AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
GE Capital Equity Investments,
Inc.,
Dated as of February 25,
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Section 2. Demand Registration
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(a) Requests for Registration by
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(c) Priority on Demand
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(d) Postponement of Demand
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Section 3. Piggyback
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(b) Priority on Piggyback
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Section 4. Restrictions on Sale by
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Section 5. Registration
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Section 6. Registration Expenses
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Section 7. Indemnification
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(a) Indemnification by the
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(b) Indemnification by Holders
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(c) Conduct of Indemnification
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Section 8. Underwritten
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(b) Amendments and Waivers
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(d) Merger or Consolidation of the
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AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND
RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
February 25, 2009, by and between ValueVision Media, Inc., a
Minnesota corporation (together with its successors and assigns,
the “Company”), GE Capital Equity Investments, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the
“Purchaser”), NBC Universal, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (together with its successors and assigns,
“NBC”). Each other person who becomes a Holder
hereunder shall become a party hereto by executing a counterpart
and acknowledgment as set forth on Exhibit A.
WHEREAS, pursuant
to an Investment Agreement, dated as of March 8, 1999 (the
“Investment Agreement”), between the Company and the
Purchaser, the Purchaser purchased shares of Series A
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, par value
$0.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”),
and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company, par
value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”);
and
WHEREAS, all of
the warrants purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to the Investment
Agreement have expired and are no longer outstanding;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the Distribution Agreement (as defined below), the Company has
issued warrants to NBC to purchase shares of Common
Stock;
WHEREAS, pursuant
to an Exchange Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2009 (the
“Exchange Agreement”), between the Company and the
Purchaser, the Purchaser exchanged all of its shares of
Series A Preferred Stock for 4,929,266 shares of Series B
Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per
share; and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the Exchange Agreement the Company issued warrants to the
Purchaser to purchase up to 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the
“2009 Warrants” and together with the warrants issued
under the Distribution Agreement, the “Warrants”);
and
WHEREAS, to induce
the Purchaser to execute and deliver the Exchange Agreement, the
Company has agreed to provide to the Holders (as defined below)
certain registration rights (the “Registration Rights”)
under the Securities Act;
WHEREAS, this
Agreement amends, restates and supersedes that certain Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of April 15, 1999 between the
Company, the Purchaser and NBC and any other prior agreements and
understandings between the Company, the Purchaser and NBC or any of
them, including their respective predecessors, with respect to the
Registration Rights and if any provision of this
Agreement
relating to the Registration Rights conflicts, or is inconsistent
therewith, this Agreement shall control; and
WHEREAS, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto is a
condition to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the
Exchange Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises and agreements set forth
herein and in the Exchange Agreement, and other valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
Section 1.
Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following
capitalized terms have the following meanings:
“Common
Stock”: The common stock of the Company and any securities
into which such common stock is converted or exchanged in any
merger, consolidation or reclassification.
“Distribution
Agreement”: The Distribution and Marketing Agreement dated as
of March 8, 1999 between the Company and NBC pursuant to which
NBC has agreed to distribute certain programming of the Company, as
such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“Holders”:
Each Restricted Party (as defined in the Shareholder Agreement)
that from time to time owns Registrable Securities and each of
their permitted transferees that owns Registrable Securities
pursuant to Section 9(e) who agree to be bound by the provisions of
this Agreement in accordance with such section.
“Prospectus”:
The prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including,
without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information
previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A 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 such Registration
Statement and all other amendments and supplements to such
prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in such prospectus.
“Registrable
Securities”: All shares of Common Stock (i) held from
time to time by the Holders who are Restricted Parties (the
“Restricted Party Common Stock”) or (ii) held by
Holders who are not Restricted Parties (but only to the extent that
such Common Stock previously constituted Restricted Party Common
Stock or Common Stock described in clause (iii) below) or
(iii) issued or issuable upon the exercise of Warrants, excluding
shares of Common Stock that have been disposed of by a Holder
pursuant to a Registration Statement relating to the sale thereof
that has become effective under the Securities Act or pursuant to
Rule 144 or Rule 145 under the Securities Act or that may
be disposed of by a Holder pursuant to Rule 144 free of any
restrictions or limitations
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thereunder.
Registrable Securities shall also include any shares of Common
Stock or other securities convertible into or exercisable for
shares of Common Stock that may be received by the Holders
(x) as a result of a stock dividend on or stock split of
Registrable Securities or (y) on account of Registrable
Securities in a recapitalization of or other transaction involving
the Company.
“Registration
Statement”: Any registration statement of the Company under
the Securities Act that covers any of the Registrable Securities
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the related
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, all amendments and
supplements to such registration statement (including
post-effective amendments), all exhibits and schedules and all
material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in such registration statement.
“Restricted
Parties”: As defined in the Shareholder Agreement.
“Rule 144”:
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor rule or
provision.
“Rule 145”:
Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule or
provision.
“SEC”:
The Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities
Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Shareholder
Agreement”: The Amended and Restated Shareholder Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Purchaser,
as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“Underwritten
Offering”: A registered offering of Common Stock pursuant to
the Securities Act, in which shares of Common Stock of the Company
are sold to the public through one or more underwriters.
Section 2.
Demand Registration .
(a)
Requests for Registration by Holders . Subject to the terms
and conditions of the Shareholder Agreement, at any time and from
time to time, subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement: (i) one or more Holders will have the right, by
written notice delivered to the Company (a “Demand
Notice”), to require the Company to register Registrable
Securities under and in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities Act (a “Demand Registration”), provided that
the Holders may not make in the aggregate more than four
(4) Demand Registrations under this Agreement; provided,
further, that: (i) no such Demand Registration may be required
unless the Holders requesting such Demand Registration provide to
the Company a certificate (the “Authorizing
Certificate”), seeking to include at least two million
(2,000,000) shares of Registrable Securities in such Demand
Registration as of the date the Demand Notice is given; and
(ii) no Demand Notice may be given prior to six
(6) months after the effective
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date of the
immediately preceding Demand Registration or, if later, the date on
which a registration pursuant to this Section 2 is terminated
in its entirety prior to the effective date of the applicable
registration statement. The Authorizing Certificate shall set forth
(A) the name of each Holder signing such Authorizing
Certificate, (B) the number of Registrable Securities held by
each such Holder, and, if different, the number of Registrable
Securities such Holder has elected to have registered, and
(C) the intended methods of disposition of the Registrable
Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a good faith decision by
a Holder to withdraw Registrable Securities from registration will
not affect the Company’s obligations hereunder even if the
amount remaining to be registered is fewer than two million
(2,000,000) shares of Registrable Securities, provided that:
(1) such continuing registration shall constitute a Demand
Registration, (2) the withdrawing Holder reimburses the
Company for any registration and filing fees (including any fees
payable to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or any
successor organization) it has incurred with respect to the
withdrawn Registrable Securities (unless all Registrable Securities
are withdrawn, in which case the withdrawing Holder(s) shall
reimburse the Company for all costs and expenses incurred by it in
connection with the registration of such Registrable Securities)
and (3) such Holder (or the other Holders participating in the
subject registration) did not include the withdrawn Registrable
Securities as a means of circumventing the threshold of two million
(2,000,000) shares of Registrable Securities described above.
Subject to compliance with clause (2) of the preceding
proviso, a registration that is terminated in its entirety prior to
the effective date of the applicable registration statement will
not constitute a Demand Registration.
(b)
Filing and Effectiveness . The Company will file a
Registration Statement relating to any Demand Registration as
promptly as practicable (but in any event within 90 calendar days)
following the date on which the Demand Notice is given and will use
all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to be
declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable thereafter. If
any Demand Registration is requested to be effected as a shelf
registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act by
the Holders demanding such Demand Registration, the Company will
keep the Registration Statement filed in respect thereof effective
for a period of six (6) months from the date on which the SEC
declares such Registration Statement effective (subject to
extension pursuant to Section 5) or such shorter period that
will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Registration
Statement.
Within ten
(10) business days after receipt of such Demand Notice, the
Company will serve written notice thereof (the
“Notice”) to all other Holders and will, subject to the
provisions of Section 2(c), include in such registration all
Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company receives
written requests for inclusion therein within ten
(10) business days after receipt of the Notice by the
applicable Holder. Subject to the proviso at the end of
Section 2(a), the Holder will be permitted to withdraw in good
faith all or part of the Registrable Securities from a Demand
Registration at any time prior to
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the effective
date of such Demand Registration, in which event the Company will
promptly amend or, if applicable, withdraw the related Registration
Statement.
(c)
Priority on Demand Registration . If Registrable Securities
are to be registered pursuant to a Demand Registration, the Company
shall provide written notice to the other Holders and will permit
all such Holders who request to be included in the Demand
Registration to include any or all Registrable Securities held by
such Holders in such Demand Registration. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of an
Underwritten Offering to which such Demand Registration relates
advises the Holders that the total amount of Registrable Securities
that such Holders intend to include in such Demand Registration is
in the aggregate such as to materially and adversely affect the
success of such offering, then the number of Registrable Securities
to be included in such Demand Registration will, if necessary, be
reduced and there will be included in such underwritten offering
the number of Registrable Securities that, in the opinion of such
managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without
materially and adversely affecting the success of such Underwritten
Offering. The Registrable Securities of the Holder or Holders
initiating the Demand Registration shall receive priority in such
Underwritten Offering to the full extent of the Registrable
Securities such Holder or Holders desire to sell (unless these
securities would materially and adversely affect the success of
such offering, in which case the number of such Holder’s
Registrable Securities included in the offering shall be reduced to
the extent necessary) and the remaining allocation available for
sale, if any, shall be allocated pro rata among the other Holders
on the basis of the amount of Registrable Securities requested to
be included therein by each such Holder.
(d)
Postponement of Demand Registration . The Company will be
entitled to postpone the filing period of any Demand Registration
for a reasonable period of time not in excess of 90 calendar days
if the Company determines, in the good faith exercise of the
business judgment of its Board of Directors, that such registration
and offering could materially interfere with a bona fide business
or financing transaction of the Company or would require disclosure
of information, the premature disclosure of which could materially
and adversely affect the Company. If the Company postpones the
filing of a Registration Statement, it will promptly notify the
Holders in writing (i) when the events or circumstances
permitting such postponement have ended and (ii) that the
decision to postpone was made by the Board of Directors of the
Company in accordance with this Section 2(d).
Section 3.
Piggyback Registration .
(a)
Right to Piggyback . If at any time the Company proposes to
file a Registration Statement, whether or not for sale for the
Company’s own account, on a form and in a manner that would
also permit registration of Registrable Securities, the Company
shall give to Holders holding Registrable Securities, written
notice of such proposed filing at least thirty (30) calendar
days before the anticipated filing. The notice referred to in the
preceding sentence shall offer Holders the opportunity to register
such amount of Registrable Securities as each Holder may request (a
“Piggyback
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Registration”). Subject to
Section 3(b), the Company will include in each such Piggyback
Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the
Company has received written requests for inclusion therein.
Subject to clause (2) of the proviso at the end of
Section 2(a), the Holders will be permitted to withdraw all or
part of the Registrable Securities from a Piggyback Registration at
any time prior to the effective date of such Piggyback
Registration.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to effect any
registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 3 as
a result of the registration of any of its securities solely in
connection with mergers, acquisitions, exchange offers, dividend
reinvestment and share purchase plans offered solely to current
holders of the Common Stock, rights offerings or option or other
employee benefit plans.
(b)
Priority on Piggyback Registrations . The Company will cause
the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten
Offering to permit Holders holding Registrable Securities requested
to be included in the registration for such offering to include
therein all such Registrable Securities requested to be so included
on the same terms and conditions as any securities of the Company
included therein (other than the indemnification by the Holders,
which will be limited as set forth in Section 7 hereof).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter or
underwriters of such Underwritten Offering advises the Holders to
the effect that the total amount of securities that such Holders
and the Company propose to include in such Underwritten Offering is
such as to materially and adversely affect the success of such
offering, then the Company will include in such registration
(i) first, 100% of the Common Stock of the Person who requests
such registration, if any, (ii) second, 100% of the Common
Stock the Company proposes to sell, and (iii) third, to the
extent of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be
included in such registration which, with the advice of such
managing underwriter, can be sold without having the adverse effect
referred to above, the number of Registrable Securities which the
Holders have requested to be included in such registration, such
amount to be allocated pro rata among all requesting Holders on the
basis of the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by
each such Holder.
Section 4.
Restrictions on Sale by Holders . Each Holder agrees, if
such Holder is so requested (pursuant to a timely written notice)
by the managing underwriter or underwriters in an Underwritten
Offering, not to effect any public sale or distribution of any of
the Company’s securities of such class or securities
convertible or exchangeable into such class (except as part of such
underwritten offering), including a sale pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act, during the 15-calendar day period prior
to, and during the 90-calendar day period beginning on, the closing
date of such Underwritten Offering.
Section 5.
Registration Procedures . In connection with the
Company’s registration obligations pursuant to
Sections 2 and 3, the Company will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to effect such registrations to permit the sale
of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended
method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the
Company will as expeditiously as possible, and in each
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extent applicable (it being understood that the obligations of the
Company in clauses (a), (b), (d), (h), (j), (k), (l), (n) and
(q) of this Section 5 will be subject to the first
sentence of Section 3(b) and, except as provided in
Section 3(b), the Holders will not have any right to effect an
underwritten public offering under Section 3) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to:
(a) Prepare and
file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration
Statements on any appropriate form under the Securities Act
available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the holders
thereof in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution thereof, and cause each such Registration Statement to
become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided,
however, that before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus
or any amendments or supplements thereto the Company will furnish
to the Holders holding Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement, not more than one counsel chosen by Holders
holding a majority of the Registrable Securities being registered
(“Special Counsel”) and the managing underwriters, if
any, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which
documents will be subject to the review of such Holders, such
Special Counsel and such underwriters, and the Company will not
file any such Registration Statement or amendment thereto or any
Prospectus or any supplement thereto (excluding such documents
that, upon filing, will be incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein) to which the Holders holding a
majority of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement or the managing underwriter, if any, shall reasonably
object.
(b) Prepare and
file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to
each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement continuously effective for the applicable
periods specified in Section 2; cause the related Prospectus
to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so
supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar
provisions then in force) under the Securities Act; and comply with
the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such Registration
Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the
intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in
such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as
so supplemented.
(c) Notify the
selling Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, promptly,
and (if requested by any such person) confirm such notice in
writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the
same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or
any other federal or state governmen
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