REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated this 6th day of May 1999 (this
"Agreement"), between Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
Corporation, with principal offices located at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
X 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (the "Company"), and the undersigned (the "Initial
Investor").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of a date even herewith, between the Initial
Investor and the Company (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"), the Company has
agreed to issue and sell to the Initial Investor 3,000 shares of its Series A 8%
Convertible Preferred Stock which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
thereof, are convertible into the Company's Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value
(the "Common Stock") or the Company's Series B 8% Convertible Preferred Stock
(the "Preferred Stock"), which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
thereof, are convertible into Common Stock, and Warrants (the "Warrants") to
purchase 87,500 shares of Common Stock; and
WHEREAS, to induce the Initial Investor to execute and deliver the
Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide with respect to
the Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and
exercise of the Warrants certain registration rights under the Securities Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings:
(i) "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person who
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is in control
of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified
Person. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the
power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person whether by contract, securities,
ownership or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have
the respective meanings correlative to the foregoing.
(ii) "Closing Date" means the date of this Agreement.
(iii) "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(iv) "Current Market Price" on any date of determination means the
closing bid price of a Common Share on such day as reported
on the Nasdaq National Market, or, if such security is not listed or
admitted to trading on the Nasdaq National Market, on the principal
national security exchange or quotation system on which such security is
quoted or listed or admitted to trading, or, if not quoted or listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or quotation
system, the closing price of such security on the over-the-counter market
on the day in question as reported by the National Quotation Bureau
Incorporated, or a similar generally accepted reporting service, or if not
so available, in such manner as furnished by any Nasdaq member firm of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. selected from time to time
by the Board of Directors of the Company for that purpose, or a price
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company as being
equal to the fair market value thereof, as the case may be.
(v) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, or any
similar successor statute.
(vi) "Investors" means the Initial Investor and any transferee or
assignee of Registrable Securities who agrees to become bound by all of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 8 hereof.
(vii) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, joint stock company, association, trust, unincorporated
organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
(viii) "Prospectus" means the prospectus (including, without
limitation, any preliminary prospectus and any final prospectus filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including any prospectus
that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as
part of an effective registration statement in reliance on Rule 430A under
the Securities Act) included in the Registration Statement, 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 by all other amendments and supplements to such
prospectus, including all material incorporated by reference in such
prospectus and all documents filed after the date of such prospectus by the
Company under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference therein.
(ix) "Registrable Securities" means the Common Stock issued or
issuable upon conversion of Preferred Stock; provided, however, a share of
Common Stock shall cease to be a Registrable Security for purposes of this
Agreement when it no longer is a Restricted Security.
(x) "Registration Statement" means a registration statement of the
Company filed on an appropriate form under the Securities Act providing for
the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the
holders of, all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act, including the Prospectus contained therein
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and forming a part thereof, any amendments to such registration statement
and supplements to such Prospectus, and all exhibits and other material
incorporated by reference in such registration statement and Prospectus.
(xi) "Restricted Security" means any share of Common Stock issued or
issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock except any such share that
(i) has been registered pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act and sold in a manner contemplated by the
Prospectus included in the Registration Statement, (ii) has been
transferred in compliance with the resale provisions of Rule 144 under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) or is transferable
pursuant to paragraph (k) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision thereto), or (iii) otherwise has been transferred and a
new share of Common Stock not subject to transfer restrictions under the
Securities Act has been delivered by or on behalf of the Company.
(xii) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, or any similar
successor statute.
(b) All capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the respective
meaning assigned to them in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
2. Registration.
(a) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Company shall
prepare and file with the Commission not later than forty-five (45) days after
the date of issuance of the Preferred Stock, a Registration Statement relating
to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities, assuming for purposes
hereof a conversion price of the Preferred Stock of $1.25 per share and shall
use its best efforts to cause the Commission to declare such Registration
Statement effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable but not
later than one hundred and twenty days after the Closing Date. The Company shall
not include any other securities in the Registration Statement relating to the
offer and sale of the Registrable Securities. The Company shall notify the
Initial Investor by written notice that such Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the Commission within 24 hours of such declaration by the
Commission.
(b) Registration Default. If the Registration Statement covering the
Registrable Securities required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section
2(a) hereof is not (i) filed with the Commission within forty-five (45) days
after the date of issuance of the Preferred Stock or (ii) declared effective by
the Commission prior to one hundred and twenty days after the date of issuance
of the Preferred Stock (either of which, without duplication, an "Initial
Date"), then the Company shall make the payments to the Initial Investor as
provided in the next sentence as liquidated damages and not as a penalty. The
amount to be paid by the Company to the Initial Investor shall be determined as
of each Computation Date, and such amount shall be equal to 3% (the "Liquidated
Damage Rate") of the Purchase Price (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement) from the Initial Date to the first Computation Date and for each
Computation Date thereafter, calculated on a pro rata basis to the date on which
the Registration Statement is filed with (in the event of an Initial Date
pursuant to (c)(i) above) or
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declared effective by (in the event of an Initial Date pursuant to (c)(ii)
above) the Commission (the "Periodic Amount"); provided, however, that in no
event shall the liquidated damages be less than $30,000 and; further provided,
however, that the Liquidated Damage Rate shall increase by 1% for each thirty
(30) day period after the date one hundred and twenty days after the Closing
Date that the Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof is not
declared effective by the Commission. The full Periodic Amount shall be paid by
the Company to the Initial Investor by wire transfer of immediately available
funds within three (3) days after each Computation Date.
As used in this Section 2(b), "Computation Date" means the date which is
thirty (30) days after the Initial Date and, if the Registration Statement
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) has not theretofore
been declared effective by the Commission, each date which is thirty (30) days
after the previous Computation Date until such Registration Statement is so
declared effective.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Registration Statement covering the
Registrable Securities required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section
2(a) hereof is not filed with the Commission within forty-five (45) days after
the Closing Date or if the Registration Statement covering the Additional
Registrable Securities (as defined in Section 2(d) hereof) required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof is not filed with the Commission
within thirty (30) days after the Current Market Price declines to $1.50 or less
to the extent required by the Securities Act (because the additional shares were
not covered by the Registration Statements filed pursuant to Sections 2(a)), the
Company shall be in default of this Registration Rights Agreement.
(c) Eligibility for Use of Form S-3. The Company agrees that at such time
as it meets all the requirements for the use of Securities Act Registration
Statement on Form S-3 it shall file all reports and information required to be
filed by it with the Commission in a timely manner and take all such other
action so as to maintain such eligibility for the use of such form.
(d) Additional Registration Statement. In the event the Current Market
Price declines to $1.50 or less (the "Decline Date") at any time after the
Initial Date, the Company shall, to the extent required by the Securities Act
(because the additional shares were not covered by the Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2(a)), as reasonably determined by the Initial
Investor, file an additional Registration Statement with the Commission for such
additional number of Registrable Securities as would be issuable upon conversion
of the Preferred Stock (the "Additional Registrable Securities"), in addition to
those previously registered, assuming a Conversion Price of $.75 per share. The
Company shall, to the extent required by the Securities Act (because the
additional shares were not covered by the Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2(a)), as reasonably determined by the Initial Investor, prepare and
file with the Commission not later than thirty (30) days after the Decline Date,
a registration statement relating to the offer and sale of such Additional
Registrable Securities (the "Additional Registration Statement") and shall use
its best efforts to cause the Commission to declare such Additional Registration
Statement
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effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable but not later than
sixty (60) days thereafter. The Company shall not include any other securities
in the Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of such Additional
Registrable Securities.
If the Additional Registration Statement is not (i) filed with the
Commission within thirty (30) days after the Decline Date or (ii) declared
effective by the Commission within ninety (90) days after the Decline Date
(either of which, without duplication, an "Additional Registration Date"), then
the Company shall make payments to the Initial Investor at the Liquidated Damage
Rate from the Additional Registration Date to the first Additional Computation
Date and for each Computation Date thereafter, calculated on a pro rata basis to
the date on which the Additional Registration Statement is filed with or
declared effective by the Commission (the "Additional Periodic Amount");
provided, however, that in no event shall the liquidated damages be less than
$30,000 and; further provided, that if the Additional Registration Statement is
not declared effective by the Commission within one hundred and twenty (120)
days after the Additional Registration Date set forth in clause (ii) above, then
the Liquidated Damage Rate shall be increased to 4% and; further provided,
however, that the Liquidated Damage Rate shall increase by 1% for each thirty
(30) day period after the one hundred and fiftieth (150th) day after the
Additional Registration Date set forth in clause (ii) above that the Additional
Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission. The full
Additional Periodic Amount shall be paid by the Company to the Initial Investor
by wire transfer of immediately available funds within three (3) days after each
Additional Computation Date.
As used in this Section 2(d), "Additional Computation Date" means the date
which is thirty (30) days after the Additional Registration Date and, if the
Additional Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company pursuant
to this Section 2(d) has not theretofore been declared effective by the
Commission, each date which is thirty (30) days after the previous Additional
Computation Date until such Additional Registration Statement is so declared
effective.
(e) Piggyback Obligations. (i) If the Company proposes to register any of
its warrants, Common Stock or any other shares of common stock of the Company
under the Securities Act (other than a registration (A) on Form S-8 or S-4 or
any successor or similar forms, (B) relating to Common Shares or any other
shares of common stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of employee share
options or in connection with any employee benefit or similar plan of the
Company or (C) in connection with a direct or indirect acquisition by the
Company of another Person or any transaction with respect to which Rule 145 (or
any successor provision) under the Securities Act applies), whether or not for
sale for its own account, it will each such time, give prompt written notice at
least twenty (20) days prior to the anticipated filing date of the registration
statement relating to such registration to the Initial Investor, which notice
shall set forth such Initial Investor' rights under this Section 2(e) and shall
offer the Initial Investor the opportunity to include in such registration
statement (a) such number of Registrable Securities as the Initial Investor may
request and (b) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants (the "Warrant Stock"). Upon the written request of an Initial
Investor made within ten (10) days after the receipt
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of notice from the Company (which request shall specify the number of
Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Initial Investor), the
Company will use its best efforts to effect the registration under the
Securities Laws of all Registrable Securities that the Company has been so
requested to register by the Initial Investor, to the extent requisite to permit
the disposition of the Registrable Securities so to be registered; provided,
however, that (A) if such registration involves a Public Offering, the Initial
Investor must sell its Registrable Securities to the underwriters on the same
terms and conditions as apply to the Company and (B) if, at any time after
giving written notice of its intention to register any Registrable Securities
pursuant to this Section 2 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 such Registrable Securities, the
Company shall give written notice to the Initial Investor and, thereupon, shall
be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in
connection with such registration. The Company's obligations under this Section
2(e) shall terminate on the date that the registration statement to be filed in
accordance with Section 2(a) is declared effective by the Commission.
(ii) If a registration pursuant to this Section 2(e) involves a Public
Offering and the managing underwriter thereof advises the Company that, in its
view, the number of shares of Common Stock, Warrants or other shares of Common
Stock that the Company and the Initial Investor and all other prospective
sellers holding registration rights intend to include in such registration
exceeds the largest number of shares of Common Stock or Warrants (including any
other shares of Common Stock or Warrants of the Company) that can be sold
without having an adverse effect on such Public Offering (the "Maximum Offering
Size"), the Company will include in such registration, only that number of
shares of Common Stock or Warrants, as applicable, such that the number of
securities registered does not exceed the Maximum Offering Size, with the
difference between the number of shares in the Maximum Offering Size and the
number of shares to be issued by the Company to be allocated (after including
all shares to be issued and sold by the Company) among the Initial Investor and
such other prospective holders pro rata on the basis of the relative number of
securities offered for sale under such registration by each of the Initial
Investor and such other prospective holders.
If as a result of the proration provisions of this Section 2(e)(ii), any
Initial Investor is not entitled to include all such Registrable Securities in
such registration, such Initial Investor may elect to withdraw its request to
include any Registrable Securities in such registration. With respect to
registrations pursuant to this Section 2(e), the number of securities required
to satisfy any underwriters' over-allotment option shall be allocated pro rata
among the Company and the Initial Investor on the basis of the relative number
of securities otherwise to be included by each of them in the registration with
respect to which such over-allotment option relates.
3. Obligations of the Company. In connection with the registration of the
Registrable Securities or the Warrant Stock, the Company shall:
(a) Promptly (i) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and
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supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary to keep the Registration
Statement continuously effective and in compliance with the provisions of the
Securities Act applicable thereto so as to permit the Prospectus forming part
thereof to be current and useable by Investors for resales of the Registrable
Securities for a period of two (2) years from the date on which the Registration
Statement is first declared effective by the Commission (the "Effective Time")
or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto in
accordance with the plan of distribution provided in the Prospectus, redeemed by
the Company, transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or
otherwise transferred in a manner that results in the delivery of new securities
not subject to transfer restrictions under the Securities Act (the "Registration
Period") and (ii) take all lawful action such that each of (A) the Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, 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, not misleading
and (B) the Prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, and any
amendment or supplement thereto, does not at any time during the Registration
Period include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(a), the
Company may, during the Registration Period, suspend the use of the Prospectus
for a period not to exceed 120 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month
period if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that
because of valid business reasons, including pending mergers or other business
combination transactions, the planned acquisition or divestiture of assets,
pending material corporate developments and similar events, it is in the best
interests of the Company to suspend such use, and prior to or contemporaneously
with suspending such use the Company provides the Investors with written notice
of such suspension, which notice need not specify the nature of the event giving
rise to such suspension. At the end of any such suspension period, the Company
shall provide the Investors with written notice of the termination of such
suspension.
(b) During the Registration Period, comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to Registrable Securities or Warrant Stock covered
by the Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable
Securities or Warrant Stock have been disposed of in accordance with the
intended methods of disposition by the Investors as set forth in the Prospectus
forming part of the Registration Statement;
(c) (i) Prior to the filing with the Commission of any Registration
Statement (including any amendments thereto) and the distribution or delivery of
any Prospectus (including any supplements thereto), provide (A) draft copies
thereof to the Investors and reflect in such documents all such comments as the
Investors (and their counsel) reasonably may propose and (B) to the Investors a
copy of the accountant's consent letter to be included in the filing and (ii)
furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in the
Registration Statement and its legal counsel identified to the Company, (A)
promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the
Commission, or received by the Company, one copy of the Registration Statement,
each Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto, and
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(B) such number of copies of the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements
thereto and such other documents, as such Investor may reasonably request in
order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such
Investor;
(d) (i) Register or qualify the Registrable Securities or Warrant Stock
covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or "blue sky" laws
of such jurisdictions as the Investors who hold a majority-in-interest of the
Registrable Securities being offered reasonably request, (ii) prepare and file
in such jurisdictions such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to
maintain the effectiveness thereof at all times during the Registration Period,
(iii) take all such other lawful actions as may be necessary to maintain such
registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration
Period, and (iv) take all such other lawful actions reasonably necessary or
advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection
therewith or as a condition thereto to (A) qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
Section 3(d), (B) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction or
(C) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(e) As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, notify
each Investor of the occurrence of any event, as a result of which the
Prospectus included in the Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes
an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and
promptly prepare an amendment to the Registration Statement and supplement to
the Prospectus to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver a
number of copies of such supplement and amendment to each Investor as such
Investor may reasonably request;
(f) As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, notify
each Investor who holds Registrable Securities or Warrant Stock being sold (or,
in the event of an underwritten offering, the managing underwriters) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order or other suspension of the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement at the earliest possible time and
take all lawful action to effect the withdrawal, recession or removal of such
stop order or other suspension;
(g) Cause all the Registrable Securities and Warrant Stock covered by the
Registration Statement to be listed on the principal national securities
exchange, and included in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered
national securities association, on or in which securities of the same class or
series issued by the Company are then listed or included;
(h) Maintain a transfer agent and registrar, which may be a single entity,
for the Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of the
Registration Statement;
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(i) Cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being
offered to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates for
the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement
and enable such certificates for the Registrable Securities to be in such
denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors reasonably may
request and registered in such names as the Investor may request; and, within
three (3) business days after a Registration Statement which includes
Registrable Securities is declared effective by the Commission, deliver and
cause legal counsel selected by the Company to deliver to the transfer agent for
the Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable
Securities are included in such Registration Statement) an appropriate
instruction and, to the extent necessary, an opinion of such counsel;
(j) Take all such other lawful actions reasonably necessary to expedite and
facilitate the disposition by the Investors of their Registrable Securities in
accordance with the intended methods therefor provided in the Prospectus which
are customary under the circumstances;
(k) Make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen (18) months after (i) the
effective date (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act) of the
Registration Statement, and (ii) the effective date of each post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement, as the case may be, an earnings
statement of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of
the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(l) In the event of an underwritten offering, promptly include or
incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement such information as the managers reasonably agree should
be included therein and to which the Company does not reasonably object and make
all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
as soon as practicable after it is notified of the matters to be included or
incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
(m) (i) Make reasonably available for inspection by any underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to the Registration Statement, and any
attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter all
relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (ii) cause the Company's
officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested
by such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the
Registration Statement, in each case, as is customary for similar due diligence
examinations; provided, however, that all records, information and documents
that are designated in writing by the Company, in good faith, as confidential,
proprietary or containing any material non-public information shall be kept
confidential by such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent (pursuant to an
appropriate confidentiality agreement in the case of any such holder or agent),
unless such disclosure is made pursuant to judicial process in a court
proceeding (after first giving the Company an opportunity promptly to seek a
protective order or otherwise limit the scope of the
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information sought to be disclosed) or is required by law, or such records,
information or documents become available to the public generally or through a
third party not in violation of an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;
and provided further that, if the foregoing inspection and information gathering
would otherwise disrupt the Company's conduct of its business, such inspection
and information gathering shall, to the maximum extent possible, be coordinated
by parties entitled thereto by one firm of counsel designed by and on behalf of
the majority in interest of Investors and other parties;
(n) In connection with any underwritten offering, make such representations
and warranties to the Investors participating in such underwritten offering and
to the managers, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by the
Company to underwriters in secondary underwritten offerings;
(o) In connection with any underwritten offering, obtain opinions of
counsel to the Company (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and
substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managers) addressed to the
underwriters, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions
requested in secondary underwritten offerings (it being agreed that the matters
to be covered by such opinions shall include, without limitation, as of the date
of the opinion and as of the Effective Time of the Registration Statement or
most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence
from the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including any documents
incorporated by reference therein, of an untrue statement of a material fact or
the omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, subject to customary
limitations);
(p) In connection with any underwritten offering, obtain "cold comfort"
letters and updates thereof from the independent public accountants of the
Company (and, if necessary, from the independent public accountants of any
subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company, in each
case for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to
be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each underwriter
participating in such underwritten offering (if such underwriter has provided
such letter, representations or documentation, if any, required for such cold
comfort letter to be so addressed), in customary form and covering matters of
the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters in connection with
secondary underwritten offerings;
(q) In connection with any underwritten offering, deliver such documents
and certificates as may be reasonably required by the managers, if any; and
(r) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act
shall be an "Affiliate" (as defined in Rule 2729(b)(1) of the rules and
regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD
Rules") (or any successor provision thereto)) of the Company or has a "conflict
of interest" (as defined in Rule 2720(b)(7) of the NASD Rules (or any successor
provision thereto)) and such broker-dealer shall underwrite, participate as a
member of an underwriting syndicate or
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selling group or assist in the distribution of any Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement, whether as a holder of such Registrable
Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or
dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company shall assist such
broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of the NASD Rules, including,
without limitation, by (A) engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as
defined in Rule 2720(b)(15) of the NASD Rules (or any successor provision
thereto)) to participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement
relating to such Registrable Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereof and to recommend the public offering price of such
Registrable Securities, (B) indemnifying such qualified independent underwriter
to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5
hereof, and (C) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be
required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the
NASD Rules.
4. Obligations of the Investors. In connection with the registration of the
Registrable Securities or Warrant Stock, the Investors shall have the following
obligations:
(a) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to
complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the
Registrable Securities or Warrant Stock of a particular Investor that such
Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the
Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the
Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the
registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in
connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. As
least seven (7) days prior to the first anticipated filing date of the
Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor of the
information the Company requires from each such Investor (the "Requested
Information") if such Investor elects to have any of its Registrable Securities
or Warrant Stock included in the Registration Statement. If at least two (2)
business days prior to the anticipated filing date the Company has not received
the Requested Information from an Investor (a "Non-Responsive Investor"), then
the Company may file the Registration Statement without including Registrable
Securities or Warrant Stock of such Non-Responsive Investor and have no further
obligations to the Non-Responsive Investor;
(b) Each Investor by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities agrees to
cooperate with the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company
in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from the
Registration Statement; and
(c) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company
of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(e) or 3(f) or
of a notice pursuant to Section 3(a), it shall immediately discontinue its
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement
covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor's receipt of the copies
of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(e) or of
receipt of notice from the Company
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pursuant to Section 3(a), as applicable, and, if so directed by the Company,
such Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) or
destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction) all copies in
such Investor's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable
Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
5. Expenses of Registration. All expenses, other than underwriting
discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or
qualifications pursuant to Section 3, but including, without limitation, all
registration, listing, and qualifications fees, printing and engraving fees,
accounting fees, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall
be borne by the Company. The Investors shall be responsible for payment of their
share of any underwriting discounts or commissions.
6. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and each
underwriter, if any, which facilitates the disposition of Registrable Securities
or Warrant Stock, and each of their respective officers and directors and each
person who controls such Investor or underwriter within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each such person
being sometimes hereinafter referred to as an "Indemnified Person") from and
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Indemnified Person may become subject under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in
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any Registration Statement or an omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, not misleading, or arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus or an
omission or alleged omission to state therein 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; and the Company hereby
agrees to reimburse such Indemnified Person for all reasonable legal and other
expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim as and when such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be liable to any such Indemnified Person in any such case
to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement made in, or an
omission or alleged omission from, such Registration Statement or Prospectus in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use therein or (ii) in the case
of the occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(e) or of the
delivery of a notice pursuant to Section 3(a) or 3(f), the use by the
Indemnified Person of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has
provided to such Indemnified Person an updated Prospectus correcting the untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission giving
rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability.
(b) Indemnification by the Investors and Underwriters. Each Investor
agrees, as a consequence of the inclusion of any of its Registrable Securities
or Warrant Stock in a Registration Statement, and each underwriter, if any,
which facilitates the disposition of Registrable Securities shall agree, as a
consequence of facilitating such disposition of Registrable Securities,
severally and not jointly, to (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
directors (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the
Registration Statement as a director nominee of the Company), its officers who
sign any Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which the Company or such other persons may become subject, under the Securities
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such Registration
Statement or Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein (in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, in the case of the Prospectus), not misleading, in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
holder or underwriter expressly for use therein, and (ii) reimburse the Company
for any legal or other expenses incurred by the Company in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred.
(c) Notice of Claims, etc. Promptly after receipt by a party seeking
indemnification pursuant to this Section 6 (an "Indemnified Party") of written
notice of
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any investigation, claim, proceeding or other action in respect of which
indemnification is being sought (each, a "Claim"), the Indemnified Party
promptly shall notify the party against whom indemnification pursuant to this
Section 6 is being sought (the "Indemnifying Party") of the commencement
thereof; but the omission to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve
it from any liability that it otherwise may have to the Indemnified Party,
except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced and
forfeits substantive rights and defenses by reason of such failure. In
connection with any Claim the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to assume the
defense thereof. Notwithstanding the assumption of the defense of any Claim by
the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ
separate legal counsel and to participate in the defense of such Claim at the
reasonable cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party unless the Indemnified
Party and the Indemnifying Party shall reasonably have concluded that
representation of the Indemnified Party by the Indemnifying Party by the same
legal counsel would not be appropriate due to actual or, as reasonably
determined by legal counsel to the Indemnified Party, potentially differing
interests between such parties in the conduct of the defense of such Claim, or
if there may be legal defenses available to the Indemnified Party that are in
addition to or disparate from those available to the Indemnifying Party, or the
Indemnifying Party shall have failed to employ legal counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party within a reasonable period of time after
notice of the commencement of such Claim. Except as provided above, the
Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any Claim in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one firm of
counsel for the Indemnified Party (together with appropriate local counsel). The
Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld), settle or
compromise any Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment that does not
include an unconditional release of the Indemnifying Party from all liabilities
with respect to such Claim or judgment.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Person under
subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), 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 the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by
such Indemnified Party or by such Indemnified Party, and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Investors or any underwriters were treated as
one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6(d).
The amount paid
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or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to
include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. 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
obligations of the Investors and any underwriters in this Section 6(d) to
contribute shall be several in proportion to the percentage of Registrable
Securities registered or underwritten, as the case may be, by them and not
joint.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6, in no event
shall any (i) Investor be required to undertake liability to any person under
this Section 6 for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to
be received by such Investor from the sale of such Investor's Registrable
Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions applicable
thereto) pursuant to any Registration Statement under which such Registrable
Securities are to be registered under the Securities Act and (ii) underwriter be
required to undertake liability to any Person hereunder for any amounts in
excess of the aggregate discount, commission or other compensation payable to
such underwriter with respect to the Registrable Securities underwritten by it
and distributed pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(f) The obligations of the Company under this Section 6 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to any
Indemnified Person and the obligations of any Indemnified Person under this
Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which such Indemnified Person
may otherwise have to the Company. The remedies provided in this Section 6 are
not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available to an indemnified party at law or in equity.
7. Rule 144. With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits
of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other similar rule or regulation of
the Commission that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of
the Company to the public without registration ("Rule 144"), the Company agrees
to use its best efforts to:
(a) comply with the provisions of paragraph (c)(1) of Rule 144; and
(b) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
under the Exchange Act; and, if at any time it is not required to file such
reports but in the past had been required to or did file such reports, it will,
upon the request of any Holder, make available other information as required by,
and so long as necessary to permit sales of, its Registrable Securities pursuant
to Rule 144.
8. Assignment. The rights to have the Company register Registrable
Securities or Warrant Stock pursuant to this Agreement shall be automatically
assigned by the Investors to any permitted transferee of all or any portion of
such securities (or all
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or any portion of any Preferred Stock or Warrant of the Company which is
convertible into such securities) of Registrable Securities or Warrant Stock
only if: (a) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to
assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company
within a reasonable time after such assignment, (b) the Company is, within a
reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice
of (i) the name and address of such transferee or assignee and (ii) the
securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred
or assigned, (c) immediately following such transfer or assignment, the
securities so transferred or assigned to the transferee or assignee constitute
Restricted Securities, and (d) at or before the time the Company received the
written notice contemplated by clause (b) of this sentence the transferee or
assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions
contained herein.
9. Amendment and Waiver. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended and
the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular
instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written
consent of the Company and Investors who hold a majority-in-interest of the
Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this
Section 9 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company.
10. Miscellaneous.
(a) A person or entity shall be deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such person or entity owns of record such Registrable
Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or
elections from two or more persons or entities with respect to the same
Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions,
notice or election received from the registered owner of such Registrable
Securities.
(b) If, after the date hereof and prior to the Commission declaring the
Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) effective under the
Securities Act, the Company grants to any Person any registration rights with
respect to any Company securities which are more favorable to such other Person
than those provided in this Agreement, then the Company forthwith shall grant
(by means of an amendment to this Agreement or otherwise) identical registration
rights to all Investors hereunder.
(c) Except as may be otherwise provided herein, any notice or other
communication or delivery required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be delivered personally or sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, or
by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, and shall be deemed given
when so delivered personally or by overnight courier service, or, if mailed,
three (3) days after the date of deposit in the United States mails, as follows:
(1) if to the Company, to:
Interactive Flight Technologies, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00
Xxxxx X 200
Phoenix, Arizona 86012
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
with a copy to:
Mesirov Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
(2) if to the Initial Investor, to:
THE SHAAR FUND LTD.,
c/o SHAAR ADVISORY SERVICES LTD.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 0X
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
With a copy to:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, P.C.
(3) if to any other Investor, at such address as such
Investor shall have provided in writing to the
Company.
The Company, the Initial Investor or any Investor may change the foregoing
address by notice given pursuant to this Section 10(c).
(d) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this
Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy,
shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
(e) This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York. Each of the parties consents to the
jurisdiction of the federal courts whose districts encompass any part of the
City of New York or the state courts of the State of New York sitting in the
City of New York in connection with any dispute arising under this Agreement and
hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection including
any objection based on forum non conveniens, to the bringing of any such
proceeding in such jurisdictions.
(f) The remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not
exclusive of any remedies provided by law. If any term, provision, covenant or
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restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provision,
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 best 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.
(g) The Company shall not enter into any agreement with respect to its
securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of
Registrable Securities or Warrant Stock in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts
with the provisions hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
without the written consent of the Holders of a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities, the Company shall not grant to any person the right to
request it to register any of its securities under the Securities Act unless the
rights so granted are subject in all respect to the prior rights of the holders
of Registrable Securities set forth herein, and are not otherwise in conflict or
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. The restrictions on the
Company's rights to grant registration rights under this paragraph shall
terminate on the date the Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to Section
2(a) is declared effective by the Commission.
(h) This Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Warrant, and the
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B Preferred Stock,
dated as of the date hereof (the "Certificate of Designations"), between the
Company and the Initial Holder constitute the entire agreement among the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein. This Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Warrant and the
Certificate of Designations supersede all prior agreements and undertakings
among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(i) Subject to the requirements of Section 8 hereof, this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each
of the parties hereto.
(j) All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine,
feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require.
(k) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning thereof.
(l) The Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to perform its
obligations under Section 3, or any delay in such performance could result in
direct damages to the Investors and the Company agrees that, in addition to any
other
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liability the Company may have by reason of any such failure or delay, the
Company shall be liable for all direct damages caused by such failure or delay.
(m) This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the
same agreement. A facsimile transmission of this signed Agreement shall be legal
and binding on all parties hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
INTERACTIVE FLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE SHAAR FUND LTD.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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