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Registration Rights Agreement

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Title: REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 11/7/2005
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P; Thompson & Knight LLP    

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, Parties: stroud energy inc , raymond james & associates  inc.
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Exhibit 4.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of September 22, 2005, by and between Stroud Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (“ Raymond James ”) for the benefit of the purchasers of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), as participants (“ Participants ”) in the offering by the Company and certain of its stockholders of shares of Common Stock (the “ Offering ”), and the direct and indirect transferees of each of the Participants.

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Placement Agreement (the “ Placement Agreement ”), dated as of September 15, 2005, by and among the Company, the stockholders of the Company set forth on Schedule 1 thereto, and Raymond James, in its capacity as lead Placement Agent and representative of the co-placement agents set forth on Schedule 2 thereto (the “ Placement Agents ”), in connection with the placement of an aggregate of 9,400,000 shares of the Common Stock (plus an additional 1,410,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any) in connection with the Offering.  In order to induce Raymond James to enter into the Placement Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights provided for in this Agreement to the Participants and their direct and indirect transferees.  The execution of this Agreement is a condition to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Placement Agreement.

The parties hereby agree as follows:

1.                                       Definitions

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Agreement : As defined in the preamble.

Affiliate : As to any specified Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with power to vote, ten (10) percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person, (ii) any Person ten (10) percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with power to vote, by such other Person, (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other Person, (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such Person and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner. An indirect relationship shall include circumstances in which a Person’s spouse, children, parents, siblings or mother-, father-, sister- or brother-in-law is or has been associated with a Person.

Business Day : With respect to any act to be performed hereunder, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or other applicable places where such act is to occur are authorized or obligated by applicable law, regulation or executive order to close.

Closing Date : The date of this Agreement or such other time or such other date as Raymond James and the Company may agree.

 



 

Commission : The Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock : As defined in the preamble.

Company : As defined in the preamble.

Controlling Person : As defined in Section 6(a) hereof.

End of Suspension Notice : As defined in Section 5(b) hereof.

Exchange Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission pursuant thereto.

Existing Registration Rights Agreement :  The Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2005, by and among the Company and the stockholders of the Company party thereto.

Holder : Each record owner of any Registrable Shares from time to time.

Indemnified Party : As defined in Section 6(c) hereof.

Indemnifying Party : As defined in Section 6(c) hereof.

IPO Registration Statement : As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

Liabilities : As defined in Section 6(a) hereof.

NASD : The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

No Objections Letter : As defined in Section 4(t) hereof.

Participant : As defined in the preamble.

Person : An individual, partnership, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization, government or agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other legal entity.

Placement Agents:   As defined in the preamble.

Placement Agreement:   As defined in the preamble.

Proceeding : An action, claim, suit or proceeding (including without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or, to the knowledge of the Person subject thereto, threatened.

Prospectus : The prospectus included in any Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and all other amendments and supplements to any such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference, if any, in such prospectus.

 

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Purchaser Indemnitee : As defined in Section 6(a) hereof.

Raymond James : As defined in the preamble.

Registrable Shares : The Shares, upon original issuance thereof, and at all times subsequent thereto, including upon the transfer thereof by the original holder or any subsequent holder and any shares or other securities issued in respect of such Registrable Shares by reason of or in connection with any stock dividend, stock distribution, stock split, purchase in any rights offering or in connection with any exchange for or replacement of such Registrable Shares or any combination of shares, recapitalization, merger or consolidation, or any other equity securities issued pursuant to any other pro rata distribution with respect to the Common Stock, until, in the case of any such Share, the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which it has been registered effectively pursuant to the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Registration Statement relating to it, (ii) the date on which either it is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in effect) or is eligible for sale without registration pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or (iii) the date on which it is sold to the Company.

Registration Expenses : Any and all expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including, without limitation: (i) all Commission, securities exchange, NASD (if any) registration, listing, inclusion and filing fees; (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with international, federal or state securities or blue sky laws (including, without limitation, any registration, listing and filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualification of any of the Registrable Shares and the preparation of a blue sky memorandum and compliance with the rules of the NASD); (iii) all expenses in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, duplicating, printing, delivering and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements, certificates and any other documents relating to the performance under and compliance with this Agreement; (iv) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing or inclusion of any of the Registrable Shares on any securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market pursuant to Section 4(n) of this Agreement; (v) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of the independent public accountants of the Company (including, without limitation, the expenses of any special audit and “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance); and (vi) any fees and disbursements customarily paid in issues and sales of securities (including the fees and expenses of any experts retained by the Company in connection with any Registration Statement); provided , however , that Registration Expenses shall exclude brokers’ or underwriters’ discounts and commissions, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Shares by a Holder.

Registration Statement : Any registration statement of the Company that covers the resale of Registrable Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference, if any, in such registration statement.

 

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Rule 144 : Rule 144, and any of its referenced paragraphs, promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission as a replacement thereto having substantially the same effect as such rule.

Rule 144A : Rule 144A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission as a replacement thereto having substantially the same effect as such rule.

Rule 158 : Rule 158 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission as a replacement thereto having substantially the same effect as such rule.

Rule 415 : Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission as a replacement thereto having substantially the same effect as such rule.

Rule 424 : Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission as a replacement thereto having substantially the same effect as such rule.

Rule 429 : Rule 429 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule maybe amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission as a replacement thereto having substantially the same effect as such rule.

Securities Act : The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.

Shares : The shares of Common Stock being offered and sold in the Offering.

Shelf Registration Statement : As defined in Section 2(a) hereof.

Suspension Event : As defined in Section 5(b) hereof.

Suspension Notice : As defined in Section 5(b) hereof.

Underwritten Offering : A sale of securities of the Company to an underwriter or underwriters for reoffering to the public.

2.                                       Registration Rights

(a)           Mandatory Shelf Registration . As set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Company agrees to file with the Commission as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement (but in no event later than the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date) a shelf Registration Statement on Form S-1 or such other form under the Securities Act then available to the Company providing for the resale of any Registrable Shares pursuant to Rule 415 from time to time by the Holders (a “ Shelf Registration Statement ”). The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared

 

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effective by the Commission as soon as practicable. Any Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for the resale from time to time, and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available (including, without limitation, an Underwritten Offering, a direct sale to purchasers or a sale through brokers or agents) by the Holders of any and all Registrable Shares.

(b)           IPO Registra tion. If the Company proposes to file a registration statement on Form S-1 or such other form under the Securities Act providing for the initial public offering of shares of Common Stock (the “ IPO Registration Statement ”), the Company will notify each Holder of the proposed filing and afford each Holder an opportunity to include in the IPO Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable Shares then held by such Holder. Each Holder desiring to include in the IPO Registration Statement all or part of the Registrable Shares held by such Holder shall, within twenty (20) days after receipt of the above-described notice from the Company, so notify the Company in writing, and in such notice shall inform the Company of the number of Registrable Shares such Holder wishes to include in the IPO Registration Statement. Any election by any Holder to include any Registrable Shares in the IPO Registration Statement will not affect the inclusion of such Registrable Shares in the Shelf Registration Statement until such Registrable Shares have been sold under the IPO Registration Statement.

(i)            Right to Terminate IPO Registration . The Company, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to terminate or withdraw the IPO Registration Statement initiated by it referred to in this Section 2(b) prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Shares in such registration.

(ii)           Shelf Registration not Impacted by IPO Registration Statement . The Company’s obligation to file the Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof shall not be affected by the filing or effectiveness of the IPO Registration Statement.

(c)           Underwriting . The Company shall advise all Holders of the managing underwriter(s) for the Underwritten Offering proposed under the IPO Registration Statement. The right of any such Holder’s Registrable Shares to be included in the IPO Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Shares in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Shares through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting and complete and execute any questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, securities escrow agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting, and furnish to the Company such information as the Company may reasonably request in writing for inclusion in the Registration Statement; provided , however , that no Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Holder and such Holder’s intended method of distribution and any other representation required by law or reasonably requested by the underwriters. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the managing underwriter(s) determine(s) in good faith that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be included, then the managing underwriter(s) may exclude shares

 

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(including Registrable Shares) from the IPO Registration Statement and Underwritten Offering, and any shares included in such IPO Registration Statement and Underwritten Offering shall be allocated first, to the Company, and second, to each of the Holders requesting inclusion of their Registrable Shares in such IPO Registration Statement (on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Shares then held by each such Holder who is requesting inclusion); provided , however , that after one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, any shares included in such IPO Registration Statement and Underwritten Offering Shall be allocated first, to the Company, and second, to each of the Holders requesting inclusion of their Registrable Shares in such IPO Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement and the holders of shares of Common Stock requesting inclusion of their shares in such IPO Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (on a pro rata basis based on the aggregate of (i) the total number of Registrable Shares then held by each such Holder who is requesting inclusion under this Agreement and (ii) the total number of shares of Common Stock then held by each such holder who is requesting inclusion under the Existing Registration Rights Agreement).

If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriter, delivered at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement, provided that the Holder may agree to waive this right to withdraw with the Company, the underwriters or any custodial agent in any custody agreement and/or power of attorney executed by such Holder in connection with the underwriting. Any Registrable Shares excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be excluded and withdrawn from the registration.

(d)           Expenses . The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the registration of the Registrable Shares pursuant to this Agreement.  Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 2 shall bear such Holder’s proportionate share (based on the total number of Registrable Shares sold in such registration) of all discounts and commissions payable to underwriters or brokers in connection with a registration of Registrable Shares pursuant to this Agreement.

(e)           Executive Bonuses . If the Company does not file a Registration Statement registering the resale of the Shares within 90 days after the Closing Date then Patrick J. Noyes, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or his successor, shall forfeit 1.0% of the $500,000 cash bonus to be paid to Mr. Noyes by the Company upon the effectiveness of such Registration Statement for each Business Day the registration default continues.

3.                                       Rules 144 and 144A Reporting

With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission that may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Shares to the public without registration, the Company agrees to:

(a)           use commercially reasonable efforts to make and keep available adequate current public information, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the first registration under the Securities Act filed by the Company for an offering of its securities to the general public;

 

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(b)           use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements);

(c)           so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Shares, if the Company is not required to file reports and other documents under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, it will make available other information as required by, and so long as necessary to permit sales of Registrable Shares pursuant to, Rule 144 or Rule 144A; and

(d)           so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Shares, to furnish to the Holder promptly upon request (i) a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company for an offering of its securities to the general public), and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and (iii) such other reports and documents of the Company, and take such further actions, as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing a Holder to sell any such Registrable Shares without registration.

4.                                       Registration Procedures

In connection with the obligations of the Company with respect to any registration pursuant to this Agreement, (i) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect or cause to be effected the registration of the Registrable Shares under the Securities Act to permit the sale of such Registrable Shares by the Holder or Holders in accordance with the Holder’s or Holders’ intended method or methods of distribution, and (ii) the Company shall:

(a)           notify Raymond James, in writing, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to filing a Registration Statement, of its intention to file a Registration Statement with the Commission and, at least five (5) Business Days prior to filing, provide a copy of the Registration Statement to Raymond James and its counsel for review and comment; prepare and file with the Commission, as specified in this Agreement, a Registration Statement(s), which Registration Statement(s) (x) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the Commission to be filed therewith and (y) shall be acceptable to Raymond James and its counsel; notify Raymond James, in writing, at least five (5) Business Days prior to filing of any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement and, at least three (3) Business Days prior to filing, provide a copy of such amendment or supplement to Raymond James and its counsel for review and comment; promptly following receipt from the Commission, provide to Raymond James and its counsel copies of any comments made by the staff of the Commission relating to such Registration Statement and of the Company’s responses thereto for review and comment; and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable after filing and to remain effective, subject to Section 5 hereof, until the earlier of (i) such time as all Registrable Shares covered thereby have been sold in accordance with the intended distribution of such Registrable Shares, (ii) there are no Registrable Shares outstanding (including as a result

 

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of such Shares having become eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k)) or (iii) the second anniversary of the effective date of such Registration Statement (subject to extension as provided in Section 5(c) hereof); provided , further , that if the Company has an effective Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act and becomes eligible to use Form S-3 or such other short-form registration statement form under the Securities Act, the Company may, upon thirty (30) Business Days prior written notice to all Holders, register any Registrable Shares registered but not yet distributed under the effective Shelf Registration Statement on such a short-form Shelf Registration Statement and, once the shortform Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, de-register such shares under the previous Registration Statement or transfer the filing fees from the previous Registration Statement (such transfer pursuant to Rule 429, if applicable) unless any Holder registered under the initial Shelf Registration Statement notifies the Company within twenty (20) Business Days of receipt of the Company notice that such a registration under a new Registration Statement and de-registration of the initial Shelf Registration Statement would interfere with its distribution of Registrable Shares already in progress;

(b)           subject to Section 4(i) hereof, (i) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to each such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the period described in Section 4(a) hereof, (ii) cause each Prospectus contained therein to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 or any similar rule that may be adopted under the Securities Act, (iii) amend or supplement each such Registration Statement to include the Company’s quarterly and annual financial information and other material developments (until the Company is eligible to incorporate such information by reference into the Registration Statement), during which time sales of the Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement will be suspended until such amendment or supplement is filed and effective, and (iv) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by each Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders thereof;

(c)           furnish to the Holders, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Shares; the Company consents to the use of such Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, by the Holders, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Shares covered by any such Prospectus;

(d)           use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, or obtain exemption from registration or qualification for, all Registrable Shares by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as Raymond James or any Holder of Registrable Shares covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing, keep each such registration or qualification or exemption effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective pursuant to Section 4(a) and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Shares owned by such Holder;

 

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provided , howeve r, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction or to register as a broker or dealer in such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 4(d) and except as may be required by the Securities Act, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) submit to the general service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(e)           use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement to be registered and approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the Holders thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Shares;

(f)            notify Raymond James and each Holder promptly and, if requested by Raymond James or any Holder, confirm such advice in writing (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto is filed, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration


 
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