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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of April 17, 1996 (this
"Agreement"), is made by and between PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the person named on the signature page
hereto (the "Initial Investor").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, in connection with the Subscription Agreement, dated as of April
12, 1996, between the Initial Investor and the Company (the "Subscription
Agreement"), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Subscription Agreement, to issue and sell to the Initial
Investor an aggregate of 10,000 shares (the "Preferred Shares") of preferred
stock of the Company as provided in the Subscription Agreement, which shares of
Preferred Stock are convertible into shares (the "Conversion Shares") of Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), and warrants (the
"Warrants") to purchase shares (the "Warrant Shares" and, together with the
Conversion Shares, the "Shares") of Common Stock; and
WHEREAS, to induce the Initial Investor to execute and deliver the
Subscription Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration
rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the
"Securities Act"), and applicable state securities laws with respect to the
Shares;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Initial
Investor hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(i) "Investor" means the Initial Investor and any transferee or
assignee who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9 hereof.
(ii) "register," "registered," and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or
Statements in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a
continuous basis ("Rule 415"), and the declaration or ordering of
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effectiveness of such Registration Statement by the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
(iii) "Registrable Securities" means the Shares and any shares of
Common Stock issued by the Company to any Investor as a dividend on the
Preferred Shares.
(iv) "Registration Statement" means a registration statement of
the Company under the Securities Act.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term Investor includes (i) each
Investor (as defined above) and (ii) each person who is a permitted transferee
or assignee of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 9 of this
Agreement.
(c) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Subscription Agreement.
2. REGISTRATION.
(a) MANDATORY REGISTRATION. The Company shall prepare, and on or prior
to the date which is 15 days after the date of the closing under the
Subscription Agreement (the "Closing Date"), file with the SEC a Registration
Statement covering at least 1,950,000 shares of Common Stock as Registrable
Securities, and which Registration Statement shall state that, in accordance
with Rule 416 under the Securities Act, such Registration Statement also covers
such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as may become
issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares and exercise of the Warrants to
prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions or by reason of changes in the conversion price of the Preferred
Shares and the exercise price of the Warrants in accordance with the respective
terms thereof. If at any time the number of shares included in the Registration
Statement required to be filed as provided in the first sentence of this Section
2(a) shall not be sufficient to cover the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable on conversion in full of the unconverted Preferred Shares and the
unexercised Warrants, then promptly, but in no event later than 15 days after
such insufficiency shall occur, the Company shall file with the SEC an
additional Registration Statement on Form S-3 or other applicable form covering
such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient to permit such
conversion and exercise. For all purposes of this Agreement (other than Section
2(c) hereof) such additional Registration Statement shall be deemed to be the
Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section
2(a) of this Agreement, and the Company and the Investors shall have the same
rights and obligations (other than Section 2(c) hereof) with respect to such
additional Registration Statement as they shall have with respect to the
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initial Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
this Section 2(a).
(b) If any offering pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 2(a) hereof involves an underwritten offering, the Investors who hold a
majority in interest of the Registrable Securities subject to such underwritten
offering shall have the right to select one legal counsel and an investment
banker or bankers and manager or managers to administer the offering, which
investment banker or bankers or manager or managers shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company. The Investors who hold the Registrable Securities
to be included in such underwriting shall pay all underwriting discounts and
commissions and other fees and expenses of such investment banker or bankers and
manager or managers so selected in accordance with this Section 2(b) (other than
fees and expenses relating to registration of Registrable Securities under
federal or state securities laws, which are payable by the Company pursuant to
Section 5 hereof) with respect to their Registrable Securities and the fees and
expenses of such legal counsel so selected by the Investors.
(c) ADJUSTMENT IN CONVERSION PRICE. If the Registration Statement
covering the Registrable Securities required to be filed by the Company pursuant
to Section 2(a) hereof is not effective within 90 days after the Closing Date,
then the conversion price of the Preferred Shares shall be adjusted as provided
in the Certificate of Designations for the Preferred Shares.
(d) PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. If at any time the Company shall
determine to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement relating to
an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities
Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or their
then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection
with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in
connection with stock option or other employee benefit plans, the Company shall
send to each Investor, who is entitled to registration rights under this Section
2(a) written notice of such determination and, if within twenty (20) days after
receipt of such notice, such Investor shall so request in writing, the Company
shall include in such Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable
Securities such Investor requests to be registered, except that if, in
connection with any underwritten public offering for the account of the Company
the managing underwriter(s) thereof shall impose a limitation on the number of
shares of Common Stock which may be included in the Registration Statement
because, in such underwriter(s)' judgment, such limitation is necessary to
effect an orderly public distribution, then the Company shall be obligated to
include in such Registration Statement only such limited portion of the
Registrable Securities with respect to
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which such Investor has requested inclusion hereunder. Any exclusion of
Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among the Investors seeking to
include Registrable Securities, in proportion to the number of Registrable
Securities sought to be included by such Investors; provided, however, that the
Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless the Company has
first excluded all outstanding securities the holders of which are not entitled
by right to inclusion of securities in such Registration Statement; and provided
further, however, that, after giving effect to the immediately preceding
proviso, any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata with
holders of other securities having the right to include such securities in the
Registration Statement. No right to registration of Registrable Securities under
this Section 2(d) shall be construed to limit any registration required under
Section 2(a) hereof. The obligations of the Company under this Section 2(d) may
be waived by Investors holding a majority in interest of the Registrable
Securities and shall expire after the Company has afforded the opportunity for
the Investors to exercise registration rights under this Section 2(d) for two
registrations; provided, however, that any Investor who shall have had any
Registrable Securities excluded from any Registration Statement in accordance
with this Section 2(d) shall be entitled to include in an additional
Registration Statement filed by the Company the Registrable Securities so
excluded. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the
Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of this
Agreement shall have been ordered effective by the SEC and thereafter the
Company shall have complied in all material respects with its obligations under
this Agreement in respect of such Registration Statement, then the Company shall
not be obligated to register any Registrable Securities on any Registration
Statement referred to in this Section 2(d).
(e) ELIGIBILITY FOR FORM S-3. The Company represents and warrants that
it meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 for registration of the sale
by the Initial Investor and any Investor of the Registrable Securities and the
Company shall file all reports required to be filed by the Company with the SEC
in a timely manner so as to maintain such eligibility for the use of Form S-3.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY. In connection with the registration of the
Registrable Securities, the Company shall:
(a) use its best efforts to cause each Registration Statement relating
to Registrable Securities to become effective as soon as possible after such
Registration Statement is filed with the SEC, and keep the Registration
Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the later of (1) in
the case of any Regitrable Securities, the earlier of (i) such date as is three
years after the date such Registration Statement is
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first ordered effective by the SEC and (ii) the date on which all Registrable
Securities have been sold by the Investors under circumstances in which the
buyers may resell the Registrable Securities without registration under the
Securities Act and, (2) in the case of Registrable Securities that are Warrant
Shares, the later of (i) the date which is three years after the date such
Registration Statement if first ordered effective by the SEC (but in no event
later than the date on which all Registrable Securities that are Warrant Shares
have been sold by the Investors under circumstances in which the buyers may
resell the Registrable Securities that are Warrant Sahres without registration
under the Securities Act), in case the Warrants have been exercised in full on a
net exercise basis and (ii) the date which is three years after the latest
exercise of the Warrants for cash (but in no event later than the date on which
all Registrable Securities that are Warrant Shares have been sold by the
Investors under circumstances in which the buyers may resell the Registrable
Securities that are Warrant Sahres without registration under the Securities
Act) (the "Termination Date"), which Registration Statement (including any
amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to the Registration Statement and the
prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective at all times until the
Termination Date, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of
the Company covered by the Registration Statement until such time as all of such
Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended
methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in the
Registration Statement;
(c) furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included
in the Registration Statement and its legal counsel, (1) promptly after the same
is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC or received by the
Company, one copy of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, each
preliminary prospectus and prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto,
each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the staff of
the SEC and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC
relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion of any thereof
which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential
treatment) and (2) such number of copies of a prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto and such
other documents, as
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such Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of
the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor;
(d) use reasonable efforts to (i) register and qualify the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such other securities or
blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Investors who hold a majority in
interest of the Registrable Securities being offered reasonably request, (ii)
prepare and file in those jurisdictions such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and
qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof at all
times until the Termination Date, (iii) take such other actions as may be
necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all
times until the Termination Date and (iv) take all other actions reasonably
necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such
jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (I) qualify to do business in
any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for
this Section 3(d), (II) subject itself to general taxation in any such
jurisdiction, (III) file a general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction, (IV) provide any undertakings that cause more than nominal expense
or burden to the Company or (V) make any change in its charter or by-laws, which
in each case the Board of Directors of the Company determines to be contrary to
the best interests of the Company and its stockholders;
(e) in the event Investors who hold a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities being offered in the offering select underwriters for the
offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting
agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without limitation, customary
indemnification and contribution obligations, with the underwriters of such
offering;
(f) (i) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event,
notify each Investor of the happening of any event of which the Company has
knowledge, as a result of which the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a 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, and use its best efforts promptly to prepare a supplement
or amendment to the Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or
omission, and deliver such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to
each Investor as such Investor may reasonably request.
(ii) If at the time the Company notifies the Investors as
contemplated by Section 3(f)(i): (1) the Registration Statement required by
Section 2(a) of this Agreement shall have
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been effective for at least 90 consecutive days and (2) the Company shall be in
compliance in all material respects with its obligations under this Agreement,
the terms of the Preferred Shares and the Warrants and such event relates to a
prospective development of the Company, then the Company shall not be required
to make such amendment or supplement prior to five days after such notice;
provided, however, that the Company may not invoke the provisions of this
Section 3(f)(ii) until at least 50 days after the Company shall have previously
invoked such provisions.
(iii) If at the time the Company notifies the Investors as
contemplated by Section 3(f)(i): (1) the Registration Statement required by
Section 2(a) of this Agreement shall not have been effective for at least 90
consecutive days and (2) the Company shall be in compliance in all material
respects with its obligations under this Agreement, the terms of the Preferred
Shares and the Warrants and such event relates to a prospective development of
the Company, then the Company shall not be required to make such amendment or
supplement prior to ten trading days after such notice; provided, however, that
the Company may not invoke the provisions of this Section 3(f)(iii) until at
least 30 days after the end of the most recent period during which the Company
shall have previously invoked such provisions; and provided further, however,
that any period during which the Company has invoked the provisions of this
Section 3(f)(iii) shall, regardless of when such period actually shall occur, be
treated as if it were a period subsequent to 90 days after the Closing Date
during which the Registration Statement had not become effective for the
purposes of Section 9 of the Certificate of Designations relating to the
Preferred Shares (the "Certificate of Designations") and the Conversion
Percentage (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) applicable to the
Preferred Shares shall be adjusted as provided in such Section 9 in respect of
the period during which the Company has invoked the provisions of this Section
3(f)(iii). In lieu of any such adjustment of the Conversion Percentage (as so
defined) applicable to the Preferred Shares, the Company shall have the right,
exercisable by notice to the Initial Investor given not later than the date the
Company gives notice as contemplated by Section 3(f)(i), to make payments to the
Initial Investor in U.S. dollars in such amounts and at such times as shall be
determined pursuant to this Section 3(f)(iii). The amount to be paid by the
Company to the Initial Investor shall be paid at the rate of two percent (2%)
per 30-day period of the aggregate purchase price paid by the Initial Investor
for the Preferred Shares purchased by the Initial Investor pursuant to the
Subscription Agreement for each period during which, in accordance with this
Section 3(f)(iii), the Registration Statement is unavailable for use by the
Investors. Such amount shall be paid by the Company in immediately available
funds within three business days after each such period.
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(g) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event,
notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold (or, in the
event of an underwritten offering, the managing underwriters) of the issuance by
the SEC of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement at the earliest possible time;
(h) permit a single firm of counsel designated as selling
stockholders' counsel by the Investors who hold a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities being sold to review the Registration Statement and all
amendments and supplements thereto a reasonable period of time prior to their
filing with the SEC, and shall not file any document in a form to which such
counsel reasonably objects;
(i) make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period
covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of
Rule 158 under the Securities Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not
later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the
effective date of the Registration Statement;
(j) at the request of the Investors who hold a majority in interest of
the Registrable Securities being sold, furnish on the date that Registrable
Securities are delivered to an underwriter for sale in connection with the
Registration Statement (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company's
independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily
given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters; and (ii) an
opinion, dated such date, from counsel representing the Company for purposes of
such Registration Statement, in form and substance as is customarily given in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters and the Investors;
(k) make available for inspection by any Investor, any underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to the Registration Statement, and any
attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such Investor or underwriter
(collectively, the "Inspectors"), all pertinent financial and other records,
pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the
"Records"), as shall be reasonably necessary to enable each Inspector to
exercise its due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company's officers,
directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may
reasonably request for purposes of such due diligence; provided, however, that
each Inspector shall hold in confidence and shall not make any disclosure
(except to an Investor) of any Record or other information which the Company
determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the
Inspectors are so notified, unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any
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Registration Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to
a subpoena or other order from a court or government body of competent
jurisdiction or (iii) the information in such Records has been made generally
available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any
other agreement. The Company shall not be required to disclose any confidential
information in such Records to any Inspector until and unless such Inspector
shall have entered into confidentiality agreements (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Company) with the Company with respect thereto,
substantially in the form of this Section 3(k). Each Investor agrees that it
shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court
or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give
prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order
for, the Records deemed confidential. The Company shall hold in confidence and
shall not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to
the Company pursuant to Section 4(e) hereof unless (i) disclosure of such
information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii)
the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a
misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of
such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court
or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or (iv) such information has been
made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of
this or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning
that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a
court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means,
give prompt notice to such Investor, at its expense, to undertake appropriate
action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such
information;
(l) use its best efforts either to (i) cause all the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on a national
securities exchange and on each additional national securities exchange on which
securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if
any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the
rules of such exchange or (ii) secure designation of all the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement as a National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System ("NASDAQ") "national market
system security" within the meaning of Rule 11Aa2-1 of the SEC under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the
quotation of the Registrable Securities on the NASDAQ National Market System or,
if, despite the Company's best efforts to satisfy the preceding clause (i) or
(ii), the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding clause (i) or
(ii), to secure listing on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ
authorization and quotation for such Registrable Securities and, without
limiting the generality of
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the foregoing, to arrange for at least two market makers to register with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") as such with respect
to such Registrable Securities;
(m) provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may be a single
entity, for the Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of the
Registration Statement;
(n) cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being
offered and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the
timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive
legends) representing Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to the
Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations
or amounts as the case may be, as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if
any, or the Investors may reasonably request and registered in such names as the
managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or the Investors may request; and,
within three business days after a Registration Statement which includes
Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall
deliver, and shall cause legal counsel selected by the Company to deliver, to
the transfer agent for the Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors
whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) an
instruction in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT 1 (without substantive
additions thereto) and an opinion of such counsel in the form attached hereto as
EXHIBIT 2 (without substantive additions thereto); and
(o) take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and
facilitate disposition by the Investor of the Registrable Securities pursuant to
the Registration Statement.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS. In connection with the registration of the
Registrable Securities, the Investors shall have the following obligations:
(a) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the
Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to
the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall
furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable
Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable
Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration
of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection
with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. Promptly after the
Company furnishes to an Investor a draft of the Registration Statement as
contemplated by Section 3(h), such Investor shall complete and submit to the
Company an Investor Questionnaire in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT 3. Each
Investor will notify the Company promptly of any material change
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in the information provided by such Investor in its Investor Questionnaire
(other than a change in beneficial ownership of securities as a result of sales
of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement). If the
Company shall have furnished such draft of the Registration Statement to an
Investor and, at least one (1) business day prior to the filing date the Company
has not received the Investor Questionnaire from such Investor (a
"Non-Responsive Investor"), then the Company may file the Registration Statement
without including Registrable Securities of such Non-Responsive Investor;
(b) Each Investor by such Investor's acceptance of the Registrable
Securities agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the
Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration
Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of
such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's Registrable
Securities from the Registration Statement;
(c) In the event Investors holding a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities being registered determine to engage the services of an
underwriter, each Investor agrees to enter into and perform such Investor's
obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form,
including, without limitation, customary indemnification and contribution
obligations, with the managing underwriter of such offering and take such other
actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the Registrable Securities, unless such Investor has notified the
Company in writing of such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's
Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement;
(d) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f) or
3(g), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable
Securities until such Investor's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or
amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(f) or 3(g) and, if so directed by
the Company, such Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the
Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction)
all copies in such Investor's possession, of the prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice;
(e) No Investor may participate in any underwritten registration
hereunder unless such Investor (i) agrees to sell such Investor's Registrable
Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by
the Investors entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements, (ii) completes
and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required
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under the terms of such underwriting arrangements and (iii) agrees to pay its
pro rata share of all underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and
expenses of investment bankers and any manager or managers of such underwriting
and legal expenses of the underwriters applicable with respect to its
Registrable Securities, in each case to the extent not payable by the Company
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and
(f) Each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in a
Registration Statement understands that the Securities Act may require delivery
of a prospectus relating thereto in connection with any sale thereof pursuant to
such Registration Statement and each such Investor shall use its reasonable best
efforts to comply with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act in connection with any such sale.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION. All expenses, other than underwriting
discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of investment bankers and
other than brokerage commissions, incurred in connection with registrations,
filings or qualifications pursuant to Section 3, including, without limitation,
all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees
and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Investors,
shall be borne by the Company; provided, however, that the Investors shall bear
the fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the one legal counsel selected by the
Investors pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof.
6. INDEMNIFICATION. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in
a Registration Statement under this Agreement:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Investor who holds such Registrable Securities, the
directors, if any, of such Investor, the officers, if any, of such Investor,
each person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, any underwriter (as defined in the
Securities Act) for the Investors, the directors, if any, of such underwriter
and the officers, if any, of such underwriter, and each person, if any, who
controls any such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (each, an "Indemnified Person"), against any losses, claims,
damages, expenses or liabilities (joint or several) (collectively, "Claims") to
which any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act
or otherwise, insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether
commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
of the following statements, omissions or violations in the Registration
Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereof, or any prospectus included
therein: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in
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the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such
Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or
supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto
with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material
fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading or
(iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law (the matters in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively, "Violations"). Subject
to the restrictions set forth in Section 6(d) with respect to the number of
legal counsel, the Company shall reimburse the Investors and each such
underwriter or controlling person, promptly as such expenses are incurred and
are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by
them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification
agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (I) shall not apply to a Claim arising
out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Indemnified Person
or underwriter for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with
the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company
pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof; (II) with respect to any preliminary prospectus
shall not inure to the benefit of any such person from whom the person asserting
any such Claim purchased the Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof
(or to the benefit of any person controlling such person) if the untrue
statement or omission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus
was corrected in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, if such
prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c)
hereof; and (III) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if
such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in
full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable
Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor
is participating, each such Investor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to
the same extent and in the same manner set forth in Section 6(a), the Company,
each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration
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Statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, any underwriter and any other
stockholder selling securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or any of
its directors or officers or any person who controls such stockholder or
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(collectively and together with an Indemnified Person, an "Indemnified Party"),
against any Claim to which any of them may become subject, under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim arises out of or is
based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent)
that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in
connection with such Registration Statement; and such Investor will reimburse
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this Section 6(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written
consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld;
provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be liable under this Section
6(b) for only that amount of a Claim as does not exceed the amount, if any, by
which (1) the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement exceed (2) the
purchase price paid by such Investor for the Registrable Securities sold by such
Investor pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in
full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable
Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this
Section 6(b) with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material
fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected on a timely basis in
the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented.
(c) The Company shall be entitled to receive indemnities from
underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry
professionals participating in any distribution, to the same extent as provided
above, with respect to information such persons so furnished in writing by such
persons expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action
(including any governmental action), such Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to made against any indemnifying
party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written
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notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the
right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control
of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying
parties; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be
paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel
retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such
counsel in such proceeding. The Company shall pay for only one separate legal
counsel for the Investors; such legal counsel shall be selected by the Investors
holding a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the
Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The failure to deliver
written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the
commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any
liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6,
except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to
defend such action. The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made
by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the
investigation or defense, as such expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred
and is due and payable.
7. CONTRIBUTION. To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party
is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the
maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be
liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided,
however, that (a) no contribution shall be made under circumstances where the
maker would not have been liable for indemnification under the fault standards
set forth in Section 6, (b) no seller of Registrable Securities guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of Registrable
Securities who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation and (c)
contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount
to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such
Registrable Securities.
8. REPORTS UNDER EXCHANGE ACT. With a view to making available to the
Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any
other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the
Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration
("Rule 144"), the Company agrees to:
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(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are
understood and defined in Rule 144;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
and
(c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable
Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company that
it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report
of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company and
(iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the
Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.
9. ASSIGNMENT OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights to have the Company
register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be
automatically assigned by the Investors to transferees or assignees of all or
any portion of such securities which was issued upon conversion of at least
1,000 Preferred Shares, or any transferee of any portion of the Preferred Shares
which is at least 1,000 Preferred Shares, or any combination thereof, only if:
(a) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign
such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a
reasonable time after such assignment, (b) the Company is, within a reasonable
time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (i) the
name and address of such transferee or assignee and (ii) the securities with
respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, (c)
immediately following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of
such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws, and (d) at or before the time the
Company received the written notice contemplated by clause (b) of this sentence
the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all
of the provisions contained herein.
10. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Any provision of this Agreement may
be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a
particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the
written consent of the Company and Investors who hold a majority in interest of
the Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with
this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) A person or entity is deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such person or entity owns of
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record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting
instructions, notices or elections from two or more persons or entities with
respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis
of instructions, notice or election received from the registered owner of such
Registrable Securities.
(b) Notices required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to be sufficiently given when personally delivered
(by hand, by courier, by telephone line facsimile transmission or other means)
or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, properly addressed and with
proper postage pre-paid (i) if to the Company, at Palomar Medical Technologies,
Inc., ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Chief
Financial Officer, (ii) if to the Initial Investor, at the address set forth
under its name in the Subscription Agreement and (iii) if to any other Investor,
at such address as such Investor shall have provided in writing to the Company,
or at such other address as each such party furnishes by notice given in
accordance with this Section 11(b), and shall be effective, when personally
delivered, upon receipt and, when so sent by certified mail, four days after
deposit with the United States Postal Service.
(c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this
Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy,
shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
(d) This Agreement shall be enforced, governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts applicable to
agreements made and to be performed entirely within such State. In the event
that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any
applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed
inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed
modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any provision hereof which
may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
(e) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(f) Subject to the requirements of Section 9 hereof, this Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of
each of the parties hereto.
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(g) All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine,
feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require.
(h) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) The Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
Company's obligations under Section 3(n), or any delay in such performance could
result in both direct and consequential damages to the Investors and the Company
agrees that, in addition to any other liability the Company may have by reason
of any such failure or delay, the Company shall be liable for all direct and
consequential damages caused by any such failure or delay.
(j) This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and
the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered
to the other party hereto by telephone line facsimile transmission of a copy of
this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of day and
year first above written.
PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
INITIAL INVESTOR:
NAME: GFL ADVANTAGE FUND LIMITED
By: /s/
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Name: A/▇. ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
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EXHIBIT 1
TO
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
[Company Letterhead]
[Date]
[Name and address of Transfer Agent]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and direction to
you (1) to transfer or re-register the certificates for the shares of Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Palomar Medical
Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), represented by
certificate number _______ for _______ shares (the "Outstanding Common Shares")
of Common Stock presently registered in the name of [Name of Investor] upon
surrender of such certificate to you, notwithstanding the legend appearing on
such certificate and (2) to issue shares (the "Conversion Common Shares") of
Common Stock to or upon the order of the holders of record from time to time of
shares (the "Preferred Shares") of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01
par value per share, of the Company upon surrender to you for conversion of
certificates for Preferred Shares and a properly completed and duly executed
Notice of Conversion in the form enclosed herewith. The transfer or
re-registration of certificates for the Outstanding Common Shares by you should
be made at such time as you are requested to do so by the record holder of the
Outstanding Common Shares. The certificate issued upon such transfer or
re-registration should be registered in such name as requested by the holder of
record of the certificate surrendered to you and should not bear any legend
which would restrict the transfer of the shares represented thereby. In
addition, you are hereby directed to remove any stop-transfer instruction
relating to the Outstanding Common Shares. Certificates for the Conversion
Common Shares should not bear any restrictive legend and should not be subject
to any stop-transfer restriction.
Contemporaneously with the delivery of this letter, the Company is
delivering to you an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ as to registration of the
resale of the Outstanding Common Shares and the Conversion Common Shares under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me.
Very truly yours,
PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Enclosure
cc: [Name of Investor]
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EXHIBIT 2
TO
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
[Date]
[Name and address
of transfer agent]
PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and we understand that [Name of Investor] (the
"Holder") has purchased from the Company an aggregate of shares (the "Preferred
Shares") of the Company's Series E Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value
per share, represented by Certificate Nos. , and , respectively. The Preferred
Shares were purchased by the Holder pursuant to a Subscription Agreement, dated
as of , 1996, between the Holder and the Company (the "Subscription Agreement").
Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November __, 1995,
between the Company and the Holder (the "Registration Rights Agreement") entered
into in connection with the purchase by the Holder of the Preferred Shares
pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Company agreed with the Holder,
among other things, to register for resale by the Holder shares (the "Common
Shares") of Common Stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), issuable upon
conversion of the Preferred Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), upon the terms provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement. In connection with the exercise by the Holder of its registration
rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, on __________, 1996 the Company
filed a Registration Statement on Form S- (File No. 333- ) (the "Registration
Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to
the Common Shares, which names the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder.
[If notice from SEC is available: The Company has received a notice from the SEC
that the Registration Statement has been declared effective. A copy of such
notice is attached hereto.]
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Common Shares have
been registered under the Securities Act.
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This opinion has been furnished to you in connection with the
above-referenced transaction and may not be used for any other purpose or by any
other person. We assume no responsibility to inform you of events or changes
occurring after the date hereof.
[Other appropriate language to be included.]
Very truly yours,
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cc: [Name of Investor]
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EXHIBIT 3
TO
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
Reference is made to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April
__, 1996 (the "Agreement"). In connection with the preparation of the
registration statement which is the subject of the Agreement, please provide us
with the following information:
1. Pursuant to the "Selling Shareholder" section of the Registration
Statement, please state your organization's name exactly as it should appear in
the Registration Statement and provide the following information, as of April
__, 1996:
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[name]
(1) (2)
Number of shares, if any,
Number of shares which which will be
are being included in owned after completion
the Registration Statement of sale of shares
included in
Registration Statement
2. Have you or your organization had any position, office or other material
relationship within the past three years with the Company or its affiliates
other than as disclosed in the Prospectus included in this Registration
Statement?
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Yes No
If yes, please indicate the nature of any such relationships below:
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[NAME OF INVESTOR]
By:
Name:
Title: