EXHIBIT 99.25
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of July 3,
2003, between Universal Automotive Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") and Global Capital Funding Group, L.P. (the "Fund"), a Delaware
limited partnership.
1. INTRODUCTION.
1.1 SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT. The Company and the
Fund have today executed that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the
"Securities Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company has agreed,
among other things, to issue a One Million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($1,550,000.00) (U.S.) principal amount of Convertible Note of the Company (the
"Note") to the Fund or its successors, assigns or transferees (collectively, the
"Holders"). The Note is convertible into a number of shares (the "Note
Conversion Shares") of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per share
(the "Common Stock") pursuant to the terms of the Note. In addition, pursuant to
the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereby, the Company has agreed to issue to the Fund, Common Stock Purchase
Warrants exercisable for 250,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, (the
"Warrant Shares"). The number of Note Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares is
subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of stock splits, recapitalizations and
similar events occurring after the date hereof.
1.2 DEFINITION OF SECURITIES. The Note Conversion Shares
and the Warrant Shares are herein referred to as the "Securities."
2. REGISTRATION UNDER SECURITIES ACT, ETC.
2.1 MANDATORY REGISTRATION.
(a) REGISTRATION OF REGISTRABLE SECURITIES. The
Company shall prepare and file within sixty (60) days following the date hereof
(the "Filing Date") a registration statement (the "Registration Statement")
covering the resale of the Registrable Securities. The Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared
effective by the Commission on the earlier of (i) 180 days following the date
hereof with respect to the Registration Statement, (ii) ten (10) days following
the receipt of a "No Review" or similar letter from the Commission or (iii) the
first day following the day the Commission determines the Registration Statement
eligible to be declared effective (the "Required Effectiveness Date"). Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit the number of Registrable Securities
to be registered by the Company hereunder. As a result, should the Registration
Statement not relate to the maximum number of Registrable Securities acquired by
(or potentially acquirable by) the holders thereof upon conversion of the Note,
or exercise of the Common Stock Purchase Warrants described in Section 1 above,
the Company shall be required to promptly file a separate registration statement
(utilizing Rule 462 promulgated under the Exchange Act, where applicable)
relating to such Registrable Securities which then remain unregistered. The
provisions of this Agreement shall relate to any such separate registration
statement as if it were an amendment to the Registration Statement.
(b) REGISTRATION STATEMENT FORM. Registrations
under this Section 2.1 shall be on Form S-3 or such other appropriate
registration form of the Commission as shall permit the disposition of such
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of
disposition specified by the Fund; provided, however, such intended method of
disposition shall not include an underwritten offering of the Registrable
Securities.
(c) EXPENSES. The Company will pay all
Registration Expenses in connection with any registration required by this
Section 2.1.
(d) EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. A
registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall not be deemed to have
been effected (i) unless a registration statement with respect thereto has
become effective within the time period specified herein, provided that a
registration which does not become effective after the Company filed a
registration statement with respect thereto solely by reason of the refusal to
proceed of any holder of Registrable Securities (other than a refusal to proceed
based upon the advice of counsel in
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the form of a letter signed by such counsel and provided to the Company relating
to a disclosure matter unrelated to such holder) shall be deemed to have been
effected by the Company unless the holders of the Registrable Securities shall
have elected to pay all Registration Expenses in connection with such
registration, (ii) if, after it has become effective, such registration becomes
subject to any stop order, injunction or other order or extraordinary
requirement of the Commission or other governmental agency or court for any
reason or (iii) if, after it has become effective, such registration ceases to
be effective for more than an aggregate of twenty (20) days.
(e) PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION. The Company hereby
agrees that the Registration Statement shall include a "Plan Of Distribution"
section reasonably acceptable to the Fund.
2.2 INCIDENTAL REGISTRATION.
(a) RIGHT TO INCLUDE REGISTRABLE SECURITIES. If
at any time after the date hereof but before the third anniversary of the date
hereof, the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the
Securities Act (other than by a registration in connection with an acquisition
in a manner which would not permit registration of Registrable Securities for
sale to the public, on Form S-8, or any successor form thereto, on Form S-4, or
any successor form thereto and other than pursuant to Section 2.1), on an
underwritten basis (either best-efforts or firm-commitment), then, the Company
will each such time give prompt written notice to all Holders of its intention
to do so and of such Holders' rights under this Section 2.2. Upon the written
request of any such Holder made within twenty (20) days after the receipt of any
such notice (which request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to
be disposed of by such Holder and the intended method of disposition thereof),
the Company will, subject to the terms of this Agreement, use its commercially
reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of
the Registrable Securities, to the extent requisite to permit the disposition
(in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of such
Registrable Securities so to be registered, by inclusion of such Registrable
Securities in the registration statement which covers the securities which the
Company proposes to register, provided that if, at any time after written notice
of its intention to register any securities and prior to the effective date of
the registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the
Company shall determine for any reason either not to register or to delay
registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election, give written
notice of such determination to each Holder and, thereupon, (i) in the case of a
determination not to register, shall be relieved of this obligation to register
any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from
its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith),
without prejudice, however, to the rights of any holder or holders of
Registrable Securities entitled to do so to request that such registration be
effected as a registration under Section 2.1, and (ii) in the case of a
determination to delay registering, shall be permitted to delay registering any
Registrable Securities, for the same period as the delay in registering such
other securities. No registration effected under this Section 2.2 shall relieve
the Company of its obligation to effect any registration upon request under
Section 2.1, nor shall any such registration hereunder be deemed to have been
effected pursuant to Section 2.1. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses
in connection with each registration of Registrable Securities requested
pursuant to this Section 2.2. The right provided the Holders of the Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Section shall be exercisable at their sole
discretion and will in no way limit any of the Company's obligations to pay the
Securities according to their terms.
(b) PRIORITY IN INCIDENTAL REGISTRATIONS. If the
managing underwriter of the underwritten offering contemplated by this Section
2.2 shall inform the Company and holders of the Registrable Securities
requesting such registration by letter of its belief that the number of
securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number
which can be sold in such offering, then the Company will include in such
registration, to the extent of the number which the Company is so advised can be
sold in such offering, (i) first securities proposed by the Company to be sold
for its own account, and (ii) second Registrable Securities and securities of
other selling security holders requested to be included in such registration pro
rata on the basis of the number of shares of such securities so proposed to be
sold and so requested to be included; provided, however, the holders of
Registrable Securities shall have priority to all shares sought to be included
by officers and directors of the Company as well as holders of ten percent (10%)
or more of the Company's Common Stock.
2.3 REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. If and whenever the Company
is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the
Securities Act as provided in Section 2.1, the Company shall, as expeditiously
as possible:
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(i) prepare and file with the Commission the
Registration Statement, or amendments thereto, to effect such registration
(including such audited financial statements as may be required by the
Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) and
thereafter use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such
registration statement to be declared effective by the Commission, as soon as
practicable, but in any event no later than the Required Effectiveness Date;
provided, however, that before filing such registration statement or any
amendments thereto, the Company will furnish to the counsel selected by the
holders of Registrable Securities which are to be included in such registration,
copies of all such documents proposed to be filed;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus
used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration
statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with
respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such
registration statement until the earlier to occur of five (5) years after the
date of this Agreement(subject to the right of the Company to suspend the
effectiveness thereof for not more than 10 consecutive days or an aggregate of
30 days in such five (5) year period) or such time as all of the securities
which are the subject of such registration statement cease to be Registrable
Securities (such period, in each case, the "Registration Maintenance Period");
(iii) furnish to each seller of Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement such number of conformed
copies of such registration statement and of each such amendment and supplement
thereto (in each case including all exhibits), such number of copies of the
prospectus contained in such registration statement (including each preliminary
prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule
424 under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act, and such other documents, as such seller and underwriter, if
any, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other
disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;
(iv) use its reasonable best efforts to register
or qualify all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such
registration statement under such other securities laws or blue sky laws as any
seller thereof shall reasonably request, to keep such registrations or
qualifications in effect for so long as such registration statement remains in
effect, and take any other action which may be reasonably necessary to enable
such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the
securities owned by such seller, except that the Company shall not for any such
purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation
in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this
subdivision (iv) be obligated to be so qualified or to consent to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(v) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered
with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be
necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition
of such Registrable Securities;
(vi) Intentionally omitted.
(vii) notify the Sellers' Representative and its
counsel promptly and confirm such advice in writing promptly after the Company
has knowledge thereof:
(A) when the Registration Statement,
the prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed, and, with respect to the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same
has become effective;
(B) of any request by the Commission
for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus or
for additional information;
(C) of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
the initiation of any proceedings by any Person for that purpose; and
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(D) of the receipt by the Company of
any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any
Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose;
(viii) notify each seller of Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement, at any time when a prospectus relating
thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery
that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus
included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material facts required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the
light of the circumstances then existing, and at the request of any such seller
promptly prepare and furnish to such seller a reasonable number of copies of a
supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as
thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such securities, such prospectus shall
not include an 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
not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;
(ix) use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement at the earliest possible moment; and
(x) enter into such agreements and take such
other actions as the Sellers' Representative shall reasonably request in writing
(at the expense of the requesting or benefiting sellers) in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
The Company may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to
which any registration is being effected to furnish the Company such information
regarding such seller and the distribution of such securities as the Company may
from time to time reasonably request in writing.
The Company will not file any registration statement pursuant to
Section 2.1, or amendment thereto or any prospectus or any supplement thereto
(including such documents incorporated by reference and proposed to be filed
after the initial filing of the Registration Statement) to which the Sellers'
Representative shall reasonably object, provided that the Company may file such
documents in a form required by law or upon the advice of its counsel.
The Company represents and warrants to each holder of Registrable
Securities that it has obtained all necessary waivers, consents and
authorizations necessary to execute this Agreement and consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby other than such waivers, consents and/or
authorizations specifically contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement.
Each Seller agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of
the occurrence of any event of the kind described in subdivision (viii) of this
Section 2.3, such Seller will forthwith discontinue such Seller's disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement relating to such
Registrable Securities until such Seller's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by subdivision (viii) of this
Section 2.3 and, if so directed by the Company, will deliver to the Company (at
the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in
such Seller's possession of the prospectus relating to such Registrable
Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
2.4 PREPARATION; REASONABLE INVESTIGATION. In connection
with the preparation and filing of each registration statement under the
Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will give the Holders of
Registrable Securities registered under such registration statement, and their
respective counsel and accountants, the opportunity to participate in the
preparation of such registration statement, each prospectus included therein or
filed with the Commission, and each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and
will give each of them such access to its books and records and such
opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with its officers and the
independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements as
shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of such Holders' and such
underwriters' respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable investigation within
the meaning of the Securities Act.
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2.5 REGISTRATION DEFAULT FEE. If the Registration
Statement contemplated in Section 2.1 is not declared effective by the Required
Effectiveness Date or such effectiveness is not maintained for the Registration
Maintenance Period, then the Company shall pay to the Fund the fees specified in
Section 10.4 of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
2.6 INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY. In the event
of any registration of any securities of the Company under the Securities Act,
the Company will, and hereby does agree to indemnify and hold harmless the
Holder of any Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, its
directors and officers, each other Person who participates as an underwriter in
the offering or sale of such securities and each other Person, if any, who
controls such Holder or any such underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Holder or any such director or officer or underwriter or
controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or
proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any registration statement under which such
securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus,
final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and the Company will reimburse such Holder and each such
director, officer, underwriter and controlling person for any legal or any other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding, provided that
the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage, liability, (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or
expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement,
any such preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment
or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Holder or underwriter stating that it is for
use in the preparation thereof and, provided further that the Company shall not
be liable to any Person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or
sale of Registrable Securities or to any other Person, if any, who controls such
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in
respect thereof) or expense arises out of such Person's failure to send or give
a copy of the final prospectus, as the same may be then supplemented or amended,
within the time required by the Securities Act to the Person asserting the
existence of an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of
Registrable Securities to such Person if such statement or omission was
corrected in such final prospectus or an amendment or supplement thereto. Such
indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of such Holder or any such director, officer, underwriter
or controlling person and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such
Holder.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE SELLERS. The Company
may require, as a condition to including any Registrable Securities in any
registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement, that the Company shall
have received an undertaking satisfactory to it from the prospective seller of
such Registrable Securities, to indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner
and to the same extent as set forth in subdivision (a) of this Section 2.6) the
Company, each director of the Company, each officer of the Company and each
other Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act, with respect to any statement or alleged statement in or
omission or alleged omission from such registration statement, any preliminary
prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, if such statement or alleged statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company through an instrument duly executed
by such seller specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation of
such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary
prospectus, amendment or supplement. Any such indemnity shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Company or any such director, officer or controlling person and shall survive
the transfer of such securities by such seller.
(c) NOTICES OF CLAIMS, ETC. Promptly after
receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action or
proceeding involving a claim referred to in the preceding subdivisions of this
Section 2.6, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against an indemnifying party,
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give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such action, provided
that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein
shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under the preceding
subdivisions of this Section 2.6, except to the extent that the indemnifying
party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. In case any such
action is brought against an indemnified party, unless in such indemnified
party's reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and
indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such claim, the indemnifying party
shall be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to the extent that the
indemnifying party may wish, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal
or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying
party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of
any judgment or enter into any settlement of any such action 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, or a covenant not to
xxx, in respect to such claim or litigation. No indemnified party shall consent
to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement of any such action the
defense of which has been assumed by an indemnifying party without the consent
of such indemnifying party.
(d) OTHER INDEMNIFICATION. Indemnification
similar to that specified in the preceding subdivisions of this Section 2.6
(with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and each seller
of Registrable Securities (but only if and to the extent required pursuant to
the terms of Section 2.6(b)) with respect to any required registration or other
qualification of securities under any Federal or state law or regulation of any
governmental authority, other than the Securities Act.
(e) INDEMNIFICATION PAYMENTS. The
indemnification required by this Section 2.6 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 expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred.
(f) CONTRIBUTION. If the indemnification
provided for in the preceding subdivision of this Section 2.6 is unavailable to
an indemnified party in respect of any expense, loss, claim, damage or liability
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Holder or underwriter, as the
case may be, on the other from the distribution of the Registrable Securities or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Company on the one hand and of the Holder or underwriter, as the case may
be, on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
in such expense, loss, damage or liability, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Holder or underwriter, as the case may be, on the other in
connection with the distribution of the Registrable Securities shall be deemed
to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds received by the Company
from the initial sale of the Registrable Securities by the Company to the
purchasers bear to the gain, if any, realized by all selling Holders
participating in such offering or the underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the underwriter, as the case may be. The relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and of the Holder or underwriter, as the case may be, on
the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, by the Holder or
by the underwriter and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information supplied by the Company, by the Holder or by the underwriter and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission, provided that the foregoing
contribution agreement shall not inure to the benefit of any indemnified party
if indemnification would be unavailable to such indemnified party by reason of
the provisions contained in the first sentence of subdivision (a) of this
Section 2.6, and in no event shall the obligation of any indemnifying party to
contribute under this subdivision (f) exceed the amount that such indemnifying
party would have been obligated to pay by way of indemnification if the
indemnification provided for under subdivisions (b) of this Section 2.6 had been
available under the circumstances.
The Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subdivision (f)
were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders and any
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underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method
of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable
by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed
to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the preceding sentence and
subdivision (c) of this Section 2.6, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision (f), no Holder of
Registrable Securities or underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount
in excess of the amount by which (i) in the case of any such Holder, the net
proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities or (ii)
in the case of an underwriter, the total price at which the Registrable
Securities purchased by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
public exceeds, in any such case, the amount of any damages that such Holder or
underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
3. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following terms have the following respective meanings:
"Agreement": As defined in Section 1.
"Commission": The Securities and Exchange Commission or
any other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
"Common Stock": As defined in Section 1.
"Company": As defined in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
"Conversion Shares": As defined in Section 1.
"Exchange Act": The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
"Note": As defined in Section 1, such term to include any
securities issued in substitution of or in addition to such Note.
"Person": A corporation, association, partnership,
organization, business, individual, governmental or political subdivision
thereof or a governmental agency.
"Registrable Securities": The Securities and any securities
issued or issuable with respect to such Securities by way of stock dividend or
stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization,
merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise. Once issued such
securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (a) a registration
statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become
effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed
of in accordance with such registration statement, (b) they shall have been
distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision)
under the Securities Act, (c) they shall have been otherwise transferred, new
certificates for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall
have been delivered by the Company and subsequent disposition of them shall not
require registration or qualification of them under the Securities Act or any
similar state law then in force, (d) they shall have ceased to be outstanding,
(e) on the expiration of the applicable Registration Maintenance Period or (f)
any and all legends restricting transfer thereof have been removed in accordance
with the provisions of Rule 144(k) (or any successor provision) under the
Securities Act.
"Registration Expenses": All expenses incident to the
Company's performance of or compliance with this Agreement (other than fees
relating to counsel for Sellers), including, without limitation, all
registration, filing and NASD fees, all stock exchange or other NASD or stock
exchange listing fees, all fees and expenses of
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complying with securities or blue sky laws, all word processing, duplicating and
printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, the fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company and of its independent public accountants, including
the expenses of any special audits or "cold comfort" letters required by or
incident to such performance and compliance, premiums and other costs of
policies of insurance of the Company against liabilities arising out of the
public offering of the Registrable Securities being registered and any fees and
disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of
securities, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer
taxes, if any, provided that, in any case where Registration Expenses are not to
be borne by the Company, such expenses shall not include salaries of Company
personnel or general overhead expenses of the Company, auditing fees, premiums
or other expenses relating to liability insurance required by underwriters of
the Company or other expenses for the preparation of financial statements or
other data normally prepared by the Company in the ordinary course of its
business or which the Company would have incurred in any event.
"Registration Maintenance Period": As defined in Section 2.3.
"Required Effectiveness Date": As defined in Section 2.1.
"Securities Act": The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
"Securities Purchase Agreement": As defined in Section 1.
"Sellers' Representative": Global Capital Advisors Ltd. or
such Person designated by Global Capital Advisors Ltd. as of the time of
disposition of the last of the Note held by the Fund (or subsequent Sellers'
Representative).
"Warrant Shares": As defined in Section 1.
4. RULE 144. The Company shall timely file the reports required
to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (including but
not limited to the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
referred to in subparagraph (c) of Rule 144 adopted by the Commission under the
Securities Act) and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission
thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, will, upon
the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, make publicly available
other information) and will take such further action as any Holder of
Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by (a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by
the Commission. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the
Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has
complied with the requirements of this Section 4.
5. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. This Agreement may be amended and the
Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein
required to be performed by it, only if the Company shall have obtained the
written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Holder or
Holders of the sum of the 51% or more of the shares of (i) Registrable
Securities issued at such time, plus (ii) Registrable Securities issuable upon
exercise or conversion of the Securities then constituting derivative securities
(if such Securities were not fully exchanged or converted in full as of the date
such consent if sought). Each Holder of any Registrable Securities at the time
or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent authorized by this
Section 5, whether or not such Registrable Securities shall have been marked to
indicate such consent.
6. NOMINEES FOR BENEFICIAL OWNERS. In the event that any
Registrable Securities are held by a nominee for the beneficial owner thereof,
the beneficial owner thereof may, at its election, be treated as the Holder of
such Registrable Securities for purposes of any request or other action by any
Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement or any
determination of any number of percentage of shares of Registrable Securities
held by a Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities contemplated by this
Agreement. If the beneficial owner of any Registrable Securities so elects, the
Company may require assurances reasonably satisfactory to it of such owner's
beneficial ownership or such Registrable Securities.
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7. NOTICES. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all
notices, requests and other communications to any Person provided for hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be given to such Person (a) in the case of a party
hereto other than the Company, addressed to such party in the manner set forth
in the Securities Purchase Agreement or at such other address as such party
shall have furnished to the Company in writing, or (b) in the case of any other
Holder of Registrable Securities, at the address that such Holder shall have
furnished to the Company in writing, or, until any such other Holder so
furnishes to the Company an address, then to and at the address of the last
Holder of such Registrable Securities who has furnished an address to the
Company, or (c) in the case of the Company, at the address set forth on the
signature page hereto, to the attention of its President, or at such other
address, or to the attention of such other officer, as the Company shall have
furnished to each Holder of Registrable Securities at the time outstanding. Each
such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by
mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mail with first
class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid or (ii) if given by any other
means (including, without limitation, by fax or air courier), when delivered at
the address specified above, provided that any such notice, request or
communication shall not be effective until received.
8. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto. In addition, and
whether or not any express assignment shall have been made, the provisions of
this Agreement which are for the benefit of the parties hereto other than the
Company shall also be for the benefit of and enforceable by any subsequent
Holder of any Registrable Securities. Each of the Holders of the Registrable
Securities agrees, by accepting any portion of the Registrable Securities after
the date hereof, to the provisions of this Agreement including, without
limitation, appointment of the Sellers' Representative to act on behalf of such
Holder pursuant to the terms hereof which such actions shall be made in the good
faith discretion of the Sellers' Representative and be binding on all persons
for all purposes.
9. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of the several
sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for reference only and
shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
10. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAWS.
11. COUNTERPART. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile and
may be signed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same instrument.
12. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement
and understanding between the Company and each other party hereto relating to
the subject matter hereof and supercedes all prior agreements and understandings
relating to such subject matter.
13. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement, or the
application of such provisions to any Person or circumstance, shall be held
invalid, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such provision
to Persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall
not be affected thereby. Signature Page Follows
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as
of the date first above written.
UNIVERSAL AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: _______________________________________
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Address: 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Fax: 0000-000-0000
Tel.: 000-000-0000
GLOBAL CAPITAL FUNDING GROUP, L.P.
By its General Partner, Global Capital Management
Services, Inc.
By: __________________________________
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
Address: 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Fax: 000-000-0000
Tel.: 000-000-0000
Registration Rights Agreement
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