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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

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Title: REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Maryland     Date: 10/21/2009
Industry: Misc. Financial Services     Law Firm: Seyfarth Shaw     Sector: Financial

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, Parties: india globalization capital  inc. , capital management  llc , india globalization capital  inc
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Exhibit 10.3

 

 

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.

 

Registration .

 

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.

 

Registration Procedures

 

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


 
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