Exhibit 10.34
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made and
entered into as of September 3, 1999, among Entertainment Boulevard, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the "CORPORATION"), and Xxxx Xxxx XxXxxxx Clearing
Corporation (the "PLACEMENT AGENT").
This Agreement is being entered into in connection with that certain
Warrant issued to the Placement Agent to purchase 250,000 shares of the
Corporation's common stock, dated as of the date hereof (the "WARRANTS"). The
Warrants have been issued by the Corporation to the Placement Agent in exchange
for the Placement Agent's services rendered to the Corporation pursuant to the
terms of that certain Placement Agency Agreement between the Corporation and the
Placement Agent dated September 3, 1999.
The Corporation and the Placement Agent hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings given such terms in the Warrant. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
"ADVICE" shall have meaning set forth in Section 3(m).
"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 the 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 of "AFFILIATED," "CONTROLLING" and "CONTROLLED" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"BOARD" shall have 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 Corporation's common stock, $0.001 par value
per share.
"EFFECTIVENESS DATE" means with respect to the Registration
Statement the 120th day following the Closing Date.
"EFFECTIVENESS PERIOD" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
"EVENT" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).
"EVENT DATE" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"FILING DATE" means the 60th business day following the Closing Date.
"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 the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants.
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the registration statements 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.
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"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.
"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.
"SPECIAL COUNSEL" means any special counsel to the Holders, for which
the Holders will be reimbursed by the Corporation pursuant to Section 4.
2. SHELF REGISTRATION.
On or prior to the Filing Date the Corporation shall prepare and file
with the Commission a "shelf" Registration Statement covering all Registrable
Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule
415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-1 (or other applicable
form), which may be converted to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 upon the
Corporation's meeting the eligibility requirements for Form S-3. The
Corporation shall (i) not permit any securities other than the Registrable
Securities (and those listed in SCHEDULE 2.1(s) of the Purchase Agreement) to be
included in the Registration Statement and (ii) use its best efforts to cause
the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as
promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the
Effectiveness Date, 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 the Registrable Securities may be sold
without any restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) as determined by the counsel to
the Corporation pursuant to a written opinion letter, addressed to the
Corporation's transfer agent to such effect (the "EFFECTIVENESS PERIOD").
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
In connection with the Corporation's registration obligations
hereunder, the Corporation shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the Commission on or prior to the Filing
Date, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (or other applicable form) in
accordance with the method or methods of distribution thereof as specified by
the Holders (except if otherwise directed by the Holders), and cause the
Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided
herein; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to
the filing of the Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto
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(including any document that would be incorporated therein by reference), the
Corporation shall (i) furnish to the Holders and any Special Counsel, copies
of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those
incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders and
such Special Counsel within five (5) days of receipt, and (ii) cause its
officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants
to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion
of respective counsel to such Holders, to conduct a reasonable investigation
within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Corporation shall not file the
Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities or any Special Counsel, shall reasonably object in writing within
seven (7) Business Days of their receipt thereof.
(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 additional Registration Statements 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 the Holders 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 the
Holders thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold and
any Special Counsel as promptly as possible (and, in the case of (i)(A)
below, not less than five (5) 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 Corporation
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,
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) if at any time any of the representations and warranties
of the Corporation contained in any agreement contemplated hereby ceases to
be true and correct in all material respects; (v) of the receipt by the
Corporation 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
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the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (vi) of
the occurrence of any event that makes any statement made in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or 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 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.
(e) If requested by the Holders of a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities, (i) promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement such information as the
Corporation reasonably agrees 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 Corporation has received notification of the
matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment.
(f) Furnish to each Holder and any Special Counsel, 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 and any Special Counsel, 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 Corporation 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 provided such
use is in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.
(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its
best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders, and
any Special Counsel 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 Corporation 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
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service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject
or subject the Corporation to any material tax 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 Registrable Securities to be sold
pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free of all
restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as any Holders may request at least
two (2) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section
3(c)(vi), as promptly as possible, 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 circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(k) Use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities relating
to such Registration Statement to be listed on The OTC Bulletin Board and any
other securities exchange, quotation system, market or over-the-counter bulletin
board, if any, on which similar securities issued by the Corporation are then
listed as and when required pursuant to the Placement Agency Agreement.
(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
Corporation after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which
statement shall conform to the requirements of Rule 158.
(m) The Corporation may require each selling Holder to furnish to the
Corporation within ten (10) days of receipt of request information regarding
such Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as is required
by law to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, and the Corporation may
exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any such Holder who
unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after
receiving such request.
If the Registration Statement refers to any Holder by name or
otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Corporation, then such Holder
shall have the right to require (if such reference to such Holder by name or
otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute
then in force) the deletion of the reference to such Holder in any amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the
time that such reference ceases to be required.
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Each Holder covenants and agrees that (i) it will not sell any
Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until it has received
copies of the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented as contemplated in
Section 3(g) and notice from the Corporation that such Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendments thereto have become effective as contemplated
by Section 3(c) and (ii) it and its officers, directors or Affiliates, if any,
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 agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities
that, upon receipt of a notice from the Corporation of the occurrence of any
event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(ii), 3(c)(iii), 3(c)(iv), 3(c)(v) or
3(c)(vi), 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 Corporation that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed,
and, in either case, has received copies of any additional or supplemental
filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
Prospectus or Registration Statement.
(n) If (i) there is material non-public information regarding the
Corporation which the Corporation's Board of Directors (the "BOARD") reasonably
determines not to be in the Corporation's best interest to disclose and which
the Corporation 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 Corporation which the Board reasonably determines not to be in the
Corporation's best interest to disclose, then the Corporation may postpone or
suspend use of the Registration Statement for a period not to exceed 20
consecutive days, provided that the Corporation may not postpone or suspend its
obligation under this Section 3(n) for more than 45 days in the aggregate during
any 12-month period; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such postponement or suspension
shall be permitted for consecutive 20 day periods, arising out of the same set
of facts, circumstances or transactions.
4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES.
All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance
with this Agreement by the Corporation shall be borne by the Corporation 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 OTC 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 National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. and the NASD Regulation, Inc. and (C) in compliance with state securities
or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Holders in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the
Registrable Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable
Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as Holders of a
majority of Registrable Securities may designate)), (ii) printing
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expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates
for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of
prospectuses is requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger,
telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Corporation and Special Counsel for the Holders, in the case of the
Special Counsel, to a maximum amount of $5,000, (v) Securities Act liability
insurance, if the Corporation so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and
expenses of all other Persons retained by the Corporation in connection with
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the Corporation's independent public
accountants (incuding 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 Corporation 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, the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any
securities exchange as required hereunder.
5. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE CORPORATION. The Corporation shall,
notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, brokers (including
brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of
a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock),
investment advisors and employees of each of them, each Person who controls
any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, agents and
employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, costs of preparation and
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 solely upon information regarding
such Holder furnished in writing to the Corporation by such Holder expressly
for use therein, which information was reasonably relied on by the
Corporation 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. The Corporation
shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of
any Proceeding of which the Corporation is aware in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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(b) INDEMNIFICATION BY HOLDERS. Each Holder shall, severally and not
jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation, the directors, officers,
agents and employees, each Person who controls the Corporation (within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and 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 Corporation specifically for inclusion in the Registration
Statement or such Prospectus and that such information was reasonably relied
upon by the Corporation for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus
or such form of prospectus 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.
(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 shall 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 Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement,
except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or
further review) that such failure shall have proximately and materially
adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the reasonable
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 a conflict of interest is likely to
exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the
Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the
expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of
the Indemnifying Party). 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,
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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.
All reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including
reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with
investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not
inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as
incurred, within ten (10) Business Days of written notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an
Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided, that
the Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to
reimburse all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially
determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification
hereunder).
(d) CONTRIBUTION. If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a)
or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party because of a failure or refusal
of a governmental authority to enforce such indemnification in accordance with
its terms (by reason of public policy or otherwise), 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 Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys' or other reasonable fees or
expenses 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.
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.
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As long as any Holder owns Warrants or Underlying Shares, if the
Corporation is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, it will promptly prepare and promptly 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. As
long as any Holder owns Warrants or Underlying Shares, the Corporation covenants
to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the
applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Corporation
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date it becomes
subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act. The Corporation further covenants that it will promptly 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 Underlying Shares 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 Placement Agency Agreement. Upon the
request of any Holder, the Corporation 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 Corporation or by a
Holder, of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the
Corporation, 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 Corporation 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 and hereby further agrees that, in the event
of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive
the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. Neither the Corporation nor any of
its subsidiaries has, as of the date hereof entered into and currently in
effect, nor shall the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, 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. Except as disclosed in SCHEDULE
2.1(s) of the Purchase Agreement, neither the Corporation nor any of its
subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement currently in effect
granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any
Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the written
consent of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities, the Corporation shall not grant to any Person the right to request
the Corporation to register any securities of the Corporation 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.
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(c) NO PIGGYBACK ON REGISTRATIONS. Neither the Corporation nor any
of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto
or as disclosed in SCHEDULE 2.1(s) of the Purchase Agreement and Xxxx Xxxx
XxXxxxx Clearing Corporation) may include securities of the Corporation in the
Registration Statement, and the Corporation shall not after the date hereof
enter into any agreement providing such right to any of its security holders,
unless the right so granted is subject in all respects to the prior rights in
full of the Holders set forth herein, and is not otherwise in conflict with the
provisions of this Agreement.
(d) PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. If at any time when there is not an
effective Registration Statement covering Underlying Shares, the Corporation
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 their 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 Corporation
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 Placement Agent), the
Corporation will cause the registration under the Securities Act of all
Registrable Securities which the Corporation has been so requested to register
by the Holder, to the extent requisite 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 Corporation shall determine for any reason not to register or
to delay registration of such securities, the Corporation 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 (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(d) for the same period as the delay in registering such other
securities. The Corporation shall include in such registration statement all or
any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Corporation shall not be required to register any
Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 7(d) 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(s) should reasonably object to the
inclusion of the Registrable Securities in such registration statement, then if
the Corporation after consultation with the managing underwriter(s) should
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 Corporation after consultation with the managing
underwriter(s) recommends the inclusion of fewer Registrable Securities, or (y)
none of the Registrable Securities of the Holders shall be
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included in such registration statement, if the Corporation after
consultation with the managing 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
Corporation, 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 Corporation).
(e) FAILURE TO FILE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Corporation and
the Placement Agent agree that the Holders will suffer damages if the
Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date and not
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Effectiveness Date
and maintained in the manner contemplated herein during the Effectiveness
Time or if certain other events occur. The Corporation and the Holders
further agree that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such
damages with precision. Accordingly, if (A) the Registration Statement is not
filed on or prior to the Filing Date, or is not declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to the Effectiveness Date, or (B) the Corporation
fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance
with Rule 12dl-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act within five (5) Business
Days of the date that the Corporation is notified (orally or in writing,
whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will
not be "reviewed," or not subject to further review, or (C) the Registration
Statement is filed with and declared effective by the Commission but
thereafter ceases to be effective as to all Registrable Securities at any
time prior to the expiration of the Effectiveness Period, without being
succeeded immediately by a subsequent Registration Statement filed with and
declared effective by the Commission, or (D) trading in the Common Stock
shall be suspended or if the Common Stock is delisted from The OTC Market for
any reason for more than three (3) Business Days in the aggregate, or (E) the
Corporation breaches in a material respect any covenant or other material
term or condition to this Agreement or any other agreement, document,
certificate or other instrument delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, and such breach continues for a period of
thirty (30) days after written notice thereof to the Corporation, or (F) the
Corporation has breached Section 3(n) (any such failure or breach being
referred to as an "EVENT," and for purposes of clause (A) the date on which
such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (B) the date on which such five
day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (C) after more than fifteen
(15) Business Days, or for purposes of clause (D) the date on which such
three Business Day period is exceeded, or for clause (E) the date on which
such thirty day period is exceeded, being referred to as "EVENT DATE"), the
Corporation shall pay in cash as liquidated damages to each Holder an amount
equal to (i) 2.0% of the stated value of the outstanding Shares held by such
Holder plus the stated value of any Shares that have been converted to the
extent any of the Underlying Shares issued upon such conversion have not been
sold, for the 30-day period, or portion thereof, commencing on the Event
Date; and (ii) 3.0% of the stated value of the outstanding Shares held by
such Holder plus the stated value of any Shares that have been converted to
the extent any of the Underlying Shares issued upon such conversion have not
been sold, for each subsequent 30-day period, or portion thereof, commencing
on the 31st day after the Event Date until the applicable Event is cured, but
not to exceed a total of 30%. Payments to be made pursuant to this Section
7(e) shall be due and payable immediately upon demand in immediately
available funds.
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(f) 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
Corporation 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 other Holders may be given by Holders of at
least 66-2/3% of the Registrable Securities 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.
(g) 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 given and effective on the earlier of (i) the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified for notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New York
City 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., New York
City time, on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on such
date, (iii) the 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. The addresses for such
communications shall be with respect to each Holder at its address set forth
under its name on SCHEDULE 1 attached hereto, or with respect to the
Corporation, addressed to:
Entertainment Boulevard
0000 Xxx Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (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 Stroock &
Stroock & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq., Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000. Copies of notices to the
Corporation shall be sent to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq., Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000.
(h) 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 Corporation may not assign this Agreement or any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Holder. The
Placement Agent may assign its rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons
as permitted under the Warrant.
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(i) ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights of each Holder
hereunder, including the right to have the Corporation register for resale
Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall be
automatically assignable by each Holder to any Affiliate of such Holder, any
other Holder or Affiliate of any other Holder and up to four other assignees of
all or a portion of the Shares of the Common Stock or 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 Corporation within
a reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Corporation is, within a
reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice
of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the
securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred
or assigned, (iii) 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 Corporation receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this
Section, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Corporation to be
bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement, and (v) such transfer shall
have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Purchase
Agreement. The rights to assignment shall apply to the Holders (and to
subsequent) successors and assigns.
(j) 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 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.
(k) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to
principles of conflicts of law thereof.
(l) CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. The remedies provided herein are cumulative
and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
(m) 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.
(n) 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.
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(o) SHARES HELD BY THE CORPORATION AND ITS AFFILIATES. Whenever the
consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable
Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Corporation
or its Affiliates (other than any Holder or transferees or successors or assigns
thereof if such Holder is deemed to be an Affiliate solely by reason of its
holdings of such Registrable Securities) shall not be counted in determining
whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required
percentage.
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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.
ENTERTAINMENT BOULEVARD, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Agreed to:
XXXX XXXX XXXXXXX CLEARING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
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SCHEDULE 1
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