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Title: Registration Rights Agreement
Governing Law: New York     Date: 11/9/2005
Industry: Scientific and Technical Instr.     Law Firm: Latham Watkins     Sector: Technology

Registration Rights Agreement, Parties: clarient  inc
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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


 
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