REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "
Agreement "), dated as of December 21, 2007, by and among
Broadcast International, Inc., a Utah corporation, with
headquarters located at 7050 Union Park, Ave. #600, Salt Lake
city, Utah 84047 (the " Company "), and the
undersigned buyers (each, a " Buyer ", and collectively,
the " Buyers ").
WHEREAS:
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 set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to each Buyer
(i) shares (the " Common Shares ") of the Company's common
stock, par value $0.05 per share (the " Common Stock "),
(ii) senior secured convertible notes (the " Notes ") which
will, among other things, be convertible into shares of Common
Stock (as converted, collectively, the " Conversion Shares
") and (iii) warrants (the " Warrants "), which will be
exercisable to purchase shares of Common Stock (as exercised
collectively, the " Warrant Shares ").
B.
The Notes bear interest, which at the option of the
Company, subject to certain conditions, may be paid in shares of
Common Stock (the " Interest Shares ").
C.
In accordance with the terms of 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 Buyers hereby agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions .
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
a.
" Additional Effective Date " means the
date the Additional Registration Statement is declared effective
by the SEC.
b.
" Additional Effectiveness Deadline "
means the date which is thirty (30) calendar days after the
earlier of the Additional Filing Date and the Additional Filing
Deadline or in the event that the Registration Statement is
subject to a full review by the SEC, sixty (60) calendar days
after the earlier of the Additional Filing Date and the
Additional Filing Deadline.
c.
" Additional Filing Date " means the date
on which the Additional Registration Statement is filed with the
SEC.
d.
" Additional Filing Deadline " means if
Cutback Shares are required to be included in any Additional
Registration Statement, the later of (i) the date sixty (60)
days after the date substantially all of the Registrable
Securities registered under the immediately preceding
Registration Statement are sold and (ii) the date six (6) months
from the Initial Effective Date or the most recent Additional
Effective Date, as applicable.
e.
" Additional Registrable Securities "
means, (i) any Cutback Shares not previously included on a
Registration Statement and (ii) any capital stock of the Company
issued or issuable with respect to the Common Shares, the Notes,
the Conversion Shares, the Interest Shares, the Warrant Shares,
the Warrants or the Cutback Shares as a result of any stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar
event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on
conversion and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the
Warrants; provided, that the Investor has
completed and delivered to the Company selling stockholder
information consistent with Investor’s obligations
hereunder; and provided further, that Cutback Shares and any
capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to
the foregoing shall cease to be Additional Registrable
Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (A) sale
pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the 1933
Act (in which case, only such securities sold shall cease to be
Registrable Securities); or (B) becoming eligible for sale
without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1)
and otherwise without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule
144.
f.
" Additional Registration Statement "
means a registration statement or registration statements of the
Company filed under the 1933 Act covering any Additional
Registrable Securities.
g.
" Additional Required Registration Amount
" means any Cutback Shares not previously included on a
Registration Statement, all subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 2(f), without regard to any limitations on conversions
and/or redemptions of the Notes or exercises of the
Warrants.
h.
" Business Day " means any day other than
Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in
the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain
closed.
i.
" Closing Date " shall have the meaning
set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
j.
" Cutback Shares " means any of the
Initial Required Registration Amount (without regard to clause
(II) in the definition thereof) of Registrable Securities not
included in all Registration Statements previously declared
effective hereunder as a result of a limitation on the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock of the Company permitted to be
registered by the staff of the SEC pursuant to Rule 415.
For the
purpose of determining the Cutback Securities, in order to
determine any applicable Required Registration Amount, first the
Interest Shares until all of the Interest Shares have been
excluded, second the Conversion Shares shall be
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excluded on a pro rata basis until all of the
Conversion Shares have been excluded and third the Warrant
Shares shall be excluded on a pro rata basis until all of the
Warrant Shares have been excluded.
k.
" Effective Date " means the Initial
Effective Date and the Additional Effective Date, as
applicable.
l.
" Effectiveness Deadline " means the
Initial Effectiveness Deadline and the Additional Effectiveness
Deadline, as applicable.
m.
" Filing Deadline " means the Initial
Filing Deadline and the Additional Filing Deadline, as
applicable.
n.
" Initial Effective Date " means the date
that the Initial Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the SEC.
o.
" Initial Effectiveness Deadline " means
the date (i) in the event that the Initial Registration
Statement is not subject to a full review by the SEC, sixty (60)
calendar days after the Demand Date or (ii) in the event that
the Initial Registration Statement is subject to a full review
by the SEC, ninety (90) calendar days after the Demand Date.
p.
" Initial Filing Deadline " means the
date which is thirty (30) calendar days after the Demand
Date.
q.
" Initial Registrable Securities " for
the Initial Registration Statement means (i) the Common Shares,
(ii) the Conversion Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of
the Notes, (iii) the Interest Shares issued or issuable with
respect to the Notes, (iv) the Warrant Shares issued or
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and (v) any capital stock
of the Company issued or issuable, with respect to the Common
Shares, the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Interest Shares,
the Warrant Shares or the Warrants as a result of any stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar
event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on
conversion and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the
Warrants; provided, that the Investor has completed and
delivered to the Company selling stockholder information
consistent with Investor’s obligations hereunder; and
provided further, that Common Shares, Conversion Shares,
Interest Shares, Warrant Shares and any capital stock of the
Company issued or issuable with respect to the foregoing shall
cease to be Initial Registrable Securities upon the earliest to
occur of the following: (A) sale pursuant to a Registration
Statement or Rule 144 under the 1933 Act (in which case, only
such securities sold shall cease to be Registrable Securities);
or (B) becoming eligible for sale without the requirement to be
in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without
restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144.
r.
" Initial Registration Statement " means
a registration statement or registration statements of the
Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the Initial
Registrable Securities.
s.
" Initial Required Registration Amount "
means (I) the sum of (i) the number of Common Shares issued,
(ii) 130% of the number of Conversion Shares issued and issuable
pursuant to the Notes as of the Trading Day (as defined in the
Securities Purchase
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Agreement) immediately preceding the applicable
date of determination and (ii) 130% of the number of Warrant
Shares issued and issuable pursuant to the Warrants as of the
Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date of
determination, all subject to adjustment as provided in Section
2(f), without regard to any limitations on exercises of the
Warrants or (II) such other amount as may be required by the
staff of the SEC pursuant to Rule 415 with any cutback applied
pro rata to all holders of Registrable Securities,.
t.
" Investor " means a Buyer or any
transferee or assignee thereof to whom a Buyer assigns its
rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by
the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9
and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or
assignee assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees
to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9.
u.
" Person " means an individual, a limited
liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a
government or any department or agency thereof.
v.
" register ," " registered ," and
" registration " refer to a registration effected by
preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements in
compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415 and the
declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration
Statement(s) by the SEC.
w.
" Registrable Securities " means the
Initial Registrable Securities and the Additional Registrable
Securities.
x.
" Registration Statement " means the
Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration
Statement, as applicable.
y.
" Required Holders " means the holders of
at least a majority of the Registrable Securities.
z.
" Required Registration Amount " means
either the Initial Required Registration Amount or the
Additional Required Registration Amount, as applicable.
aa.
" Rule 415 " means Rule 415 promulgated
under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering
securities on a continuous or delayed basis.
bb.
" SEC " means the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission.
2.
Registration .
a.
Initial Mandatory Registration .
If, after six (6) months following the Closing Date, the
Investors may not sell all of the Registrable Securities without
volume restrictions or limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (or any
successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act, the Investor
may request in writing (the date of such request, the "
Demand Date ") that the Company prepare, and, as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than the Initial Filing
Deadline, file with the SEC the Initial Registration Statement
on Form S-3 covering the resale of all of the Initial
Registrable Securities. In the event that Form S-3 is
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unavailable for such a registration, the Company
shall use such other form as is available for such a
registration on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable
to the Required Holders, subject to the provisions of Section
2(e). The Initial Registration Statement prepared pursuant
hereto shall register for resale at least the number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the Initial Required Registration
Amount determined as of the date the Initial Registration
Statement is initially filed with the SEC. The Initial
Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise
directed by the Required Holders) the " Selling
Stockholders " and " Plan of Distribution " sections
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .
The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have
the Initial Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC
as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Initial
Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the
Business Day following the Initial Effective Date, the Company
shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the
1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with
sales pursuant to such Initial Registration Statement.
b.
Additional Mandatory Registrations .
The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable but
in no event later than the Additional Filing Deadline, file with
the SEC an Additional Registration Statement on Form S-3
covering the resale of all of the Additional Registrable
Securities not previously registered on an Additional
Registration Statement hereunder. To the extent the staff
of the SEC does not permit the Additional Required Registration
Amount to be registered on an Additional Registration Statement,
the Company shall file Additional Registration Statements
successively trying to register on each such Additional
Registration Statement the maximum number of remaining
Additional Registrable Securities until the Additional Required
Registration Amount has been registered with the SEC. In
the event that Form S-3 is unavailable for such a registration,
the Company shall use such other form as is available for such a
registration on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable
to the Required Holders, subject to the provisions of Section
2(e). Each Additional Registration Statement prepared
pursuant hereto shall register for resale at least that number
of shares of Common Stock equal to the Additional Required
Registration Amount determined as of the date such Additional
Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC.
Each Additional Registration Statement shall contain
(except if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the "
Selling Stockholders " and " Plan of Distribution
" sections in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B . The Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts to have each Additional Registration Statement
declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no
event later than the Additional Effectiveness Deadline. By
9:30 a.m. New York time on the Business Day following the
Additional Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC
in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final
prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such
Additional Registration Statement.
c.
Allocation of Registrable Securities .
The initial number of Registrable Securities included in
any Registration Statement and any increase in the number of
Registrable Securities included therein shall be allocated pro
rata among the Investors based on the number of Registrable
Securities held by each Investor at the time the Registration
Statement covering such initial number of Registrable Securities
or increase thereof is declared effective by the SEC. In
the event that an Investor sells or otherwise transfers any of
such Investor's Registrable Securities, each transferee shall be
allocated a pro rata portion of the then remaining number of
Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement
for such transferor. Any shares of Common Stock included
in a Registration Statement and which
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remain allocated to any Person which ceases to
hold any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement shall be allocated to the remaining Investors, pro
rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held by
such Investors which are covered by such Registration Statement.
In no event shall the Company include any securities other
than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement
without the prior written consent of the Required Holders.
d.
Legal Counsel . Subject to Section
5 hereof, the Required Holders shall have the right to select
one legal counsel to review and oversee any registration
pursuant to this Section 2 (" Legal Counsel "), which
shall be Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP or such other counsel as
thereafter designated by the Required Holders. The Company
and Legal Counsel shall reasonably cooperate with each other in
performing the Company's obligations under this Agreement.
e.
Ineligibility for Form S-3 . In the
event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the
resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall
(i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another
appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders
and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on
Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the
Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has
been declared effective by the SEC.
f.
Sufficient Number of Shares Registered .
In the event the number of shares available under a
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section
2(b) is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities
required to be covered by such Registration Statement or an
Investor's allocated portion of the Registrable Securities
pursuant to Section 2(c), the Company shall amend the applicable
Registration Statement, or file a new Registration Statement (on
the short form available therefor, if applicable), or both, so
as to cover at least the Required Registration Amount as of the
Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the filing of such
amendment or new Registration Statement, in each case, as soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than fifteen (15)
days after the necessity therefor arises. The Company
shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment
and/or new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as
practicable following the filing thereof. For purposes of
the foregoing provision, the number of shares available under a
Registration Statement shall be deemed "insufficient to cover
all of the Registrable Securities" if at any time the number of
shares of Common Stock available for resale under the
Registration Statement is less than the product determined by
multiplying (i) the Required Registration Amount as of such time
by (ii) 0.90. The calculation set forth in the foregoing
sentence shall be made without regard to any limitations on the
conversion and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the
Warrants and such calculation shall assume that the Notes are
then convertible into shares of Common Stock at the then
prevailing Conversion Rate (as defined in the Notes), that the
Warrants are then exercisable for shares of Common Stock at the
then prevailing Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants) and
the maximum number of Interest Shares under the Notes are
issuable at the then prevailing Interest Conversion Price (as
defined in the Notes), assuming the initial outstanding
principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding through the
scheduled maturity date and assuming no conversions or
redemptions of the Notes prior to the scheduled maturity
date.
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g.
Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and
Maintain Effectiveness of Registration Statement . If
(i) a Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable
Securities required to be covered thereby and required to be
filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed
with the SEC on or before the respective Filing Deadline (a "
Filing Failure ") or (B) not declared effective by the
SEC on or before the respective Effectiveness Deadline (an "
Effectiveness Failure ") or (ii) on any day after the
Effective Date sales of all of the Registrable Securities
required to be included on such Registration Statement cannot be
made (other than during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in
Section 3(r)) pursuant to such Registration Statement or
otherwise (including, without limitation, because of a failure
to keep such Registration Statement effective, to disclose such
information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to
such Registration Statement, to register a sufficient number of
shares of Common Stock or to maintain the listing of the Common
Stock) (a " Maintenance Failure ") then, as partial
relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay
in or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying shares of
Common Stock (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other
remedies available at law or in equity), the Company shall pay
to each holder of Registrable Securities relating to such
Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to two percent
(2.0%) of the aggregate Purchase Price (as such term is defined
in the Securities Purchase Agreement) of such Investor's
Registrable Securities whether or not included in such
Registration Statement, on each of the following dates:
(i) the day of a Filing Failure; (ii) the day of an
Effectiveness Failure; (iii) the initial day of a Maintenance
Failure; (iv) on every thirtieth day after the day of a Filing
Failure and thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less than
thirty days) until such Filing Failure is cured; (v) on every
thirtieth day after the day of an Effectiveness Failure and
thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty
days) until such Effectiveness Failure is cured; and (vi) on
every thirtieth day after the initial day of a Maintenance
Failure and thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling less than
thirty days) until such Maintenance Failure is cured. The
payments to which a holder shall be entitled pursuant to this
Section 2(g) are referred to herein as " Registration Delay
Payments ." Registration Delay Payments shall be paid
on the earlier of (I) the dates set forth above and (II) the
third Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the
Registration Delay Payments is cured. In the event the
Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely
manner, such Registration Delay Payments shall bear interest at
the rate of one percent (1.0%) per month (prorated for partial
months) until paid in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no Registration Delay Payments shall be due pursuant to this
Section 2(g) (i) if the relevant failure is a result of an SEC
review of the applicable Registration Statement where the SEC
comments relate solely to the application of Rule 415 by the SEC
or (ii) if the relevant failure is a result of force
majeure.
3.
Related Obligations .
At such time as the Company is obligated to file
a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a),
2(b), 2(e) or 2(f), the Company will use its reasonable best
efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities
in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof
and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following
obligations:
a.
The Company shall promptly prepare and file with
the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable
Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such
Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities to
become effective as soon
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as practicable after such filing (but in no
event later than the Effectiveness Deadline). The Company
shall keep each Registration Statement effective pursuant to
Rule 415 at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of
which the Investors may sell all of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement without the requirement
to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) and otherwise without
restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor
thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act or (ii) the date on
which the Investors shall have sold all of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement (the "
Registration Period "). The Company shall ensure
that each 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 (in the case of
prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they
were made) not misleading. The term "best efforts" shall
mean, among other things, that the Company shall submit to the
SEC, within two (2) Business Days after the later of the date
that (i) the Company learns that no review of a particular
Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or
that the staff has no further comments on a particular
Registration Statement, as the case may be, and (ii) the
approval of Legal Counsel pursuant to Section 3(c) (which
approval is immediately sought), a request for acceleration of
effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date
not later than two (2) Business Days after the submission of
such request. The Company shall respond in writing to
comments made by the SEC in respect of a Registration Statement
as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15)
days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the SEC
that an amendment is required in order for a Registration
Statement to be declared effective.
b.
The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC
such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used
in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus
is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933
Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
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 such Registration Statement until such
time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been
disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in
such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and
supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be
filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this
Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form
10-Q, Form 10-QSB, Form 10-K, Form 10-KSB or any analogous
report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the " 1934 Act "), the Company shall have incorporated
such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if
applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with
the SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed
which created the requirement for the Company to amend or
supplement such Registration Statement.
c.
The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to
review and comment upon (i) a Registration Statement at least
five (5) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii)
all amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements
(except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K or Form 10-KSB,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Form 10-QSB, Current Reports
on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor reports) within a
reasonable number of
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days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B)
not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement
thereto in a form to which Legal Counsel reasonably objects.
The Company shall not submit a request for acceleration of
the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any amendment
or supplement thereto without the prior approval of Legal
Counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The Company shall furnish to Legal Counsel, without
charge, (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the
staff of the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating
to any Registration Statement, (ii) promptly after the same is
prepared and filed with the SEC, one copy of any Registration
Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by
reference, if requested by an Investor, and all exhibits and
(iii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one
copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement
and all amendments and supplements thereto. The Company
shall reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel in performing the
Company's obligations pursuant to this Section 3.
d.
The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose
Registrable Securities are included in any Registration
Statement, without charge, (i) promptly after the same is
prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one copy of such
Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated
therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, all exhibits
and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of
any Registration Statement, ten (10) copies of the prospectus
included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and
supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such
Investor may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents,
including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such
Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to
facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned
by such Investor.
e.
The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an exemption from
registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors
of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement under such other securities or "blue sky" laws of all
applicable jurisdictions in the United States, (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 (x) qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify
but for this Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general
taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent
to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The
Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor
who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company
of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
registration or qualification of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of
any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual
notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
such purpose.
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f.
The Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each
Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly
as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result
of which the prospectus included in a 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, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain
any material, nonpublic information), and, subject to Section
3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such
Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or
omission and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or
amendment to Legal Counsel and each Investor (or such other
number of copies as Legal Counsel or such Investor may
reasonably request). The Company shall also promptly
notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing (i) when a
prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification
of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal Counsel and
each Investor by facsimile or e-mail on the same day of such
effectiveness and by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by the
SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or
related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the
Company's reasonable determination that a post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
g.
The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other
suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the
suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or
suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or
suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify Legal
Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being
sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or
its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any
proceeding for such purpose.
h.
The Company shall hold in confidence and not
make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor
provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such
information is necessary to comply with federal or state
securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any
Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is
ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable
order from a court or governmental body of competent
jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally
available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of
this Agreement or any other agreement. The Company agrees
that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information
concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or
governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through