GRANT OF IMMEDIATE REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Exhibit 10.3
GRANT OF IMMEDIATE REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Signalife, Inc. hereby grants to the Subscriber the following immediate registration rights as of October 31, 2006.
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings given such terms as set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement between Signalife, Inc. and the investor signatory thereto executed concurrently herewith (the "Subscription Agreement"). As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Business Day: Any day other than a day on which banks are authorized or required to be closed in the State of New York.
Commission: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Stock: The common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Holder or Holders: Any holder of the Registrable Securities.
Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses 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 such 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: (i) The shares of Common Stock (a) issuable upon conversion of the 2006-Private Financing-Warrant-One-October 31, 2006 and (b) issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, until such time as (1) a Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective Registration Statement or (2) such Registrable Securities are saleable pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act, whichever is earlier.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company that covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statements, including post effective amendments, all exhibits, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
2006-Private-Financing-Common Stock: The Common Stock issued on the date hereof to the Subscriber pursuant to the Company’s October 31, 2006 private placement.
Warrants: The 2006-Private Financing-Warrant -#1 - October 31, 2006 issued on the date hereof pursuant to a private placement of the same date.
2. Registration Rights.
(a) Required Registration. The Company shall use its best efforts as soon as reasonably practicable (but in no event less than 20 days following the closing of the financing represented by the purchase of stock and issuance of warrants consummated concurrently herewith) to 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 then on Form SB-2, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form, except if otherwise directed by the Holders). The Company shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as is practicable following its filing, and shall use its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date which is seven (7) years after the termination of the offering (the "Effectiveness Period"). In the event that the Company does not file such Registration Statement by the Target Effective Date, the exercise price of the Warrants will be reduced from $2.23 to $1.83.
(b) Demand Registration. In addition to the rights afforded the Holders in Section 2(a) above, at any time following the closing of the financing represented by the purchase of stock and issuance of warrants consummated concurrently herewith, the Holder may request that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or part of such Registrable Securities on Form SB-2 or any similar long-form registration or, if available, on Form S-2 or S-3 or any similar short-form registration (the registration requested pursuant to this Section 2(b) is referred to herein as the "Demand Registration"). The Demand Registration request shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered, and may at the election of the requisite Holders specify the intended method or methods of disposition thereof (which may include, without limitation, a "shelf" offering pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or an underwritten offering). The Company shall immediately, but not later than 20 days after receipt of such demand, comply with the demand and file such Registration Statement as is legally appropriate. The Holders shall be entitled to request one Demand Registration during the Effectiveness Period. A registration will not count as a permitted Demand Registration unless and until it has become effective, or, if it has become so effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration is terminated, suspended or interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other governmental agency or court. The Company will use its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act during the Effectiveness Period or until all Registrable Securities are sold.
(d) Holdback Agreements. If any registration of Registrable Securities shall be in connection with an underwritten public offering, each Holder agrees not to effect any public sale or distribution, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, of any Registrable Securities, and not to effect any such public sale or distribution of any other equity security of the Company or of any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity security of the Company (in each case, other than as part of such underwritten public offering) during the thirty (30) days prior to, and during the ninety (90) day period beginning on, the effective date of such Registration Statement (except as part of such registration).
(e) Exceptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may delay the registration of Registrable Securities upon the occurrence of any of the following:
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(i) The Company shall have previously entered into an agreement or letter of intent contemplating an underwritten public offering on a firm commitment basis of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock and the managing underwriter of such proposed public offering advises the Company in writing that in its opinion such proposed underwritten offering would be materially and adversely affected by a concurrent registered offering of Registrable Securities (such opinion to state the reasons therefor);
(ii) During the two (2) month period immediately preceding such request, the Company shall have entered into an agreement or letter of intent, which has not expired or otherwise terminated, contemplating a material business acquisition by the Company or its subsidiaries whether by way of merger, consolidation, acquisition of assets, acquisition of securities or otherwise;
(iii) The Company is in possession of material nonpublic information that the Company would be required to disclose in the Registration Statement and that is not, but for the registration, otherwise required to be disclosed at the time of such registration, the disclosure of which, in its good faith judgment, would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, prospects or competitive position of the Company;
(iv) The Company shall receive the written opinion of the managing underwriter of the underwritten public offering pursuant to which Common Stock has been registered within the three (3) month period prior to the receipt of a registration request that the registration of additional Common Stock will materially and adversely affect the market for the Common Stock (such opinion to state the reasons therefor); or
(v) At the time of receipt of a registration request, the Company is engaged, or its board of directors has adopted by resolution a plan to engage, in any program for the purchase of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock and, in the opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the requesting Holders, the distribution of the Common Stock to be registered would cause such purchase to be in violation of Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(f) Period of Delay. If an event described in clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 2(e) shall occur, the Company may, by written notice to the Holder, delay the filing of a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities to be covered thereby for a period of time not exceeding one hundred twenty (120) days. If an event described in clause (v) of Section 2(e) shall occur, the filing of a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities to be covered thereby shall be delayed until the first date that the Registrable Securities to be covered thereby can be sold without violation of Regulation M of the Exchange Act.
3. Registration Procedures.
In connection with the registration obligations of the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall:
(a) prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, including documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of the Registration Statement, the Company will furnish to the Holder covered by such Registration Statement (the "Selling Holder"), Holders' Counsel and the underwriters, if any, draft copies of all such documents proposed to be filed at least three (3) Business Days prior thereto, which documents will be subject to the review of such Holder’s Counsel and the underwriters, if any, and the Company will not, unless required by law, file any Registration Statement or amendment thereto or any Prospectus or any supplement thereto (including such documents incorporated by reference) to which the Selling Holder (the "Objecting Party") shall object, pursuant to notice given to the Company prior to the filing of such amendment or supplement (the
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"Objection Notice"). The Objection Notice shall set forth the objections and the specific areas in the draft documents where such objections arise. The Company shall have five (5) Business Days after receipt of the Objection Notice to correct such deficiencies to the satisfaction of the Objecting Party, and will notify the Selling Holder of any stop order issued or threatened by the Commission in connection therewith and take all reasonable actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered;
(b) as promptly as practicable prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the period required pursuant to Section 2; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Selling Holders set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
(c) as promptly as practicable furnish to any Selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, without charge, such number or conformed copies of such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto and such number of copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and any amendments or supplements thereto, and any documents incorporated by reference therein, as such Selling Holder or underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities being sold by such Selling Holder (it being understood that the Company consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each Selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided, that before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will furnish to Holders' Counsel copies of all documents proposed to be filed at least three (3) Business Days prior to the filing thereof, which documents will be subject to the review of such counsel;
(d) on or prior to the date on which the Registration Statement is declared effective, register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions as any Selling Holder, Holders' Counsel or underwriter reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things which may be necessary or advisable to enable such Selling Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holder; keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period which the Registration Statement is required to be kept effective; and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify to do business as a foreign corporation or as a broker-dealer in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;
(e) cause the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company to enable the Selling Holders to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(f) as promptly as practicable notify the Holder, ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Counsel and any underwriter and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed and, with respect to a 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
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or related Prospectus or for additional information to be included in any Registration Statement or Prospectus or otherwise, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the issuance by any state securities commission or other regulatory authority of any order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities under state securities or "blue sky" laws or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose and (v) of the happening of any event which makes any statement made in a Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein untrue or which requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that they 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 not misleading; and, as promptly as practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the Commission and furnish a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus so that, as thereafter deliverable to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(g) make generally available to the Holders an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act no later than thirty (30) days after the end of the 12-month period beginning with the first day of the Company's first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of a Registration Statement;
(h) use its reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, and, if one is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment;
(i) as promptly as practicable after filing with the Commission of any document which is incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, deliver a copy of such document to Holders' Counsel;
(j) cooperate with the Selling Holder and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (which shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company) representing securities sold under such Registration Statement, and enable such securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or such Selling Holders may request and make available prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement a supply of such certificates;
Each Selling Holder, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in subsection (f) of this Section 3, shall forthwith discontinue disposition of the Registrable Securities until such Selling Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by subsection (f) of this Section 2 or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings which are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, and, if so directed by the Company, such Selling Holder will, or will request the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to, deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Selling Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event that the Company shall give any such notice, the time periods for which a Registration Statement is required to be kept effective pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each Selling Holder shall have received (i) the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 2(f) or (ii) the Advice.
4. Registration Expenses.
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(a) All expenses incident to the Company's performance of, or compliance with, the provisions hereof, including without limitation, all Commission and securities exchange or NASD registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or "blue sky" laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with "blue sky" qualifications of the Registrable Securities), printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of the Company's officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered, if any, on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and its independent certified public accountants (including the expense of any special audit or "cold comfort" letters required by, or incident to, such performance), Securities Act liability insurance (if the Company elects to obtain such insurance), reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration, fees and expenses of other Persons retained by the Company in connection with each registration hereunder (but not including the fees and expense of legal counsel retained by a Holder or Holders, or any underwriting fees, discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities) are herein called "Registration Expenses."
(b) The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 except as otherwise set forth therein. All expenses to be borne by the Holders in connection with any Registration Statement filed pursuant toSection 2 (including, without limitation, all underwriting fees, discounts or commissions attributable to such sale of Registrable Securities) shall be borne by the participating Holders pro rata in relation to the number of Units of Registrable Securities to be registered by each Holder.
5. Indemnification; Contribution.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnity and hold harmless, to the full extent permitted by law, the Holder, its officers, directors and each Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act), and any agent or investment adviser thereof, against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of investigation) arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any amendment or supplement thereto, any Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same arise out of or are based upon any such untrue statement or omission based upon information with respect to such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use therein; provided that, in the event that the Prospectus shall have been amended or supplemented and copies thereof as so amended or supplemented, shall have been furnished to a Holder prior to the confirmation of any sales of Registrable Securities, such indemnity with respect to the Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of such Holder if the Person asserting such loss, claim, damage or liability and who purchased the Registrable Securities from such holder did not, at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities to such Person, receive a copy of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented.
(b) Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities. In connection with any Registration Statement in which the Holder is participating, the Holder will furnish to the Company in writing such information with respect to the name and address of such Holder and such other information as may be reasonably required for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and agrees to indemnity, to the full extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors and officers and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses resulting from any untrue statement of a material fact in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or necessary to make the
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statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue or alleged untrue statement relates to any information with respect to such Holder so furnished in writing by such Holder specifically for inclusion in any Prospectus or Registration Statement; provided, however, that such Holder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that prior to the filing of any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment thereof or supplement thereto, such Holder has furnished in writing to the Company information expressly for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto which corrected or made not misleading information previously furnished to the Company. In no event shall the liability of any Selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such Selling Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder agrees to give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party after the receipt by such Person of any written notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation or threat thereof made in writing for which such Person will claim indemnification or contribution pursuant to the provisions hereof and, unless in the judgment of counsel of such indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and the indemnifying party with respect to such claim, permit the indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim. Whether or not such defense is assumed by the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld). No indemnifying party will consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation. If the indemnifying party is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim, it will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (plus such local counsel, if any, as may be reasonably required in other jurisdictions) with respect to such claim, unless in the judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim, in which event the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of such additional counsel or counsels. For the purposes of this Section 5(c), the term "conflict of interest" shall mean that there are one or more legal defenses available to the indemnified party that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or such other indemnified parties, as applicable, which different or additional defenses make joint representation inappropriate.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification from the indemnifying party provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable to an indemnified party hereunder in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified parties in connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified parties, and the parties intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5(c), any reasonable legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) If indemnification is available under this Section 5, the indemnifying parties shall indemnity each indemnified party to the full extent provided in Sections 5(a) and (b) without regard to the relative fault of
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said indemnifying party or indemnified party or any other equitable consideration provided for in this Section 5.
6. Transfer of Rights.
The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities granted pursuant to the provisions hereof may be transferred or assigned by any Holder to a transferee or assignee; provided; however, that the transferee or assignee of such rights assumes the obligations of such transferor or assignor, as the case may be, hereunder.
7. Amendment
Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions hereof may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate number of the Registrable Securities then outstanding.
8. Notices
All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing,, addressed (a) if to Purchaser, as indicated on the Schedule of Purchasers, or at such other address as Purchaser shall have furnished to the Company in writing, or (b) if to the Company, at its address set forth at the end of this Agreement or at such other address as the Company shall have furnished to the Purchasers and each such other holder in writing.
9. Severability
In case any provision of the Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
10. Titles and Subtitles
The titles of the paragraphs and subparagraphs of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
11. Entire Agreement
This Agreement (including all exhibits hereto) constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof.
12. Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
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In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has executed this Grant of Immediate Registration Rights as of the date set forth above.
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By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
(CEO and President)
Owner of Registration Rights (Subscriber):
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Company Telephone:
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