Exhibit 4.4
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made
and entered into as of June 19, 2002, by and among Millennium Cell Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and the purchasers signatory hereto (each,
including their respective successors and assigns, a "PURCHASER" and
collectively, the "PURCHASERS").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof among the Company and the Purchasers (the
"PURCHASE AGREEMENT").
The Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the
meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1:
"DEBENTURES" shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" means, with respect to any Registration
Statement, the date that the Commission first declares effective such
Registration Statement.
"EFFECTIVENESS DATE" means: (a) with respect to the initial
Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the earlier of: (i) the
90th day following the Closing Date and (ii) the fifth Trading Day following the
date on which the Company is notified by the Commission that such Registration
Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and
comments and (b) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may
be required pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof, the earlier of: (i) the 90th day
following the date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably should have
known, that such additional Registration Statement is required under Section
3(d) and (ii) the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is
notified by the Commission that such additional Registration Statement will not
be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments.
"EFFECTIVENESS PERIOD" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a).
"FILING DATE" means: (a) with respect to the initial
Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 30th day following
the Closing Date and (b) with respect to any additional Registration Statements
that may be required pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof, the 30th day following the
date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably should have known, that
such additional Registration Statement is required under Section 3(d).
"FIRST WARRANTS" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
"HOLDER" or "HOLDERS" means the holder or holders, as the case
may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
"INDEMNIFIED PARTY" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c).
"INDEMNIFYING PARTY" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c).
"LOSSES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
"PROCEEDING" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or
proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened in writing.
"PROSPECTUS" means the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the
Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with
respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement, and all other amendments and
supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all
material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
such Prospectus.
"REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means the Shares and the Underlying
Shares, together with any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split,
dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect
to the foregoing.
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means the initial registration
statement required to be filed hereunder and any additional registration
statements contemplated by Section 3(d), including (in each case) the
Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or
Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto,
and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in such registration statement.
"RULE 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"RULE 415" means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"RULE 424" means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time,
or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such
Rule.
"SECOND WARRANTS" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
"SHARES" means all shares of Common Stock issued to the
Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
"SPECIAL COUNSEL" means Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx LLP.
"THIRD WARRANTS" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
"UNDERLYING SHARES" means shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion in full of the Debentures and exercise in full of the Warrants.
"WARRANTS" means the First Warrant, the Second Warrants and
the Third Warrants.
2. Registration.
(a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company
shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the
resale of Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3
(except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on
another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (except if
otherwise agreed by the Holders) the "Plan of Distribution" attached hereto as
Annex A. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable
Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date which
is two years after the date that a Registration Statement is declared effective
by the Commission or such earlier date when all Registrable Securities covered
by the Registration Statement have been sold or may be sold without volume
restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) as determined by the counsel to the Company
pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to
the Company's transfer agent and the affected Holders (the "EFFECTIVENESS
PERIOD").
(b) If: (a) a Registration Statement is not filed on
or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files the Registration Statement
without affording the Holder the opportunity to review and comment on the same
as required by Section 3(a), the Company shall not be deemed to have satisfied
clause (a)), or (b) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for
acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act,
within five Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in
writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that the Registration Statement
will not be "reviewed," or not subject to further review, or (c) the Company
fails to respond to any comments made by the Commission within ten Trading Days
after the receipt of such comments, or (d) a Registration Statement filed
hereunder is not
declared effective by the Commission by the 30th day following its Effectiveness
Date, or (e) after the Effective Date, the Registration Statement ceases to be
effective as to all Registrable Securities to which it is required to relate, or
the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus thereunder to resell
Registrable Securities, for an aggregate of 20 Trading Days for all such events,
or (f) an amendment to the Registration Statement is not filed by the Company
with the Commission within ten Trading Days of the Commission's notifying the
Company that such amendment is required in order for the Registration Statement
to be declared effective (any such failure or breach being referred to as an
"EVENT", and for purposes of clauses (a) and (d), the date on which such Event
occurs, or for purposes of clause (b) the date on which such five Trading Day
period is exceeded, or for purposes of clauses (c) and (f) the date which such
ten Trading Day period is exceeded, or, for purposes of clause (e) the date on
which such twenty Trading Day period is exceeded, being referred to as "EVENT
DATE"), then: (x) on each such Event Date and on the first monthly anniversary
of each such Event Date, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash,
as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1% of the aggregate amounts
paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; and (y) on each
subsequent monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event
shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the
Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and
not as a penalty, equal to 2% of the aggregate amounts paid by such Holder
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. If the Company fails to pay any liquidated
damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date
payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 12% per annum (or
such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to
the Holder, until such liquidated damages are paid in full. The liquidated
damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a pro-rata basis for any
portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth in this Agreement, if the Commission refuses to permit the inclusion of
the Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures and exercise of
the Second Warrants and the Third Warrants (collectively, the "EXCLUDED SHARES")
in the initial Registration Statement filed by the Company in accordance with
this Agreement, then the parties agree that the Company may remove the Excluded
Shares from such initial Registration Statement and for purposes of calculating
the liquidated damages specified in Section 2(b), a Purchaser's investment
amount will not include the amount paid for the Debentures. In such event, the
Company shall have no further obligation to file a Registration Statement
relating to the Excluded Shares. The parties further agree that any liquidated
damages incurred on other Registrable Securities will be unaffected thereby.
(d) The initial Registration Statement to be filed
pursuant to the terms hereunder shall included a number of Registrable
Securities which is not less than 8,924,039.
3. Registration Procedures
In connection with the Company's registration obligations
hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Not less than four Trading Days prior to the
filing of the Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto (except for any reports filed under the Exchange Act), the
Company shall, (i) furnish to the Holders and the Special Counsel copies of each
proposed Registration Statement, related Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto which documents will be subject to the review of such
Holders and the Special Counsel, and (ii) cause its officers and directors,
counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to such
inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel
to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act.
The Company shall not file the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or
any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities and the Special Counsel shall reasonably object.
(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the
Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable
Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission
such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under
the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related
Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement,
and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii)
respond as promptly as reasonably possible, and in any event within ten Trading
Days, to any comments received from the Commission with respect to the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably
possible provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from
and to the Commission relating to the Registration Statement; and (iv) comply in
all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by the
Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the
intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in the
Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to
be sold and the Special Counsel as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the
case of (i)(A) below, not less than three Trading Days prior to such filing) and
(if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than
one Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed
to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be
a "review" of the Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in
writing on such Registration Statement (the Company shall provide true and
complete copies thereof and all written responses thereto to each of the
Holders); and (C) with respect to the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any
request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority
for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering any or
all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that
purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of
any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or
exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such
purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes
the financial statements included in the Registration Statement ineligible for
inclusion therein or any statement made in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to the
Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) File additional Registration Statements if the
number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 85% of the number of shares
of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement.
(e) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of,
or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the
qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(f) Furnish to each Holder and the Special Counsel,
without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Registration Statement and
each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and
all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously
furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such
documents with the Commission.
(g) Promptly deliver to each Holder and the Special
Counsel, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses
(including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as
such Persons may reasonably request. The Company hereby consents to the use of
such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable
Securities, use its best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the
selling Holders and the Special Counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such
Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws
of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder requests in
writing, to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption
therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other
acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration
Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally
to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not
then so qualified or subject the Company to any material tax in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) Cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the
timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable
Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration
Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the
Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable
Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such
Holders may request.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
Section 3(c)(v), as promptly as reasonably possible, prepare a supplement or
amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement
or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such
Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(k) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations
of the Commission.
(l) The Company may require each selling Holder to
furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if requested by the
Commission, the controlling person thereof.
4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to
the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be
borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant
to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing
sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings
required to be made with the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then
listed for trading, and (B) in compliance with applicable state securities or
Blue Sky laws), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses
of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses
if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement),
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) Securities Act liability
insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (v) fees and expenses
of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company
shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual
audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the
Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.
5. Indemnification
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company
shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents and employees of each of
them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers,
directors, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of
preparation and reasonable attorneys' fees) and expenses (collectively,
"Losses"), as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any
Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form
of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent,
that (1) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information
regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder
expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to
such Holder or such Holder's proposed method of distribution of Registrable
Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that
the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (2) in the case of
an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use
by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has
notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and
prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d)
or (3) with respect to the Prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities
Act, this indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of such Holder on account of
any Loss arising from the sale of Registrable Securities to any Person if a copy
of the Prospectus was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Holder to such
Person with or prior to the written confirmation of the sale involved and the
alleged omission or alleged untrue statement was corrected in the Prospectus at
the time of such confirmation, unless the failure to send or deliver the
Prospectus resulted from the Company's failure to comply with Section 3(j)
hereof. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat
or assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall,
severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the
Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such
controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and
against all Losses, as incurred, arising solely out of or based solely upon: (x)
such Holder's failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act in reselling Registrable Securities or (y) any untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or
any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arising
solely out of or based solely upon any omission of a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by
such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration
Statement or such Prospectus or to the extent that (1) such untrue statements or
omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in
writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the
extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder's proposed
method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly
approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration
Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for
this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type
specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use by such Holder of an outdated or
defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that
the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder
of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of
any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the
net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities
giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any
Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity
hereunder (an "Indemnified Party"), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify
the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the "Indemnifying Party") in writing,
and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the
employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the
payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof;
provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall
not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to
this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not
subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have proximately
and materially adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in
writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have
failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3)
the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such
Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest
is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party
and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies
the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at
the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the
right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of
the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall, without
the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any
settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party
is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of
such Proceeding.
All fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including
reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with
investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not
inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as
incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying
Party (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified
Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided, that the
Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to reimburse
all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially determined
that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder).
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification
under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of
public policy or otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and
Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that
resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question,
including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission
or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to
information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or
payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject
to the limitations set forth in Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys' or other
reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any
Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or
expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to
such party in accordance with its terms.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into
account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall
be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount
by which the proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the
Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have
to the Indemnified Parties.
6. Miscellaneous
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company
or by a Holder, of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or
the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all
rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages,
will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The
Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate
compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the
provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any
action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the
defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Piggyback on Registrations. Except as and to
the extent specified in Schedule 6(b) hereto, neither the Company nor any of its
security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may
include securities of the Company in the Registration Statement other than the
Registrable Securities, and the Company shall not after the date hereof enter
into any agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders.
Except as and to the extent specified in Schedule 6(b) hereto, the Company has
not previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with
respect to any of its securities to any Person which have not been fully
satisfied.
(c) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that
it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act
as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant
to the Registration Statement.
(d) Discontinued Disposition. Each Holder agrees by
its acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice
from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section
3(c), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable
Securities under a Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the
copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement or
until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the use of the
applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received copies
of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement. The
Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this
paragraph.
(e) Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time during
the Effectiveness Period there is not an effective Registration Statement
covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to
prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an
offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act
of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as
promulgated under the Securities Act) or 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, then the Company shall send to each Holder
written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen days after receipt
of such notice, any such Holder shall so request
in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any
part of such Registrable Securities such holder requests to be registered,
subject to customary underwriter cutbacks applicable to all holders of
registration rights.
(f) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this
Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the
provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and
signed by the Company and the Holders of 60% of the then outstanding Registrable
Securities.
(g) Notices. Any and all notices or other
communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of
(a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via
facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m.
(New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date
of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at
the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading
Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the
Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized
overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such
notice is required to be given. The addresses for such notices and
communications are those set forth on the signature pages hereof, or such other
address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such
Person.
(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns
of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The
Company may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of each Holder. Each Holder may assign their respective rights
hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase
Agreement.
(i) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by
facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation
of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same
with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original
thereof.
(j) Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its
respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents)
shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the
City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to
the enforcement of the any of this Agreement), and hereby irrevocably waives,
and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally
subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Proceeding is improper.
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of
delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby. If either party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of
this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed
by the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred
with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
(k) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein
are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
(l) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated
by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and
declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the
remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of
such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(m) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
(n) Independent Nature of Holders' Obligations and
Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder is several and not joint with
the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document
delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or
thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a
presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with respect to
such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder
shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without
limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement,
and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional
party in any proceeding for such purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
MILLENNIUM CELL INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
Title: Vice President-Finance and
International Business
Address for Notice:
0 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Phone No. (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx, Del Deo, Dolan,
Griffinger & Xxxxxxxxx, P.C.
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Phone (000) 000-0000
Fax (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
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PINE RIDGE FINANCIAL, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
Address for Notice:
c/x Xxxxxxx Capital Corp.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attn.: Avi Vigder and Eldad Gal
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 and (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
ZLP MASTER TECHNOLOGY FUND, LTD
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Director
Address for Notice
c/o Xxxxxx Xxxxx Partners, LLC
00 Xxxxxxxx - 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxx
Fax: 000-000-0000
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 and (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
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Annex A
Plan of Distribution
The selling stockholders and any of their pledgees, assignees
and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their
shares of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on
which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at
fixed or negotiated prices. The selling stockholders may use any one or more of
the following methods when selling shares:
- ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the
broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
- block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares
as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as
principal to facilitate the transaction;
- purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the
broker-dealer for its account;
- an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
- privately negotiated transactions;
- short sales
- broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a
specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
- a combination of any such methods of sale; and
- any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
The selling stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144
under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange
for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive
commissions or discounts from the selling stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer
acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be
negotiated. The selling stockholders do not expect these commissions and
discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.
The selling stockholder may from time to time pledge or grant
a security interest in some or all of the Shares or common stock or Warrant
owned by them and, if they default in the
performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may
offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time under this
prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or
other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933 amending the list of
selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in
interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus.
The selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of
common stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or
other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes
of this prospectus.
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that
are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the
meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any
commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the
resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. The selling stockholders have
informed the Company that it does not have any agreement or understanding,
directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock.
The Company has agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders
against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act.
