EXHIBIT 10.3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT") is made and
entered into as of June 19, 2001, between Communication Intelligence
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and The Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
1996 Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust (the "TRUST").
WHEREAS, the Company has issued and sold to the Trust a convertible
note in the original principal amount of $3,000,000 (the "NOTE");
WHEREAS, the Note is convertible into shares of Common Stock of the
Company at the conversion price set forth in the Note;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant registration rights with
respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions contained
herein, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the
Trust hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Note. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any Person, any other
Person that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common
control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, "CONTROL," when used
with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct or indirect, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "AFFILIATED," "CONTROLLING" and "CONTROLLED" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"BOARD" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(n).
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any
day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other
government actions to close.
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"COMMON STOCK" means the Company's Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"HOLDER" or "HOLDERS" means the holder or holders, as the case
may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
"INDEMNIFIED PARTY" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c).
"INDEMNIFYING PARTY" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c).
"LOSSES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
"PERSON" means an individual or a corporation, partnership,
trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited
liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or political
subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
"PROCEEDING" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or
proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
"PROSPECTUS" means the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the
Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with
respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement, and all other amendments and
supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all
material incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
"REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means (i) the shares of Common Stock
issuable to the holder of the Note upon conversion of the Note pursuant to its
terms, and (ii) any other dividend or other distribution with respect to,
conversion or exchange of, or in replacement of, the foregoing.
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the registration statement and
any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2, including (in
each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration
statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all
exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference in such
registration statement.
"RULE 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar Rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"RULE 158" means Rule 158 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar Rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
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"RULE 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar Rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. During the three year period commencing
on the date hereof and ending on June 18, 2004, the holder or the Note may
exercise a demand registration right with respect to the Registrable Securities
by delivering to the Company a written notice (a "DEMAND REGISTRATION NOTICE")
informing the Company of such exercise and specifying the number of Registrable
Securities to be offered by the Holder. Immediately following receipt of a
Demand Registration Notice, the Company will cause to be filed with the
Commission, within 30 days of receipt of such notice, a "shelf" registration
statement covering all Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Such shelf registration statement shall
be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for
resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration
shall be on another appropriate Form in accordance herewith).
The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as
promptly as possible after the filing thereof, and to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until such date as is
the earlier of (x) the date when all Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement have been sold or (y) the date on which all of the
Registrable Securities may be sold without any restriction pursuant to Rule
144(k) or any successor provision as determined by the counsel to the Company
pursuant to a written opinion letter, addressed to the Company's transfer agent
to such effect (the "EFFECTIVENESS PERIOD"). If the Company is notified orally
or in writing by the Commission that the Commission has no comments with respect
to the Registration Statement (the "COMMISSION NOTICE"), the Company shall use
its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared
effective no later than five (5) Business Days after receipt of the Commission
Notice. If an additional Registration Statement is required to be filed because
the actual number of shares of Common Stock into which the Note is convertible
exceeds the number of shares of Common Stock initially registered, the Company
shall have twenty (20) Business Days to file such additional Registration
Statement, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such
additional Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as
soon as possible.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In connection with the Company's
registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Furnish to any Holder copies of all such documents
proposed to be filed and shall use its reasonable best efforts to reflect in
each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as any
Holder may reasonably propose and at the request of any Holder cause its
officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants
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to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of
counsel to any Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning
of the Securities Act.
(b)(i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments,
including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective as to the
applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and
file with the Commission such amendments in order to register for resale under
the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related
Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement,
and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any
similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; (iii)
respond as promptly as possible to any comments received from the Commission
with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as
promptly as possible provide any Holder true and complete copies of all
correspondence from and to the Commission relating to the Registration
Statement; and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by any
Holder thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) Notify any Holder as promptly as possible (and, in the
case of (i)(A) below, not less than five (5) Business Days prior to such filing)
and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later
than one (1) Business Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether
there will be a "review" of such Registration Statement and whenever the
Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement and (C) with
respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto,
when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any
other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to
the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or
the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such
purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event that requires any revisions to
the Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case
of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) Use its reasonable best efforts to avoid the issuance of,
or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of, (i) any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) any suspension of the
qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
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(e) If requested by any Holder of the Registrable Securities,
(i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement such information as should be included therein and
(ii) make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such
post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received
notification of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment.
(f) Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one
conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and all exhibits to the extent
requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated
by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission.
(g) Promptly deliver to each Holder, without charge, as many
copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each Form of prospectus) and
each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request; and
the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or
supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the
offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto.
(h) Promptly use its reasonable best efforts to register or
qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the
registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or
qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as
any Holder requests in writing, to keep each such registration or qualification
(or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any
and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in
such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify
generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified
or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any
such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Registrable Securities
to be sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be
free of all restrictive legends when sold or transferred pursuant to the
Registration Statement, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as any Holder may request within two
(2) Business Days after such request.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section
3(c)(v), as promptly as possible, (i) prepare a supplement or amendment,
including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain 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, in the light of the
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circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) advise each
Holder as to when they may resume distribution of the Registrable Securities.
(k) Use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing of
the Common Stock on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market and cause all Registrable
Securities relating to such Registration Statement to be listed on The Nasdaq
SmallCap Market or any such other securities exchange, quotation system, market
or over-the-counter bulletin board, if any, on which the Common Stock is then
listed.
(l) Comply in all material respects with all applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission and make generally available to its security
holders earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 not later than 45 days after the end of any 12-month
period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period is a
fiscal year) commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the
Company after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which statement
shall conform to the requirements of Rule 158.
(m) Request each selling Holder to furnish to the Company
information regarding such Holder and the distribution of such Registrable
Securities as is required by law to be disclosed in the Registration Statement.
(n) If (i) there is material non-public information regarding
the Company which the Company's Board of Directors (the "BOARD") reasonably
determines not to be in the Company's best interest to disclose and which the
Company is not otherwise required to disclose, or (ii) there is a significant
business opportunity (including, but not limited to, the acquisition or
disposition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any
merger, consolidation, tender offer or other similar transaction) available to
the Company which the Board reasonably determines not to be in the Company's
best interest to disclose and which the Company would be required to disclose
under the Registration Statement, then the Company may suspend use of a
registration statement for a period not to exceed twenty (20) consecutive days,
provided that the Company may not suspend its obligation under this Section 3(n)
for more than forty-five (45) days in the aggregate during any 12-month period;
provided, however, that no such suspension shall be permitted for consecutive
twenty (20) day periods, arising out of the same set of facts, circumstances or
transactions; and provided further, that if the Company decides to suspend its
obligation pursuant to this sentence, it shall give written notice of such
suspension to each Holder to that effect. If the Company shall give notice of
the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(ii),
3(c)(iii), 3(c)(iv) and 3(c)(v) or of the postponement or suspension of the
Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 3(n), then the Effectiveness
Period shall be extended by the number of days during such period from and
including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when
each Holder shall have received (i) the copies of the supplement or amendment to
the Registration Statement contemplated by Section 3(j) (if an amended or
supplemental prospectus is required) or (ii) the Advice (as defined below) (if
no supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement is required).
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(o) Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with
the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to them
in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement. Each Holder further agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable
Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of
any event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(iii), 3(c)(iv), 3(c)(v) or 3(n),
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable
Securities under the Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the
copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement
contemplated by Section 3(j), or until it is advised in writing (the "ADVICE")
by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed.
4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. All fees and expenses incident to the
performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne
by the Company whether or not the Registration Statement is filed or becomes
effective and whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the
Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing
sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings
required to be made with The Nasdaq SmallCap Market and each other securities
exchange or market on which Registrable Securities are required hereunder to be
listed, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with the Commission, (C)
with respect to filings required to be made under the NASD and the NASD
Regulation, Inc. and (D) in compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws,
(ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing
certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses), (iii)
messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company
so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons
retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company's
independent public accountants (including the expenses of any comfort letters or
costs associated with the delivery by independent public accountants of a
comfort letter or comfort letters). In addition, the Company shall be
responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees
performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, and the
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable
Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.
No Holder may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such person (i) agrees to sell its Registrable Securities on the basis
reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements and (ii) completes and
executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.
5. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY. The
Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and
hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents and employees of each
of them, each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any such Holder and the
officers, directors, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to
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the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation,
reasonable costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys' fees) and expenses
(collectively, "LOSSES"), as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, any Prospectus or any Form of prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or
relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any
Prospectus or Form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent,
but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based
primarily upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the
Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, which information was
reasonably relied on by the Company for use therein or to the extent that such
information relates to such Holder or such Holder's proposed method of
distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved
in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such
Prospectus or such Form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto.
Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party and shall survive the
transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION BY HOLDERS. Each Holder shall, severally
and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the directors,
officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act),
and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as
incurred, arising solely out of or based solely upon any untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any
Form of prospectus, or arising solely out of or based solely upon any omission
of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or Form of prospectus or
supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made) not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by
such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration
Statement or such Prospectus and that such information was reasonably relied
upon by the Company for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or
such Form of prospectus. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, a Holder shall be liable under this Section 5(b) for only that amount as
does not exceed the net proceeds to such Holder as a result of the sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(c) CONDUCT OF INDEMNIFICATION PROCEEDINGS. If any Proceeding
shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder
(an "INDEMNIFIED PARTY"), such Indemnified Party promptly shall notify the
Person from whom indemnity is sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing, and
the Indemnifying Party may assume the defense thereof, including the employment
of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of
all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided,
that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve
the Indemnifying
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Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement except to the
extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give
notice.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel
in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees
and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party
or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such
fees and expenses; or (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to
assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named
parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both
such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party
shall have been advised by counsel that an actual or potential conflict of
interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such
Indemnified Party. In such case, the Indemnified Party's counsel may conduct the
defense of the Indemnified Party to the extent reasonably necessary to protect
the conflict of interest of such party and the Indemnified Party shall be
entitled to indemnification therefor. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable
for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any
settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party
is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of
such Proceeding.
(d) CONTRIBUTION. If a claim for indemnification under Section
5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable or insufficient to an Indemnified Party, 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 Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the
actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying
Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact,
has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such
Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys' or other reasonable fees or
expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to
the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if
the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in
accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, none of the Holders shall be liable or required to contribute under this
Section 5(d) for any amount in excess of the net proceeds received by such
Holder as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such
Registration Statement. No party shall be liable for contribution with respect
to any action or claim settled without its written consent; provided however,
that such written consent was not unreasonably withheld.
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The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account
the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
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.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section
are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the
Indemnified Parties.
6. RULE 144. As long as any Holder owns any Registrable
Securities, the Company shall timely file (or obtain extensions in respect
thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be
filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish such Holders with true and complete
copies of all such filings. As long as any Holder owns any Registrable
Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Holders
and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) promulgated under the
Securities Act annual and quarterly financial statements, together with a
discussion and analysis of such financial statements in form and substance
substantially similar to those that would otherwise be required to be included
in reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as well as
any other information required thereby, in the time period that such filings
would have been required to have been made under the Exchange Act. The Company
further shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all
to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell the
Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the
Securities Act, including providing any legal opinions referred to in the
Purchase Agreement. Upon the written request of any Holder, the Company shall
deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as
to whether it has complied with such requirements.
7. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) REMEDIES. In the event of a breach by the
Company or by a Holder, of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each
Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to
exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery
of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this
Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not
provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by
it of any of the provisions of this Agreement. It is accordingly agreed that the
parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the provisions of this
Agreement in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be entitled
at law or in equity.
(b) NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Company has not, as of the
date hereof entered into any agreement that is currently in effect, nor shall
the Company, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement
with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to
the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the written consent of
each Holder, the Company shall not grant to any Person the right to request the
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Company to register any securities of the Company under the Securities Act
unless the rights so granted are subject in all respects to the prior rights in
full of the Holders set forth herein, and are not otherwise in conflict with the
provisions of this Agreement.
(c) PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. If at any time when there is not
an effective Registration Statement covering shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Note, the Company shall determine to prepare and file
with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own
account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity
securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the
Securities Act) or its then equivalents relating to equity securities to be
issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee
benefit plans, the Company shall send to each Holder of Registrable Securities
written notice of such determination and, if within thirty (30) days after
receipt of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing (which
request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by
the Holders), the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the
Company has been so requested to register by such Holder, to the extent
necessary to permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities so to be
registered, provided that if at any time after giving 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 not to register or to delay registration of such
securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such
determination to such Holder and, thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination
not to register, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable
Securities in connection with such registration pursuant to this Section 7(c)
(but not from its obligation to pay expenses in accordance with Section 4
hereof), and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registering, shall be
permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities being registered
pursuant to this Section 7(c) for the same period as the delay in registering
such other securities. The Company shall include in such registration statement
all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be
registered; provided, however, that, subject to Section 2 hereof, the Company
shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Section 7(c) that are eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the
Securities Act. In the case of an underwritten public offering, if the managing
underwriter should reasonably object to the inclusion of the Registrable
Securities in such registration statement, and reasonably determine that the
inclusion of such Registrable Securities would materially adversely affect the
offering contemplated in such registration statement, and based on such
determination recommends inclusion in such registration statement of fewer or
none of the Registrable Securities of the Holders, then (x) the number of
Registrable Securities of the Holders included in such registration statement
shall be reduced pro-rata among such Holders (based upon the number of
Registrable Securities requested to be included in the registration) if the
underwriter(s) recommends the inclusion of fewer Registrable Securities, or (y)
none of the Registrable Securities of the Holders shall be included in such
registration statement if the underwriter(s) recommends the inclusion of none of
such Registrable Securities; provided, however, that if securities are being
offered for the account of other persons or entities as well as the Company,
such reduction shall not represent a greater fraction of the number of
Registrable Securities intended to be offered by the Holders than the fraction
of similar reductions imposed on such other persons or entities (other than the
Company).
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(d) CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. The Company (A) hereby
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court
sitting in the Southern District of New York and if jurisdiction of such Federal
courts is not available, the state courts of New York, for the purposes of any
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
Note and (B) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of
such court, that the suit, action or Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient
forum or that the venue of the suit, action or Proceeding is improper. The
Company consents to process being served in any such suit, action or Proceeding
by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to
it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing in this Section 7(d)
shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted
by law.
(e) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company
and each of the Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to
depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates
exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly
affect the rights of any other Holders may be given by Holders to which such
waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this
sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with
the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.
(f) NOTICES. Any and all notices or other communications or
deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been given on (i) the date of transmission (if
confirmed on such date), if such notice or communication is delivered via
facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified for notice prior to 5:00
p.m., eastern standard time, on a Business Day, (ii) the Business Day after the
date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile
at the facsimile telephone number specified for notice later than 5:00 p.m.,
eastern standard time, on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m., eastern standard
time, on such date (if confirmed on such date), (iii) the second Business Day
following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight
courier service or (iv) actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is
required to be given, whichever shall first occur. The address for such
communications with respect to the Company shall be addressed to:
Communication Intelligence
Corporation
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: President
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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with a copy to:
Communication Intelligence
Corporation
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address or addresses or facsimile number or numbers as any such
party may most recently have designated in writing to the other parties hereto
by such notice. Copies of notices to any Holder shall be sent to (i) The Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx 1996 Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust, c/o Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Fax: (000) 000-0000 and (ii)
Xxxx Marks & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq., Fax: (000) 000-0000.
(g) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted
assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder and its successors and
assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Holder.
(h) ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights of each
Holder hereunder, including the right to have the Company register for resale
the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall
be automatically assignable by each Holder to any transferee of such Holder of
all or a portion of the Registrable Securities if: (i) the Holder agrees in
writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of
such agreement is furnished to the Company as promptly as possible after such
assignment, (ii) the Company is, as promptly as possible 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) following such
transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the
transferee or assignees is restricted under the Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws, (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the
written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this Section, the transferee or
assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions
of this Agreement. In addition, each Holder shall have the right to assign its
rights hereunder to any other Person with the prior written consent of the
Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Additionally, each
Holder shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder to any Affiliate of
such Holder without the consent to the Company. The rights to assignment shall
apply to the Holders (and to subsequent) successors and assigns.
(i) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile
transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the
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party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with
the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original
thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Holder
may assign its rights hereunder to any Person in the same or similar business to
that of the Company.
(j) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(k) CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. The remedies provided herein are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
(l) SEVERABILITY. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable in any respect, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants
and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and
shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto
shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to
achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such
term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared
to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining
terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that
may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(m) HEADINGS. The headings herein are for convenience only, do
not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or
affect any of the provisions hereof.
(n) OPINION. Within two (2) Business Days after any
Registration Statement which includes the Registrable Securities is declared
effective by the Commission, the Company shall deliver, or shall cause legal
counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable
Securities (with copies to the Holders whose Registrable Securities are included
in such Registration Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement
has been declared effective by the Commission in the Form attached hereto as
EXHIBIT A.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Registration
Rights Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized persons as
of the date first indicated above.
COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
THE XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX 1996 CHARITABLE
REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUST
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Trustee
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Re: Communication Intelligence Corporation
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Communication Intelligence Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "COMPANY"), and have represented the Company in connection with
that certain convertible note (the "NOTE") entered into by the Company in favor
of The Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx 1996 Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust (the "TRUST").
Pursuant to the Note, the Trust (i) made a loan to the Company in the aggregate
principal amount of $3,000,000, which aggregate principal amount was convertible
into shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "COMMON
STOCK") and (ii) entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Trust
(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) 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 (File No. 333-_____________) (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the
Registrable Securities which names each holder of Registrable Securities 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,
[COMPANY'S COUNSEL]
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