Exhibit 10.17
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
Registration Rights Agreement (this “AGREEMENT”) is
made and entered into as of April 9, 2007, by and among Security
With Advanced Technology, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the
“COMPANY”), and the investors signatory hereto (each a
“INVESTOR” and collectively, the
“INVESTORS”).
This
Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement
between the Company and each Investor of even date herewith (the
“PURCHASE AGREEMENT”).
The
Company and the Investors hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement will have
the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in
this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings
set forth in this Section 1:
“ADVICE” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“CLOSING DATE” means
the date of the closing date of the Purchase Agreement.
“COMMISSION” means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“EFFECTIVE DATE”
means the date that the Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 2(a) or 2(b) is first declared effective by the
Commission.
“EFFECTIVENESS
PERIOD” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“EXCHANGE ACT” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“FILING DATE” means
(a) with respect to the SWATW Warrants, as soon as practicable
following the Closing Date; provided, however, that such
Registration Statement will include the SWATW Warrants issued to
certain of the Investors, among others, in the Company’s
September 2006 private placement, (b) with respect to the
additional Registration Statement required to be filed under
Section 2(a) (except the Registration Statement required for the
SWATW Warrants), the 90th day following the Shareholder Approval
Date, and (c) with respect to any additional Registration
Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 2(b), the 45th
day following (x) if such Registration Statement is required
because the Commission shall have notified the Company in writing
that certain Registrable Securities were not eligible for inclusion
on a previously filed Registration Statement, the date or time on
which the Commission shall indicate as being the first date or time
that such Registrable Securities may then be included in a
Registration Statement, or (y) if such Registration Statement is
required for a reason other than as described in (x) above, the
date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably should have
known, that such additional Registration Statement(s) is
required.
“HOLDER” or
“HOLDERS” means the holder or holders, as the case may
be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
“INDEMNIFIED PARTY”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“INDEMNIFYING PARTY”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“LOSSES” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“NOTES” means the
Convertible Promissory Notes of even date herewith issued to the
Investors pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“PREFERRED STOCK”
means the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company into
which the Notes are convertible pursuant to the terms of the
Purchase Agreement and the Notes.
“PROCEEDING” means an
action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including,
without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as
a deposition), whether commenced 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 a 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 (without regard to any limitations on
beneficial ownership contained in the Warrants or in the Preferred
Stock into which the Notes are convertible): (i) the Warrant
Shares, (ii) the Underlying Shares, (iii) the SWATW Warrants
(unless such Warrants are replaced pursuant to the terms of the
Side Agreement between the Company and the Investors of even date
herewith, in which case such replacement warrants shall not
constitute Registrable Securities) and (iv) any securities issued
or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution,
recapitalization or similar event, or any conversion price
adjustment with respect to any of the securities referenced in (i),
(ii) or (iii) above or other securities issued or issuable to each
Holder or its transferee or designee (x) upon exercise of the
Warrants, or (y) upon any distribution with respect to, any
exchange for or any replacement of such Warrants, Warrant Shares or
Underlying Shares or (z) upon any conversion, exercise or exchange
of any securities issued in connection with any such distribution,
exchange or replacement;
“REGISTRATION
STATEMENT” means the registration statements required to be
filed in accordance with Section 2(a) and any additional
registration statement(s) required to be filed under Section 2(b),
including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements
to such registration statements or Prospectus, including pre- and
post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein.
“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.
“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.
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“SECURITIES ACT”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL
DATE” means the date on which the Company’s
stockholders approve the conversion of the Notes to Preferred Stock
pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Notes.
“SWATW WARRANTS”
means the SWATW Warrants issued to the Investors on the date hereof
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“UNDERLYING SHARES”
means the shares of Common Stock into which the Preferred Stock is
convertible.
“WARRANTS” means the
Common Stock purchase warrants issued or issuable to the Investors
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“WARRANT SHARES”
means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants.
2.
Registration .
(a)
On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file
with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of
the Registrable Securities required to be included therein and not
already covered by an existing and effective Registration
Statement, for an offering to be made on a continuous basis
pursuant to Rule 415, on Form S-3 (or on such other form
appropriate for such purpose). Such Registration Statement shall
contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to 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 cause such Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon
as possible (including filing with the Commission a request for
acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461
promulgated under the Securities Act within five (5) Business Days
of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing,
whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration
Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not be subject to
further review) but, in any event, no later than its Effectiveness
Date, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the
Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities
Act until the date which is the earlier of (i) eight years after
its Effective Date, (ii) such time as all of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been
publicly sold by the Holders, or (iii) such time as all of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may
be sold by the Holders 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 for any reason the Commission does not permit all of the
Registrable Securities to be included in the Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2(a), or for any other reason any
outstanding Registrable Securities are not then covered by an
effective Registration Statement, then the Company shall prepare
and file by the Filing Date for such Registration Statement, an
additional Registration Statement covering the resale of all
Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and
effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415, on Form S-3 (or on such
other form appropriate for such purpose). Each such Registration
Statement shall contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to
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 cause each
such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as soon as possible (including filing with the
Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in
accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act
within five (5) Business Days of the date that the Company is
notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the
Commission that a Registration Statement will not be
“reviewed,” or not be subject to further review) but,
in any event, by its Effectiveness Date, and shall use its
reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective under the Securities Act during the entire
Effectiveness Period.
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(c)
If (i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its
Filing Date or (ii) with respect to a Registration Statement
required to be filed pursuant to Sections 2(a) or 2(b), the
Effective Date of the Registration Statement is later than 180 days
after the Shareholder Approval Date (such failure or breach being
referred to as an “EVENT” and the date on which such
Event occurs, being referred to as the “EVENT DATE”),
then in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder
or under applicable law, the Company shall pay to the Holders, as
liquidated damages and not as a penalty, a fee (payable in cash)
equal to the product of (w) 2%, multiplied by (x) the number of
months, or portion thereof that the Filing Date or the Effective
Date is delayed (but not to exceed five months), multiplied by (y)
the number of Warrant Shares or Underlying Shares subject to such
Registration Statement, and multiplied by (z) $3.00; provided,
however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Section 2(c), liquidated damages shall not be
payable by the Company in the event the SEC does not declare
the applicable Registration Statement effective
within 180 days after the Shareholder Approval
Date and the basis for the SEC’s refusal to declare such
Registration Statement effective is limitations imposed by Rule
415, in which event the Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to register as many shares of such Registrable Securities
as is practicable in as short a period of time as is practicable;
and, provided further, that the Investors acknowledge and agree
that the Company may be required by the SEC under Rule 415 to file
multiple Registration Statements over an extended period of time in
order to register the resale of all Registrable Securities and
may in fact never be able to fully register such securities for
re-sale. In no event will the aggregate fee payable by the Company
under this Section 2(c) exceed 10% of the principal amount of the
Notes held by the Holders.
(e)
Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed
Questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex
B (a “SELLING HOLDER QUESTIONNAIRE”). The Company
shall not be required to include the Registrable Securities of a
Holder in a Registration Statement and shall not be required to pay
any damages under Section 2(c) to any Holder who fails to furnish
to the Company a fully completed Selling Holder Questionnaire at
least two Trading days prior to the Filing Date (subject to the
requirements set forth in Section 3(a)).
(f)
For purposes of the obligations of the Company under this
Agreement, no Registration Statement shall be considered
“effective” with respect to any Registrable Securities
unless such Registration Statement lists the Holders of such
Registrable Securities as “Selling Stockholders” and
includes such other information as is required to be disclosed with
respect to such Holders to permit them to sell their Registrable
Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such
Registration Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable
under the Securities Act and the Rules promulgated thereunder
(including Securities Act Rule 416), such indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock resulting from stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the
Registrable Securities.
3.
Registration Procedures . In connection with the
Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company
shall:
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(a)
Not less than four Trading days prior to the filing of the
Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto, the Company shall furnish to each Holder
copies of the “Selling Stockholders” section of such
document, the “Plan of Distribution” and any risk
factor contained in such document that addresses specifically this
transaction or the Selling Stockholders, as proposed to be filed
which documents will be subject to the review of such Holder. The
Company shall not file a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or
any amendments or supplements thereto in which the “Selling
Stockholder” section thereof differs from the disclosure
received from a Holder in its Selling Holder Questionnaire (as
amended or supplemented).
(b)
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 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.
(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 no later than one Trading day following the day
(i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed 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 each of 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.
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(d)
Use its reasonable 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, 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 (including those
previously furnished) 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.
(g)
Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, to register
or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with
the registration or qualification (or exemption from such
registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for
offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of all
jurisdictions within the United States, to keep each such
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective
during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or
things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statements.
(h)
Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be
delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statements,
which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the
Subscription Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable
such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and
registered in such names as any such Holders may
request.
(i)
Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c)(v),
as promptly as reasonably possible, prepare a supplement or
amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the affected
Registration Statements or a supplement to the related Prospectus
or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference, and file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered, no Registrat