REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement
(this "Agreement" ) is made and entered into as of October
16, 2009, by and among India Globalization Capital, Inc. , a
Maryland corporation (the "Company" ), and the investors
signatory hereto (each a "Investor" and collectively, the
"Investors" ).
This Agreement is made pursuant to
the Note and Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof,
among the Company and the Investors (the "Purchase
Agreement" ).
The Company and the Investors hereby
agree as follows:
Definitions
. Capitalized terms used
and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase
Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase
Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section
1:
“Affiliate” shall have the meaning given such term in Rule
144.
"Common Stock"
means the Common Stock, par value
$0.0001 per share, of the Company.
"Effective Date"
means the date that the Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a), 2(b) or 2(c) is first
declared effective by the Commission.
“Effectiveness
Date” means: (a)
with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be
filed to cover the resale by the Holders of the Registrable
Securities, the earlier of: (i) the 75th day following the Closing;
provided , that, if the Commission reviews and has written
comments to the filed Registration Statement that would require the
filing of a pre-effective amendment thereto with the Commission,
then the Effectiveness Date under this clause (a)(i) shall be the
105th day following the Closing, and (ii) the fifth Trading Day
following the date on which the Company is notified by the
Commission that the initial Registration Statement will not be
reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments,
and (b) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that
may be required pursuant to Section 2(b) or 2(c) hereof, the
earlier of: (i) the 90th day following the date on which the
Company first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such
additional Registration Statement is required under such Section;
provided , that, if the Commission reviews and has written
comments to such filed Registration Statement that would require
the filing of a pre-effective amendment thereto with the
Commission, then the Effectiveness Date under this clause (b)(i)
shall be the 120th day following the date that the Company first
knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional
Registration Statement is required under such Section and (ii) the
fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is
notified by the Commission that such additional Registration
Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further
review and comments.
"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Filing Date" means with respect to the initial Registration
Statement required to be filed to cover the resale by the Holders
of the Registrable Securities, the 45th day following the Closing
Date.
"Holder" or "Holders" means the holder or holders,
as the case may be, from time to time of 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).
"Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5(a).
"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 the 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 Common Stock issued or issuable to the
Investors pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, including without
limitation any and all Additional Shares and Penalty Shares, (and
any additional securities issued in connection with a stock
dividend or stock split thereof or in connection with any
recapitalization, merger, consolidation or
reorganization).
"Registration Statement" means the initial registration statement
required to be filed in accordance with Section 2(a) and any
additional registration statement(s) required to be filed under
Section 2(b) or 2(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to such registration statements 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
statements.
"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.
“Trading Day”
means (i) a day on which the
Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market, or (ii) if the
Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market, a day on which the
Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market is quoted in
the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation
Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in
the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set
forth in (i) or (ii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean
a business day.
“Trading Market”
means whichever of the New York
Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global
Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market
or the OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted for trading on the date in question.
On or prior to the Filing Date, the Company
shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement
covering the resale of all Registrable Securities not already
covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement for an
offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule
415. The Registration Statement shall contain (except if
otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the
Commission upon a review of such Registration Statement) the "Plan
of Distribution" attached hereto as Annex A. The Company
shall cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no
later than the Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts
to keep the Registration Statement effective under the Securities
Act until all Holders are able to sell their Registrable Securities
without restriction under Rule 144 (the "Effectiveness
Period" ).
If for any reason the Commission does not permit
all of the Registrable Securities to be included in the
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a), or for any
other reason any Registrable Securities are not permitted by the
Commission to be included in a Registration Statement filed under
this Agreement, then the Company shall prepare and file as soon as
possible after the date on which the Commission shall indicate as
being the first date or time that such filing may be made, an
additional Registration Statement covering the resale of all
Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and
effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each such
Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise required
pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a
review of such Registration Statement) the "Plan of Distribution"
attached hereto as Annex A. The Company shall cause each
such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than
its Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep such
Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act during
the entire Effectiveness Period.
If at any time during the Effectiveness Period,
less than 95% of the then Registrable Securities are then
registered in a Registration Statement(s), then the Company shall
file as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case prior to
the applicable Filing Date subject to any restrictions imposed by
Rule 415, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale
by the Holders of not less than 100% of the number of then
Registrable Securities.
If the Company fails to file a Registration
Statement on or prior to the applicable Filing Date, or if the
Effective Date of a Registration Statement is not on or prior to
the applicable Effectiveness Date, then the Investors will be
entitled to receive the following:
Each Investor
will be entitled to receive, for no additional consideration, an
additional number of shares of Common Stock equal to (A)
25,000 shares of Common Stock for each One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) in principal of the Note held by such Investor; plus
(B) if such filing or effectiveness, as the case may be, is more
than 60 days late, 5,000 shares of Common Stock for each One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in principal of the Note held by such
Investor and an additional 5,000 shares of Common Stock for each
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in principal of the Note held by
such Investor for each subsequent 60-day period that such filing or
effectiveness, as the case may be, is late.
An Investor
will be entitled to no such shares as set forth in
Section 2(d)(i) hereof if the delay in filing or
effectiveness, as the case may be, is attributable to any action or
inaction of such Investor.
Such additional
shares of Common Stock as set forth in this Section 2(d) shall be
issuable at the time such penalty is incurred.
In connection with the Company's registration
obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
Not less than four Trading Days prior to the
filing of a Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, the Company shall furnish to the
Holders copies of the “Selling Stockholders” section of
such document, the “Plan of Distribution” and any risk
factor contained in such document that addresses specifically this
transaction or the Selling Stockholders, as proposed to be filed
which documents will be subject to the review of such
Holders. The Company shall not file a Registration
Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto that does not contain the disclosure containing such Holder
as a “Selling Stockholder” as provided to the Company
by such Holder in connection therewith.
(i) Prepare and file with the
Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to
each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities
for its Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the
Commission 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, and as so
supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii)
respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received
from the Commission with respect to each Registration Statement or
any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible
provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence
from and to the Commission relating to such Registration Statement
that would not result in the disclosure to the Holders of material
and non-public information concerning the Company; and (iv) comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with
respect to the Registration Statements and the disposition of all
Registrable Securities covered by each Registration
Statement.
Notify the Holders as promptly as reasonably
possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than three
Trading Days prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such
Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading
Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement
is proposed to be filed; (B) 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 that pertain to the Holders as a Selling Stockholder or to
the Plan of Distribution, but not information which the Company
believes would constitute material and non-public information); and
(C) with respect to each Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii)
of any request by the Commission or any other Federal or state
governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering
any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any
Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of 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
(v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes
the financial statements included in a 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 the 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.
Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of,
or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending
the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any
suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification)
of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction,
at the earliest practicable moment.
Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least
one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto in electronic “Portable Document
Format” form and all exhibits to the extent requested by such
Person (including those previously furnished) promptly after the
filing of such documents with the Commission.
Promptly deliver to each Holder, without charge,
as many copies of each Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each
form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as
such Persons may reasonably request. The Company hereby
consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or
supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection
with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by
such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
Prior to any public offering of Registrable
Securities, to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling
Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or
exemption from such registration or qualification) of such
Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or
Blue Sky laws of all jurisdictions within the United States, to
keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption
therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any
and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statements.
Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the
timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to
the Registration Statements, which certificates shall be free, to
the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive
legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may
request.
Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
Section 3(c)(v), as promptly as reasonably possible, prepare a
supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to
the affected Registration Statements or a supplement to the related
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered, no Registration
Statement nor any Prospectus will 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, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
Registration Expenses . All fees and expenses incident to
the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company
shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable
Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the
foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all
registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees
and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with
any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for
trading