EXHIBIT 10.15
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of
August 2, 2001, by and among Sorrento Networks Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation, with headquarters located at 0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 92121(the "Company"), and the undersigned buyers (each, a "Buyer" and
collectively, the "Buyers").
WHEREAS:
A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and
among the parties hereto of even date herewith (the "Securities Purchase
Agreement"), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to the Buyers
an aggregate of (i) $32,200,000 of the Company's 9.75% Senior Convertible
Debentures Due August 2, 2004 (the "Convertible Debentures"), which will be
convertible into shares of the Company's (1) Common Stock (as hereinafter
defined) (as converted, the "Conversion Shares") or (2) Series F Preferred Stock
(the "Preferred Shares") pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Debentures and
(ii) warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase up to 3,351,839 shares of Common
Stock (or Preferred Shares) (as exercised collectively, the "Warrant Shares");
B. To induce the Buyers to execute and deliver the Securities
Purchase 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
"1933 Act"), and applicable state securities laws; and
C. The location of defined terms in this Agreement is set
forth on the Index of Terms attached hereto.
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 each
of the Buyers hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
a. "Business Day" means any day other than Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are
authorized or required by law to remain closed.
b. "Common Stock" means (i) the Company's common
stock, par value $0.30 per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such
Common Stock shall have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a
reclassification of such Common Stock and all other stock of any class or
classes (however designated) of the Company the holders of which have the right,
without limitation as to amount, either to all or to a share of the balance of
current
dividends and liquidating dividends after the payment of dividends and
distributions on any shares entitled to preference.
c. "Crescent" means Crescent International Ltd., a
Bermuda corporation.
d. "Investor" means a Buyer, any transferee or
assignee thereof to whom a Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement and who
agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with
Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or
assignee assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound
by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.
e. "Person" means an individual, a limited liability
company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an
unincorporated organization and governmental or any department or agency
thereof.
f. "register," "registered," and "registration" refer
to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration
Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to
Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering
securities on a continuous or delayed basis ("Rule 415"), and the declaration or
ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
g. "Registrable Securities" means (i) the Conversion
Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures, (ii)
the Interest Payment Shares (as defined in those certain Convertible Debentures
held by any Buyer except Crescent), (iii) the Commitment Fee Payment Shares (as
defined in those certain Convertible Debentures held by Crescent), (iv) the
Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and (iv) any
shares of capital stock issued or issuable with respect to the Conversion
Shares, the Convertible Debentures, the Interest Payment Shares, the Commitment
Fee Payment Shares, the Warrant Shares or the Warrants as a result of any stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise,
without regard to any limitations on conversions of the Convertible Debentures
or exercises of Warrants. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, this definition of "Registrable Securities" shall exclude the
Preferred Shares.
h. "Registration Statement" means a registration
statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act
covering the Registrable Securities.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
2. Registration.
a. Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare,
and, as soon as practicable but in no event later than thirty (30) days after
the Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) (the "Filing
Deadline"), file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the
resale of all of the Registrable Securities. In the event that Form S-3 is
unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is
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available for such a registration, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d).
The Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto shall register for resale at
least 11,731,437 shares of Common Stock. The Company shall use its best efforts
to have the Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than the date which is ninety (90) days after
the Closing Date (the "Effectiveness Deadline").
b. Allocation of Registrable Securities. The initial
number of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement and each
increase in the number of Registrable Securities included therein shall be
allocated pro rata among the Investors based on the number of Registrable
Securities held by each Investor at the time the Registration Statement covering
such initial number of Registrable Securities or increase thereof is declared
effective by the SEC. In the event that an Investor sells or otherwise transfers
any of such Investor's Registrable Securities, each transferee shall be
allocated a pro rata portion of the then remaining number of Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement for such transferor. Any
shares of Common Stock included in a Registration Statement and which remain
allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Registrable Securities covered
by such Registration Statement shall be allocated to the remaining Investors,
pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held by such
Investors which are covered by such Registration Statement.
c. Legal Counsel. Subject to Section 5 hereof, the
Buyers holding at least two-thirds of the Registrable Securities shall have the
right to select one legal counsel to review and oversee any offering pursuant to
this Section 2 ("Legal Counsel"), which shall be counsel designated by the
holders of at least two-thirds of the Registrable Securities. The Company and
Legal Counsel shall reasonably cooperate with each other in performing the
Company's obligations under this Agreement.
d. Eligibility for Form S-3. In the event that Form
S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable
Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the
Registrable Securities on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the
holders of at least two-thirds of the Registrable Securities and (ii) undertake
to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is
available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared
effective by the SEC.
e. Sufficient Number of Shares Registered. In the
event the number of shares available under a Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2(a) is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable
Securities required to be covered by such Registration Statement or an
Investor's allocated portion of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section
2(b), the Company shall amend the Registration Statement, or file a new
Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if applicable), or
both, so as to cover at least 150% of the number of such Registrable Securities
as of the trading day immediately preceding the date of the filing of such
amendment or new Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as practicable,
but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the necessity therefor
arises. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause such amendment and/or
new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following
the filing thereof. For purposes of the foregoing provision, the number of
shares available under a Registration Statement shall be deemed
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"insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities" if at any time the
number of Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the
Convertible Debentures and upon exercise of the Warrants, if any, covered by
such Registration Statement is greater than the quotient determined by dividing
(i) number of shares of Common Stock available for resale under such
Registration Statement by (ii) 1.5. The calculation set forth in the foregoing
sentence shall be made without regard to any limitations on the conversion of
the Convertible Debentures or the exercise of the Warrants and such calculation
shall assume that the Convertible Debentures and the Warrants are then
convertible into shares of Common Stock at the then prevailing Conversion Rate
(as defined in the Convertible Debenture) or Warrant Exercise Price (as defined
in the Warrants), if applicable.
f. Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain
Effectiveness of Registration Statement. If (i) a Registration Statement
covering all the Registrable Securities and required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the Filing
Deadline or (B) not declared effective by the SEC on or before the Effectiveness
Deadline or (ii) on any day after such Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the SEC sales of all the Registrable Securities required to be
included on such Registration Statement cannot be made (other than during an
Allowable Grace Period (as defined in Section 3(r)) pursuant to the Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, because of a failure to keep the
Registration Statement effective, to disclose such information as is necessary
for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement or to register
sufficient shares of Common Stock), then, as partial relief for the damages to
any holder by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell
the underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall not be exclusive of
any other remedies available at law or in equity), the Company shall pay to each
holder of Convertible Debentures relating to such Registration Statement an
amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the Outstanding Principal Amount (as
such term is defined in the Convertible Debenture) paid by such Investor for its
Convertible Debentures multiplied by (ii) the product of (i) 0.0005 multiplied
by (II) the sum of (x) the number of days after the Filing Deadline that the
Registration Statement is not filed with the SEC, plus (y) the number of days
after the Effectiveness Deadline that the Registration Statement is not declared
effective by the SEC, plus (z) the number of days, in each instance, after the
Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC that such
Registration Statement is not available (other than during an Allowable Grace
Period) for the sale of all the Registrable Securities required to be included
on such Registration Statement. The payments to which a holder shall be entitled
pursuant to this Section 2(f) are referred to herein as "Registration Delay
Payments." Registration Delay Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (I) the
last day of the thirty (30) day period during which such Registration Delay
Payments are incurred and (II) the third Business Day after the event or failure
giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured. In the event the
Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner, such
Registration Delay Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month
(prorated for partial months) until paid in full; provided, however, any such
Registration Delay Payments due and owing to Crescent that are not paid in a
timely manner shall not bear any interest but instead shall accrue a late fee at
the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full.
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3. Related Obligations.
At such time as the Company is obligated to file a
Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a), 2(d) or 2(e), the
Company will use its best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable
Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and,
pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:
a. The Company shall promptly prepare and file with
the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities (but
in no event later than the Filing Deadline) and use its best efforts to cause
such Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities to become
effective as soon as practicable after such filing (but in no event later than
the Effectiveness Deadline). The Company shall keep each Registration Statement
effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as
of which the Investors may sell all of the Registrable Securities covered by
such Registration Statement without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or
successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act or (ii) the date on which the
Investors shall have sold all the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement (the "Registration Period"), 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 the light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading. The term "best efforts" shall mean, among other things, that the
Company shall submit to the SEC, within three (3) Business Days after the
Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be
made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on the
Registration Statement, as the case may be, and the approval of Legal Counsel
pursuant to Section 3(b), a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such
Registration Statement to a time and date not later than two Business Days after
the submission of such request.
b. Subject to Section 3(r), the Company shall prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection
with such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period,
and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect
to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such
Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities
shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration
Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement
which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to
this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form
10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Company shall have incorporated such
report by reference into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall
file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the
1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend
or supplement the Registration Statement.
c. The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to
review and comment upon (i) the Registration Statement at least five (5)
Business Days prior to its filing
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with the SEC and (ii) all other Registration Statements and all amendments and
supplements to all Registration Statements (except for Annual Reports on Form
10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and any
similar or successor reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their
filing with the SEC, and (B) not file any Registration Statement or amendment or
supplement thereto in a form to which Legal Counsel reasonably objects. The
Company shall not submit a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto without the prior
approval of Legal Counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The
Company shall furnish to Legal Counsel and each Investor, without charge, (i)
copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company
or its representatives relating to any Registration Statement, (ii) promptly
after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one copy of any Registration
Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by and
Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement, one copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement
and all amendments and supplements thereto. The Company shall reasonably
cooperate with Legal Counsel in performing the Company's obligations pursuant to
this Section 3.
d. The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose
Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without
charge, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least
one copy of such Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by
reference, if requested by and Investor, all exhibits and each preliminary
prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, ten (10)
copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all
amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such
Investor may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents, including
copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably
request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the
Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.
e. Subject to Section 3(r), the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an exemption from
registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other
securities or "blue sky" laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the United
States, (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 during
the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to
maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the
Registration Period, 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 (x) qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction,
or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds
Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of any
jurisdiction in the
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United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening
of any proceeding for such purpose.
f. The Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each
Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable
after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included
in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of
a material fact or omission 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 (provided that in no
event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and,
subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such
Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver
ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel and each
Investor (or such other number of copies as Legal Counsel or such Investor may
reasonably request). The Company shall also promptly notify Legal Counsel and
each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment covering any Registrable Securities has become
effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal
Counsel and each Investor by facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness and
by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements
to a Registration Statement or any related prospectus or related information,
and (iii) of the Company's reasonable determination that a post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
g. Subject to Section 3(r), the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other
suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of
the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the
withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to
notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being
sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of
actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.
h. At the reasonable request of any Investor, the
Company shall furnish to such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an
Investor may reasonably request (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 Investors, and (ii) an
opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes
of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily
given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors.
i. [Intentionally omitted.]
j. The Company shall hold in confidence and not make
any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company
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
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other final, non-appealable 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 Agreement 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
written notice to such Investor and allow such Investor, at the Investor's
expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain
a protective order for, such information.
k. The Company shall use its best efforts either to
(i) cause all the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to
be listed on each 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 and quotation of all the Registrable Securities covered
by the Registration Statement on the Nasdaq National Market, or (iii) 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 the inclusion for quotation on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market for such
Registrable Securities and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to
use its best efforts 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. The Company shall pay all fees and
expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(k).
l. The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who
hold Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable,
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any
restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered
pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such
denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors may reasonably
request and registered in such names as the Investors may request.
m. If requested by an Investor, the Company shall (i)
as soon as practicable incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment such information as such Investor reasonably requests to be included
therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities,
including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of
Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid
therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be
sold in such offering; (ii) as soon as practicable make all required filings of
such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of
the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment; and (iii) as soon as practicable, supplement or make amendments to
any Registration Statement if reasonably requested by an Investor holding any
Registrable Securities.
n. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts
to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be
registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities
as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities.
o. The Company shall 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
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thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in the manner
provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the 0000 Xxx) covering a
twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's
fiscal quarter next following the effective date of a Registration Statement.
p. The Company shall otherwise use its best efforts
to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection
with any registration hereunder.
q. Within two (2) Business Days after a Registration
Statement which covers Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC,
the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to
deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to
the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration
Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
r. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
at any time after the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
SEC, the Company may delay the disclosure of material non-public information
concerning the Company the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good
faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company and its counsel, in the
best interest of the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to the Company,
otherwise required (a "Grace Period"); provided, that the Company shall promptly
(i) notify the Investors in writing of the existence of material non-public
information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in each notice the
Company will not disclose the content of such material non-public information to
the Investors) and the date on which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii)
notify the Investors in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; and,
provided further, that the same event shall not constitute the basis for more
than one Grace Period and that no Grace Period shall exceed fifteen (15)
consecutive days and during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period such
Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of thirty (30) days and the first
day of any Grace Period must be at least two (2) trading days after the last day
of any prior Grace Period (an "Allowable Grace Period"). For purposes of
determining the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on
and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i)
and shall end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the
notice referred to in clause (ii) and the date referred to in such notice. The
provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period of
any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the Company
shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the
information giving rise thereto unless such material non-public information is
no longer applicable.
4. Obligations Of The Investors.
a. At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first
anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement, the Company shall notify
each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such
Investor if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor's Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement. 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
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it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by
it as shall be reasonably required to effect the effectiveness of the
registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in
connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.
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 any
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 such Registration Statement.
c. 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(g) or the first sentence of 3(f), such Investor will immediately
discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration
Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor's receipt
of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section
3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or
amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company
shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a
transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities
Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with
respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the
Investor's receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of
the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f) and for which
the Investor has not yet settled.
5. Expenses Of Registration.
All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and
commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or
qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all
registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company.
The Company shall also reimburse the Investors for the fees and disbursements of
Legal Counsel in connection with registration, filing or qualification pursuant
to Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement which amount shall be limited to $15,000.
In addition, the Company shall pay all of the Investors' reasonable costs
(including legal fees) incurred in connection with the successful enforcement of
the Investors' rights hereunder.
6. Indemnification.
In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a
Registration Statement under this Agreement:
a. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the
Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each
Investor, the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, brokers,
including brokers who offer or sell registrable securities as principal as a
result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of registrable
securities, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any
Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an
"Indemnified Person"), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities,
judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys' fees, amounts
paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several, (collectively, "Claims")
incurred in investigating,
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preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding,
investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or
governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC,
whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be
a party thereto ("Indemnified Damages"), to which any of them may become subject
insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or
threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in
connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other
"blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered
("Blue Sky Filing"), or the omission or alleged omission to state 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, (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of
the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any
state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer
or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or
(iv) any material violation of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing
clauses (i) through (iv) being, collectively, "Violations"). Subject to Section
6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, 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 by an Indemnified Person 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 such Indemnified Person 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(d); (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(d), and the
Indemnified Person was promptly advised in writing not to use the incorrect
prospectus prior to the use giving rise to a violation and such Indemnified
Person, notwithstanding such advice, used it or failed to deliver the correct
prospectus as required by the 1933 Act and such correct prospectus was timely
made available pursuant to Section 3(d); (iii) shall not be available to the
extent such Claim is based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or to cause
to be delivered the prospectus made available by the Company, including a
corrected prospectus, if such prospectus or corrected prospectus was timely made
available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d); and (iv) 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 or delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on
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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 severally and
not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the
same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors,
each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act
(each, an "Indemnified Party"), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to
which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or
otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are
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, subject to Section 6(c), such
Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by an
Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim;
provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b)
and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 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 or delayed; provided, further, however, that the Investor
shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or
Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a
result of the sale of Registrable Securities 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. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any
action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving
a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in
respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section
6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written 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 party and the Indemnified
Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party 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. In the case of an
Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding
sentence shall be selected by the Investors holding at least two-thirds in
interest of the Registrable Securities
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included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the
indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such
action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying
party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or
Indemnified Person which relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party
shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprized at all
times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with
respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any
action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent,
provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold,
delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry
of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not
include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff
to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability
in respect to such Claim or litigation. Following indemnification as provided
for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms
or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made.
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.
d. 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 and when bills are received or Indemnified
Damages are incurred.
e. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be
in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party
or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any
liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.
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:
(i) no person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which person is
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the 0000 Xxx) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution
from any person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) 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 pursuant to
such Registration Statement.
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8. [Intentionally omitted.]
9. Assignment of Registration Rights.
The rights under this Agreement shall be automatically
assignable by the Investors to any transferee of all or a portion of Registrable
Securities if: (i) 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; (ii) the Company is,
within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with
written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and
(b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being
transferred or assigned; (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment
the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is
restricted under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws; (iv) at or
before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause
(ii) of this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the
Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; and (v) such
transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
10. Amendment of Registration Rights.
Provisions 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 then hold at least two-thirds of the Registrable Securities.
Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be
binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective
to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Registrable
Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or
consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this Agreement
unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this
Agreement.
11. Miscellaneous.
a. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such
Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions,
notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same
Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions,
notice or election received from the such record owner of such Registrable
Securities.
b. Any notices, consents, waivers or other
communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this
Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon
receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile
(provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically
generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) Business Day
after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each
case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and
facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
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If to the Company:
Sorrento Networks Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
With a copy to:
Greenbaum, Rowe, Xxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxx &
Xxxxxx, LLP
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Attention: W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
If to Legal Counsel:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx LLP
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of
Buyers attached hereto, with copies to such Buyer's representatives as set forth
on the Schedule of Buyers, or to such other address and/or facsimile number
and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has
specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the
effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the
recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B)
mechanically or electronically generated by the sender's facsimile machine
containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first
page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier
service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile
or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance
with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
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. All questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by
the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice
of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or
any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of
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any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the federal courts sitting the City
of New York, borough of Manhattan and the state courts located in the borough of
Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and
hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of
any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under
this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the
validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND
AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE
HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
e. This Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement,
the Warrants and the Convertible Debenture constitute the entire agreement among
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There
are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set
forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the Securities Purchase
Agreement, the Warrant and the Convertible Debenture supersede all prior
agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof.
f. Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted
successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.
g. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
h. This Agreement may be executed in identical
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 facsimile transmission of a copy
of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this
Agreement.
i. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be
done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and
deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as
the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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j. All consents and other determinations required to
be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless
otherwise specified in this Agreement, by Investors holding at least two-thirds
of the Registrable Securities, determined as if all of the Convertible
Debentures held by Investors then outstanding have been converted into
Registrable Securities and all Warrants then outstanding have been exercised for
Registrable Securities without regard to any limitations on conversion of the
Convertible Debentures or on exercises of the Warrants.
k. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed
to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no
rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
l. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not
for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other
Person.
* * * * * *
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Registration
Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of day and year first above written.
COMPANY:
SORRENTO NETWORKS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
BUYERS:
DEUTSCHE BANC ALEX. XXXXX INC.,
as agent for DEUTSCHE BANK AG,
LONDON BRANCH
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Managing Director
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Director
SOCIETE GENERALE
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
ZLP MASTER FUND, LTD.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Director
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ZLP MASTER TECHNOLOGY FUND, LTD.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Director
STEELHEAD INVESTMENTS LTD.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X'Xxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X'Xxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory
CRESCENT INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
By:_______________________________
Name:_____________________________
Title:____________________________
RIVER VIEW, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
VERTICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
GRYPHON MASTER FUND, L.P.
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxx
--------------------------
Name: X.X. Xxxx
Title: Partner
XXXXXXX PARTNERS, L.P.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Member
XXXXXXX ASSOCIATES, L.P.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
--------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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SCHEDULE OF BUYERS
Principal
Amount Investor's Representatives'
Investor Address of Escrow Number of Address
Investor Name and Facsimile Number Debentures Amount Warrants and Facsimile Number
------------------ ---------------------------- ---------- ------------ --------- ---------------------------
Deutsche Bank AG , C/o Deutsche Banc Alex. 7,500,000 2,386,172.95 780,708 C/o Deutsche Banc
London Branch Xxxxx. Inc. Alex.Xxxxx. Inc.
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
(00xx Xxxxx) (00xx Xxxxx)
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx/Nick Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx/Xxxx
Xxxxx/Xxxxx Xx Xxxxx/Xxxxx Xx
000-000-0000 000-000-0000
Gryphon Master Fund* 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx 3,000,000 954,469.18 312,283 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
000-000-0000 000-000-0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx 5,000,000 1,590,781.97 520,472 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
000-000-0000 000-000-0000
Societe Generale 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx 4,000,000 1,272,625.57 416,378 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Attn: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000-000-0000 000-000-0000
Vertical Ventures* 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx 3,000,000 954,469.18 312,283 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxx/Josh Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxx/Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
000-000-0000 000-000-0000
Crescent C/O Greenlight 1,200,000 381,787.67 124,913 X/X Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxx. 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, 0000 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, 0000
Xxxxxxxx Cointrin
Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland
Attn: Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Attn: Xxx Xxxxxxxxx
011-4122-791-72-98 011-4122-791-72-98
River View LLC C/o Millenium Partners 2,000,000 636,312.79 208,189 X/x Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
000 0xx Xxxxxx 000 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxx Xxxxxxxx Attn: Xxx Xxxxxxxx
000-000-0000 000-000-0000
Xxxxxxx Associates, 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx 1,000,000 317,765.18 104,094 45 Rockefeller Xxxxx
X.X.* Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
000-000-0000 000-000-0000
Xxxxxxx Partners, 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx 3,000,000 954,469.18 312,283 45 Rockefeller Xxxxx
X.X.* Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
000-000-0000 000-000-0000
Xxxxxxxxx 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx 2,500,000 795,782.28 260,236 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Investments Ltd.* Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
000-000-0000 000-000-0000
*With a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
000-000-0000
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
[Transfer Agent]
Attn:
Re: Sorrento Networks Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Sorrento Networks Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation (the "Company"), and have represented the Company in connection with
that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") entered
into by and among the Company and the buyers named therein (collectively, the
"Holders") pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holders shares of its
9.75% Senior Convertible Debentures, (the "Convertible Debentures") convertible
into shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.30 per share (the
"Common Stock"), or subject to the terms thereof, Series F Preferred Stock of
the Company, and warrants exercisable for shares of its Common Stock, or subject
to the terms thereof, Series F Preferred Stock of the Company (the "Warrants").
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company also has entered into a
Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders (the "Registration Rights
Agreement") pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to
register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), including the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Convertible Debentures and exercise of the Warrants under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). In connection with the Company's obligations
under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ____________ ___, 200_, the Company
filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-_____________) (the
"Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as
a selling stockholder thereunder.
In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member
of the SEC's staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an order
declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ENTER TIME
OF EFFECTIVENESS] on [ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS] and we have no knowledge,
after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC's staff, that any stop order
suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that
purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable
Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
[ISSUER'S COUNSEL]
By:_____________________
CC: [LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS]
INDEX OF TERMS
Page
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1933 Act..........................................................................................................1
1934 Act..........................................................................................................6
Agreement.........................................................................................................1
Allowable Grace Period...........................................................................................10
Best efforts......................................................................................................5
Blue Sky Filing..................................................................................................11
Business Day......................................................................................................1
Buyer.............................................................................................................1
Buyers............................................................................................................1
Claims...........................................................................................................11
Company...........................................................................................................1
Conversion Shares.................................................................................................1
Convertible Debentures............................................................................................1
Effectiveness Deadline............................................................................................3
Filing Deadline...................................................................................................3
Grace Period......................................................................................................9
Indemnified Damages..............................................................................................11
Indemnified Party................................................................................................12
Indemnified Person...............................................................................................11
Investor..........................................................................................................2
Legal Counsel.....................................................................................................3
NASD..............................................................................................................8
Person............................................................................................................2
Register..........................................................................................................2
Registered........................................................................................................2
Registrable Securities............................................................................................2
Registration......................................................................................................2
Registration Delay Payments.......................................................................................5
Registration Period...............................................................................................5
Registration Statement............................................................................................2
Rule 415..........................................................................................................2
SEC...............................................................................................................2
Securities Purchase Agreement.....................................................................................1
Violations.......................................................................................................11
Warrant Shares....................................................................................................1
Warrants..........................................................................................................1
