REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of December
8, 1997 by and among NETWORK IMAGING CORPORATION, a corporation organized under
the laws of the State of Delaware, with headquarters located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 (the "Company"), and the undersigned (together
with affiliates, the "Initial Investors").
WHEREAS:
A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement of even date
herewith by and between the Company and the Initial Investors (the "Securities
Purchase Agreement"), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions contained therein, to issue and sell to the Initial Investors units
("Units") consisting of (i) shares of its Series L Convertible Preferred Stock
(the "Preferred Stock") that is convertible into shares (the "Conversion
Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the "Common
Stock"), upon the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth
in the Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences with respect to such
Preferred Stock (the "Certificate of Designation") and (ii) warrants (the
"Investor Warrants") to acquire shares of Common Stock (the "Investor Warrant
Shares");
B. To induce the Initial Investors to execute and deliver the
Securities 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
"Securities Act"), and applicable state securities laws; and
C. The Company has issued The Zanett Securities Corporation (the
"Placement Agent") Warrants (collectively with the Investor Warrants, the
"Warrants") to purchase shares of Common Stock (collectively with the Investor
Warrant Shares, the "Warrant Shares") pursuant to that certain Placement Agency
Agreement dated as of July 2, 1997 by and between the Company and the Placement
Agent and has agreed to provide the Placement Agent the rights set forth herein.
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 Investors hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
a. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
(i) "Investors" means the Initial Investors and any
transferees or assignees who agree to become bound by the provisions of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 9 hereof.
(ii) "register," "registered," and "registration" re-
er to a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement
or Statements in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415
under the Securities 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 United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
(iii) "Registrable Securities" means the Conversion
Shares and the Warrant Shares (including any Conversion Shares issuable with
respect to Conversion Default Payments or the Damages Amount under the
Certificate of Designation or in redemption of any Preferred Stock and any
Warrant Shares issuable with respect to Exercise Default Payments under the
Warrants) issued or issuable with respect to the Preferred Stock and the
Warrants and any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time
(with any adjustments), as a distribution on or in exchange for or otherwise
with respect to any of the foregoing.
(iv) "Registration Statement" means a registration
statement of the Company under the Securities Act.
b. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
2. REGISTRATION.
a. Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare, and, as
soon as practicable after the First Closing under the Securities Purchase
Agreement, but in no event later than the sixtieth (60th) day following such
closing, file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3
is not then available, on Form S-1) covering the resale of at least 135% (or, if
the Investors have provided the Company a notice pursuant to Section 3(b)
hereof, at least 200%) of the maximum number of Registrable Securities issuable
upon the full conversion of, or as dividends on or otherwise with respect to,
the Preferred Stock and the full exercise of the Warrants comprising 3,250 Units
(assuming a conversion price based on 81% of the closing sales price of the
Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market (or the principal
securities market on which the Common Stock is then trading) on the date of such
closing). The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable after each
additional closing under the Securities Purchase Agreement, but in no event
later than the sixtieth (60th) day following each of such closings, file with
the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is not then
available, on Form S-1) covering the resale of at least 135% (or, if the
Investors have provided the Company a notice pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, at
least 200%) of the maximum number of Registrable Securities issuable upon the
full conversion of, or as dividends on or otherwise with respect to, the
Preferred Stock and the full exercise of the Warrants comprising the Units
issued at such closing pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii) or Section 1(a)(iii) of the
Securities Purchase Agreement, as applicable (assuming a conversion price based
on 81% of the closing sales price of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market (or the principal securities market on which the Common Stock is
then trading) on the date of such Closing). In the event any Registration
Statement filed by the Company pursuant to this Section 2(a) is on Form S-1, the
Company shall, (x) no later than the date the Company files each periodic report
on Form 10-Q or 10-K, file a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement to include in the Registration Statement such
information (including, without limitation, updated financial statements) from
the periodic report as is necessary or required to keep the Registration
Statement in compliance with the rules of the SEC and this Agreement and (y)
within fifteen (15) days of the Company becoming eligible to register the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3, file a new Registration Statement on Form
S-3 covering at least 135% (or, if the Investors have provided the Company a
notice pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, at least 200%) of the Registrable
Securities issuable upon the full conversion of, or as dividends on or otherwise
with respect to, the Preferred Stock and the full exercise of the Warrants
(based on the conversion and exercise prices thereof then in effect) and cause
such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as
practicable thereafter, and in no event later than ninety (90) days after the
filing thereof (such ninetieth (90th) day being the "Second Registration
Deadline"). Each Registration Statement filed hereunder, to the extent allowable
under the Securities Act and the Rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule
416), shall state that such Registration Statement also covers such
indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable
upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and exercise of the Warrants (i) to
prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions or (ii) by reason of reductions in the Conversion Price of the
Preferred Stock or the Exercise Price of the Warrants in accordance with the
terms thereof (including, but not limited to, in the case of the Preferred
Stock, the terms which cause the applicable Conversion Percentages to decrease
and the terms which cause the Variable Conversion Price to decrease to the
extent that the closing sales price of the Common Stock decreases). The
Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement filed hereunder
shall be allocated to the Investors as set forth in Section 11(k) hereof. Each
Registration Statement filed hereunder (and each amendment or supplement
thereto, and each request for acceleration of effectiveness thereof) shall be
provided to (and subject to the approval of) the Initial Investors and their
counsel prior to its filing or other submission. The Company shall not include
any securities (other than Registrable Securities and securities designated on
Schedule 3(c) to the Securities Purchase Agreement for possible inclusion on a
Registration Statement hereunder) on any Registration Statement filed pursuant
to this Section 2(a). In addition, the Company shall not permit any securities
of the Company (other than Registrable Securities) to be registered under the
Securities Act prior to or at the same time as the registration of the
Registrable Securities; provided, however, that the Company may register (i) up
to 1,750,000 shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series
A Stock") and up to 15,027,937 shares of Common Stock in connection with certain
proposed changes to the Series A Stock, and (ii) up to 2,150,000 shares of
Common Stock in connection with certain convertible notes in the aggregate
principal amount of $2,000,000 issued by the Company in July and August 1997.
b. Underwritten Offering. If any offering pursuant to a
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) or 3(b) hereof involves an
underwritten offering, the Investors who hold a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities subject to such underwritten offering, with the consent
of the Initial Investors, shall have the right to select a total of one legal
counsel to represent the Investors at the cost and expense of 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 and the Placement Agent. In the event
that any Investors elect not to participate in such underwritten offering, such
Registration Statement shall contain appropriate plans of distribution
reasonably satisfactory to the Investors participating in such underwritten
offering and the Investors electing not to participate in such underwritten
offering (including, without limitation, the ability of nonparticipating
Investors to sell from time to time and at any time during the effectiveness of
such Registration Statement).
c. Payments by the Company. The Company shall cause each
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) to become effective as
soon as practicable, but in no event later than (i) the ninetieth (90th) day
following the date it was required to be filed hereunder in the case of a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 or (ii) the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day
following the date it was required to be filed hereunder in the case of a
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (each a "Registration Deadline"). If (i) any
Registration Statement(s) covering the Registrable Securities required to be
filed by the Company pursuant to the first sentence of Section 2(a) hereof is
not declared effective by the SEC on or before the Registration Deadline for
such Registration Statement or if, after the Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the SEC, sales of all the Registrable Securities issued or
issuable with respect to the Preferred Stock and Warrants required to be covered
by such Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof (including any
Registrable Securities required to be registered pursuant to Section 3(b)
hereof) cannot be made pursuant to a Registration Statement (by reason of a stop
order or the Company's failure to update the Registration Statement or any other
reason outside the control of the Investors) or (ii) the Common Stock is not
listed or included for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market ("Nasdaq"), the
Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") or the
American Stock Exchange (the "AMEX") at any time after the Registration Deadline
for such Registration Statement, then each of the Conversion Percentages set
forth in the Certificate of Designation (the "Conversion Percentages") shall be
permanently reduced pursuant to this Section 2(c) as partial relief for the
damages to the Investors by reason of any such delay in or reduction of their
ability to sell the Registrable Securities (which remedy shall not be exclusive
of any other remedies available at law or in equity). Each of the Conversion
Percentages applicable during each time period shall be permanently reduced by
an amount equal to the product of (i) two hundredths (.02) multiplied by (ii)
the sum of: (y) the number of months (prorated for partial months) after a
Registration Deadline and prior to the date the applicable Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is declared effective by the SEC and
(z) the number of months (prorated for partial months) that sales cannot be made
pursuant to a Registration Statement after the Registration Statement has been
declared effective or the Common Stock is not listed or included for quotation
on Nasdaq, the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the NYSE or AMEX; provided, however,
that there shall be excluded from each such period (I) any delays which are
solely attributable to changes (other than corrections of Company mistakes with
respect to information previously provided by the Investors) required by the
Investors in the Registration Statement with respect to information relating to
the Investors, including, without limitation, changes to the plan of
distribution, (II) and any delays resulting from the Initial Investor's counsel
selected pursuant to Section 3(h) failing to respond to the Company within five
(5) business days of its receipt of any Registration Statement and (III) if the
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is on Form S-1, the first
thirty (30) days following each post-effective amendment thereto filed on or
before June 30, 1998 (each of the periods described in clauses (I), (II) and
(III) being an "Excluded Period"); and provided, further, that the aggregate
reductions to each of the Conversion Percentages pursuant to this Section 2(c)
as a result of the failure of the Common Stock to be listed or included for
quotation on Nasdaq, the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the NYSE or AMEX shall not
exceed ten percent (10%). (For example, if a Registration Statement is declared
effective on the last day of the second month following the applicable
Registration Deadline, each of the Conversion Percentages set forth in the
Certificate of Designation would be reduced by four percent (4%) to 81% and 77%,
respectively.) In addition, if any Registration Statement required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof has not been declared effective
on or before the sixtieth (60th) day following the applicable Registration
Deadline for such Registration Statement or any such Registration Statement,
after being declared effective, cannot be utilized by the Investors for the
resale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement for
an aggregate of more than thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date on
which the Company first becomes eligible to register the resale of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and (ii) June 30,
1998, each of the Conversion Percentages applicable during each time period
shall be permanently reduced at the rate of two hundredths (.02) per week
(prorated for partial weeks) rather than two hundredths (.02) per month
(prorated for partial months).
d. Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time prior to the
expiration of the Registration Period (as hereinafter defined) the Company shall
file with the SEC a Registration Statement relating to an offering for its own
account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity
securities (other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 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 or pursuant to a
plan to reorganize the Company's Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred
Stock), the Company shall send to each Investor who is entitled to registration
rights under this Section 2(d) written notice of such determination and, if
within fifteen (15) days after the date 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, marketing
or other factors dictate such limitation is necessary to facilitate 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 as the
underwriter shall permit. 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 to inclusion of such securities in such
Registration Statement or are not entitled to pro rata inclusion with the
Registrable Securities; and provided, further, however, that, after giving
effect to the immediately preceding 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 other than
holders of securities entitled to inclusion of their securities in such
Registration Statement by reason of demand registration rights. No right to
registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 2(d) shall be
construed to limit any registration required under Section 2(a) hereof. If an
offering in connection with which an Investor is entitled to registration under
this Section 2(d) is an underwritten offering, then each Investor whose
Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement shall, unless
otherwise agreed by the Company, offer and sell such Registrable Securities in
an underwritten offering using the same underwriter or underwriters and, subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, on the same terms and conditions as other
shares of Common Stock included in such underwritten offering.
e. Rule 416. The Company and the Investors each acknowledge
that an indeterminate number of Registrable Securities shall be registered
pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act so as to include in each
Registration Statement required pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof any and all
Registrable Securities which may become issuable (i) to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions and (ii) by
reason of reductions in the Conversion Price of the Preferred Stock or the
Exercise Price of the Warrants in accordance with the terms thereof (including,
but not limited to, in the case of the Preferred Stock, the terms which cause
the applicable Conversion Percentages to decrease and the terms which cause the
Variable Conversion Price to decrease to the extent the closing sales price of
the Common Stock decreases (collectively, the "Rule 416 Securities"). In this
regard, the Company agrees to take all steps necessary to ensure that all
Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities
Act in any such Registration Statement and, absent guidance from the SEC or
other definitive authority to the contrary, the Company shall affirmatively
support and not take any action adverse to the position that the Registration
Statements filed hereunder cover all of the Rule 416 Securities. If the Company
determines that the Registration Statements filed hereunder do not cover all of
the Rule 416 Securities, the Company shall immediately provide to each Investor
written notice (a "Rule 416 Notice") setting forth the basis for the Company's
position and the authority therefor.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.
In connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities on
any Registration Statement filed hereunder, the Company shall have the following
obligations:
a. The Company shall prepare promptly and file with the SEC
the Registration Statements required by Section 2(a), and cause such
Registration Statements relating to Registrable Securities to become effective
as soon as practicable after such filing, but in no event later than the
Registration Deadline or the Second Registration Deadline (as applicable), and
keep such Registration Statements effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times
until such date as is the earlier of (i) the date on which all of the
Registrable Securities have been sold and (ii) the date on which all of the
Registrable Securities (in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Initial
Investors) may be immediately sold to the public without registration pursuant
to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or any successor provision (the
"Registration Period"), which Registration Statements (including any amendments
or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein and all documents
incorporated by reference therein) shall not 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 not misleading.
b. The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to the
Registration Statements and the prospectus used in connection with the
Registration Statements as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statements
effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during such period,
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition
of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by the Registration
Statements 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 Statements. In the event the
holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities notify the Company in
writing (the date of such notice being the "Registration Trigger Date") that
they have determined that the number of shares available under all Registration
Statements filed pursuant to this Agreement is, for any three (3) consecutive
trading days insufficient to cover the sum of one hundred percent (100%) of the
Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants plus one hundred
thirty-five percent (135%) of the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon
conversion of the Preferred Stock, the Company shall amend (if permissible) the
Registration Statements, or file a new Registration Statement (on the short form
available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as to cover the sum of one
hundred percent (100%) of the Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants plus two hundred percent (200%) of the Registrable Securities
issued or issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, in each case, as soon
as practicable, but in any event within fifteen (15) days after the Registration
Trigger Date (based on the market price of the Common Stock and other relevant
factors on which the Company reasonably elects to rely). The Company shall cause
such amendment(s) and/or new Registration Statement to become effective as soon
as practicable following the filing thereof. In the event the Company fails to
obtain the effectiveness of any such Registration Statement within ninety (90)
days after a Registration Trigger Date, each Investor shall thereafter have the
option, exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time by
delivery of a written notice to the Company (a "Redemption Notice"), to require
the Company to purchase for cash, at an amount per share equal to the Redemption
Amount (as defined in Article VIII.B of the Certificate of Designation), a
portion of the Investor's Preferred Stock such that the total number of
Registrable Securities included on the Registration Statement for resale by such
Investor exceeds the sum of one hundred percent (100%) of the Registrable
Securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants plus one hundred thirty-five
percent (135%) of the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon conversion
of such Investor's Preferred Stock. If the Corporation fails to redeem any of
such shares within five (5) business days after its receipt of a Redemption
Notice, then such Investor shall be entitled to the remedies provided in Article
VIII.C of the Certificate of Designation.
c. The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose
Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement and its legal
counsel (i) promptly after the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed
with the SEC, or received by the Company, one copy of each such Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto, each preliminary prospectus and prospectus
and each amendment or supplement thereto, and, in the case of any Registration
Statement referred to in Section 2(a), each letter written by or on behalf of
the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC (including, without limitation,
any request to accelerate the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or
amendment thereto), and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of
the SEC, in each case relating to any such Registration Statement (other than
any portion, if any, thereof which contains information for which the Company
has sought confidential treatment), (ii) on the date of effectiveness of any
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, a notice stating that such
Registration Statement or amendment has been declared effective, and (iii) 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. The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and
qualify the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement under
such other securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions in the United
States as each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being offered
reasonably requests, (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 during 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 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, (c) file a general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction, (d) provide any undertakings that cause the Company undue expense
or burden, or (e) make any change in its charter or bylaws, 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 the Investors who hold a majority in interest
of the Registrable Securities being offered pursuant to a Registration Statement
under Section 2(a) or 3(b) hereof select underwriters for the offering, the
Company shall 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. As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such
event, the Company shall notify each Investor of the happening of any event, of
which the Company has knowledge, as a result of which the prospectus included in
a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein 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, and deliver such number
of copies of such supplement or amendment to each Investor as such Investor may
reasonably request.
g. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a
Registration Statement, and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the
withdrawal of such order at the earliest practicable moment (including in each
case by amending or supplementing such Registration Statement) and to notify
each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold (or, in the event of
an underwritten offering, the managing underwriters) of the issuance of such
order and the resolution thereof (and if such Registration Statement is
supplemented or amended, deliver such number of copies of such supplement or
amendment to each Investor as such Investor may reasonably request).
h. The Company shall permit a single firm of counsel
designated by the Initial Investors to review each Registration Statement and
all amendments and supplements thereto a reasonable period of time prior to
their filing with the SEC, and not file any document in a form to which such
counsel reasonably objects.
i. The Company shall 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 Securities Act) covering a
twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's
fiscal quarter next following the effective date of a Registration Statement.
j. From time to time upon the request of any Investor, the
Company shall furnish (i) an opinion from counsel representing the Company,
dated as of the date of issuance of such opinion, addressed to the Investors and
in form, scope and substances as is customarily given in an underwritten public
offering and (ii) in the case of an underwriting, 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,
if any, and the Investors.
k. The Company shall make available for inspection by (i) any
Investor, (ii) any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to a
Registration Statement, (iii) one firm of attorneys and one firm of accountants
or other agents retained by the Investors, and (iv) one firm of attorneys
retained by all such underwriters (collectively, the "Inspectors") all pertinent
financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of
the Company (collectively, the "Records"), as shall be reasonably deemed
necessary by each Inspector to enable each Inspector 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
(a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a
misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (b) the release of such
Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or
government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) 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 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 its expense, to
undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective
order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
limit the Investors' ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which is
otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
l. The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any
disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company 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, (iv) such
information has been made generally available to the public other than by
disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement, or (v) such Investor
consents to the form and content of any such disclosure. 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 prior
to making such disclosure. The Investor, at its expense, may undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order
for, such information.
m. The Company shall use its best efforts either to (i) cause
all the Registrable Securities covered by any Registration Statement to be
listed on each national securities exchange on which securities of the same
class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of
such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange,
or (ii) secure the designation and quotation, of all the Registrable Securities
covered by any Registration Statement on each national interdealer quotation
system on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are
designated for quotation and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
to arrange for or maintain at least two market makers to register with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") as such with respect
to such Registrable Securities.
n. The Company shall provide a transfer agent and registrar,
which may be a single entity, for the Registrable Securities not later than the
effective date of any Registration Statement.
o. The Company shall 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 any 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 (3)
business days after a Registration Statement which includes Registrable
Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall
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 opinion of such
counsel in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
p. At the request of any Investor, the Company shall prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection
with such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to change the plan
of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement.
q. The Company shall comply with all applicable laws related
to a Registration Statement and offering and sale of securities and all
applicable rules and regulations of governmental authorities in connection
therewith (including without limitation the Securities Act and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by
the SEC).
r. The Company shall take all such other actions as any
Investor or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities.
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 three (3)
business days prior to the first anticipated filing date of any Registration
Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor of the information the Company
requires from each such Investor.
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 each
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 any such Registration Statement.
c. In the event Investors holding a majority in interest of
the Registrable Securities being offered 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
distribution hereunder unless such Investor (i) agrees to sell such Investor's
Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements in
usual and customary form entered into by the Company, (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 any expenses in excess of those
payable by the Company pursuant to Section 5 below.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.
All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and
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, the
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the fees and disbursements
contemplated by Section 3(j) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
will pay all of Investors' costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees
and expenses) incurred in connection with enforcing their rights hereunder.
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,
hold harmless and defend (i) each Investor who holds such Registrable
Securities, and (ii) the directors, officers, partners, members, employees,
agents and each person who control any Investor within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), if any, (each, an "Indemnified Person"), against
any joint or several losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
(collectively, together with actions, proceedings or inquiries by any regulatory
or self-regulatory organization, whether commenced or threatened, in respect
thereof, "Claims") to which any of them may become subject insofar as such
Claims arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated 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, 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 Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law,
including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or
regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable
Securities (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being,
collectively, "Violations"). Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section
6(c) with respect to the number of legal counsel, the Company shall reimburse
the Investors and each such underwriter or controlling person, 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 such Indemnified Person expressly for use in the Registration
Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; (ii) 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; and (iii) with respect to any preliminary prospectus,
shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Person 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,
if such corrected prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant
to Section 3(c) hereof, and the Indemnified Person was promptly advised in
writing not to use the incorrect prospectus prior to the use giving rise to a
Violation and such Indemnified Person, notwithstanding such advice, used it.
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 severally and not jointly
to indemnify, hold harmless and defend, 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, its employees, agents and
each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, 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 within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively and together
with an Indemnified Person, an "Indemnified Party"), against any Claim to which
any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange 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 subject to Section 6(c) such Investor will reimburse any legal or
other expenses (promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable)
reasonably incurred by an 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 Investor shall be liable under this Agreement
(including this Section 6(b) and Section 7) for only that amount as does not
exceed the net proceeds actually received by such Investor as a result of the
sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. 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, and the Indemnified Party failed to utilize such corrected
prospectus.
c. 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 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 mutually satisfactory to the
indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the
case may be; provided, however, that such indemnifying party shall not be
entitled to assume such defense and 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 conflicts of interest between such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such
counsel in such proceeding or the actual or potential defendants in, or targets
of, any such action include both the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party
and the indemnifying party and any such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
reasonably determines that there may be legal defenses available to such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party which are different from or in addition
to those available to such indemnifying party. In the event an Indemnified
Person or Indemnified Party retains its own counsel pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence, the indemnifying party shall pay for only one separate legal
counsel for the Indemnified Persons or the Indemnified Parties, as applicable,
and such legal counsel shall be selected by Investors holding a
majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration
Statement to which the Claim relates (with the approval of the Initial Investors
if they hold Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement), if
the Investors are entitled to indemnification hereunder, or by the Company, if
the Company is entitled to indemnification hereunder, as applicable. 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 actually 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.
7. CONTRIBUTION.
a. 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 (i) 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, (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any seller of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation, and (iii) contribution (together with any
indemnification or other obligations under this Agreement) by any seller of
Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds
received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities.
b. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Initial
Investors participate in an underwriting hereunder pursuant to an underwriting
agreement which includes indemnification and contribution provisions, the
indemnification and contribution provisions contained in such underwriting
agreement shall control and supersede the provisions contained in Sections 6 and
7(a) hereof with respect to any violations arising from the offering
contemplated by such underwriting agreement.
8. REPORTS UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT.
With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule
144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any other similar rule or regulation
of the SEC 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:
b. file with the SEC in a timely manner and make and keep
available all reports and other documents required of the Company under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to
such requirements (it being understood that nothing herein shall limit the
Company's obligations under Section 4(c) of the Securities Purchase Agreement)
and the filing and availability of such reports and other documents is required
for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and
c. furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns
shares of Preferred Stock, Warrants or Registrable Securities, promptly upon
request, (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the
reporting requirements of Rule 144(c), (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 REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
The rights of the Investors hereunder, including the right to have the
Company register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement, shall be
automatically assignable by each Investor to any transferee of all or any
portion of the shares of Preferred Stock, the Warrants or the Registrable
Securities if: (i) 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 after such assignment, (ii) the Company is furnished with written notice
of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the
securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred
or assigned, (iii) following such transfer or assignment, the further
disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under
the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, (iv) at or before the
time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this
sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing for the benefit of the
Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein, and (v) such
transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
10. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
Provisions 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 written consent of the Company and
Investors who hold a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities;
provided, however, that no amendment hereto which restricts the ability of an
Investor to elect not to participate in an underwritten offering shall be
effective against any Investor which does not consent in writing to such
amendment; provided, further, however, that no consideration shall be paid to an
Investor by the Company in connection with an amendment hereto unless each
Investor similarly affected by such amendment receives a pro-rata amount of
consideration from the Company. Unless an Investor otherwise agrees, each
amendment hereto must similarly affect each Investor. 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. Any notices required or permitted to be given under the
terms of this Agreement shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return
receipt requested) or delivered personally or by courier or by confirmed
telecopy, and shall be effective five (5) days after being placed in the mail,
if mailed, or upon receipt or refusal of receipt, if delivered personally or by
courier or confirmed telecopy, in each case addressed to a party. The addresses
for such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
Network Imaging Corporation
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: President
with a copy to:
General Counsel's Office
Network Imaging Corporation
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
and if to any 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).
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 governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made
and to be performed in the State of Delaware. The Company irrevocably consents
to the jurisdiction of the United States federal courts located in the State of
Delaware in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this Agreement and
irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be
determined in such courts. The Company irrevocably waives the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit or proceeding. The Company
further agrees that service of process upon the Company, mailed by first class
mail shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the
Company in any such suit or proceeding. Nothing herein shall affect the
Investors' right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The
Company agrees that a final non-appealable judgment in any such suit or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on such judgment or in any other lawful manner.
e. This Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the
Placement Agency Agreement and the Warrants (including all schedules and
exhibits thereto) constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein and therein. This Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement and the
Placement Agency Agreement supersede all prior agreements and understandings
among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
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. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
h. 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 facsimile transmission of a copy of this
Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
i. 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.
j. All consents and other determinations to be made by the
Investors or the Initial Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made by
the Investors or the Initial Investors holding a majority of the Registrable
Securities (determined as if all shares of Preferred Stock and Warrants then
outstanding had been converted into or exercised for Registrable Securities)
held by all Investors or Initial Investors, as the case may be.
k. The initial number of Registrable Securities included on
any Registration Statement and each increase (if any) to the number of
Registrable Securities included thereon shall be allocated pro rata among the
Investors based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each Investor at
the time of such establishment or increase, as the case may be. In the event an
Investor shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder's Registrable
Securities, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the number
of Registrable Securities included on a Registration Statement for such
transferor. Any shares of Common Stock included on a Registration Statement and
which remain allocated to any person or entity which does not hold any
Registrable Securities shall be allocated to the remaining Investors, pro rata
based on the number of shares of Registrable Securities then held by such
Investors. For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Registrable Securities held
by any Investor shall be determined as if all shares of Preferred Stock and
Warrants then outstanding were converted into or exercised for Registrable
Securities.
l. Each party to this Agreement has participated in the
negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. As such, the language used herein
shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their
mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any
party to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
NETWORK IMAGING CORPORATION
By: _______________________
Name: _______________________
Its: _______________________
INITIAL INVESTOR:
CAPITAL VENTURES INTERNATIONAL
By: _______________________
Name: _______________________
Its: _______________________
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
NETWORK IMAGING CORPORATION
By: _______________________
Name: _______________________
Its: _______________________
INITIAL INVESTOR:
ZANETT LOMBARDIER, LTD.
By: _______________________
Name: _______________________
Its: _______________________
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
NETWORK IMAGING CORPORATION
By: _______________________
Name: _______________________
Its: _______________________
INITIAL INVESTOR:
____________________________
XXXXX XXXXXXXX
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
NETWORK IMAGING CORPORATION
By: _______________________
Name: _______________________
Its: _______________________
INITIAL INVESTOR:
THE ZANETT SECURITIES CORPORATION
By: _______________________
Name: _______________________
Its: _______________________
EXHIBIT 1
to
Registration
Rights
Agreement
[Date]
[Name and address
of transfer agent]
RE: NETWORK IMAGING CORPORATION
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Network Imaging Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), and we understand that
[Name of Investor] (the "Holder") has purchased from the Company (i) shares of
the Company's Series L Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") that
are convertible into shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.0001 per
share (the "Common Stock") and (ii) warrants (the "Warrants") that are
exercisable for shares of Common Stock. The Preferred Stock and Warrants were
purchased by the Holder pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
December 8, 1997, by and among the Company and the signatories thereto (the
"Agreement"). Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December
8, 1997, by and among the Company and the signatories thereto (the "Registration
Rights Agreement"), the Company agreed with the Holder, among other things, to
register the Registrable Securities (as that term is defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), upon the terms provided in the Registration Rights Agreement. In
connection with the Company's obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement, on _____ __, 1997, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-___ (File No. 333- _____________) (the "Registration Statement") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to the Registrable
Securities, which names the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder.
[Other customary introductory and scope of examination language to be inserted]
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Registrable
Securities have been registered under the Securities Act.
[Other customary language to be included.]
Very truly yours,
cc: [Name of Investor]
