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Exhibit 10.6(a)
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of September 29,
1999 (this "Agreement"), is made by and between CENTRACK INTERNATIONAL, INC. a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the person named on the signature page
hereto (the "Initial Investor").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, in connection with the Stock Purchase Agreement,
dated as of September 29, 1999, between the Initial Investor and the Company
(the "Stock Purchase Agreement"), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of the Stock Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to
the Initial Investor shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, $.0001 par value
(the "Common Stock"), of the Company, to grant the Initial Investor the option
(the "Option") to purchase shares (the "Option Shares") of Common Stock, and to
issue common stock purchase warrants (the "Warrants") entitling the Initial
Investor to purchase shares (the "Warrant Shares") of Common Stock; and
WHEREAS, to induce the Initial Investor to execute and deliver
the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain
registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the
"1933 Act"), and applicable state securities laws with respect to the Shares,
the Option Shares and the Warrant Shares;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the
Initial Investor hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
"Blackout Period" means the period of up to 15 consecutive
Trading Days commencing on the day immediately after the date the Company
notifies the Investors that they are required, pursuant to Section 4(d), to
suspend offers and sales of Registrable Securities as a result of an event or
circumstance described in Section 3(f)(1) during which period, by reason of
Section 3(f)(2), the Company is not required to amend the Registration Statement
or to supplement the prospectus contained therein.
"Closing Date" means the date of the purchase and sale of the
Shares pursuant to
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the Stock Purchase Agreement.
"Investor" or "Investors" means the Initial Investor and any
transferee or assignee who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 9 hereof.
"Majority Holders" means those persons who hold a majority of
the Registrable Securities which are then outstanding.
"Nasdaq" means the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
"1934 Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"1934 Act Effective Date" means the date the registration of
the Common Stock becomes effective under the 0000 Xxx.
"OTC" means the OTC Bulletin Board.
"register," "registered," and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or
Statements in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under the
1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous
basis ("Rule 415"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such
Registration Statement by the SEC.
"Registrable Securities" means the Shares, the Option Shares
and the Warrant Shares.
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"Registration Period" means the period from the Closing Date
to the earliest of (i) the later of (x) the date which is two years after the
SEC Effective Date and (y) the earlier of (1) the date which is two years after
the latest expiration date of the Warrants and (2) the date that is two years
after the date on which the Warrants are exercised in full; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
if on the date otherwise specified in this clause (i) any Investor is an
"affiliate" of the Company for purposes of Rule 144, the Registration Period
shall continue until the earlier of the dates specified in clauses (ii) and
(iii) of this definition, (ii) the date on which each Investor may sell all of
its Registrable Securities without registration under the 1933 Act pursuant to
subsection (k) of Rule 144, without restriction on the manner of sale or the
volume of securities which may be sold in any period and without the requirement
for the giving of any notice to, or the making of any filing with, the SEC and
(iii) the date on which the Investors no longer beneficially own any Registrable
Securities.
"Registration Statement" means a registration statement of the
Company under the 1933 Act, including any amendment thereto.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or
any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a
holder of any securities to sell securities of the Company to the public without
registration under the 1933 Act.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SEC Effective Date" means the date the Registration Statement
is declared effective by the SEC.
"SEC Filing Date" means the date the Registration Statement is
first filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a).
"Trading Day" means a day on whichever of (v) the national
securities exchange, (x) Nasdaq, (y) the Nasdaq SmallCap or (z) the OTC, which
at the time constitutes the principal securities market for the Common Stock, is
open for general trading.
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(b) Capitalized terms defined in the introductory paragraph or
the recitals to this Agreement shall have the respective meanings therein
provided. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the respective meanings set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement.
2. REGISTRATION.
(a) MANDATORY REGISTRATION. (1) The Company shall prepare, and
on or prior to the date which is 150 days after the Closing Date, file with the
SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or SB-2 which, on the SEC Filing Date,
covers the resale by the Initial Investor of a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to the sum of (x) an amount equal to three times the number of Shares,
PLUS (y) if the Option has been exercised, the number of Option Shares that are
issued or issuable upon such exercise.
(2) The Registration Statement shall not include securities to
be sold for the account of any selling securityholder other than the Investors.
(3) Prior to the SEC Effective Date or during any time
subsequent to the SEC Effective Date when the Registration Statement for any
reason is not available for use by any Investor for the resale of any of
Registrable Securities, the Company shall not file any other registration
statement or any amendment thereto with the SEC under the 1933 Act or request
the acceleration of the effectiveness of any other registration statement
previously filed with the SEC, other than any registration statement on Form S-4
or Form S-8.
(b) 1934 ACT REGISTRATION. The Company shall file a
registration statement with the SEC under the 1934 Act relating to the Common
Stock within 30 days after the Closing Date and use its best efforts to complete
the registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act within 90 days after the
Closing Date.
(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR FORM S-3. The Company shall file all
reports required to be filed by the Company with the SEC in a timely manner and
otherwise use its best efforts to become eligible and thereafter maintain its
eligibility for the use of Form S-3 (or a comparable successor
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form) for registration of the Registrable Securities for resale by the
Investors. So long as the Company is then eligible to use Form S-3 (or a
comparable successor form), the first post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company on or after the date
that is one year after the 1934 Act Effective Date (and all post-effective
amendments to the Registration Statement filed thereafter) pursuant to Section
3(b) shall be filed on Form S-3 (or a comparable successor form).
(d) CERTAIN OFFERINGS. If any offering pursuant to a
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof involves an underwritten
offering, Investors who hold a majority in interest of the Registrable
Securities subject to such underwritten offering shall have the right to select
one legal counsel to represent the Investors and an investment banker or bankers
and manager or managers to administer the offering, which investment banker or
bankers or manager or managers shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
The Investors who hold the Registrable Securities to be included in such
underwriting shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees
and expenses of such investment banker or bankers and manager or managers so
selected in accordance with this Section 2(b) (other than fees and expenses
relating to registration of Registrable Securities under federal or state
securities laws, which are payable by the Company pursuant to Section 5 hereof)
with respect to their Registrable Securities and the fees and expenses of such
legal counsel so selected by the Investors.
(e) PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. If at any time the Company shall
determine to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement relating to
an offering for its own account or the account of others under the 1933 Act of
any of its equity securities, other than on Form<-1- 32>S-4 or Form<-1- 32>S-8
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
Company shall send to each Investor who is entitled to registration rights under
this Section 2(e) written notice of such determination and, if within ten days
after receipt of such notice, such Investor shall so request in writing, the
Company shall include in such Registration Statement all or any part of the
Registrable Securities such Investor requests to be registered, except that if,
in connection with any underwritten public offering for the account of the
Company, the managing underwriter(s) thereof shall impose a limitation on the
number of shares of Common Stock which may be included in the Registration
Statement because, in such underwriter(s)' judgment, such limitation is
necessary to effect an orderly public distribution, then the Company shall be
obligated to include in such Registration Statement only such limited portion of
the Registrable Securities with respect to which such Investor has requested
inclusion hereunder. Any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro
rata among the Investors seeking to include Registrable Securities, in
proportion to the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included by such
Investors; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not exclude any Registrable
Securities unless the Company has first excluded all outstanding securities the
holders of which are not entitled by right to inclusion of securities in such
Registration Statement; and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that, after giving effect
to the immediately preceding
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proviso, any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata with
holders of other securities having the right to include such securities in the
Registration Statement, based on the number of securities for which registration
is requested except to the extent such pro rata exclusion of such other
securities is prohibited under any written agreement entered into by the Company
with the holder of such other securities prior to the date of this Agreement, in
which case such other securities shall be excluded, if at all, in accordance
with the terms of such agreement. No right to registration of Registrable
Securities under this Section 2(e) shall be construed to limit any registration
required under Section 2(a) hereof. The obligations of the Company under this
Section 2(e) may be waived by Investors holding a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities and shall expire after the Company has afforded the
opportunity for the Investors to exercise registration rights under this Section
2(e) for two registrations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Investor who shall have
had any Registrable Securities excluded from any Registration Statement in
accordance with this Section 2(e) shall be entitled to include in an additional
Registration Statement filed by the Company the Registrable Securities so
excluded. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the
Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of this
Agreement shall have been ordered effective by the SEC and the Company shall
have maintained the effectiveness of such Registration Statement as required by
this Agreement and if the Company shall otherwise have complied in all material
respects with its obligations under this Agreement, then the Company shall not
be obligated to register any Registrable Securities on such Registration
Statement referred to in this Section 2(e).
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY. In connection with the
registration of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall:
(a) prepare promptly, and file with the SEC not later than the
date provided in Section 2(a), a Registration Statement with respect to the
number of Registrable Securities provided in Section 2(a), and thereafter to use
its best efforts to cause each Registration Statement relating to Registrable
Securities to become effective as soon as possible after such filing, and keep
the Registration Statement effective (pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933 Act,
to the extent Rule 415 is available) at all times during the Registration
Period; submit to the SEC, within three Business Days after the Company learns
that no review of the Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the
SEC or that the staff of the SEC has no further comments on the Registration
Statement, as the case may be, a request for acceleration of effectiveness of
the Registration Statement to a time and date not later than 48 hours after the
submission of such request; notify the Investors of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement on the date the Registration Statement is declared
effective; and the Company represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees
with, the Investors that the Registration Statement (including any amendments or
supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein), at the time it is first
filed with the SEC, at the time it is ordered effective by the SEC and at all
times during which it is required to be effective hereunder (and each such
amendment and supplement at the time it is filed with the SEC and at all times
during which it is available for use in connection with the offer and sale of
the Registrable Securities) shall not
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contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to the Registration Statement and the
prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective at all times during the
Registration Period, and, during the Registration Period, comply with the
provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable
Securities of the Company covered by the Registration Statement until such time
as all of such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with
the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set
forth in the Registration Statement;
(c) furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are
included in the Registration Statement and its legal counsel, (1) promptly after
the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC or received by
the Company, one copy of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto,
each preliminary prospectus and prospectus and each amendment or supplement
thereto, each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the
staff of the SEC and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of
the SEC relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion of any
thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential
treatment) and (2) such number of copies of a prospectus, including a
preliminary 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) use reasonable efforts to (i) register and qualify the
Registrable Securities 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 those 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 until the end of the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as
may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at
all times during the Registration Period and (iv) take all other actions
reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale
in such jurisdictions; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required
in connection therewith or as a condition thereto (I) to qualify to do business
in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for
this Section 3(d), (II) to subject itself to general taxation in any such
jurisdiction, (III) to file a general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction, (IV) to provide any undertakings
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that cause more than nominal expense or burden to the Company or (V) to make any
change in its Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws, which in each case the
Board of Directors of the Company determines to be contrary to the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders;
(e) in the event that the Registrable Securities are being
offered in an underwritten offering, enter into and perform its obligations
under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without
limitation, customary indemnification and contribution obligations, with the
underwriters of such offering;
(f) (1) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of
such event or circumstance, notify each Investor of any event or circumstance of
which the Company has knowledge, 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 use its best efforts promptly to
prepare a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement to correct such
untrue statement or omission, file such supplement or amendment with the SEC at
such time as shall permit the Investors to sell Registrable Securities pursuant
to the Registration Statement as promptly as practicable, and deliver a number
of copies of such supplement or amendment to each Investor as such Investor may
reasonably request;
(2) notwithstanding Section 3(f)(1) above, if at any time the
Company notifies the Investors as contemplated by Section 3(f)(1) that the event
giving rise to such notice relates to a development involving the Company which
occurred subsequent to the later of (x) the SEC Effective Date and (y) the
latest date prior to such notice on which the Company has amended or
supplemented the Registration Statement, then the Company shall not be required
to use best efforts to make such amendment during a Blackout Period; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the aggregate number of Trading Days on which any Blackout Period
is in effect may not exceed 15 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) in any
period of 12 consecutive months; and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that no Blackout
Period may commence within 90 Trading Days after the end of an earlier Blackout
Period;
(g) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such
event, notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold (or, in
the event of an underwritten offering, the managing underwriters) of the
issuance by the SEC of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of
the Registration Statement at the earliest possible time;
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(h) permit a single firm of counsel designated as selling
stockholders' counsel by the Investors who hold a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities being sold to review and comment on the Registration
Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto a reasonable period of time
prior to their filing with the SEC;
(i) make generally available to its security holders as soon
as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period
covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of
Rule 158 under the 0000 Xxx) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later
than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the effective
date of the Registration Statement;
(j) at the request of the Investors who hold a majority in
interest of the Registrable Securities being sold, furnish on the date that
Registrable Securities are delivered to an underwriter, if any, for sale in
connection with the Registration Statement (i) a letter, dated such date, from
the Company's independent certified public accountants in form and substance as
is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters
in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters; and (ii) an
opinion, dated such date, from counsel representing the Company for purposes of
such Registration Statement, in form and substance as is customarily given in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters and the Investors;
(k) make available for inspection by any Investor, any
underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Registration
Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such
Investor or underwriter (collectively, the "Inspectors"), all pertinent
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company (collectively, the "Records"), as shall be reasonably necessary to
enable each Investor to exercise its due diligence responsibility, and cause the
Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any
Inspector may reasonably request for purposes of such due diligence; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that each Inspector shall hold in confidence and shall not make any
disclosure (except to an Investor) of any Record or other information which the
Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination
the Inspectors are so notified, unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration
Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or
other order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction or (iii)
the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public
other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement. The
Company shall not be required to disclose any confidential
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information in such Records to any Inspector until and unless such Inspector
shall have entered into confidentiality agreements (in form and substance
satisfactory to the Company) with the Company with respect thereto,
substantially in the form of this Section 3(k). Each Investor agrees that it
shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court
or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give
prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at the Company's own
expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain
a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. The Company shall hold
in confidence and shall not make any disclosure of information concerning an
Investor provided to the Company pursuant to Section 4(e) hereof unless (i)
disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state
securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid
or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the
release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order
from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or (iv) such
information has been made generally available to the public other than by
disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement. The Company agrees that
it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an
Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent
jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to such Investor and
allow such Investor, at such Investor's own expense, to undertake appropriate
action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such
information;
(l) use its best efforts (i) to cause all the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on the OTC or such
other principal securities market on which securities of the same class or
series issued by the Company are then listed or traded or (ii) if securities of
the same class or series as the Registrable Securities are not then listed on
the OTC or any such other securities market, to cause all of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on the New York
Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or the
Nasdaq;
(m) provide 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;
(n) cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable
Securities being offered and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any,
to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing
any restrictive legends) representing Registrable Securities to be offered
pursuant to the Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in
such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the managing underwriter
or underwriters, if any, or the Investors may reasonably request and registered
in such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or the
Investors may request; and, within three Business Days
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after a Registration Statement which includes Registrable Securities is ordered
effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver to the transfer agent for the
Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable
Securities are included in such Registration Statement) an instruction
substantially in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT 1 and shall cause legal
counsel selected by the Company to deliver to the Investors an opinion of such
counsel in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT 2 (with a copy to the Company's
transfer agent);
(o) during the period the Company is required to maintain
effectiveness of the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(a), the
Company shall not bid for or purchase any Common Stock or any right to purchase
Common Stock or attempt to induce any person to purchase any such security or
right if such bid, purchase or attempt would in any way limit the right of the
Investors to sell Registrable Securities by reason of the limitations set forth
in Regulation M under the 1934 Act; and
(p) take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite
and facilitate disposition by the Investors of the Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS. In connection with the
registration of the Registrable Securities, 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 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. At least five days
prior to the first anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement, the
Company shall notify each Investor of the information that, based on the
requirements of the 1933 Act, the Company requires from each such Investor (the
"Required Information") if any of such Investor's Registrable Securities are
eligible for inclusion in the Registration Statement. If at least one Business
Day prior to the filing date the Company has not received the Required
Information from an Investor (a "Non-Responsive Investor"), then the Company may
file the Registration Statement without including Registrable Securities of such
Non-Responsive Investor but shall not be relieved of its obligation to file a
Registration Statement with the SEC relating to the Registrable Securities of
such Non-Responsive Investor promptly after such Non-Responsive Investor
provides the Required Information;
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(b) Each Investor by such Investor's acceptance of the
Registrable Securities agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably
requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company
in writing of such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's
Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement;
(c) In the event Investors holding a majority in interest of
the Registrable Securities being registered determine to engage the services of
an underwriter, each Investor agrees to enter into and perform such Investor's
obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form,
including, without limitation, customary indemnification and contribution
obligations, with the managing underwriter of such offering and take such other
actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the Registrable Securities, unless such Investor has notified the
Company in writing of such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's
Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement;
(d) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from
the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f)
or 3(g), such Investor will immediately discontinue 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(f) or 3(g) 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;
(e) No Investor may participate in any underwritten
registration hereunder unless such Investor (i) agrees to sell such Investor's
Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the Investors entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements, (ii)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms
of such underwriting arrangements and (iii) agrees to pay its pro rata share of
all underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of
investment bankers and any manager or managers of such underwriting and legal
expenses of the underwriters applicable with respect to its Registrable
Securities, in each case to the extent not payable by the Company pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement; and
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(f) Each Investor agrees to take all reasonable actions
necessary to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act
applicable to its sales of Registrable Securities.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION. All reasonable expenses, other
than underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of
investment bankers and other than brokerage commissions, incurred in connection
with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3,
including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications
fees, printers and accounting fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company and the Investors, shall be borne by the Company, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that (i) the Company shall not be required to pay more than $10,000 for the fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Investors and the other investors under the
registration rights agreement, dated as of the date hereof, with the Company of
like tenor and (ii) the Investors shall bear the fees and out-of-pocket expenses
of the one legal counsel selected by the Investors pursuant to Section 2(b)
hereof in connection with any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities.
6. INDEMNIFICATION. In the event any Registrable Securities
are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify
and hold harmless each Investor who holds such Registrable Securities, the
directors, if any, of such Investor, the officers, if any, of such Investor,
each person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the 1933
Act or the 1934 Act, any underwriter (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) for the
Investors, the directors, if any, of such underwriter and the officers, if any,
of such underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls any such underwriter
within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an "Indemnified
Person"), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (joint or
several) incurred (collectively, "Claims") to which any of them may become
subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claims
(or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any of the following: (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration
Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if
the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or
the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to
make the statements made therein,
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in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not
misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the
1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation under
the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or any state securities law (the matters in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively, "Violations"). Subject
to the restrictions set forth in Section 6(d) with respect to the number of
legal counsel, the Company shall reimburse the Investors and the other
Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and
payable, for any reasonable legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by
them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification
agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (I) shall not apply to a Claim arising
out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Indemnified Person
or underwriter for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with
the preparation of the Registration Statement, the prospectus or any such
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such prospectus was timely made
available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof; (II) with respect to
any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any such person
from whom the person asserting any such Claim purchased the Registrable
Securities that are the subject thereof (or to the benefit of any person
controlling such person) if the untrue statement or omission of material fact
contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected in the prospectus, as then
amended or supplemented, if such prospectus was timely made available by the
Company pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof; and (III) shall not apply to amounts
paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior
written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive
the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section
9.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an
Investor is participating, each such Investor agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless, to the same extent and in the same manner set forth in Section 6(a),
the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the
Registration Statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, any underwriter and any other
stockholder selling securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or any of
its directors or officers or any person who controls such stockholder or
underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (collectively and
together with an Indemnified Person, an "Indemnified Party"), against any Claim
to which any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or
otherwise, insofar as such Claim arises out of or is based upon any Violation,
in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration
Statement; and such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or
defending any such Claim; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the indemnity agreement
contained in this Section 6(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of
any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of
such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; PROVIDED,
FURTHER, HOWEVER, that the
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Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim
as does not exceed the amount by which the net proceeds to such Investor from
the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement
exceeds the cost of such Registrable Securities to such Investor. Such indemnity
shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or
on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the
Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement
contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall
not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or
omission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected
on a timely basis in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented.
(c) The Company shall be entitled to receive indemnities from
underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry
professionals participating in any distribution, to the same extent as provided
above, with respect to information so furnished in writing by such persons
expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any
action (including any governmental action), such Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a
written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have
the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so
desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume
control of the defense thereof with counsel selected by the indemnifying party
but reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as
the case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses
to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel
retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such
counsel in such proceeding. In such event, the Company shall pay for only one
separate legal counsel for the Investors; such legal counsel shall be selected
by the Investors holding a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities
included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The failure
to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of
the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of
any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section
6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability
to defend such action. The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be
made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the
investigation or defense, as such expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred
and is due and payable.
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7. CONTRIBUTION. To the extent any indemnification by an
indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party
agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it
would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by
law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (a) no contribution shall be made under
circumstances where the maker would not have been liable for indemnification
under the fault standards set forth in Section 6, (b) no seller of Registrable
Securities guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of
Registrable Securities who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation
and (c) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in
amount to the amount by which the net amount of proceeds received by such seller
from the sale of such Registrable Securities exceeds the purchase price paid by
such seller for such Registrable Securities.
8. REPORTS UNDER 1934 ACT. With a view to making available to
the Investors the benefits of Rule 144, the Company agrees to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms
are understood and defined in Rule 144;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act; and
(c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns
Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the
Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and the
1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the
Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company and (iii)
such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to
sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.
9. ASSIGNMENT OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights to have
the Company register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be
automatically assigned by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion
of such securities (or to any transferee of all or any
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portion of the Warrants) 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 further disposition of such securities by the transferee or
assignee is restricted under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws,
and (d) at or before the time the Company receives 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.
In connection with any such transfer the Company shall, at its sole cost and
expense, promptly after such assignment take such actions as shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Initial Investor and such transferee to assure that the
Registration Statement and related prospectus are available for use by such
transferee for sales of the Registrable Securities in respect of which the
rights to registration have been so assigned. The Company acknowledges that upon
the liquidation or dissolution of an Investor which is a partnership or other
entity and the subsequent transfer of such entity's Registrable Securities and
Warrants to the partners or other owners thereof, such transferees shall be
automatically assigned the registration rights of such entity pursuant to this
Agreement with respect to the transferred securities, subject to the
requirements of this Section 9.
10. AMENDMENT, WAIVER, ETC. 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 Majority Holders. Any amendment or waiver effected in
accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the
Company.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) A person or entity is 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) Notices required or permitted to be given hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to be sufficiently given when personally
delivered (by hand, by courier, by
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telephone line facsimile transmission (with answer back confirmation) or other
means) (i) if to the Company, at 00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: President, telephone line facsimile transmission
number (000) 000-0000, (ii) if to the Initial Investor at its address set forth
in the Stock Purchase Agreement and (iii) if to any other Investor, at such
address as such Investor shall have provided in writing to the Company, or at
such other address as each such party furnishes by notice given in accordance
with this Section 11(b), and shall be effective upon receipt.
(c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under
this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or
remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
(d) This Agreement shall be enforced, governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida applicable to
agreements made and to be performed entirely within such State. In the event
that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any
applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed
inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed
modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any provision hereof which
may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
(e) This Agreement constitutes 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 supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
(f) Subject to the requirements of Section 9 hereof, this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and
assigns of each of the parties hereto.
(g) All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the
masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require.
(h) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and
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shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) The Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company
to perform its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the Company's obligations under Section 3(n), or any delay in such performance
could result in damages to the Investors and the Company agrees that, in
addition to any other liability the Company may have by reason of any such
failure or delay, the Company shall be liable for all direct and consequential
damages caused by any such failure or delay.
(j) Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and
performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all
such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other
party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(k) The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be
the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules
of strict construction will be applied against any party.
(l) This Agreement 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. This Agreement, once executed by a party,
may be delivered to the other party hereto by telephone line facsimile
transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so
delivering this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of
day and year first above written.
CENTRACK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
KJO TRUST
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx., Trustee
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EXHIBIT 1
TO
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
[Company Letterhead]
[Date]
[NAME AND ADDRESS OF TRANSFER AGENT]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and
direction to you (1) to transfer or re-register the certificates for the shares
of Common Stock, $.0001 par value (the "Common Stock"), of Centrack
International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), represented by
certificate numbers _______ and _______ for an aggregate of _______ shares (the
"Outstanding Shares") of Common Stock presently registered in the name of [Name
of Investors] upon surrender of such certificate(s) to you, notwithstanding the
legend appearing on such certificates, and (2) to issue shares (the "Warrant
Shares") of Common Stock to or upon the order of the holder from time to time on
exercise of the Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the "Warrants") exercisable for
Common Stock issued by the Company upon receipt by you of a Subscription Form
from such holder in the form enclosed herewith and certification by the Company
of receipt of the Warrant Exercise Price. The transfer or re-registration of the
certificates for the Outstanding Shares by you should be made at such time as
you are requested to do so by the record holder of the Outstanding Shares. The
certificate issued upon such transfer or re-registration should be registered in
such name as requested by the holder of record of the certificate surrendered to
you and should not bear any legend which would restrict the transfer of the
shares represented thereby. In addition, you are hereby directed to remove any
stop-transfer
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instruction relating to the Outstanding Shares. Certificates for the Warrant
Shares should not bear any restrictive legend and should not be subject to any
stop-transfer restriction.
Contemporaneously with the delivery of this letter, the
Company is delivering to you an opinion of ____________________ as to
registration of the resale of the Outstanding Shares and the Warrant Shares
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please
contact me.
Very truly yours,
CENTRACK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
Enclosures
cc: [Names of Investors]
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EXHIBIT 2
TO
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
[Names and Addresses of Investors]
CENTRACK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Shares of Common Stock
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Centrack International, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and we understand that the Company has sold to
[Names of Investors] (the "Holders") an aggregate of ________ shares (the
"Shares") of the Company's Common Stock, $.0001 par value (the "Common Stock"),
and issued to the Holders Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the
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"Warrants"). The Shares were sold, and the Warrants were issued, to the Holders
pursuant to the several Stock Purchase Agreements, dated as of September ___,
1999, by and between the Holders and the Company (the "Stock Purchase
Agreements"). Pursuant to the several Registration Rights Agreements, dated as
of September ___, 1999, by and between the Company and each Holder (the
"Registration Rights Agreements") entered into in connection with the purchase
by the Holders of the Shares, the Company agreed with each Holder, among other
things, to register for resale (1) the Shares and (2) the shares (the "Warrant
Shares") of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), upon the terms provided in
the Registration Rights Agreements. The Shares and the Warrant Shares are
referred to herein collectively as the "Registration Shares". Pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, on _____________________, ____ the Company filed
a Registration Statement on Form _____ (File No. 333-__________) (the
"Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") relating to the Shares, which names the Holders as selling stockholders
thereunder.
[Other introductory and scope of examination language to be inserted]
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
(1) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus contained
therein (other than the financial statements and financial schedules
and other financial and statistical information contained or
incorporated by reference therein, as to which we have not been
requested to and do not express any opinion) comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(2) The Registration Statement has become effective under the
1933 Act, to the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, no stop order
proceedings with respect thereto have been instituted or threatened by
the SEC. The Registration Shares have been registered under the 1933
Act and may be resold by the respective Holders pursuant to the
Registration Statement.
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We have participated in the preparation of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, including review and discussions with officers and
other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public
accountants for the Company, and your representatives at which the contents of
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus contained therein and related
matters were discussed, and, although we are not passing upon and do not assume
any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus contained therein, on
the basis of the foregoing, nothing has come to our attention that leads us to
believe either that the Registration Statement at the time the Registration
Statement became effective contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in
the Registration Statement, as of its date, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted 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 (it being understood that we have not
been requested to and do not express any view with respect to the financial
statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
contained therein).
Paragraph (2) of this opinion may be relied upon by
[_____________________], as Transfer Agent and Registrar (the "Transfer Agent"),
as if addressed to the Transfer Agent.
Very truly yours,
cc: [ _______________________________ ]
as Transfer Agent and Registrar
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