EXHIBIT
A
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration
Rights Agreement (this "Agreement" ) is made and
entered into as of September __, 2006, by and among Welund Fund,
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company" ), and
the investors signatory hereto (each a "Investor"
and collectively, the "Investors" ).
This Agreement is
made pursuant to the Securities 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:
1.
Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement will have
the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in
this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings
set forth in this Section 1:
“Advice” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(d).
“Audit
Completion Date” means the date on which the Company
and its Subsidiaries have completed its audit and have audited and
unaudited financial statements as are necessary for the Company to
meet its reporting obligations under rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission, including periodic reports, current
reports and the proposed registration statement contemplated to be
filed under Form SB-2.
"Effective
Date" means, as to a Registration Statement, the date on
which such Registration Statement is first declared effective by
the Commission.
“Effectiveness Date” means (a) with
respect to the Registration Statement required to be filed under
Section 2(a), the earliest of: (a)(i) the 120 th day
following the Audit Completion Date, (ii) the 120 th day
following the Outside Registration Date, and (iii) the fifth
Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified by
the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be
reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments;
and (b) with respect to a Registration Statement required to be
filed under Section 2(b), the earlier of: (b)(i) the 90
th day following the date on which the Company becomes
eligible to utilize Form S-3 to register the resale of Common
Stock, and (ii) the fifth Trading Day following the date on which
the Company is notified by the Commission that such Registration
Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further
review and comments.
"Effectiveness Period" has the meaning set forth
in Section 2(a).
"Exchange
Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Filing
Date" means (a) with respect to the Registration Statement
required to be filed under Section 2(a), the earlier of (a)(i) the
15 th day following the Audit Completion Date and (ii)
the Outside Registration Date; and (b) with respect to a
Registration Statement required to be filed under Section 2(b), the
30 th day following the date on which the Company
becomes eligible to utilize Form S-3 to register the resale of
Common Stock.
"Holder" or "Holders" means the
holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of
Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5(c).
“Losses” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(a).
“New
York Courts” means the state and federal courts
sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
“Outside Registration Date” means the
six month anniversary of the Closing Date.
"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 a 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: (i)
the Shares, (ii) any shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of warrants issued to any placement agent (the “
Placement Agent Warrants ”) as compensation
in connection with the financing that is the subject of the
Purchase Agreement, (iii) 4,000,000 (pre-reverse stock split)
shares of Common Stock with piggy back registration rights held by
the following: Liberty Associates, LLC for 2,240,000 shares; TATS,
LLC 237,457 shares; Pamplona, Inc. 100,000 shares; Howard S. Landa
237,457 shares; Steve Strasser 468,643 shares; Byron Roth 247,800
shares; and Steve Kay 468,643 shares, including transferees of any
such shares, and (iv) any securities issued or issuable upon any
stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or
similar event, or any price adjustment as a result of such stock
splits, reverse stock splits or similar events with respect to any
of the securities referenced in (i) - (iii) above.
"Registration Statement" means the 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), 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 therein.
"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.
"Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issued
or issuable to the Investors pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
(a) 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, on Form SB-2 (or on such
other form appropriate for such purpose). 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 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 reasonable best efforts to keep the
Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities
Act until the date which is the earliest of (i) five years
after its Effective Date, (ii) such time as all of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been
publicly sold by the Holders, or (iii) such time as all of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may
be sold by the Holders 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" ). By 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the
Business Day following the Effective Date, the Company shall file
with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the
Securities Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with
sales pursuant to such Registration Statement (whether or not such
filing is technically required under such Rule).
(b) Promptly
following any date on which the Company becomes eligible to use a
registration statement on Form S-3 to register the Registrable
Securities for resale, the Company shall file a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities (or a
post-effective amendment on Form S-3 to the then effective
Registration Statement) and shall cause such Registration
Statement to be filed by the Filing Date for such Registration
Statement and declared effective as soon as possible thereafter,
but in any event prior to the Effectiveness Date therefor. 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 such
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, by its
Effectiveness Date, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to
keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the
Securities Act during the entire Effectiveness Period. By 9:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on the Business Day following the Effective
Date of such Registration Statement, the Company shall file with
the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the Securities Act
the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant
to such Registration Statement (whether or not such filing is
technically required under such Rule).
(c) If: (i) a
Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date
(if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording
the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as
required by Section 3(a) hereof, the Company shall not be deemed to
have satisfied this clause (i)), or (ii) a Registration Statement
is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to its
required Effectiveness Date or if by the Business Day immediately
following the Effective Date the Company shall not have filed a
“final” prospectus for the Registration Statement with
the Commission under Rule 424(b) (whether or not such a prospectus
is actually required by such Rule), or (iii) after its Effective
Date, without regard for the reason thereunder or efforts
therefore, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to be
effective and available to the Holders as to all Registrable
Securities to which it is required to cover at any time prior to
the expiration of its Effectiveness Period for more than an
aggregate of 30 Trading Days (which need not be consecutive) (any
such failure or breach being referred to as an
"Event," and for purposes of clauses (i) or (ii)
the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause
(iii) the date which such 30 Trading Day-period is exceeded, being
referred to as "Event Date" ), then in addition to
any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable
law: on each such Event Date, and on each monthly anniversary of
each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been
cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the
Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial
liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1.0% of the
aggregate Investment Amount paid by such Holder for Shares pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement; provided , however, that the
total amount of partial liquidated damages payable by the Company
pursuant to all Events under this Section shall be capped at an
aggregate of 10% of the aggregate Investment Amount paid by the
Investors under the Purchase Agreement. The partial liquidated
damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily
pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an
Event, except in the case of the first Event Date. In no event will
the Company be liable for liquidated damages under this Agreement
in excess of 1.0% of the aggregate Investment Amount of the
Investors in any 30-day period. The Company will not be liable for
liquidated damages under this Agreement with respect to any
Placement Agent Warrants or any shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants.
(d) Each Holder
agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Questionnaire in the
form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a
“Selling Holder Questionnaire” ). The
Company shall not be required to include the Registrable Securities
of a Holder in a Registration Statement and shall not be required
to pay any liquidated or other damages under Section 2(c) to any
Holder who fails to furnish to the Company a fully completed
Selling Holder Questionnaire at least two Trading Days prior to the
Filing Date (subject to the requirements set forth in Section
3(a)).
3.
Registration Procedures .
In connection with
the Company's registration obligations hereunder, the Company
shall:
(a) 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 use its best efforts to furnish to each
Holder 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.
The Company shall not file a Registration Statement, any Prospectus
or any amendments or supplements thereto in which the
“Selling Stockholder” section thereof differs from the
disclosure received from a Holder in its Selling Holder
Questionnaire (as amended or supplemented).
(b) (i) Use its
best efforts to 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) use its best efforts to 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 in all material respects 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.
(c) Use its
best efforts to 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, in the case of (v) below,
not less than three Trading Days prior to the financial statements
in any Registration Statement becoming ineligible for inclusion
therein) 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;
provided, however, prior to any sale by a Holder under a
Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable
Securities, the Holder shall confirm with the Company that such
Registration Statement remains effective.
(d) Use its
reasonable 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.
(e) Furnish to
each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all exhibits
to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously
furnished) promptly after the filing of such documents with the
Commission.
(f) 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.
(g) Prior to
any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts
to register or qualify 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.
(h) 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.
(i) 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.
4.
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, and (B) in compliance with
applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws), (ii) printing
expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing
certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing
prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably
requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii)
messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act
liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and
(vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company
in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be
responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses
of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting
duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable
Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.
(a)
Indemnification by the Company . The Company shall,
notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and
hold harmless eac