EXHIBIT 4.3
ACCESS INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
d/b/a CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA
CORP.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 11,
2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE II
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
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Piggyback
Registrations
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Exceptions to the Company’s
Obligations
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Registration
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Restrictions on
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Market Standoff
Agreement
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No Inconsistent
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Termination of Registration
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ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS
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Successors and Assigns;
Assignment
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No Third Party
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) is entered as of August 11, 2009, among
Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Cinedigm Digital Cinema
Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with any other issuer of
Registrable Securities, the “ Company ”) and
Sageview Capital Master, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“Sageview,” together with its assignees, the “
Purchasers ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and Sageview have entered
into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 11 , 2009
(as it may be amended from time to time, the “ Purchase
Agreement ”), pursuant to which Sageview agreed to
purchase (i) Notes (as defined therein); and (ii) Warrants (as
defined below) initially exercisable for 16,000,000 Warrant Shares
(as defined below); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into
certain arrangements relating to the Company, the Warrant and the
Warrant Shares.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing recitals and of the mutual promises hereinafter set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Certain
Defined Terms . Certain terms used herein shall have the
meanings given to them in Exhibit A.
SECTION 1.2. Other
Capitalized Terms . Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein or in Exhibit A shall have the meanings given to them
in the Purchase Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS
SECTION 2.1. Piggyback
Registrations . If the Company proposes to register Equity
Securities under the Securities Act (other than a registration on
Form S-4 or Form S-8, or any successor or other forms promulgated
for similar purposes, and other than demand registrations pursuant
to Section 2.2) involving the offering of such Equity Securities at
any time on or after the Transfer Restriction Termination Event
(the “ Restricted Period Termination Date ”),
whether or not for sale for its own account, in a manner which
would permit registration of Registrable Securities of the same
class of such Equity Securities for sale to the public under the
Securities Act, it will, at each such time, give prompt (and, in
any event, at least 10 Business Days prior to the filing of a
registration statement with respect thereto with the SEC) written
notice (a “ Piggyback Offering Notice” ) to the
Holders of its intention to do so, the form on which the Company
expects to effect such registration (e.g., Form S-1, Form S-3, Form
S-3ASR), the anticipated filing date with the SEC of such
registration statement, the anticipated date that the registration
statement will be declared or
otherwise
become effective, whether the offering is to be underwritten and
the anticipated date and time that the offering will be made. The
registration rights provided for in this Section 2.1 are in
addition to, and not in lieu of, registrations made upon the demand
of any Holder in accordance with Section 2.2.
(a) Form S-1 . If the
Company indicates in the Piggyback Offering Notice that it intends
to effect a registration pursuant to Form S-1, upon the written
request of any Holder (which request shall specify the Registrable
Securities intended to be registered by such Holder), made within
ten (10) days after the receipt of any such notice but in no event
later than two (2) Business Days prior to the date the Form S-1 is
filed with the SEC, the Company will, subject to the conditions set
forth in Section 2.3 and the provision of the information specified
in Section 2.5, use reasonable best efforts to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities
which the Company has been so requested to register by the Holders
thereof.
(b) Form S-3 . If the
Company indicates in the Piggyback Offering Notice that it intends
to effect a registration pursuant to Form S-3, upon the written
request of any Holder (which request shall specify the Registrable
Securities intended to be registered by such Holder), made within
ten (10) days after the receipt of any such notice, notifying the
Company whether any Holders intend to include within the Form S-3
or any Prospectus included therein Registrable Securities, the
Company will, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.3
and the provision of the information specified in Section 2.5, use
its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the
Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Company has
been so requested to register by the Holders thereof.
(c) Form S-3ASR . If
the Company indicates in the Piggyback Offering Notice that it
intends to effect a registration pursuant to Form S-3ASR, upon the
written request of any Holder (which request shall specify the
Registrable Securities intended to be registered by such Holder),
made within ten (10) days after the receipt of any such notice,
prior to the date and time of the offering as specified in the
Company’s notice, notifying the Company whether any Holders
intend to include within such Form S-3ASR or any Prospectus
included therein Registrable Securities, the Company will, subject
to the conditions set forth in Section 2.3 and the provision of the
information specified in Section 2.5, use its reasonable best
efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all
Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to
register by the Holders thereof.
(d) Right to Withdraw .
If a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 involves an
underwritten offering, any Holder requesting to be included in such
registration may elect, in writing prior to the effective date of
the registration statement filed in connection with such
registration, not to register all or any part of such
Holder’s Registrable Securities in connection with such
registration.
(e) Exercise of Registrable
Securities . Nothing in this Section 2.1 shall limit the right
of any Holder to request the registration of the Registrable
Securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants by such Holder
(subject to such exercise occurring prior to the completion of the
sale of the underlying Registrable Securities prior to such
registration), notwithstanding the fact that at the time of the
request such Holder holds Warrants and not the underlying Class A
Common Stock.
SECTION 2.2. Demand
Registration .
(i) Subject to the provisions
of this Section 2.2(a), upon the written request (a “
Demand Notice” ) of holders holding at least
25% of the aggregate Registrable Securities then held by the
Holders (collectively the “ Demand Party” )
(assuming exercise of all outstanding Warrants into Warrant Shares)
requesting that the Company effect the registration under the
Securities Act of all or part of such Demand Party’s
Registrable Securities, which Registrable Securities will be
offered for sale on or after the Restricted Period Termination
Date, and specifying the amount and intended method of disposition
thereof, including pursuant to a shelf registration statement
utilizing Rule 415 of the Securities Act (or its successor
provision) (a “ Shelf Registration ”), thereupon
the Company will promptly give written notice of such requested
registration to each of the other Holders and thereupon will, as
expeditiously as reasonably practicable (and in any event no later
than 30 days after the date of the Demand Notice), file and use its
reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective under the
Securities Act a registration statement to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of the following ( provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing: (x) to the extent a Demand Notice is
delivered not less than 90 days prior to the Transfer Restriction
Termination Event requesting a Shelf Registration, the Company
shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration
statement to become effective no later than the Transfer
Restriction Termination Event, and (y) under no circumstances under
this Section 2.2(a) (including the foregoing clause (x)) shall the
Company be required to file any registration statement prior to the
date that is 90 days prior to the Restricted Period Termination
Date):
(1) such Registrable
Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by
the Demand Party under the Demand Notice; and
(2) the Registrable Securities
of Holders which the Company has been requested to register by
written request to the Company by the Holders within ten (10) days
after the giving of such written notice by the Company to the
Holders (which request shall specify the amount and intended
methods of disposition of such securities).
all to the
extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the
intended method thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities
and such other securities so to be registered.
(ii) Nothing in this Section
2.2 shall limit the right of any Holder to request the registration
of the Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants by such Holder (subject to such exercise occurring prior
to the completion of the sale of the underlying Registrable
Securities prior to such registration), notwithstanding the fact
that at the time of the request such Holder holds Warrants and not
the underlying Class A Common Stock.
(b) Shelf Take-Downs .
Any of the Holders whose Registrable Securities have been
registered pursuant to a Shelf Registration may initiate an
offering or sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf
Registration (each, a “ Shelf Take-Down” ) and,
except as set forth in this Section 2.2(b) with respect to Marketed
Underwritten Offerings (as defined below in Section 2.4(q)), such
Holder shall not be required to permit the offer and sale of
Registrable Securities by
other Holders
in connection with such Shelf Take-Down. If the initiating Holders
so elect by written request to the Company, a Shelf Take-Down may
be in the form of an underwritten offering (an “
Underwritten Shelf Take-Down ”), and the Company
shall, if so requested, file and effect an amendment or supplement
of the Shelf Registration for such purpose as soon as practicable.
Only the Demand Party shall have the right to initiate an
Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that is a Marketed Underwritten
Offering, and any such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that is a
Marketed Underwritten Offering shall be deemed to be a registration
pursuant to Section 2.2(a), and the Company shall provide notice to
the other Holders of such registration in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.2(a).
(c) Effective Registration
Statement . A registration requested pursuant to this Section
2.2 will not be deemed to have been effected unless: (i) it has
been declared effective by the SEC or has otherwise become
effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) it has been filed with
the SEC but abandoned or withdrawn at the request of the Demand
Party prior to effectiveness, other than an abandonment or
withdrawal requested because of: (A) the stock price of the Class A
Common Stock falling 1 0% or more since the delivery of a request
for registration pursuant to this Section 2.2, (B) the delivery of
a postponement notice pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iii), (C) a
material adverse change in the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ prospects, business, operations, properties,
assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations,
taken as a whole, which became known to the Holders or the public
after the delivery of a request for registration pursuant to this
Section 2.2, or (D) the discovery of materially adverse, non-public
information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(d) Selection of
Underwriters . If a requested registration pursuant to this
Section 2.2 involves an underwritten offering, the investment
bankers, underwriters and managers for such registration shall be
selected by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
which the Company has been requested to register; provided,
however , that such selection of investment bankers,
underwriters and managers shall be subject to the reasonable
approval by the Company.
(e) Priority in
Demand Registrations; Right to Abandon or
Withdraw . If a requested registration pursuant to this
Section 2.2 involves an underwritten offering and the managing
underwriter advises the Company in writing that, in its opinion,
the number of Equity Securities (including Registrable Securities)
to be included in such registration as contemplated by the Holders
and the Company would be likely to exceed the largest number of
Equity Securities that can be sold without having an adverse effect
on the success of such offering, including any impact on the
selling price or the number of Equity Securities that can be sold
(the “ Maximum Offering Size ”), then the
Company shall include in such registration (i) first , 100%
of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
registration by the Demand Party and other Holders of Registrable
Securities who have requested that their Registrable Securities be
included up to the Maximum Offering Size (such Registrable
Securities allocated, if necessary for the offering not to exceed
the Maximum Offering Size, pro rata among the Demand Party and the
other Holders of Registrable Securities so requested to be included
in such registration by each) and (ii) second , to the
extent the managing underwriter believes additional securities can
be sold in the offering without exceeding the Maximum Offering
Size, any securities the Company proposes to sell up to the number
of securities that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter,
can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Offering Size.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, If the managing underwriter of any
underwritten offering shall advise the Holders participating in a
registration pursuant to this
Section 2.2
that the Registrable Securities covered by the registration
statement cannot be sold in such offering within a price range
acceptable to the Demand Party or that all of the Registrable
Securities requested to be included in a registration by a Demand
Party pursuant to this Section 2.2 cannot be sold in the manner
requested, then the Demand Party shall have the right to notify the
Company that it has determined that the registration statement be
abandoned or withdrawn, in which event the Company shall abandon or
withdraw such registration statement; it being
understood that in the event the Demand Party exercises its
right set forth in this sentence, the Company shall remain liable
for any Registration Expenses pursuant to Section 2.6 and that the
abandonment or withdrawal of the registration statement shall
nevertheless constitute a registration for purposes of Section
2.3(b)(i) unless the Demand Party elects to pay (or reimburse the
Company for) such Registration Expenses, in which case such
registration statement shall not constitute a registration for
purposes of Section 2.3(b)(i).
SECTION 2.3. Exceptions to
the Company’s Obligations .
(a) Notwithstanding anything
in Section 2.1 to the contrary:
(i) if, at any time after
giving a Piggyback Offering Notice, the Company shall determine for
any reason not to proceed with the proposed registration of the
securities to be sold by it, the Company may, at its election, give
written notice of such determination to the Holders and, thereupon,
shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable
Securities in connection with such registration (but not from its
obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection
therewith); and
(ii) if a registration
pursuant to Section 2.1 involves an underwritten offering and the
managing underwriter advises the Company in writing that, in its
opinion, the number of Equity Securities (including Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration) to be
included in such registration as contemplated by the Company and
the Holders would be likely to exceed the Maximum Offering Size,
then the Company shall include in such registration (a)
first , 100% of the securities the Company proposes to sell,
and (b) second , to the extent of the amount of Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration which, in
the opinion of such managing underwriter can be sold without
exceeding the Maximum Offering Size, the amount of Registrable
Securities which the Holders have requested to be included in such
registration, such amount to be allocated pro rata among all
requesting Holders and all other Persons entitled to registration
rights, on the basis of the relative amount of Registrable
Securities then held by each such Person ( provided that any
such amount thereby allocated to any such Person that exceeds such
Person’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining
requesting Persons in a like manner to the extent
practicable).
(b) Notwithstanding anything
in Section 2.2 to the contrary:
(i) in no event shall the
Company be required to effect more than (x) five (5) registrations
pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or (y) four (4) Marketed Underwritten
Offerings;
(ii) the Company shall not be
obligated to (x) file a registration statement under Section 2.2(a)
within a period of 90 days after the effective date of any other
registration statement, (1) for which the Holders exercised their
rights pursuant Section 2.1 to include
Registrable
Securities, provided that the Company and the underwriters
did not limit the number of Registrable Securities that such Holder
was permitted to include in such registration statement to less
than 75% of the Registrable Securities that were requested to be
sold by such Holder or (2) which the Company filed or effected
pursuant to Section 2.2(a) or (y) effect more than one Marketed
Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.2 in any 120-day
period;
(iii) if the Company receives
a request for registration pursuant to Section 2.2, at a time when
(A) registration of the Registrable Securities would, in the good
faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (after
consultation with counsel), impede, delay or otherwise interfere
with any pending or contemplated material acquisition, corporate
reorganization or similar material transaction, or (B) non-public
material information not otherwise then required by Law to be
publicly disclosed regarding the Company exists, the immediate
disclosure of which would in the good faith judgment of the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company be disadvantageous in any material
respect to the Company (clauses (A) and (B), a “ Material
Pending Event”), then the Company may postpone the filing
(but not the preparation) of a registration statement requested
pursuant to Section 2.2 for a period not to exceed 30 consecutive
calendar days from the date of a Demand Notice upon providing the
Demand Party with written notice of such postponement (which notice
need not include a statement of the reason for such postponement);
provided that the Company shall at all times in good faith
use its reasonable best efforts to cause any registration statement
required by Section 2.2 to be filed as soon as reasonably
practicable thereafter; provided, further , that the
Company shall postpone the filing of a registration statement
pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(iii) and/or suspend sales under a
shelf registration statement pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iv) for no
more than 60 days in the aggregate, or three times in the
aggregate, in any twelve-month period in respect of all requested
registrations and sales; and provided, further , that
the Company shall make prompt and adequate disclosure of any
material information required to be disclosed from time to time in
accordance with Law and Nasdaq rules. Each Holder shall keep
confidential any communications received by it from the Company
regarding the postponement pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(iii)
(including the fact of the postponement), except as required by
Law. In the event that the Company gives the Holders the notice
specified in this Section 2.3(b)(iii), the Demand Party shall have
the right, within 1 5 days after receipt thereof, to withdraw its
request under Section 2.2, in which case such request shall not be
counted as a demand for purposes of Section 2.2 or for purposes of
the limitations set forth in Section 2.3(b)(i); and
(iv) if the Company receives a
request for registration pursuant to Section 2.2, at a time when
there is a Material Pending Event, then the Company may suspend
sales under a shelf registration statement, or a registration
statement pursuant to which Registrable Securities are not
immediately sold after the effectiveness thereof, for a period not
to exceed 30 days in any 90-day period upon providing the Holders
with written notice of such suspension (which notice shall include
a statement of the reason for such suspension); provided ,
that the Company shall suspend sales under a registration statement
pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(iv) and/or postpone the filing of
registration statements pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iii) for no more
than 60 days in the aggregate, or three times in the aggregate, in
any twelve-month period in respect of all requested registrations;
and provided further that the Company shall make prompt and
adequate disclosure of any material information required to be
disclosed from time to time in accordance with Law and Nasdaq
rules. Upon receipt of a notice from the Company in accordance with
the terms of this Section 2.3(b)(iv), each Holder agrees not to
sell or offer to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such
shelf registration statement until the Company notifies such Holder
that the shelf registration statement may be used
(which notice the Company shall
promptly provide following the termination of the event or
circumstance giving rise to such suspension). Each Holder shall
keep confidential any communications received by it from the
Company regarding the suspension of sales pursuant to this Section
2.3(b)(iv) (including the fact of the suspension), except as
required by Law.
(c) Notwithstanding anything
in Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 to the contrary:
(i) if all of the Registrable
Securities beneficially owned by a Holder (together with its
Affiliates) constitute less than 5% of the outstanding Class A
Common Stock and can be sold without restriction under Rule 144,
the Company shall not be required to effect any registrations,
Shelf Take-Downs or Underwritten Shelf Take-Downs of any kind for
such Holder pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 (but the Company
shall be required to maintain the effectiveness of any shelf
registration statement that is in effect at such time as required
by Section 2.4(b)); and
(ii) if any registration
involves an underwritten offering, all Holders requesting to
participate in any registration in connection with an underwritten
offering hereunder must sell their Registrable Securities on the
basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the
Persons entitled to approve such arrangements (with such
differences, including any with respect to indemnification and
liability insurance, as may be customary or appropriate in combined
primary and secondary offerings) and completes and executes all
reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, underwriting
agreements, hold-back or lock-up agreement letters and other
documents customarily required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements; provided, however , that, in no event
shall such Holder be obligated under the terms of the underwriting
arrangements to (i) make representations and warranties other than
generally as to his, her or its respective (A) execution, delivery
and performance of such underwriting agreement and the agreements
contemplated thereby, (B) individual ownership of the Registrable
Securities being sold pursuant to such underwriting agreement and
(C) information provided by such Holder in writing specifically for
inclusion in the Prospectus and (ii) agree to provide
indemnification for any liability arising out of a breach of any
such representations or warranties of such Holder that would exceed
the total proceeds received by such Holder for the sale of such
Registrable Securities pursuant to such underwriting
agreement.
SECTION 2.4. Registration
Procedures . If and whenever the Company is required to effect
a registration of any Registrable Securities as provided in this
Agreement, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.3, the
Company will:
(a) promptly prepare and file
with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such
Registrable Securities and use reasonable best efforts to cause a
registration statement with respect to a demand registration
pursuant to Section 2.2 to be filed (in the case of a registration
pursuant to Form S-3ASR), or become effective (in the case of any
registration other than pursuant to Form S-3ASR), as promptly as
practicable;
(b) prepare and file with the
SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement
(including Exchange Act documents incorporated by reference into
the registration statement) and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement
effective for a period not in excess of 90 days (or such longer
period as
may be requested by the Holders in
the event of a shelf registration statement) and to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect
to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration
statement during such period in accordance with the intended
methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth
in such registration statement; provided that before filing
a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto in accordance with Section 2.4(a) or this
Section 2.4(b) to the extent that doing so will not materially
interfere with the timing of the offering: (i) the Company will
furnish to counsel selected pursuant to Section 2.10 copies of all
documents proposed to be filed, and (ii) such documents will be
subject to the review of such counsel reasonably in advance of any
filing to permit a reasonable opportunity to review and comment in
light of the circumstances;
(c) use reasonable best
efforts to comply with all applicable securities laws in the United
States and register or qualify such Registrable Securities covered
by such registration in such jurisdictions in the United States as
each seller shall reasonably request, and do any and all other acts
and things which may be reasonably necessary to enable such seller
to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the
Registrable Securities owned by such seller, except that the
Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify
generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction where, but for the requirements of this Section
2.4(c), it would not be obligated to, subject itself to taxation in
any such jurisdiction or to consent to general service of process
in any such jurisdiction;
(d) promptly furnish to each
seller of such Registrable Securities such number of copies of such
registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto
(in each case including all exhibits filed therewith, including any
documents incorporated by reference), such number of copies of the
Prospectus included in such registration statement (including each
preliminary prospectus and summary prospectus), in conformity with
the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other similar
documents as such seller may reasonably request necessary to
facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by such
seller;
(e) notify each seller of any
such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement
promptly if the Company becomes aware that the Prospectus included
in such registration statement, as then in effect, or the
registratio