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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (“
Agreement ”) is entered into as of July 10, 2008,
between Clean Power Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “ Company ”) and each of the parties
listed under “Holders” hereto (each, a “
Holder ”).
W I T N E
S S E T H :
WHEREAS , pursuant to that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated on or about the date
hereof, by and between the Company and each Holder (the “
Purchase Agreement ”) of the 8% Senior Secured
Convertible Promissory Notes (the “ Bridge Notes
”) issued by the Company, the Company has agreed to issue
to the Holders, and the Holders have agreed to acquire from the
Company, (i) Bridge Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
up to $5,000,000 and (ii) Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants
(collectively, the “ Warrants ”) to purchase
shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the “ Common Stock ”), subject to the
terms and conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS , the Bridge Notes will be
convertible into shares of Common Stock and the Warrants will be
exercisable for shares of Common Stock (collectively, the
“ Shares ”) pursuant to the terms and
conditions set forth therein.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the
mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants and
conditions set forth in the Bridge Notes, the Purchase
Agreement, the Placement Agreement, the Warrants and this
Agreement, the Company and each Holder agree as follows:
1.
Certain Definitions . Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement or the Note.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following respective meanings:
“ Closing ” and “
Closing Date ” shall have the meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
“ Commission ” or “
SEC ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering
the Securities Act.
“ Holder ” and “
Holders ” shall include each holder, the Placement
Agent and any permitted transferee or transferees of Registrable
Securities (as defined below), the Bridge Notes and/or Warrants
which have not been sold to the public to whom the registration
rights conferred by this Agreement have been transferred in
compliance with this Agreement and/or the Purchase
Agreement.
“ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
” means a free writing prospectus authorized for use by
the Company in connection with any offering of Registrable
Securities that has been filed with the SEC in accordance with
Rule 433 under the Act.
“ Placement Agent ” means
vFinance Investments.
The terms “ register ,”
“ registered ” and “
registration ” shall refer to a registration
effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Securities Act and applicable rules and
regulations thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of the
effectiveness of such registration statement.
“ Registrable Securities ”
shall mean: (i) the Shares or other securities issued or
issuable to each Holder or its permitted transferee or designee
(a) upon conversion of the Bridge Notes or exercise of the
Warrants, or (b) upon any distribution with respect to, any
exchange for or any replacement of, a Bridge Note or Warrant,
(c) upon any conversion, exercise or exchange of any
securities issued in connection with any such distribution,
exchange or replacement, or (d) as payment of any portion of the
principal amount or interest in lieu of cash with respect to the
Bridge Notes (even if not permitted under the terms of the
Bridge Notes or the Purchase Agreement); (ii) securities issued
or issuable in respect of the foregoing upon any stock split,
stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event; and (iii) any
other security issued as a dividend or other distribution with
respect to, in exchange for or in replacement of the securities
referred to in the preceding clauses; provided that all such
shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities at such time as
they have been sold under a Registration Statement or pursuant
to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or otherwise or at such
time as they are eligible to be sold without volume limitation
pursuant to Rule 144.
“ Registration Expenses ”
shall mean all expenses to be incurred in connection with each
Holder’s registration rights under this Agreement not
included in Selling Expenses, including, without limitation, all
registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and one counsel for the
Holders, blue sky fees and expenses, and the expense of any
special audits incident to or required by any such registration
(but excluding the compensation of regular employees of the
Company, which shall be paid in any event by the Company).
“ Registration Statement ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) herein.
“ Regulation D ” shall mean
Regulation D as promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, and
as subsequently amended.
“ Securities Act ” or “
Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“ Selling Expenses ” shall
mean all underwriting discounts and selling commissions
applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities or Demand
Registration Securities, as the case may be.
“ Time of Sale Information ”
means any preliminary prospectus together with each Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus, if any, used in connection with any
offering of Registrable Securities.
2.
Registration Requirements . The
Company shall use its best efforts to effect the registration of
the Registrable Securities (including, without limitation, the
execution of an undertaking to file post-effective amendments,
appropriate qualification under applicable blue sky or other
state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable
regulations issued under the Securities Act) as would permit or
facilitate the sale or distribution of all the Registrable
Securities in the manner (including manner of sale) and in all
states reasonably requested by the Holder. Such best
efforts by the Company shall include, without limitation, the
following:
(a)
The Company shall, as expeditiously as possible
after the Closing Date:
(i)
But in any event no
later than ninety (90) days after the final Closing Date (the
“ Required Filing Date ”) or such other date
specified in the last sentence of this Section 2(a)(i) for such
initial filing, prepare and file a registration statement with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
(“ Rule 415 ”) on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act (or in the event that the Company is ineligible
to use such form, such other form as the Company is eligible to
use under the Securities Act covering resales by the Holders as
selling stockholders (not underwriters) of the Registrable
Securities (a “ Registration Statement ”),
which Registration Statement, to the extent allowable under the
Securities Act and the rules 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 the Bridge Notes
and exercise of the Warrants pursuant to the issuance of Common
Stock to pay interest on the Bridge Notes or pursuant to the
applicable anti-dilution provisions or other adjustment
provisions of the Bridge Notes and the Warrants.. The
number of shares of Common Stock initially included in such
Registration Statement shall be no less than 120% of the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock which may be included in a
Registration Statement without exceeding registration
limitations imposed by the SEC pursuant to Rule 415 (the “
Rule 415 Amount ”) in a comment letter addressed to
the Company; provided that the Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to contest such limitation, but
in any event not less than approximately 10,000,000 shares of
Common Stock. Thereafter, the Company shall use its best
efforts to cause such Registration Statement and other filings
to be declared effective, as soon as possible (the “
Required Effective Date ”). The Company shall
use its best efforts to ensure that each subsequent Registration
Statement is filed as soon as possible, but in no event sooner
than six (6) months from the effectiveness of a previously filed
Registration Statement. In the event that less than all of the
Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement
as a result of the limitations described in this paragraph, then
the Company will (i) reduce on a proportionate basis the number
of Registrable Securities of each Holder included in such
Registration Statement and (ii) file additional Registration
Statements, each registering the Rule 415 Amount,
seriatim , until all of the Registrable Securities have
been registered. The Required Filing Date and the Required
Effective Date of each such additional Registration Statement
shall be within a reasonable time after the first day such
Registration Statement may be filed without objection by the SEC
based on Rule 415. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Company will promptly respond to all SEC comments, inquiries and
requests, and shall request acceleration of effectiveness at the
earliest possible date.
(ii)
If at any time the
staff of the Commission takes the position that the offering of
some or all of the Registrable Securities in a Registration
Statement is not eligible to be made on a delayed or continuous
basis under the provisions of Rule 415 under the Securities Act
or requires any Investor to be named as an
“underwriter” (an “SEC Objection”), the
Company shall promptly notify the Holders of such SEC Objection
and if the Investor shall request, the Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to persuade the staff of the
Commission that the offering contemplated by the Registration
Statement is a valid secondary offering and not an offering
“by or on behalf of the issuer” as defined in Rule
415 and that the Investor is not an “underwriter” (a
“Rule 415 Response Effort”). The Investor
shall have the right to participate or have its counsel
participate in any meetings or discussions with the staff of the
Commission regarding the Rule 415 Response Effort and to comment
or have its counsel comment on any written submission made to
the staff of the Commission with respect to the Rule 415
Response Effort, and to have such comments relayed to the staff
of the Commission with the consent of the Company, not to be
unreasonably withheld. No such Rule 415 Response Effort
shall be made to the staff of the Commission to which the
Investor’s counsel reasonably objects. In the event
that, despite the Company’s commercially reasonable
efforts and compliance with the terms of this Section 2(a)(ii),
the staff of the Commission refuses to alter its position, the
Company shall (i) remove from the Registration Statement such
portion of the Registrable Securities (the “Cut Back
Shares”) and/or (ii) agree to such restrictions and
limitations on the registration and resale of the Registrable
Securities as the staff of the Commission may require to assure
the Company’s compliance with the requirements of Rule
415; provided, however, that the Company shall not agree to name
any Investor as an “underwriter” in such
Registration Statement without the prior written consent of such
Investor (collectively, the “SEC Restrictions”).
To eliminate any ambiguity, delay caused by a refusal by
an Investor to be named as an underwriter shall be deemed to be
part of a Rule 415 Response Effort. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no liquidated
damages shall accrue pursuant to Section 2(c) during the period
of any Rule 415 Response Effort or (ii) on or as to any Cut Back
Shares until such time as the Company is able, using
commercially reasonable efforts, to cause such additional
Registration Statement or Registration Statements to become
effective with respect to the Cut Back Shares in
accordance with any SEC Restrictions (such date, the
“Restriction Termination Date”).
(iii)
Prepare and file
with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such
Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection
with such Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such Registration
Statement and notify the Holders of the filing and effectiveness
of such Registration Statement and any amendments or
supplements.
(iv)
Furnish to each
Holder that has Registrable Securities included in a
Registration Statement such numbers of copies of a current
prospectus conforming with the requirements of the Securities
Act, copies of such Registration Statement, any amendment or
supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference
therein and such other documents as such Holder may reasonably
require in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable
Securities owned by such Holder.
(v)
Register and
qualify the securities covered by such Registration Statement
under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of all
domestic jurisdictions; provided that the Company shall not be
required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to
qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service
of process in any such states or jurisdictions.
(vi)
Notify promptly
each Holder that has Registrable Securities included in a
Registration Statement of the happening of any event (but not
the substance or details of any such event) of which the Company
has knowledge as a result of which the prospectus (including any
supplements thereto or thereof) included in such Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of
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 (each an
“ Event ”), and use its best efforts to
promptly update and/or correct such prospectus. Each Holder will
hold in confidence and will not make any disclosure of any such
Event and any related information disclosed by the Company.
(vii)
Notify each Holder
of the issuance by the Commission or any state securities
commission or agency of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the threat or
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose. The
Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of
any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the
lifting thereof at the earliest possible time.
(viii)
List the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement
with all securities exchange(s) and/or markets on which the
Common Stock is then listed and prepare and file any required
filings with any exchange or market where the Common Shares are
traded.
(ix)
Take all steps
reasonably necessary to enable Holders to avail themselves of
the prospectus delivery mechanism set forth in Rule 153 (or
successor thereto) under the Act.
(x)
Take all steps
reasonably necessary to keep public information available as
those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the
Securities Act.
(b)
Notwithstanding the obligations under Section
2(a)(vii) or any provision of this Agreement, if (i) in the good
faith judgment of the Company, following consultation with legal
counsel, it would be detrimental to the Company and its
stockholders for resales of Registrable Securities to be made
pursuant to a Registration Statement due to the existence of a
material development or potential material development involving
the Company that the Company would be obligated to disclose in
the Registration Statement, which disclosure would be premature
or otherwise inadvisable at such time or would have a material
adverse effect upon the Company and its stockholders, or (ii) in
the good faith judgment of the Company, it would adversely
affect or require premature disclosure of the filing of a
Company-initiated registration of any class of its equity
securities, then the Company will have the right to suspend the
use of the Registration Statement for one period of not more
than 10 calendar days in any 12 month period, but only if the
Company reasonably concludes, after consultation with outside
legal counsel, that the failure to suspend the use of the
Registration Statement as such would create a material liability
or violation under applicable securities laws or
regulations.
(c)
Effect of Late Filing . In the event that
(i) any Registration Statement has not been filed by the
Required Filing Date, the Company fails to cause to be declared
effective a Registration Statement within ten (10) days
following receipt of a “no review” letter from the
SEC, or the Company fails to respond to any SEC comment letter
within thirty (30) days of receipt other than by reason of the
operation of Section 2(b); or (ii) the Company fails to maintain
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement during the
registration period and the Purchaser cannot otherwise
effectuate a resale of the Registrable Securities under Rule
144, then the Company will make a payment to each Holder as
liquidated damages for such delay (each a “ Late
Registration Payment ”). Each Late Registration
Payment will be paid in cash and shall be equal to 1.0% of the
face amount of the Bridge Notes for every thirty (30) day
period, or portion thereof that the Registration Statement is
not filed or the Company fails to respond to SEC comments.
The Late Registration Payments will be prorated on a daily
basis during the 30-day period and will be paid to the Holders
within ten business days following the end of each 30-day period
as to which payment is due hereunder. The Holders may make
a claim for additional damages as a remedy for the
Company’s failure to comply with the timelines set forth
in this Section, but acknowledgement of such right in this
Agreement shall not constitute an admission by the Company that
any such damages exist or may exist. Nothing contained in
the preceding sentence shall be read to limit t
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