (but not control) the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall not be at the expense of the indemnifying
party if the indemnifying party has assumed the defense of the action with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party unless (i) the
employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by
the indemnifying party, or (ii) the named parties to any such action
(including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and
the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have been advised by
such counsel in writing that there may be one or more legal defenses
available to the indemnifying party different from or in conflict with any
legal defenses which may be available to the indemnified party (in which
case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense
of such action on behalf of the indemnified party, it being understood,
however, that the indemnifying party shall, in connection with any one such
action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances,
be liable only for the reasonable fees and expenses of one separate firm of
attorneys for the indemnified party, which firm shall be designated in
writing by the indemnified party). No settlement of any action against an
indemnified party shall be made without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) All fees and expenses of the indemnified party (including
reasonable costs of defense and investigation in a manner not inconsistent
with this Section and all reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) shall be
paid to the indemnified party, as incurred, within ten (10) Trading Days of
written notice thereof to the indemnifying party; provided, that the
indemnifying party may require such indemnified party to undertake to
reimburse all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially
determined that such indemnified party is not entitled to indemnification
hereunder.
Section 7. Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable
contribution under the Securities Act in any case in which (i) the indemnified
party makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 6 hereof but is
judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or
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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 the express provisions of
Section 6 hereof provide for indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution
under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any indemnified party,
then the Company and the applicable Distributing Purchaser shall contribute to
the aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be
subject (which shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, include, but not be
limited to, all reasonable costs of defense and investigation and all reasonable
attorneys' fees), in either such case (after contribution from others) on the
basis of relative fault as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company on the one hand or the applicable Distributing Purchaser
on the other hand, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Distributing Purchaser agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 7. The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 7
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. 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.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 7, in no event
shall any (i) Purchaser be required to undertake liability to any person under
this Section 7 for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the gross
proceeds to be received by the Purchaser from the sale of the Purchaser's
Registrable Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions
applicable thereto) pursuant to any Registration Statement under which such
Registrable Securities are or were to be registered under the Securities Act,
and (ii) underwriter be required to undertake liability to any person hereunder
for any amounts in excess of the aggregate discount, commission or other
compensation payable to such underwriter with respect to the Registrable
Securities underwritten by it and distributed pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
Section 8. Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents,
approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in
writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be delivered as set forth
in the Purchase Agreement.
Section 9. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights of the
Purchaser or the Company hereunder may be assigned by either party to any other
person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights granted the Purchaser under
this Agreement may only be assigned to an entity that: (i) has purchased
substantially all of the Registrable Securities (or the rights thereto) from the
Purchaser in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement,
and (ii)has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
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Section 10. Counterparts/Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of
which, when together shall constitute but one and the same instrument, and shall
become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party
hereto and delivered to the other party. In lieu of the original, a facsimile
transmission or copy of the original shall be as effective and enforceable as
the original.
Section 11. Remedies and Severability. The remedies provided in this
Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a
board of arbitration or 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 best 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 those that may
be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
Section 12. Conflicting Agreements. The Company shall not enter into
any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the
rights granted to the purchasers of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or
otherwise prevents the Company from complying with all of its obligations
hereunder.
Section 13. Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of
this Agreement.
Section 14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made in New York by persons domiciled in New York City and without
regard to its principles of conflicts of laws. Any action may be brought as set
forth in the Purchase Agreement. The Company and the Purchaser agree to
exclusively submit themselves to the in personam jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts situated within the Southern District of the State of New York
with regard to any controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Any
party shall have the right to seek injunctive relief from any court of competent
jurisdiction in any case where such relief is available. Any dispute under this
Agreement shall be submitted to arbitration under the American Arbitration
Association (the "AAA") in New York City, New York, and shall be finally and
conclusively determined by the decision of a board of arbitration consisting of
three (3) members (hereinafter referred to as the "Board of Arbitration")
selected as according to the rules governing the AAA. The Board of Arbitration
shall meet on consecutive business days in New York City, New York, and shall
reach and render a decision in writing (concurred in by a majority of the
members of the Board of Arbitration) with respect to the amount, if any, which
the losing party is required to pay to the other party in respect of a claim
filed. In connection with rendering its decisions, the Board of Arbitration
shall adopt and follow the laws of the State of New York. To the extent
practical, decisions of the Board of Arbitration shall be rendered no more than
thirty (30) calendar days following commencement of proceedings with respect
thereto. The Board of Arbitration shall cause its written decision to be
delivered to all parties involved in the dispute. The Board of Arbitration
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shall be authorized and is directed to enter a default judgment against any
party refusing to participate in the arbitration proceeding within thirty days
of any deadline for such participation. Any decision made by the Board of
Arbitration (either prior to or after the expiration of such thirty (30)
calendar day period) shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties to
the dispute, and entitled to be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law
and entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The prevailing party shall
be awarded its costs, including attorneys' fees, from the non-prevailing party
as part of the arbitration award. Any party shall have the right to seek
injunctive relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any case where
such relief is available. The prevailing party in such injunctive action shall
be awarded its costs, including attorney's fees, from the non-prevailing party.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Registration
Rights Agreement to be duly executed, on this __ day of March, 2002
eMAGIN CORPORATION, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
NORTHWIND ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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