REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of March 7, 2007, by
and among Grant Life Sciences, Inc., a Nevada corporation with its
headquarters located at 3550 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700, Los
Angeles, CA 90010 (the “ Company ”),
and each of the undersigned (together with their respective
affiliates and any assignee or transferee of all of their
respective rights hereunder, the “ Initial
Investors ”).
A. In connection with the Securities Purchase
Agreement by and among the parties hereto of even date herewith
(the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company has
agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained
therein, to issue and sell to the Initial Investors
(i) secured convertible notes in the aggregate principal
amount of up to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) (the
“Notes”) that are convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”), upon
the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth
in such Notes and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”)
to acquire an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, upon
the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations and
conditions set forth in the Warrants; and
B. To induce the Initial Investors to execute and
deliver the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed
to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any
similar successor statute (collectively, the “ 1933
Act ”), and applicable state securities
laws;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and each of the Initial Investors hereby
agree as follows:
a. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
(i) “ Investors ” means
the Initial Investors and any transferee or assignee who agrees to
become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with
Section 9 hereof.
(ii) “ register ,”
“ registered ,” and “
registration ” refer to a registration
effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or
Statements in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415
under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering
securities on a continuous basis (“ Rule 415
”), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such
Registration Statement by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “ SEC ”).
(iii) “ Registrable Securities
” means the Conversion Shares issued or issuable upon
conversion or otherwise pursuant to the Notes including, without
limitation, Damages Shares (as defined in the Notes) issued or
issuable pursuant to the Notes, shares of Common Stock issued or
issuable in payment of the Standard Liquidated Damages Amount (as
defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), shares issued or
issuable in respect of interest or in redemption of the Notes in
accordance with the terms thereof) and any shares of capital stock
issued or issuable as a dividend on or in exchange for or otherwise
with respect to any of the foregoing.
(iv) “ Registration Statement
” means a registration statement of the Company under the
1933 Act.
b. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the
Securities Purchase Agreement or the Convertible Note.
a.
Mandatory
Registration .
The Company shall prepare, and, on or prior to thirty (30) days
from the date of receipt of written demand of the Investors (the
“ Filing Date ”), file with the SEC a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not then
available, on such form of Registration Statement as is then
available to effect a registration of the Registrable Securities,
subject to the consent of the Initial Investors, which consent will
not be unreasonably withheld) covering the resale of the
Registrable Securities underlying the Notes and Warrants issued or
issuable pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, which
Registration Statement, to the extent allowable under the 1933 Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including
Rule 416), shall state that such Registration Statement also covers
such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as
may become issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the
Notes and exercise of the Warrants to prevent dilution resulting
from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. The
number of shares of Common Stock initially included in such
Registration Statement shall be no less than an amount equal to the
number of Conversion Shares that are then issuable upon conversion
of the Notes (based on the Variable Conversion Price as would then
be in effect and assuming the Variable Conversion Price is the
Conversion Price at such time), without regard to any limitation on
the Investor’s ability to convert the Notes. The Company
acknowledges that the number of shares initially included in the
Registration Statement represents a good faith estimate of the
maximum number of shares issuable upon conversion of the
Notes.
b.
Underwritten
Offering . If
any offering pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 2(a) hereof involves an underwritten offering, the
Investors who hold a majority in interest of the Registrable
Securities subject to such underwritten offering, with the consent
of a majority-in-interest of the Initial Investors, shall have the
right to select one legal counsel and an investment banker or
bankers and manager or managers to administer the offering, which
investment banker or bankers or manager or managers shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
c.
Payments by the
Company . The
Company shall use its best efforts to obtain effectiveness of the
Registration Statement as soon as practicable. If (i) the
Registration Statement(s) covering the Registrable Securities
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof
is not filed by the Filing Date or declared effective by the SEC on
or prior to one hundred (100) days from the date of receipt of
written demand of the Investors pursuant to Section 2(a), or
(ii) after the Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the SEC, sales of all of the Registrable Securities
cannot be made pursuant to the Registration Statement, or
(iii) the Common Stock is not listed or included for quotation
on the Nasdaq National Market (“ Nasdaq
”), the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (“ Nasdaq
SmallCap ”), the New York Stock Exchange (the
“ NYSE ”) or the American Stock
Exchange (the “ AMEX ”) after being so
listed or included for quotation, or (iv) the Common Stock
ceases to be traded on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the
“OTCBB” ) or any equivalent
replacement exchange prior to being listed or included for
quotation on one of the aforementioned markets, then the Company
will make payments to the Investors in such amounts and at such
times as shall be determined pursuant to this Section 2(c) as
partial relief for the damages to the Investors by reason of any
such delay in or reduction of their ability to sell the Registrable
Securities (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other
remedies available at law or in equity). The Company shall pay to
each holder of the Notes or Registrable Securities an amount equal
to the then outstanding principal amount of the Notes (and, in the
case of holders of Registrable Securities, the principal amount of
Notes from which such Registrable Securities were converted)
(“ Outstanding Principal Amount ”),
multiplied by the Applicable Percentage (as defined below) times
the sum of: (i) the number of months (prorated for partial months)
after the Filing Date or the end of the aforementioned one hundred
(100) day period and prior to the date the Registration Statement
is declared effective by the SEC, provided, however, that there
shall be excluded from such period any delays which are solely
attributable to changes required by the Investors in the
Registration Statement with respect to information relating to the
Investors, including, without limitation, changes to the plan of
distribution, or to the failure of the Investors to conduct their
review of the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(h) below
in a reasonably prompt manner; (ii) the number of months (prorated
for partial months) that sales of all of the Registrable Securities
cannot be made pursuant to the Registration Statement after the
Registration Statement has been declared effective (including,
without limitation, when sales cannot be made by reason of the
Company’s failure to properly supplement or amend the
prospectus included therein in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, but excluding any days during an Allowed Delay (as
defined in Section 3(f)); and (iii) the number of months (prorated
for partial months) that the Common Stock is not listed or included
for quotation on the OTCBB, Nasdaq, Nasdaq SmallCap, NYSE or AMEX
or that trading thereon is halted after the Registration Statement
has been declared effective. The term “ Applicable
Percentage ” means two hundredths (.02). (For
example, if the Registration Statement becomes effective one (1)
month after the end of such one hundred (100) day period, the
Company would pay $5,000 for each $250,000 of Outstanding Principal
Amount. If thereafter, sales could not be made pursuant to the
Registration Statement for an additional period of one (1) month,
the Company would pay an additional $5,000 for each $250,000 of
Outstanding Principal Amount.) Such amounts shall be paid in cash
or, at the Company’s option, in shares of Common Stock priced
at the Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) on such payment
date.
d.
Piggy-Back
Registrations .
Subject to the last sentence of this Section 2(d), if at any time
prior to the expiration of the Registration Period (as hereinafter
defined) the Company shall determine to file with the SEC a
Registration Statement relating to an offering for its own account
or the account of others under the 1933 Act of any of its equity
securities (other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or their then
equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in
connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity
securities issuable in connection with stock option or other
bona fide , employee benefit plans), the
Company shall send to each Investor who is entitled to registration
rights under this Section 2(d) written notice of such determination
and, if within fifteen (15) days after the effective date of such
notice, such Investor shall so request in writing, the Company
shall include in such Registration Statement all or any part of the
Registrable Securities such Investor requests to be registered,
except that if, in connection with any underwritten public offering
for the account of the Company the managing underwriter(s) thereof
shall impose a limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock
which may be included in the Registration Statement because, in
such underwriter(s)’ judgment, marketing or other factors
dictate such limitation is necessary to facilitate public
distribution, then the Company shall be obligated to include in
such Registration Statement only such limited portion of the
Registrable Securities with respect to which such Investor has
requested inclusion hereunder as the underwriter shall permit. Any
exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among
the Investors seeking to include Registrable Securities in
proportion to the number of Registrable Securities sought to be
included by such Investors; provided , however , that
the Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless the
Company has first excluded all outstanding securities, the holders
of which are not entitled to inclusion of such securities in such
Registration Statement or are not entitled to pro rata inclusion
with the Registrable Securities; and provided ,
further , however , that, after giving effect to the
immediately preceding proviso, any exclusion of Registrable
Securities shall be made pro rata with holders of other securities
having the right to include such securities in the Registration
Statement other than holders of securities entitled to inclusion of
their securities in such Registration Statement by reason of demand
registration rights. No right to registration of Registrable
Securities under this Section 2(d) shall be construed to limit any
registration required under Section 2(a) hereof. If an offering in
connection with which an Investor is entitled to registration under
this Section 2(d) is an underwritten offering, then each Investor
whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration
Statement shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Company, offer and
sell such Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering using
the same underwriter or underwriters and, subject to the provisions
of this Agreement, on the same terms and conditions as other shares
of Common Stock included in such underwritten offering.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the
registration rights of the Investors pursuant to this Section 2(d)
shall only be available in the event the Company fails to timely
file, obtain effectiveness or maintain effectiveness of any
Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
e.
Eligibility for Form S-3,
SB-2 or S-1; Conversion to Form S-3
. The Company represents and
warrants that it meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3,
SB-2 or S-1 for registration of the sale by the Initial Investors
and any other Investors of the Registrable Securities. The Company
agrees to file all reports required to be filed by the Company with
the SEC in a timely manner so as to remain eligible or become
eligible, as the case may be, and thereafter to maintain its
eligibility, for the use of Form S-3. If the Company is not
currently eligible to use Form S-3, not later than five (5)
business days after the Company first meets the registration
eligibility and transaction requirements for the use of Form S-3
(or any successor form) for registration of the offer and sale by
the Initial Investors and any other Investors of Registrable
Securities, the Company shall file a Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (or such successor form) with respect to the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 or
Form S-1, whichever is applicable, filed pursuant to Section 2(a)
(and include in such Registration Statement on Form S-3 the
information required by Rule 429 under the 1933 Act) or convert the
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 or Form S-1, whichever is
applicable, filed pursuant to Section 2(a) to a Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 429 under the 1933 Act and cause such Registration
Statement (or such amendment) to be declared effective no later
than forty-five (45) days after filing. In the event of a breach by
the Company of the provisions of this Section 2(e), the Company
will be required to make payments pursuant to Section 2(c)
hereof.
3.
OBLIGATIONS OF THE
COMPANY.
In connection with the registration of the
Registrable Securities, the Company shall have the following
obligations:
a. The Company shall prepare promptly, and file
with the SEC not later than the Filing Date, a Registration
Statement with respect to the number of Registrable Securities
provided in Section 2(a), and thereafter use its best efforts to
cause such Registration Statement relating to Registrable
Securities to become effective as soon as possible after such
filing but in no event later than one hundred (100) days from the
date of receipt of written demand of the Investors pursuant to
Section 2(a), and keep the Registration Statement effective
pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until such date as is the earlier
of (i) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities have
been sold and (ii) the date on which the Registrable Securities (in
the opinion of counsel to the Initial Investors) may be immediately
sold to the public without registration or restriction (including,
without limitation, as to volume by each holder thereof) under the
1933 Act (the “ Registration Period
”), which Registration Statement (including any amendments or
supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not
contain any 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 not misleading.
b. The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC
such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to the Registration Statements and the prospectus used
in connection with the Registration Statements as may be necessary
to keep the Registration Statements effective at all times during
the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the
provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all
Registrable Securities of the Company covered by the Registration
Statements until such time as all of such Registrable Securities
have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in the
Registration Statements. In the event the number of shares
available under a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this
Agreement is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable
Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the Notes and
exercise of the Warrants, the Company shall amend the Registration
Statement, or file a new Registration Statement (on the short form
available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as to cover all of
the Registrable Securities, in each case, as soon as practicable,
but in any event within fifteen (15) days after the necessity
therefor arises (based on the market price of the Common Stock and
other relevant factors on which the Company reasonably elects to
rely). The Company shall use its best efforts to cause such
amendment and/or new Registration Statement to become effective as
soon as practicable following the filing thereof, but in any event
within thirty (30) days after the date on which the Company
reasonably first determines (or reasonably should have determined)
the need therefor. The provisions of Section 2(c) above shall be
applicable with respect to such obligation, with the one hundred
(100) days running from the day the Company reasonably first
determines (or reasonably should have determined) the need
therefor.
c. The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose
Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement and
its legal counsel (i) promptly (but in no event more than two
(2) business days) after the same is prepared and publicly
distributed, filed with the SEC, or received by the Company, one
copy of each Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, each
preliminary prospectus and prospectus and each amendment or
supplement thereto, and, in the case of the Registration Statement
referred to in Section 2(a), each letter written by or on behalf of
the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC, and each item of
correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC, in each case
relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion of
any thereof which contains information for which the Company has
sought confidential treatment), and (ii) promptly (but in no
event more than two (2) business days) after the Registration
Statement is declared effective by the SEC, such number of copies
of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, and all
amendments and supplements thereto and such other documents as such
Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate the
disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.
The Company will immediately notify each Investor by facsimile of
the effectiveness of each Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment. The Company will promptly (but in no
event more than ten (10) business days) respond to any and all
comments received from the SEC (which comments shall promptly be
made available to the Investors upon request), with a view towards
causing each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto to be
declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, shall
promptly file an acceleration request as soon as practicable (but
in no event more than two (2) business days) following the
resolution or clearance of all SEC comments or, if applicable,
following notification by the SEC that any such Registration
Statement or any amendment thereto will not be subject to review
and shall, if required by SEC rules, promptly file with the SEC a
final prospectus as soon as practicable (but in no event more than
two (2) business days) following receipt by the Company from the
SEC of an order declaring the Registration Statement effective. In
the event of a breach by the Company of the provisions of this
Section 3(c), the Company will be required to make payments
pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof.
d. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to
(i) register and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by
the Registration Statements under such other securities or
“blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United
States as the Investors who hold a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities being offered reasonably request,
(ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions such amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such
registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain
the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period,
(iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain
such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during
the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions
reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable
Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided ,
however , that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (a) qualify
to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (b) subject
itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, (c) file
a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction,
(d) provide any undertakings that cause the Company undue
expense or burden, or (e) make any change in its charter or
bylaws, which in each case the Board of Directors of the Company
determines to be contrary to the best interests of the Company and
its shareholders.
e. In the event Investors who hold a
majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities being offered in
the offering (with the approval of a majority-in-interest of the
Initial Investors) select underwriters for the offering, the
Company shall enter into and perform its obligations under an
underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, including,
without limitation, customary indemnification and contribution
obligations, with the underwriters of such offering.
f. As promptly as practicable after becoming aware
of such event, the Company shall notify each Investor of the
happening of any event, of which the Company has knowledge, as a
result of which the prospectus included in any Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and use its best efforts promptly to prepare a
supplement or amendment to any Registration Statement to correct
such untrue statement or omission, and deliver such number of
copies of such supplement or amendment to each Investor as such
Investor may reasonably request; provided that, for not more than
ten (10) consecutive trading days (or a total of not more than
twenty (20) trading
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