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EXHIBIT 10.5 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Registration Rights Agreement

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Title: EXHIBIT 10.5 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/3/2005
Industry: Computer Services     Law Firm: Brewer & Pritchard, PC    

EXHIBIT 10.5   REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, Parties: elinear  inc. , laurus master fund  ltd.
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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.

 

2.    Registration .

 

(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.

 

5.    Indemnification .

 

(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


 
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