Exhibit 99.2
EXECUTION VERSION
CLARIENT, INC.
Registration Rights
Agreement
This Registration Rights Agreement
(this “Agreement” ) is made and entered into as
of November 8, 2005, by and among Clarient, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company” ), and the
investors signatory hereto (each a “Purchaser”
and collectively, the “Purchasers” ).
This Agreement is made pursuant to
the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof,
among the Company and the Purchasers (the “Purchase
Agreement” ).
The Company and the Purchasers
hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions
.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are
defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given
such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings
set forth in this Section 1:
“Advice”
shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7(d).
“Closing
Date” shall have
the meaning assigned to the term “Initial Closing Date”
in the Purchase Agreement.
“Deferral
Period” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Effective
Date” means the
date that the Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 2(a) is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“Effectiveness
Date” means the
earliest to occur of (a) (i) if there is no review of the
Registration Statement by the Commission, the 60 th
calendar day following the date of this Agreement, or (ii) if
the Commission reviews the Registration Statement, the 120
th calendar day following the date of this Agreement and
(b) the second Trading Day following the date on which the
Company is notified by the Commission that the Registration
Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further
review and comments.
“Effectiveness
Period” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Event”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b).
“Event
Date” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Exchange
Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Filing
Date” means the 10
th calendar day following the date of this Agreement,
provided that if such date is not a Business Day, then the
next subsequent Business Day after such 10th calendar
day.
“Holder”
or “Holders”
means the Purchasers and the holder or holders, as the case may be,
from time to time of Registrable Securities which have not been
sold to the public who have received such Registrable Securities
from a Purchaser or a permitted successor or assignee of such
Purchaser pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Purchase Agreement
and who have become parties to this Agreement by executing a
signature page hereto.
“Indemnified
Party” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Indemnifying
Party” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Losses”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6(a).
“Majority
Holders” means
Safeguard and Holders (other than Safeguard) that hold a majority
of the then outstanding Registrable Securities held by all Holders
other than Safeguard.
“Material
Permits” shall have
the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“New York
Courts” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 7(j).
“Proceeding” means an action, demand, claim, litigation,
suit, investigation, arbitration or proceeding (including, without
limitation, a partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether
pending or threatened.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that
includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed
as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon
Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the
terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement, and all other amendments and
supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments,
and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable
Securities” means
(i) all of the Shares, (ii) all of the Warrant Shares,
(iii) securities issued or issuable upon any stock split,
stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event with respect to
the Shares or the Warrant Shares, and (iv) 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.
“Registration
Statement” means
the registration statement or statements required to be filed
hereunder, including (in each case) 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 in such registration statement.
“Rule 144”
means Rule 144 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 having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
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“Rule 415”
means 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 having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424”
means 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 having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Securities
Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Selling
Stockholder” means
each Purchaser who sells Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement.
“Shares”
means the shares of Common Stock
issued to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
“Subsidiary” means any “significant subsidiary”
as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by
the Commission under the Exchange Act.
“Trading
Day” means
(i) a day on which the Company’s common stock is traded
on a Trading Market, or (ii) if the common stock is not listed
on a Trading Market, a day on which the common stock is traded on
the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board,
or (iii) if the common stock is not quoted on the OTC Bulletin
Board, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the
over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation
Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency
succeeding its functions of reporting prices); provided ,
that in the event that the common stock is not listed or quoted as
set forth in (i), (ii) or (iii) hereof, then Trading Day
shall mean a Business Day (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement).
“Trading
Market” means the
following markets or exchanges on which the Company’s common
stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the
American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
“ Warrants” means
the Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued to the Purchasers at the
Closing pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“ Warrant Shares”
means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
2.
Registration
.
(a)
On or prior to
the Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all
Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement
shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then
eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on
Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another
appropriate form for such purpose) and shall contain (except if
otherwise required pursuant to
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written comments received
from the Commission upon a review of such Registration Statement)
the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex
A. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than
the Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep the
Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities
Act until the earlier of (i) the date that all Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold,
(ii) the second anniversary of the Subsequent Closing Date or
(iii) such earlier date when all Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement have been sold or may be sold
without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) as
determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written
opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the
Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (the
“Effectiveness
Period” ).
(b)
If:
(i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its
Filing Date, or (ii) a Registration Statement is not declared
effective by the Commission on or prior to the required
Effectiveness Date, or (iii) after the Effective Date, such
Registration Statement ceases to be effective and available to the
Holders as to all Registrable Securities to which it is required to
cover at any time prior to the expiration of its Effectiveness
Period, (any such failure or breach being referred to as an
“Event,”
and for purposes
of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) the date on which such
Event occurs, being referred to as “Event Date” ), then, in addition to any
other rights available to the Holders, on each monthly anniversary
of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have
been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured the
Company shall pay to each Holder, as liquidated damages and not as
a penalty, a cash payment equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase
price of the Registrable Securities purchased by that Purchaser
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement that are then held by such
Purchaser and not covered by a Registration Statement. The
liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a
pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an
Event; provided that the maximum aggregate liquidated
damages payable to a Holder under this Agreement shall not exceed
8% of the aggregate purchase price of the Shares purchased by such
Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
(c)
Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company may, by
written notice to the Purchasers, suspend the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement after the Effective Date thereof and/or
require that the Purchasers immediately cease the sale of shares of
Common Stock pursuant thereto and/or defer the filing of any
subsequent Registration Statement for up to 30 consecutive days
(the “ Deferral
Period ”) in any 90-day period
without paying liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(b), if
the Company determines in good faith, by appropriate resolutions or
action by its Board of Directors, that (A) it would be
materially detrimental to the Company (other than as relating
solely to the price of the Common Stock) to file a Registration
Statement at such time and (B) it is in the best interests of
the Company to defer proceeding with such registration at such
time; provided, however , that in the event the disclosure
relates to a previously undisclosed proposed or pending material
business transaction, the disclosure of which the Company
determines in good faith would be reasonably likely to impede the
Company’s ability to consummate such transaction, the Company
may extend a Deferral Period from 30 days to 45 days without paying
liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(b); provided
further , however, that Deferral Periods (including but not
limited to any extended Deferral Periods under clause (B)) may not
total more than 60 days in the aggregate in any twelve-month
period. Upon receipt of such notice, each Purchaser shall
immediately discontinue
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any sales of Registrable
Securities pursuant to such registration until such Purchaser has
received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus or until
such Purchaser is advised in writing by the Company that the
then-current Prospectus may be used and has received copies of any
additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. In no event, however,
shall this right be exercised to suspend sales beyond the period
during which (in the good faith determination of the
Company’s Board of Directors) the failure to require such
suspension would be materially detrimental to the
Company.
3.
Consents
. Prior to
filing the Registration Statement, the Company and its Subsidiaries
shall make or obtain all Material Permits necessary or desirable
for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
4.
Registration
Procedures . In connection with the
Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company
shall:
(a)
Not less than
three Trading Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement
or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
furnish to the Holders copies of all such documents proposed to be
filed which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the reasonable
review of the Holders. The Company shall not file a
Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements (other than periodic reports required under the
Exchange Act) thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in writing within
two Trading Days of receipt.
(b)
(i) Subject
to Section 2(c), prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to each
Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities
for its Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the
Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to
register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable
Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or
supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so
supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any
comments received from the Commission with respect to each
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as
reasonably possible, upon request, provide the Holders true and
complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission
relating to such Registration Statement that would not result in
the disclosure to the Holders of material and non-public
information concerning the Company; and (iv) comply in all
material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act with respect to the Registration Statements and the
disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by each
Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance
with the intended methods of disposition by the Purchasers thereof
set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c)
Notify the
Holders as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of
(i)(A) below, not less than three Trading Days prior to such
filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice
in writing promptly following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus
or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement is proposed
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to be filed; (B) when
the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a
“review” of such Registration Statement and whenever
the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement
(the Company shall provide true and complete copies thereof and all
written responses thereto to the Holders that pertain to the
Holders as a Selling Stockholder or to the Plan of Distribution,
but not information which the Company believes would constitute
material and non-public information); and (C) with respect to
each Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when
the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the
Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for
amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus
or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable
Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding
for such purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or
passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a
Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any
statement made in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any
revisions to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other
documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(d)
Use its best
efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the
withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the
qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the
earliest practicable moment.
(e)
Furnish to each
Holder by email, hand delivery or overnight courier, without
charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement
and each amendment thereto, and all exhibits to the extent
requested by such Person (other than those previously furnished or
incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such
documents with the Commission.
(f)
Promptly deliver
to each Holder, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus
or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each
amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably
request. The Company hereby consents to the use of such
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the
selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto to the extent permitted by f