This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of
February 16, 2000, by and among DIRECTRIX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), NEW HORIZONS INVESTMENT CORP., N.V. ("New Horizons") and XXXXXX
CAPITAL CORP ("Xxxxxx Capital")(collectively New Horizons and Xxxxxx Capital are
referred to as the "Holders").
The Holders are the beneficial owner of certain Registrable
Securities (as defined below) issued by the Company. The Company and the Holders
deem it to be in their respective best interests to set forth the rights of the
Holders in connection with public offerings and sales of the Registrable
Securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual
covenants and obligations hereinafter set forth, the Company and the Holders,
intending legally to be bound, hereby agree as follows.
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
"Affiliate" of any person means any other person who either directly
or indirectly is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control
with such person.
"Business Day" shall mean any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New
York are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of the Company.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (or any similar successor federal statute), and the rules and
regulations thereunder, as the same are in effect from time to time.
"Hold-Back Election" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)
hereof.
"Holder" shall mean any Person that owns Registrable Securities,
including such successors and assigns as acquire Registrable Securities,
directly or indirectly, from such Person. For purposes of this Agreement, the
Company may deem the registered holder of a Registrable Security as the Holder
thereof.
"Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, joint venture trust or unincorporated organization, a
government or agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
"Piggyback Registration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4 hereof.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration
Statement, as amended or supplemented by a prospectus supplement with respect to
the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered
by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to
the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material
incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
"Registrable Securities" shall mean the Warrants, the Common Stock
issued to the Holders upon exercise of the Warrants and any other securities
issued or issuable as a result of or in connection with any stock dividend,
stock split or reverse stock split, combination, recapitalization,
reclassification, merger or consolidation, exchange or distribution in respect
of such Common Stock.
"Registration Expenses" shall have the definition set forth in Section
6 hereof.
"Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement which
covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and
supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments,
all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such Registration
Statement.
"Restricted Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2
hereof.
"Rule 144" shall mean Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act,
as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule thereto that may be
promulgated by the SEC.
"Rule 415" shall mean Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act,
as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule thereto that may be
promulgated by the SEC.
"Rule 903" shall mean Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act,
as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule thereto that may be
promulgated by the SEC.
"Rule 904" shall mean Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act,
as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule thereto that may be
promulgated by the SEC.
"SEC" or the "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities
Act.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(or any similar successor federal statute), and the rules and regulations
thereunder, as the same are in effect from time to time.
"Underwritten Offering" shall mean a registered offering in which
securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public.
"Warrants" shall mean warrants to purchase an aggregate of 45,000
shares with respect to New Horizons and with 15,000 shares with respect to
Xxxxxx Capital, of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth therein.
SECTION 2. SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT. The securities
entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Registrable Securities but,
with respect to any particular Registrable Security, only so long as such
security continues to be a Restricted Security. A Registrable Security that has
ceased to be a Registrable Security cannot thereafter become a Registrable
Security. As used herein, a "Restricted Security" is a Registrable Security
which has not been effectively registered under the Securities Act and
distributed in accordance with an effective Registration Statement and which has
not been distributed by a Holder pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904,
unless, in the case of a Registrable Security distributed pursuant to Rule 903
or 904, any applicable restricted period has not expired or the SEC or its staff
has taken the position in a published release, ruling or no-action letter that
securities distributed under Rule 903 or 904 are ineligible for resale in the
United States under Section 4(1) of the Securities Act notwithstanding
expiration of the applicable restricted period.
SECTION 3. DEMAND REGISTRATION.
(a) DEMAND. At any time after the Warrants are issued to the
Holders the Holders, shall have the right to request in writing, specifying
that such request is made pursuant to this Section 3(a), that the Company effect
a registration under the 1933 Act of the Warrants and the underlying Common
Stock and specifying the intended method of disposition thereof (which may
include a continuous or delayed offering). Upon receipt of such written request,
the Company will use its best efforts to effect, as expeditiously as possible,
the registration under the Securities Act of the Warrants and the underlying
Common Stock which the Company has been so requested to register by the
Stockholders (a "Demand Registration"). The Company shall be obligated to effect
only two Demand Registrations pursuant to this Section 3(a). Upon receipt of any
request for registration pursuant to this Section 3(a), if there are other
holders of Common Stock, the Company shall promptly give written notice of such
request to all such other holders. The Company shall include in the requested
registration all securities requested to be included by such of the other
holders as shall make such request by written notice to the Company delivered
within fifteen Business Days after their receipt of the Company's notice. If the
Company shall receive a request for inclusion in the registration of Registrable
Securities of additional holders, it shall promptly so inform the Holders.
(b) EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Company agrees to
use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement relating to any Demand
Registration to become effective as promptly as practicable following the demand
therefore and keep thereafter such Registration Statements effective
continuously for the period specified in the next succeeding sentence. The
Company will use its best efforts pursuant to this Section to keep a
Registration Statement continuously effective (except as otherwise permitted
under this Agreement) for a period ending on the earliest of (a) the date which
is 180 days after, or, as to a Shelf Registration Statement, the second
anniversary of, the effective date of such Registration Statement, (b) the date
on which all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement
have been sold and the distribution contemplated thereby has been completed and
(c) the date on which the Holders may sell all of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement without restriction pursuant to Rule
144 promulgated under the Securities Act, unless the Registration Statement
relates to an underwritten public offering of not less than 50% of the original
number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants (calculated as if the
Warrants had been exercised on the date hereof).
(c) INCLUSION OF OTHER SECURITIES. The Company and any other holder
of the Company's securities who has registration rights may include its
securities in any registration effected pursuant to Section 3; provided,
however, that if the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed
Underwritten Offering contemplated thereby advise the holder or holders of
securities to be included in such offering in writing that the total amount or
kind of securities which the Company or any such other holder intends to include
in such proposed public offering is such as would, in the judgment of the
managing underwriter or underwriters, materially adversely affect the success of
the proposed public offering requested by the Holders, then the amount or kind
of securities to be offered for the account of the Company or any such other
holder shall be reduced to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount or
kind of securities to be included in such proposed public offering to the amount
or kind recommended by such managing underwriter or underwriters.
(d) DEFERRAL OF FILING. The Company may defer the filing (but not
the preparation) of a Registration Statement required by Section 3(a) until a
date not later than 90 days after the proposed filing date (or, if longer, 120
days after the effective date of the registration statement contemplated by
clause (ii) below) if (i) at the time the Company receives a written request for
a Demand Registration from the Holders, the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is engaged in confidential negotiations or other confidential business
activities, disclosure of which would be required in such Registration Statement
(but would not be required if such Registration Statement were not filed) and
the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that such
disclosure would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders
or (ii) prior to receiving a written request for a Demand Registration from the
Holders, the Board of Directors of the Company had determined to effect a
registered underwritten public offering of the Company's securities for the
Company's account and the Company had taken substantial steps (including, but
not limited to, selecting a managing underwriter for such offering) and is
proceeding with reasonable diligence to effect such offering and the Board of
Directors of the Company determines in good faith that the filing of a
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(a), in light of the intended method
of distribution, would materially adversely affect such offering. A deferral of
the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 3(d) shall be
lifted and the requested Registration Statement shall be filed forthwith if, in
the case of a deferral pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, the
negotiations or other activities are disclosed or terminated, or, in the case of
a deferral pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, the proposed
registration for the Company's account is abandoned. In order to defer the
filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 3(d), the Company
shall promptly (but in any event within ten days), upon determining to seek such
deferral, deliver to the Holders, written notice stating that the Company is
deferring such filing pursuant to this Section 3(e) and a general statement of
the reason for such deferral and an approximation of the anticipated delay.
Within twenty days after receiving such notice, the Holders, may withdraw its
request for a Demand Registration by giving notice to the Company; if withdrawn,
such request shall be deemed not to have been made for purposes of this
Agreement. The beginning of any deferral period shall be at least 360 days after
the end of any prior deferral period.
SECTION 4. PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION. If, on or prior to August 15,
2001, the Company at any time proposes to file a registration statement with
respect to any class of equity securities, whether for its own account (other
than in connection with a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 (or any
successor or substantially similar form), or (A) an employee stock option, stock
purchase or compensation plan or of securities issued or issuable pursuant to
any such plan, or (B) a dividend reinvestment plan) or for the account of a
holder of securities of the Company pursuant to demand registration rights
granted by the Company (a "Requesting Securityholder"), other than for the
registration of securities for sale on a continuous or delayed basis pursuant to
Rule 415, then the Company shall in each case give written notice of such
proposed filing to all Holders of Registrable Securities at least fifteen (15)
days before the anticipated filing date of any such registration statement by
the Company, and such notice shall offer to all Holders the opportunity to have
any or all of the Registrable Securities held by such Holders included in such
registration statement (each, a "Piggyback Registration"). Each Holder of
Registrable Securities desiring to have its Registrable Securities registered
under this Section 4 shall so advise the Company in writing within ten (10) days
after the date of receipt of such notice (which request shall set forth the
amount of Registrable Securities for which registration is requested), and the
Company shall use its best reasonable efforts to include in such Registration
Statement all such Registrable Securities so requested to be included therein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter or underwriters of
any such proposed public offering advises the Company in writing that the total
amount or kind of securities which the Holders of Registrable Securities, the
Company and any other persons or entities intended to be included in such
proposed public offering is sufficiently large to adversely affect the success
of such proposed public offering, then the amount or kind of securities to be
offered for the accounts of Holders of Registrable Securities shall be reduced
PRO RATA, together with the amount or kind of securities to be offered for the
accounts of any other persons requesting registration of securities pursuant to
rights similar to the rights of Holders under this Section 4, to the extent
necessary to reduce the total amount or kind of securities to be included in
such proposed public offering to the amount or kind recommended by such managing
underwriter or underwriters before the securities offered by the Company or any
Requesting Securityholder are so reduced. Anything to the contrary in this
Agreement notwithstanding, the Company may withdraw or postpone a Registration
Statement referred to herein at any time before it becomes effective or
withdraw, postpone or terminate the offering after it becomes effective without
obligation to the Holder or Holders of the Registrable Securities.
SECTION 5. HOLDBACK AGREEMENTS.
(a) HOLD-BACK ELECTION. In the case of the registration of any
underwritten primary offering initiated by the Company (other than any
registration by the Company on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or any successor or
substantially similar form), or of (A) an employee stock option, stock purchase
or compensation plan or of securities issued or issuable pursuant to any such
plan, or (b) a dividend reinvestment plan) or any underwritten secondary
offering initiated at the request of a holder of securities of the Company
pursuant to registration rights granted by the Company, each Holder agrees not
to effect any public sale or distribution of securities of the Company except as
part of such underwritten registration, during the period beginning fifteen (15)
days prior to the closing date of such underwritten offering and during the
period ending on ninety (90) days after such closing date (or such longer period
as may be reasonably requested by the Company or by the managing underwriter or
underwriters).
(b) LIMITATION ON REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement notwithstanding, when in the reasonable opinion of
counsel for the Company (which counsel shall be experienced in securities law
matters), registration of the Registrable Securities is not required by the
Securities Act and other applicable securities laws, in connection with a
proposed sale of such Registrable Securities, the Holder shall have no rights to
request a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 3 or to request a Piggyback
Registration pursuant to Section 4 in connection with such proposed sale and the
Company shall promptly provide to the transfer agent and the Holder's broker in
connection with any sale transaction an opinion to the effect set forth above.
SECTION 6. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. All expenses incident to the
Company's performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including without
limitation all registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance
with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications or registrations (or the
obtaining of exemptions therefrom) of the Registrable Securities), printing
expenses (including expenses of printing Prospectuses), messenger and delivery
expenses, internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties),
fees and disbursements of its counsel and its independent certified public
accountants, securities acts liability insurance (if the Company elects to
obtain such insurance), fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the
Company in connection with any registration hereunder and fees and expenses of
other Persons retained by the Company (all such expenses being referred to as
"Registration Expenses"), shall be borne by the Company); PROVIDED, that
Registration Expenses shall not include any fees and expenses of counsel for the
Holders, the expenses of any special audit or accounting review (other than a
review or audit of the Company's year-end financial statements), out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Holders and underwriting discounts, commissions or fees
attributable to the sale of the Registrable Securities.
SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY. The Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless, to the full extent permitted by law, but without duplication,
each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors, employees,
partners, principals, equity holders, managed or advised accounts, advisors and
agents, and each Person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the
Securities Act), against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses
(including reasonable costs of investigation and reasonable legal fees and
expenses) resulting from any untrue statement of a material fact in, or any
omission of a material fact required to be stated in, any Registration Statement
or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a
Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not
misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any
information furnished in writing to the Company by any Holder or any
underwriters expressly for use therein. The Company will also indemnify
underwriters participating in the distribution, their officers, directors,
employees, partners and agents, and each Person who controls such underwriters
(within the meaning of the Securities Act), to the same extent as provided above
with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of Registrable Securities, if
so requested.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION BY HOLDERS OF REGISTRABLE SECURITIES. In
connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable
Securities is participating, each such Holder will furnish to the Company in
writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for
use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless, to the full extent permitted by law, but without
duplication, the Company, its officers, directors, shareholders, employees,
advisors and agents, 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 material fact in, or any
omission of a material fact required to be stated in, the Registration Statement
or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a
Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not
misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by
such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion therein. The liability of
each Holder under this Section 7(b) shall be limited to an amount equal to the
proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of any Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus. The Company and the other
persons described above shall be entitled to receive indemnities from
underwriters participating in the distribution, to the same extent as provided
above with respect to information so furnished in writing by such Persons
specifically for inclusion in any Prospectus or Registration Statement.
(c) CONDUCT OF INDEMNIFICATION PROCEEDINGS. Any Person entitled to
indemnification hereunder will (i) give prompt notice to the indemnifying party
of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such
indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel of such
indemnifying party's choice; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Person entitled to
indemnification hereunder shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to
participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified Person unless (A) the
indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim and
employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party in a timely
manner or (B) in the reasonable judgment of any such Person, based upon a
written opinion of its counsel, a conflict of interest may exist between such
person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if
the Person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such Person elects to
employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim
on behalf of such person). The indemnifying party will not be subject to any
liability for any settlement made without its consent. No indemnified party will
be required to 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. An indemnifying party who is not
entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of the claim will not be
obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties
indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim.
(d) CONTRIBUTION. If for any reason the indemnification provided for
in Section 7(a) or Section 7(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or
insufficient to hold it harmless as contemplated by Section 7(a) and Section
7(b), then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by the indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
received by the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, but also the
relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. 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 misrepresentations.
SECTION 8. PARTICIPATION IN UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS. No Person
may participate in any Underwritten Offering hereunder unless such Person (i)
agrees to sell such Person's Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve
such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required
under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. Nothing in this Section 8
shall be construed to create any additional rights regarding the registration of
Registrable Securities in any Person otherwise than as set forth herein.
SECTION 9. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this Section 9, 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 a majority of the Registrable Securities (on a Common Stock equivalent basis)
then outstanding. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified
number of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities
held by the Company or any of its controlled affiliates (other than Holders of
Registrable Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates
solely by reason of their holdings of such Registrable Securities) shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders
of such required number.
SECTION 10. RULE 144 REPORTING. With a view to making available the
benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission which may at any
time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without
registration, during such time as a public market exists for the Common Stock of
the Company, the Company agrees to use its best reasonable efforts to:
(a) Make and keep public information available, as those terms
are understood and defined in Rule 144;
(b) File with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and
other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act (so long as it is subject to such reporting requirements);
and
(c) So long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish to
the Holder forthwith upon written request a written statement by the Company as
to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, and of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act (so long as it is subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act), a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly
report of the Company, and such other reports and documents of the Company as a
Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of
the Commission allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without
registration (so long as it is subject to the reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act).
SECTION 11. NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided
for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, telecopier, or air-courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(a) If to a Holder of Registrable Securities, at the most current
address given by such Holder to the Company, in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 11, which address initially is, with respect to the Holders:
Xxxxxx Capital Corp 00 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
New Horizons Investment Corp. N.V. c/o 0000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
(b) IF TO THE COMPANY, INITIALLY AT 000 XXXX 00XX Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, attention: Chief Executive Officer; telecopier
no. (000)-000-0000; and thereafter at such other address as may be designated
from time to time by notice given in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 11.
(c) All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to
have been delivered and received (i) in the case of personal delivery,
telecopier or telegram, on the date of such delivery, (ii) in the case of air
courier, on the Business Day after the date when sent and (iii) in the case of
mailing, on the third Business Day following such mailing.
SECTION 12. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties hereto, including without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment to subsequent Holders of the Registrable Securities who cannot freely
transfer their shares in the absence of registration under the Securities Act.
SECTION 13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 14. HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONFLICT OF LAWS THEREOF.
SECTION 16. JURISDICTION; FORUM. Each party hereto consents and
submits to the jurisdiction of any state court sitting in the County of New York
or federal court sitting in the Southern District of the State of New York in
connection with any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each
party hereto waives any objection to the laying of venue in such courts and any
claim that any such action has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the
extent permitted by law, any judgment in respect of a dispute arising out of or
relating to this Agreement may be enforced in any other jurisdiction within or
outside the United States by suit on the judgment, a certified copy of such
judgment being conclusive evidence of the fact and amount of such judgment. Each
party hereto agrees that personal service of process may be effected by any of
the means specified in Section 11, addressed to such party. The foregoing shall
not limit the rights of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted
by law.
SECTION 17. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement is intended by the
parties as a final expression of their agreement and is intended to be a
complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the
parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with
respect to such subject matter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
as of the date first written above.
DIRECTRIX, INC.
By:
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J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Chairman & CEO
XXXXXX CAPITAL CORP
By:
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Xxxx Xxxxx, President
NEW HORIZONS INVESTMENT CORP., N.V.
By:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Attorney-In-Fact
