REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of May 15, 2009, by and among
Wellstar International Inc., a Nevada corporation with its
headquarters located at 6911 Pilliod Road, Holland, OH 43528 (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 secured convertible notes in the
aggregate principal amount of up to Seventy-Nine Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($79,500) (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
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:
1.
DEFINITIONS.
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.
2.
REGISTRATION.
a.
Mandatory Registration . The Company shall
prepare, and, on or prior to ten (10) days from the date of receipt
of written demand of the Investors (in the Securities Purchase
Agreement) (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 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 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 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
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 ninety (90) days from the date of receipt
of written demand of the Investors (in the Securities Purchase
Agreement), or 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 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 the Common
Stock ceases to be traded on the Pink OTC Markets Inc. (the
“Pink Sheets” ) 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
ninety (90) 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 Pink Sheets, 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 ninety (90)
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, 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, 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 S-1, 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 S-1,
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 thirty (30) 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
ninety (90) days from the date of receipt of written demand of the
Investors), 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, 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
and forty-five (145) 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
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 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 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 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, 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, take such other actions as may be
necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in
effect at all times during the Registration Period, and 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
qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not
otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d),
subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction,
file a general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction, provide any undertakings that cause the Company
undue expense or burden, or 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 days in any twelve
(12) month period), the Company may delay the disclosure of
material non-public information concerning the Company (as well as
prospectus or Registration Statement updating) the
disclosur