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DIVERSE MEDIA GROUP, INC.
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Investor Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and
entered
into as of May 15, 2007, by and among Diverse Media Group, Inc.,
a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and Diverse Media Group Corp., a
Utah corporation
("Investor").
Recitals
A. The Company's affiliates, Diverse Talent Group, Inc. ("DTG")
and
Christopher Nassif ("Nassif" and, together with DTG, "DT"), and
Investor's
parent CirTran Corporation and Investor are parties to that
certain Settlement
and Release dated as of the date hereof (the "Settlement
Agreement"), whereby
DTG agreed to cause the Company to issue shares of the Company's
common stock,
$0.001 par value to Investor in settlement of certain claims of
the parties to
the Settlement Agreement.
B. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Investor has,
among
other things, assigned back the talent contracts, name rights
and other assets
of DT (the "Assets") originally assigned to Investor, and such
Assets are, or
will be following execution of this Agreement, owned by the
Company, either
directly or through a wholly owned subsidiary.
C. The Settlement Agreement requires that the Company and
Investor
enter into this Agreement with respect to the Shares to provide
for certain
registration rights, information rights and other rights and
obligations of the
parties as set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants
set forth herein, and other consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1
Definitions
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1.1 Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the
following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a) "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission
or any other federal agency at the time administering the
Securities Act.
(b) "Common Stock" means the common stock, $0.001 par value,
of
the Company.
(c) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,
as amended, or any similar successor federal statute and the
rules and
regulations thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from
time to time.
(d) "Holder" means (i) the Investor and (ii) any holder of
Registrable Securities to whom the registration rights conferred
by this
Agreement have been duly and validly transferred in accordance
with Section 2.6
of this Agreement.
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(e) "Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4(c) hereto.
(f) "Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4(c) hereto.
(g) "Other Shares" shall mean shares of Common Stock, other
than
Registrable Securities (as defined below) sought to be included
in any
registration.
(h) The terms "register," "registered" and "registration"
shall
refer to a registration effectuated by preparing and filing a
registration
statement in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable
rules and
regulations thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of the
effectiveness of
such registration statement.
(i) "Registration Expenses" shall mean all expenses incurred
in
effecting any registration pursuant to this Agreement,
including, without
limitation, all registration, qualification, and filing fees,
printing expenses,
escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company
and one special
counsel for the Holders, blue sky fees and expenses, and
expenses of any regular
or special audits incident to or required by any such
registration, but shall
not include Selling Expenses, fees and disbursements of other
counsel for the
Holders, and the compensation of regular employees of the
Company, which shall
be paid in any event by the Company.
(j) "Registrable Securities" shall mean (i) the Shares as of
the
date of this Agreement, (ii) any Common Stock issued pursuant to
the
antidilution provisions of Section 4.1 and (iii) any Common
Stock issued as a
dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange
for or in
replacement of the Shares referenced in (i) above; provided,
however, that
Registrable Securities shall not include any shares of Common
Stock described in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above which have been sold to the
public either
pursuant to a registration statement or Rule 144, or which have
been sold in a
private transaction in which the transferor's rights under this
Agreement are
not validly assigned in accordance with this Agreement.
(k) "Restricted Securities" shall mean any Registrable
Securities
required to bear the first legend set forth in Section 2.6(c)
hereof.
(l) "Rule 144" shall mean Rule 144 as promulgated by the
Commission under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to
time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by
the Commission.
(m) "Rule 145" shall mean Rule 145 as promulgated by the
Commission under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to
time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by
the Commission
(n) "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended, or any similar successor federal statute and the rules
and regulations
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to
time.
(o) "Selling Expenses" shall mean all underwriting
discounts,
selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the
sale of
Registrable Securities and fees and disbursements of counsel for
any Holder
(other than the fees and disbursements of one special counsel to
the Holders
included in Registration Expenses).
(p) "Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued to
the
Investor pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, (ii) any Common
Stock issued
pursuant to the antidilution provisions of Section 4.1 and (iii)
any Common
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Stock or other security issued as a dividend or other
distribution with respect
to or in exchange for or in replacement of the Shares referenced
in (i) above.
Section 2
Registration Rights
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2.1 Company Registration.
(a) Company Registration. If the Company shall determine to
register any of its securities either for its own account or the
account of a
security holder or holders, other than a registration relating
solely to
employee benefit plans, a registration relating to the offer and
sale of debt
securities, a registration relating to a corporate
reorganization or other Rule
145 transaction, or a registration on any registration form that
does not permit
secondary sales, the Company will:
(i) promptly give written notice of the proposed
registration to all Holders; and
(ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to include in
such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky
laws or other
compliance), except as set forth in Section 2.1(b) below or
Section 5, and in
any underwriting involved therein, all of such Registrable
Securities as are
specified in a written request or requests made by any Holder
received by the
Company within 20 calendar days after such written notice from
the Company is
mailed; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
obligated to include or
make any effort to include in such registration (and any related
qualification
under blue sky laws or other compliance) any Registrable
Securities in excess of
25% of the Shares. Such written request may specify all or a
part of a Holder's
Registrable Securities.
(b) Underwriting. If the registration of which the Company
gives
notice is for a registered public offering involving an
underwriting, the
Company shall so advise the Holders as a part of the written
notice given
pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i). In such event, the right of any
Holder to
registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be conditioned
upon such
Holder's participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of
such Holder's
Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent
provided herein. All
Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such
underwriting shall
(together with the Company and the other holders of securities
of the Company
proposing to distribute their securities through such
underwriting) enter into
an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
representative of the
underwriter or underwriters selected by the Company.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if
the
underwriters advise the Company in writing that marketing
factors require a
limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, the
underwriters may
(subject to the limitations set forth below) limit the number of
Registrable
Securities to be included in the registration and underwriting.
The Company
shall so advise all holders of securities requesting
registration, and the
number of shares of securities that are entitled to be included
in the
registration and underwriting shall be allocated, as follows:
(i) first, to the
Company for securities being sold for its own account, (ii)
second, to the
Holders requesting to include Registrable Securities in such
registration
statement based on the pro rata percentage of Registrable
Securities held by
such Holders and (iii) third, to other shareholders of the
Company having been
granted "piggy-back" registration rights and requesting to
include Other Shares
in such registration statement (the "Other Selling
Shareholders"), based on the
pro rata percentage of Other Shares held by such Other Selling
Shareholders (or
on such other bases as may be established pursuant to the
registration rights
granted to such Other Selling Shareholders).
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If a person who has requested inclusion in such registration
as
provided above does not agree to the terms of any such
underwriting, such person
shall also be excluded therefrom by written notice from the
Company or the
underwriter. The Registrable Securities or other securities so
excluded shall
also be withdrawn from such registration. Any Registrable
Securities or other
securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be
withdrawn from
such registration. If shares are so withdrawn from the
registration and if the
number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in
such registration
was previously reduced as a result of marketing factors pursuant
to Section
2.1(b), the Company shall then offer to all persons who have
retained the right
to include securities in the registration the right to include
additional
securities in the registration in an aggregate amount equal to
the number of
shares so withdrawn, with such shares to be allocated among the
persons
requesting additional inclusion, in the manner set forth
above.
(c) Right to Terminate Registration. The Company shall have
the
right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it
under this
Section 2.1 prior to the effectiveness of such registration
whether or not any
Holder has elected to include securities in such
registration.
(d) Information from Holder. It shall be a condition precedent
to
the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to
this Section 2
with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder
that such
Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding
itself, the
Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of
disposition of
such securities as shall be reasonably required to effect the
registration of
such Holder's Registrable Securities.
2.2 Expenses of Registration. Except as specifically provided
herein,
all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with
registrations pursuant to
Sections 2.1 hereof shall be borne by the Company. All Selling
Expenses incurred
in connection with any registrations hereunder shall be borne by
the Holders of
the securities so registered pro rata on the basis of the number
of shares so
registered.
2.3 Registration Procedures. In the case of each
registration
effectuated by the Company pursuant to Section 2, the Company
will keep each
Holder advised in writing as to the initiation of each
registration and as to
the completion thereof. At its expense, the Company will use its
commercially
reasonable efforts to and as expeditiously as possible:
(a) Keep such registration effective for a period ending on
the
earlier of the date which is 180 days from the effective date of
the
registration statement or such time as the Holder or Holders
have completed the
distribution described in the registration statement relating
thereto; provided,
however, that (i) such 180-day period shall be extended for a
period of time
equal to the period the Holder refrains from selling any
securities included in
such registration at the request of an underwriter of securities
of the Company;
and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable
Securities on Form S-3
which are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed
basis, subject to
compliance with applicable SEC rules, such 180-day period shall
be extended for
up to 90 days, if necessary, to keep the registration statement
effective until
all such Registrable Securities are sold;
(b) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus
used in connection
with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply
with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition
of all
securities covered by such registration statement for the period
set forth in
subsection (a) above;
(c) Furnish such number of prospectuses, including any
preliminary
prospectuses, and other documents incident thereto, including
any amendment of
or supplement to the prospectus, as a Holder from time to time
may reasonably
request;
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(d) Register and qualify the securities covered by such
registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky
laws of such
jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders;
provided, that
the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as
a condition
thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent
to service of
process in any such states or jurisdictions;
(e) Notify each seller of Registrable Securities covered by
such
registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating
thereto is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the
happening of any event
as a result of which the prospectus included 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 or incomplete in light of the
circumstances
then existing, and following such notification promptly prepare
and furnish to
such seller a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or
an amendment of
such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter
delivered to the
purchasers of such shares, such prospectus shall not 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 not
misleading or incomplete
in light of the circumstances then existing;
(f) Furnish, on the date that such Registrable Securities
are
delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are
being sold
through underwriters, an opinion, dated as of such date, of the
counsel
representing the Company for the purposes of such registration,
in form and
substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an
underwritten public
offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and reasonably
satisfactory to
a majority in interest of the Holders requesting registration of
Registrable
Securities.
(g) Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all
Registrable
Securities registered pursuant to such registration statement
and a CUSIP number
for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than
the effective
date of such registration;
(h) Otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations
of
the Commission, and make available to its security holders, as
soon as
reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the
period of at least 12
months, but not more than 18 months, beginning with the first
month after the
effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings
statement shall
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act;
and
(i) Cause all such Registrable Securities registered
pursuant
hereunder to be listed on each securities exchange on which
similar securities
issued by the Company are then listed, if any.
2.4 Indemnification.
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify
and
hold harmless each Holder, each of its officers, directors,
managers, members
and partners, legal counsel, and accountants and each person
controlling such
Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act,
with respect to
which registration, qualification, or compliance has been
effected pursuant to
this Section 2, and each underwriter, if any, and each person
who controls
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act any
underwriter, against
all expenses, claims, losses, damages, and liabilities (or
actions, proceedings,
or settlements in respect thereof) arising out of or based on
(i) any untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact
contained or
incorporated by reference in any prospectus, offering circular,
or other
document (including any related registration statement,
notification, or the
like) incident to any such registration, qualification, or
compliance, (ii) any
omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact
required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or
(iii) any violation (or alleged violation) by the Company of the
Securities Act,
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the Exchange Act, any state securities laws or any rule or
regulation thereunder
applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction
required of the
Company in connection with any offering covered by such
registration,
qualification, or compliance, and the Company will reimburse
each such Holder,
each of its officers, directors, managers, members, partners,
legal counsel, and
accountants and each person controlling such Holder, each such
underwriter, and
each person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and
any other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating
and defending or
settling any such claim, loss, damage, liability, or action;
provided that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that
any such claim,
loss, damage, liability, or action arises out of or is based on
any untrue
statement or omission based or made in reliance upon written
information
furnished to the Company by such Holder, any of such Holder's
officers,
directors, managers, members, partners, legal counsel or
accountants, any person
controlling such Holder, such underwriter or any person who
controls any such
underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein;
provided, further
that, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.4(a)
shall not apply
to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, or
action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the
Company (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); and, provided
further, however,
that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any
preliminary
prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder, any of
such Holder's
officers, directors, managers, members, partners, legal counsel
or accountants,
any person controlling such Holder, such underwriter or any
person who controls
any such underwriter, from whom the person asserting any such
losses, claims,
damages or liabilities purchased shares in the offering, if a
copy of the
prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if the Company shall
have furnished
any amendments or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by
or on behalf of
such Holder or underwriter to such person, if required by law so
to have been
delivered, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale
of the shares to
such person, and if the prospectus (as so amended or
supplemented) would have
cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or
liability.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, each Holder will, if
Registrable Securities held by such Holder are included in the
securities as to
which such registration, qualification, or compliance is being
effected,
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors,
officers,
partners, legal counsel, and accountants and each underwriter,
if any, of the
Company's securities covered by such a registration statement,
each person who
controls the Company or such underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the
Securities Act, each other such Holder, and each of their
officers, directors,
and partners, and each person controlling such Holder, against
all claims,
losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arising out of
or based on (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) of a material
fact contained or incorporated by reference in any such
registration statement,
prospectus, offering circular, or other document, or (ii) any
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 such Holders, directors, officers, partners,
legal counsel, and
accountants, persons, underwriters, or control persons for any
legal or any
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending
any such claim, loss, damage, liability, or action, in each case
to the extent,
but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged
untrue statement)
or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration
statement,
prospectus, offering circular, or other document in reliance
upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
such Holder for
use therein; provided, however, that the obligations of such
Holder hereunder
shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such
claims, losses,
damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) if such
settlement is
effected without the consent of such Holder (which consent shall
not be
unreasonably withheld); and provided that in no event shall any
indemnity under
this Section 2.4 exceed the net proceeds from the offering
received by such
Holder.
(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section
2.4
(the "Indemnified Party") shall give notice to the party
required to provide
indemnification (the "Indemnifying Party") promptly after such
Indemnified Party
has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be
sought, and shall
permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of such
claim or any
litigation resulting therefrom; provided that counsel for the
Indemnifying
Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or any
litigation resulting
therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose
approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld), and the Indemnified Party may
participate in such
defense at such party's expense; and provided further that the
failure of any
Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not
relieve the
Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 2.4, to
the extent such
failure is not prejudicial. No Indemnifying Party, in the
defense of any such
claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each
Indemnified Party,
consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement
that does not
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include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the
claimant or plaintiff
to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in
respect to such
claim or litigation. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such
information
regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying
Party may
reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably
required in connection
with defense of such claim and litigation resulting
therefrom.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.4
is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to
an Indemnified
Party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, or
expense referred to
herein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying
such Indemnified
Party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such
Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim,
damage, or expense
(provided that in no event shall the amount of any such
contributions, in the
aggregate, exceed the maximum amount that would be applicable if
such
contribution were made pursuant to an indemnification obligation
under this
Section 2.4) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault
of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified
Party on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions that
resulted in such loss,
liability, claim, damage, or expense as well as any other
relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and
of the
Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among
other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the
omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the
Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties'
relative intent,
knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or
prevent such
statement or omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within
the meaning of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the
provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the
underwriting
agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten
public offering are
in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provi
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