EXHIBIT
10.5
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this
"Agreement") is made and entered into as of February 28, 2005, by
and between eLINEAR, INC., a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), and Laurus Master Fund,
Ltd. (the "Purchaser").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and
between the Purchaser and the Company (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the "Securities Purchase
Agreement"), and pursuant to the Note and the Warrants referred to
therein.
The Company and the Purchaser hereby agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions
. Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Securities
Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the
Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
" Commission " means the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
" Common Stock " means shares of the
Company's common stock, par value $0.02 per share.
" Effectiveness Date " means (i) with
respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder, a date no later than one hundred and five (105) days
following the date hereof and (ii) with respect to each additional
Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, a date no
later than sixty (60) days following the Filing Date.
" Effectiveness Period " shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
" Exchange Act " means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor
statute.
" Filing Date " means, with respect to
(i) the initial Registration Statement required to be filed
hereunder, a date no later than forty five (45) days following the
date hereof and (ii) with respect to shares of Common Stock
issuable to the Holder as a result of adjustments to the Fixed
Conversion Price made pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Secured
Convertible Term Note or Section 4 of the Warrant or otherwise,
sixty (60) days after the occurrence such event.
" Holder " or " Holders "
means the Purchaser or any of its affiliates or transferees to the
extent any of them hold 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).
" Note " has the meaning set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
" 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 the 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
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion or
exercise of Note and Warrant issued pursuant to the Securities
Purchase Agreement and upon the conversion or exercise of notes for
up to $15 Million Dollars (including the Note) and warrants to
purchase up to 2,250,000 shares of Common Stock (including the
Warrant) issued by the Company on the same terms and conditions as
the Notes and Warrants.
" Registration Statement " means each
registration statement required to be filed hereunder, including
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.
" 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, and any successor statute.
" Securities Purchase Agreement " means
the agreement between the parties hereto calling for the issuance
by the Company of Notes plus Warrants.
" Trading Market " means any of the
NASD OTC Bulletin Board, NASDAQ SmallCap Market, the NASDAQ
National Market, the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock
Exchange.
" Warrant " means the Common Stock
purchase warrants issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
(a) On or prior to the Filing Date the Company shall
prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement
covering the Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement
shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to
register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form SB-2, in
which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form
in accordance herewith). The Company shall use its reasonable
commercial efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be
declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible
after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than the
Effectiveness Date. The Company shall use its reasonable commercial
efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective
under the Securities Act until the date which is the earlier date
of when (i) all Registrable Securities have been sold or (ii) all
Registrable Securities may be sold immediately without registration
under the Securities Act and without volume restrictions pursuant
to Rule 144(k), as determined by the counsel to the Company
pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and
acceptable to the Company's transfer agent and the affected Holders
(the "Effectiveness Period").
(b) If: (i) the Registration Statement is not filed
on or prior to the Filing Date; (ii) the Registration Statement is
not declared effective by the Commission by the Effectiveness Date;
(iii) after the Registration Statement is filed with and declared
effective by the Commission, the Registration Statement ceases to
be effective (by suspension or otherwise) as to all Registrable
Securities to which it is required to relate at any time prior to
the expiration of the Effectiveness Period (without being succeeded
immediately by an additional registration statement filed and
declared effective) for a period of time which shall exceed 30 days
in the aggregate per year or more than 20 consecutive calendar days
(defined as a period of 365 days commencing on the date the
Registration Statement is declared effective); or (iv) or the
Common Stock is not listed or quoted, or is suspended from trading
on any Trading Market for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading
Days (provided the Company shall not have been able to cure such
trading suspension within 30 days of the notice thereof or list the
Common Stock on another Trading Market); (any such failure or
breach being referred to as an "Event," and for purposes of clause
(i) or (ii) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of
clause (iii) the date which such 30 day or 20 consecutive day
period (as the case may be) is exceeded, or for purposes of clause
(iv) the date on which such ten (10) Trading Day period is
exceeded, being referred to as "Event Date"), then until the
applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an
amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal
to 1.250% for each thirty (30) day period (prorated for partial
periods) on a daily basis of the original principal amount of the
Note; provided however that if an Event Date occurs concurrently,
or otherwise overlaps such Events shall be deemed one Event for
purposes of the partial liquidated damages. While such Event
continues, such liquidated damages shall be paid not less often
than each thirty (30) days. Any unpaid liquidated damages as of the
date when an Event has been cured by the Company shall be paid
within three (3) days following the date on which such Event has
been cured by the Company.
(c) Within three (3) business days of the
Effectiveness Date, the Company shall cause its counsel to issue a
blanket opinion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, to the
transfer agent stating that the shares are subject to an effective
registration statement and can be reissued free of restrictive
legend upon notice of a sale by the Purchaser and confirmation by
the Purchaser that it has complied with the prospectus delivery
requirements, provided that the Company has not advised the
transfer agent orally or in writing that the opinion has been
withdrawn. Copies of the blanket opinion required by this Section
2(c) shall be delivered to the Purchaser within the time frame set
forth above.
3.
Registration
Procedures . If and
whenever the Company is required by the provisions hereof to effect
the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities
Act, the Company will, as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and file with the Commission the
Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities,
respond as promptly as possible to any comments received from the
Commission, and use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement to become and remain effective for the Effectiveness
Period with respect thereto, and promptly provide to the Purchaser
copies of all filings and Commission letters of comment relating
thereto;
(b) prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to
the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statement and to keep such Registration Statement
effective until the expiration of the Effectiveness
Period;
(c) furnish to the Purchaser such number of copies
of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein
(including each preliminary Prospectus) as the Purchaser reasonably
may request to facilitate the public sale or disposition of the
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration
Statement;
(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to
register or qualify the Purchaser's Registrable Securities covered
by the Registration Statement under the securities or "blue sky"
laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as the
Purchaser may reasonably request, provided, however, that the
Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify
generally to transact business as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to consent to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(e) list the Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statement with any securities exchange on which the
Common Stock of the Company is then listed;
(f) immediately notify the Purchaser at any time
when a Prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event of which
the Company has knowledge as a result of which the Prospectus
contained 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 in light of the circumstances
then existing; and
(g) upon reasonable notice, make available for
inspection by the Purchaser and any attorney, accountant or other
agent retained by the Purchaser, all publicly available,
non-confidential financial and other records, pertinent corporate
documents and properties of the Company, and cause the Company's
officers, directors and employees to supply all publicly available,
non-confidential information reasonably requested by the attorney,
accountant or agent of the Purchaser.
4.
Registration Expenses
. All expenses relating to the
Company's compliance with Sections 2 and 3 hereof, including,
without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing
expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public
accountants for the Company, fees and expenses (including
reasonable counsel fees) incurred in connection with complying with
state securities or "blue sky" laws, fees of the NASD, transfer
taxes, fees of transfer agents and registrars, are called
"Registration Expenses". All selling commissions applicable to the
sale of Registrable Securities, including any fees and
disbursements of any special counsel to the Holders beyond those
included in Registration Expenses, are called "Selling Expenses."
The Company shall only be responsible for all Registration
Expenses.
(a) In the event of a registration of any
Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this
Agreement, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the
Purchaser, and its officers, directors and each other person, if
any, who controls the Purchaser within the meaning of the
Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which the Purchaser, or such persons may
become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities were
registered under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, any
preliminary P