REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement
”), dated as of the 12th day of March 2009 (this “
Agreement ”) between YA GLOBAL MASTER SPV LTD.
, a Cayman Islands exempt limited partnership (the “
Investor ”), and JAG MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC. , a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Nevada (the “ Company ”).
A. In connection with the Standby
Equity Distribution Agreement by and between the parties hereto of
even date herewith (the “ Standby Equity Distribution
Agreement ”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of the Standby Equity Distribution
Agreement, to issue and sell to the Investor that number of shares
of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(the “ Common Stock ”), which can be purchased
pursuant to the terms of the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement
for an aggregate purchase price of up to
$5,000,000. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall
have the meaning ascribed to them in the Standby Equity
Distribution Agreement.
B. To induce the Investor to execute
and deliver the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company
has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the
“ Securities Act ”), and applicable state
securities laws.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
a. “ Commencement Date
” shall mean the date that the following conditions have been
satisfied or waived by the Investor: (a) the Company shall have
completed the acquisition of CardioGenics, Inc. (“
CardioGenics ”), (b) the Investor shall have completed
due diligence on CardioGenics, including, without limitation its
business, and its public disclosure filed with the SEC, in each
case the results of which are reasonably satisfactory to the
Investor, and (c) the Investor shall have conducted background
investigations into the management and board of directors of
CardioGenics, the results of which are reasonably satisfactory to
the Investor.
b. “ Person ”
means a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a
partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a
governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental
agency.
c. “ Prospectus ”
means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of
an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented
by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a
Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to
the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all
material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in such Prospectus.
d. “ Registrable
Securities ” means (i) the shares of Common Stock
that are or may be purchased by the Investor pursuant to the
Standby Equity Distribution Agreement, (ii) the
Investor’s Shares, and (iii) any securities issued or
issuable with respect to any of the foregoing by way of exchange,
stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination
of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other
reorganization or otherwise. As to any particular
Registrable Securities, once issued such securities shall cease to
be Registrable Securities when (a) the Registration Statement has
been declared effective by the Commission and such Registrable
Securities have been disposed of pursuant to the Registration
Statement, (b) such Registrable Securities have 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, or (c) in the
opinion of counsel to the Company such Registrable Securities may
permanently be sold without registration and without any time,
volume or manner limitations pursuant to Rule 144.
e. “ Registration
Statement ” means the registration statements required to
be filed hereunder and any additional registration statements
contemplated by Section 2 hereof , including (in each case)
the Prospectus, 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.
f. “ SEC ” means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
a. Filing of a Registration
Statement . The Company shall prepare and file with
the SEC a Registration Statement, or multiple Registration
Statements, on Form S-1 or Form S-3 (if eligible) for the resale by
the Investor of the Registrable Securities. The Company
in its sole discretion may chose on which Form and when to file
such Registration Statements; provided, however ,
that the Company may not file the Registration
Statement prior to the 10 th Trading Day following the Commencement Date,
provided, further, that pursuant to the Standby
Equity Distribution Agreement the Company shall not have the
ability to make any Advances until the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement. For the purposes hereof the term
“Commencement Date” shall mean the date that the
following conditions have been satisfy Each Registration
Statement shall contain the “ Plan of Distribution
” section in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A .
b. Maintaining a Registration
Statement . The Company shall cause any Registration
Statement that has been declared effective to remain effective at
all times until all Registrable Securities contained in such
Registration Statement cease to be Registrable Securities (the
“ Registration Period ”). Each
Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements
thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they
were made, not misleading.
c. Filing Procedures
. Prior to the filing of any Registration Statement with
the SEC, the Company shall furnish a draft of such Registration
Statement to the Investor for its review and
comment. The Investor shall furnish comments on a
Registration Statement to the Company within 24 hours of the
receipt thereof.
a. The Company shall, not less than
three business days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement
and not less than one business day prior to the filing of any
related amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements
(except for any amendments or supplements caused by the filing of
any annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on 10-Q and any
periodic reports on Form 8-K), furnish to the Investor copies of
all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other
than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference)
will be subject to the reasonable and prompt review of the
Investor.
b. The Company shall (i) prepare and
file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective
amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the
Prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement,
which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated
under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement effective at all times during the
Registration Period, and prepare and file with the SEC such
additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale
under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii)
cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any
required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this
Agreement), and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424; (iii) provide the Investor copies of all
correspondence from and to the SEC relating to a Registration
Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information
contained therein which would constitute material non-public
information, and (iv) comply with the provisions of the Securities
Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities
of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such
time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed
of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the
seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration
Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to
a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to
this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason
of the Company’s filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, or
Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), the
Company shall incorporate such report by reference into the
Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such
amendments or supplements with the SEC either on the day on which
the Exchange Act report is filed which created the requirement for
the Company to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, if
feasible, or otherwise promptly thereafter.
c. The Company shall furnish to the
Investor without charge, (i) at least one copy of such Registration
Statement as declared effective by the SEC and any amendment(s)
thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all
documents incorporated therein by reference, all exhibits and each
preliminary prospectus, (ii) at the request of the Investor, 10
copies of the final prospectus included in such Registration
Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other
number of copies as the Investor may reasonably request) and (iii)
such other documents as the Investor may reasonably request from
time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the
Registrable Securities owned by the Investor.
d. The Company shall use its best
efforts to (i) register and qualify the Registrable Securities
covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or
“blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United
States as the Investor reasonably requests, (ii) prepare and
file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations
and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the
effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take
such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such
registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the
Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably
necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for
sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition
thereto to (w) make any change to its certificate of incorporation
or by-laws, (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it
would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section
3(d), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such
jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process
in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly
notify the Investor of the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under
the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction
in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the
initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.
e. As promptly as practicable after
becoming aware of such event or development, the Company shall
notify the Investor in writing of the happening of any event as a
result of which the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any
material, nonpublic information), and promptly prepare a supplement
or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue
statement or omission, and deliver 10 copies of such supplement or
amendment to the Investor. The Investor agrees to not
consummate any transactions related to the shares of the
Company’s Common Stock upon receipt of such notice, until the
Company subsequently notifies the Investor in writing (which shall
be delivered promptly) (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become
effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to
the Investor by facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness),
(ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a
Registration Statement or related prospectus or related
information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable
determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration
Statement would be appropriate.
f. The Company shall use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other
suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the
suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction within the United States of
America and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain
the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible
moment and to notify the Investor of the issuance of such order and
the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the
initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.
g. If, after the execution of this
Agreement, the Investor believes, after consultation with its legal
counsel, that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of
Registrable Securities, at the request of the Investor, the Company
shall furnish to the Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such
dates as the Investor may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated
such date, from the Company’s independent certified public
accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by
independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an
underwritten public offering, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such
date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such
Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is
customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to
the Investor.
h. If, after the execution of this
Agreement, the Investor believes, after consultation with its legal
counsel, that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of
Registrable Securities, at the request of the Investor, the Company
shall make available for inspection by (i) the Investor and
(ii) one firm of accountants or other agents retained by the
Investor (collectively, the “ Inspectors ”) all
pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate
documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “
Records ”), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by
each Inspector, and cause the Company’s officers, directors
and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may
reasonably request; provided, however, that each Inspector shall
agree, and the Investor hereby agrees, to hold in strict confidence
and shall not make any disclosure (except to an Investor) or use
any Record or other information which the Company determines in
good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the
Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such
Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission
in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the
Securities Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant
to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or
government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information
in such Records has been made generally available to the public
other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other
agreement of which the Inspector and the Investor has
knowledge. The Investor agrees that it shall, upon
learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court
or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other
means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at
its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure
of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed
confidential.
i. The Company shall hold in
confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning
the Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such
information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities
laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid
or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration
Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered
pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a
court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such
information has been made generally available to the public other
than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other
agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon
learning that disclosure of such information concerning the
Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of
competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written
notice to the Investor and allow the Investor, at the
Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to
prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such
information.
j. The Company shall use its best
efforts either to cause all the Registrable Securities covered by a
Registration Statement (i) to be listed on each securities exchange
on which securities of the same class or series issued by the
Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable
Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or to
secure the inclusion for quotation on the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority’s OTC Bulletin Board for such
Registrable Securities. The Company shall pay all fees
and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under
this Section 3(j).
k. The Company shall cooperate with
the Investor, to the extent applicable, to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any
restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be
offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such
certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case
may be, as the Investor may reasonably request and registered in
such names as the Investor may request.
l. The Company shall use its best
efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the
applicable Registration Statement to be registered with or approved
by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be
necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities.
m. The Company shall otherwise use
its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration
hereunder.
n. Within 2 business days after a
Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is
ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall
cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer
agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investor)
confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B .
o. The Company shall take all other
reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition
by the Investor of Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE
INVESTOR .
a. The Investor agrees that, upon
receipt of any notice from the Company of the (i) the happening of
any event, following which the prospectus includ
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