REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of December
____, 1997 by and among Spatialight, Inc., a New York corporation, with
headquarters at 0-X Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 (the
"COMPANY"), and the undersigned buyer (the "BUYER" ).
WHEREAS:
A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the
parties of even date herewith (the "SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), the
Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the
Securities Purchase Agreement, (i) to issue and sell to the Buyer's shares of
the Company's 3% Convertible Debenture (the "DEBENTURES"), which will be
convertible into shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value per share
(the "COMMON STOCK") (as converted, the "CONVERSION SHARES") in accordance with
the terms of the Debentures; and
B. To induce the Buyers 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 "1933 ACT"),
and applicable state securities laws:
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 Buyers hereby
agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
a. "INVESTOR" means the Buyer and any transferee or assignee
thereof to whom the Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement and
who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9.
b. "PERSON" means a corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a
governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.
c. "REGISTER," "REGISTERED," and "REGISTRATION" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration
Statements in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under
the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a
continuous basis ("RULE 415"), and the declaration or ordering of
effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
d. REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means the Conversion Shares issued or
issuable upon conversion of the Debentures and any shares of capital stock
issued or issuable with respect to the Conversion Shares or the Debentures
as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
exchange, or similar event.
e. "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means a registration statement of the
Company filed under the 1933 Act.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the respective meanings set for the in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
2. REGISTRATION.
a. MANDATORY REGISTRATION. The Company shall prepare, and, on or
prior to thirty (30) days after the date of issuance of any Debentures,
file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements (as
is necessary) on Form S-3 (or, if such form is unavailable for such a
registration, on such other form as is available for such a registration,
subject to the consent of each Buyer and the provisions of Section 2(e),
which consent will not be unreasonably withheld), covering the resale of
all of the Registrable Securities, which Registration Statement(s) shall
state that, in accordance with Rule 416 promulgated under the 1933 Act,
such Registration Statement(s) also covers such indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable upon conversion
of the Debentures (i) to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions and (ii) by reason of changes in
the Conversion Price or Conversion Rate of the Debentures in accordance
with the terms thereof Such Registration Statement shall initially
register for resale at least 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 3(b), and such registered shares of
Common Stock shall be allocated among the Investors pro rata based on the
total number of Registrable Securities issued or issuable as of each date
that a Registration Statement, as amended, relating to the resale of the
Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC. The Company
shall use its best reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement
declared effective by the SEC within ninety (90) days after the issuance
of the Debentures (the "Registration Deadline"). The Company shall permit
the registration statement to become effective within five (5) business
days after receipt of a "no review" notice from the SEC. In the event
that the Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC by
the Registration Deadline then the Applicable Discount to be used in
determining the Conversion Price (as defined in the Debenture) shall be
INCREASED by (i) an additional 3% if the Registration Statement is not
declared effective by the SEC within thirty (30) days following the
Registration Deadline, or (ii) an additional 6% if the Registration
Statement is not declared effective by the SEC within ninety (90) days of
the Registration Deadline.
b. UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING. If any offering pursuant to a
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) involves an underwritten
offering, the Buyers shall have the right to select one legal counsel and
an investment banker or bankers and manager or managers
to administer their interest in the offering, which investment banker or
bankers or manager or managers shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Company.
c. PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATIONS. If at any time prior to the
expiration of the Registration Period (as hereinafter defined) the Company
proposes to file with the SEC a Registration Statement relating to an
offering for its own account or the account of others under the 1933 Act
of any of its securities (other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or their then
equivalents relating to securities to be issued solely in connection with
any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in
connection with stock option or other employee benefit plans) the Company
shall promptly send to each Investor who is entitled to registration
rights under this Section 2(c) written notice of the Company's intention
to file a Registration Statement and of such Investor's rights under this
Section 2(c) and, if within twenty (20) days after receipt of such notice,
such Investor shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in
such Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities
such Investor requests to be registered, subject to the priorities set
forth in Section 2(d) below. No right to registration of Registrable
Securities under this Section 2(c) shall be construed to limit any
registration required under Section 2(a). The obligations of the Company
under this Section 2(c) may be waived by Investors holding a majority of
the Registrable Securities. If an offering in connection with which an
Investor is entitled to registration under this Section 2(c) 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.
d. PRIORITY IN PIGGY-BACK REGISTRATION RIGHTS IN CONNECTION
WITH REGISTRATIONS OR COMPANY ACCOUNT. If the registration referred to in
Section 2(c) is to be an underwritten public offering for the account of
the Company and the managing underwriter(s) advise the Company in writing,
that in their reasonable good faith opinion, marketing or other factors
dictate that a limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock which
may be included in the Registration Statement is necessary to facilitate
and not adversely affect the proposed offering, then the Company shall
include in such registration: (1) first, all securities the Company
proposes to sell for its own account, (2) second, up to the full number of
securities proposed to be registered for the account of the holders of
securities entitled to inclusion of their securities in the Registration
Statement by reason of demand registration rights, and (3) third, the
securities requested to be registered by the Investors and other holders
of securities entitled to participate in the registration, drawn from them
pro rata based on the number each has requested to be included in such
registration.
e. ELIGIBILITY FOR FORM S-3. The Company represents,
warrants, and covenants that it has filed and shall file all reports
required to be filed by the Company with the SEC in a timely manner so as
to obtain and maintain potential eligibility for the use of Form S-3. In
the event that Form S-3 is not available for sale by the Investors of the
Registrable Securities, then (i) the Company, with the consent of each
Investor pursuant to Section 2(a), shall register the sale of the
Registrable Securities on another appropriate form and
(ii) the Company shall undertake to register the Registrable Securities
on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available.
3. RELATED OBLIGATIONS.
Whenever an Investor has requested that any Registrable Securities be
registered pursuant to Section 2(c) or at such time as the Company is obligated
to file a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a), the
Company will use its best reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition
thereof and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following
obligations:
a. The Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a
Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities (on or
prior to thirtieth (30th) day following the date of issuance of any
Debentures, for the registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to
Section 2(a)) and use its best reasonable efforts to cause such
Registration Statement(s) relating to Registrable Securities to become
effective as soon as possible after such filing (by the ninetieth (90th)
day following the issuance of the relevant Debentures for the registration
of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a), and keep the
Registration Statement(s) effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times
until the earlier of (i) the date as of which the Investors may sell all
of the Registrable Securities without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k)
promulgated under the 1933 Act (or successor thereto) or (ii) the date on
which (A) the Investors shall have sold all the Registrable Securities and
(B) none of the Debentures is outstanding (the "REGISTRATION PERIOD"),
which Registration Statement(s) (including any amendments or supplements
thereto and prospectuses contained 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, in light
of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
b. The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to the
Registration Statement(s) and the prospectus(es) used in connection with
the Registration Statement(s), which prospectus(es) are to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may be necessary
to keep the Registration Statement(s) effective at all times during the
Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions
of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable
Securities of the Company covered by the Registration Statement(s) until
such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed
of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or
sellers thereof as set forth in the Registration Statement(s). In the
event the number of shares available under a Registration Statement filed
pursuant to this Agreement is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable
Securities, the Company shall amend the Registration Statement, or file a
new Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if
applicable), or both, so as to cover all of the Registrable Securities, in
each case, as soon as practicable, but in any event within fifteen (15)
days after the necessity therefor arises (based on the market price of the
Common Stock and other relevant factors on which the Company reasonably
elects to rely). The Company shall use its best reasonable efforts to
cause such amendment and/or new Registration Statement to become effective
as soon as practicable following the filing thereof. For purposes of the
foregoing
provision, the number of shares available under a Registration
Statement shall be deemed "insufficient to cover all of the Registrable
Securities" if at any time the number of Registrable Securities issued or
issuable upon conversion of the Debentures is greater than the quotient
determined by dividing (i) the number of shares of Common Stock available
for resale under such Registration Statement by (ii) 1.5; provided that in
the case of the initial registration of the Registrable Securities
pursuant to Section 2(a), the Company shall be required to register at
least 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock for resale. For purposes of the
calculation set forth in the foregoing sentence, any restrictions on the
convertibility of the Debentures shall be disregarded and such calculation
shall assume that the Debentures are then convertible into shares of
Common Stock at the then prevailing Conversion Rate (as defined in the
Debentures).
c. The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable
Securities are included in the Registration Statement(s) and its legal
counsel without charge (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed
with the SEC at least one copy of the Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all
documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits, the
prospectus(es) included in such Registration Statement(s) (including
each preliminary prospectus ) and, with regards to the Registration
Statement, any correspondence by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC
or the staff of the SEC and any correspondence from the SEC or the staff
of the SEC to the Company or its representatives, (ii) upon the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement, ten (10) copies of the
prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments
and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor
may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents, including any
preliminary prospectus, 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 reasonable efforts to (i) register
and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration
Statement(s) under such other securities or "blue sky" laws of such
jurisdictions in the United States as any Investor 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 quality the Registrable Securities
for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (a)
qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (b) subject itself to
general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (c) file a general consent
to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall
promptly notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the
receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension
of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities
for sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction in
the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
e. In the event Investors who hold a majority of the Registrable
Securities being offered in the offering 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 in writing 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, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, and promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to
the Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission,
and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to each
Investor (or such other number of copies as such Investor may reasonably
request). The Company shall also promptly notify each Investor in writing
(i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-
effective amendment has become effective (notification of such
effectiveness shall be delivered to each Investor by facsimile on the same
day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail) (ii) of any request by
the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or
related prospectus or related information, (iii) of the Company's
reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration
Statement would be appropriate.
g. The Company shall use its best reasonable efforts to
prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of
effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the
withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and
to notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold (and,
in the event of an underwritten offering, the managing underwriters) of
the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of
actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such
purpose.
h. The Company shall permit each Investor a single firm of
counsel or such other counsel as thereafter designated as selling
stockholders' counsel by the Investors who hold a majority of the
Registrable Securities being sold, to review and comment upon the
Registration Statement(s) and all amendments and supplements thereto at
least seven (7) days prior to their filing with the SEC, and not file any
document in a form to which such counsel reasonably objects. The Company
shall not submit a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement(s) or any amendment or supplement thereto without
the prior approval of such counsel, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
i. At the request of the Investors who hold a majority of the
Registrable Securities being sold, the Company shall use their best
reasonable efforts to furnish, on the date that Registrable Securities are
delivered to an underwriter, if any, for sale in connection with the
Registration Statement (i) if required by an underwriter, a letter, dated
such date, from the Company's independent certified public accountants in
form and
substance as is customarily given by independent certified public
accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed
to the underwriters, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of
counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration
Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters and the
Investors.
j. 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
strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure (except to an
Investor) or use 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 mutually determined to be necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement
or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under
the 1933 Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a
final, non-appealable subpoena or 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. 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.
k. 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 final, non-appealable order from a court
or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information
has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure
in violation of this or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it
shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an
Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent
jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to such
Investor and allow such Investor, at the Investor's expense, to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective
order for, such information.
l. The Company shall use its best reasonable efforts either to
(i) cause all the Registrable Securities covered by a 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, (ii) if at any time
during the Registration Period the Company is able to satisfy the
relevant listing criteria, secure designation and quotation of all the
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement on the
Nasdaq National Market System, (iii) if, despite the Company's best
reasonable efforts to satisfy the preceding clause (i) or (ii), the
Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding clause (i) or (ii),
if at any time during the Registration Period the Company is able to
satisfy the relevant listing criteria, to secure the inclusion for
quotation on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market for such Registrable Securities
or, (iv) if, despite the Company's best reasonable efforts to satisfy
the preceding clause (iii), the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying
the preceding clause (iii), to secure the inclusion for quotation on the
over-the-counter market for such Registrable Securities, and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of clause (iii) or
(iv), to arrange for at least two market makers to register with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") as such with
respect to such Registrable Securities. The Company shall pay all fees
and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this
Section 3(l).
m. The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold
Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, any
managing underwriter or underwriters, to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend)
representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a
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, if there is no managing underwriter or
underwriters, the Investors may reasonably request and registered in such
names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or the
Investors may request. Not later than the date on which any Registration
Statement registering the resale of Registrable Securities is declared
effective, the Company shall deliver to its transfer agent instructions,
accompanied by any reasonably required opinion of counsel, that permit
sales of unlegended securities in a timely fashion that complies with then
mandated securities settlement procedures for regular way market
transactions.
n. The Company shall take all other reasonable actions
necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by the Investors of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
o. The Company shall provide a transfer agent and registrar of
all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such
Registration Statement.
p. If requested by the managing underwriters or an Investor,
the Company shall immediately incorporate in a prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriters and
the Investors agree should be included therein relating to the sale and
distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation,
information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being
sold to such underwriters, the purchase price being paid therefor by such
underwriters and with respect to any other terms of the underwritten (or
best reasonable efforts underwritten) offering of the Registrable
Securities to be sold in such offering; make all required filings of such
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as notified of
the
matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment; and supplement or make amendments to any
Registration Statement if requested by a shareholder or any underwriter
of such Registrable Securities.
q. The Company shall use its best reasonable efforts to cause
the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration
Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental
agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition
of such Registrable Securities.
r. The Company shall otherwise use its best reasonable efforts
to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in
connection with any registration hereunder.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS.
a. At least seven (7) days prior to the first anticipated
filing date of the Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each
Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such
Investor if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor's
Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. 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.
b. Each Investor by such Investor's acceptance of the
Registrable Securities agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably
requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of
the Registration Statement(s) hereunder, unless such Investor has notified
the Company in writing of such Investor's election to exclude all of such
Investor's Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement.
c. In the event Investors holding a majority of the
Registrable Securities being registered determine to engage the services
of an underwriter, each Investor agrees to enter into and perform such
Investor's obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and
customary form, including, without limitation, customary indemnification
and contribution obligations, with the managing underwriter of such
offering and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order
to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities,
unless such Investor notifies the Company in writing of such Investor's
election to exclude all of such Investor's Registrable Securities from the
Registration Statement(s).
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(g) or the first sentence of 3(f), such Investor will immediately
discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such
Investor's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus
contemplated by Section
3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f) and, if so directed by the Company,
such Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the
Company) or destroy all copies in such Investor's possession, of the
prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of
receipt of such notice.
e. No Investor may participate in any underwritten
registration hereunder unless such Investor (i) agrees to sell such
Investor's Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the Investors entitled hereunder to
approve such arrangements, (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires,
powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other
documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements, and (iii) agrees to pay its pro rata share of all
underwriting discounts and commissions.
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,
and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and
disbursements of one counsel for the Investors, shall be borne by the Company.
6. INDEMNIFICATION
In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration
Statement under this Agreement:
a. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will,
and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor who
holds such Registrable Securities, the directors, officers, partners,
employees, agents and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor
within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "1934 ACT"), and any underwriter (as defined in the 0000
Xxx) for the Investors, and the directors and officers of, and each
Person, if any, who controls, any such underwriter within the meaning of
the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an "INDEMNIFIED PERSON"), against any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties,
charges, costs, attorneys' fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses,
joint or several, (collectively, "CLAIMS") incurred in investigating,
preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding,
investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or
governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC,
whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or
may be a party thereto ("INDEMNIFIED DAMAGES"), to which any of them may
become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether
commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering
under the securities or other "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction in which
Registrable Securities are offered ("BLUE SKY FILING"), or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which the statements therein were made, 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 1933 Act, the 1934 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 pursuant to a Registration Statement (the matters
in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively,
"VIOLATIONS"). Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6(d)
with respect to the number of legal counsel, the Company shall reimburse
the Investors and each such underwriter or controlling person, promptly
as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal
fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained
in this Section 6(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim arising out of or
based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Indemnified
Person or underwriter for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in
connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any
such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such prospectus was
timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c); (ii) with
respect to any preliminary prospectus, shall not inure to the benefit of
any such person from whom the person asserting any such Claim purchased
the Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof (or to the
benefit of any person controlling such person) if the untrue statement
or mission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was
corrected in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, if such
prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section
3(c), 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; (iii)
shall not be available to the extent such Claim is based on a failure of
the Investor to deliver or to cause to be delivered the prospectus made
available by the Company (i) and (iv) shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior
written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified
Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by
the Investors pursuant to Section 9.
b. In connection with any Registration Statement in which an
Investor is participating, each such Investor agrees to severally and not
jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the
same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its
directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, each
Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933
Act or the 1934 Act (collectively and together with an Indemnified Person,
an "INDEMNIFIED PARTY"), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which
any of them may become subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or
otherwise, insofar as such
Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are 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(d), such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and Section 7 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 Section 6(b) for only that
amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net
proceeds to 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.
c. The Company shall be entitled to receive indemnities from
underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities
industry professionals participating in any distribution, to the same
extent as provided above, with respect to information such persons so
furnished in writing expressly for inclusion in the Registration
Statement.
d. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of
any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding)
involving a Claim such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a
Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party
under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice
of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the
right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so
desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to
assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory
to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified
Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person
or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with
the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the
reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the
representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such
proceeding. The Company shall pay reasonable fees for only one separate
legal counsel for the Investors, and such legal counsel shall be selected
by the Investors holding a majority in interest of the Registrable
Securities included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim
relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate
fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or
defense of any such action or claim by the
indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all
information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified
Person which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party
shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at
all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations
with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any
settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its
written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall
not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No
indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the Indemnified Party
or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into
any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an
unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to
such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all
liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Following
indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall
be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified
Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating
to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to
deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable
time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such
indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
e. 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 and when bills are received or Indemnified
Damages are incurred.
f. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in
addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified
Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and
(ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to
the law.
7. CONTRIBUTION.
To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited
or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum
contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable
under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however,
that: (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 seller of Registrable Securities guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000
Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of Registrable
Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (iii)
contribution 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.
8. REPORTS UNDER THE 1934 ACT.
With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144
promulgated under the 1933 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:
a. make and keep public information available, as those terms
are understood and defined in Rule 144;
b. file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act 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 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
Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by
the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule
144, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual
or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so
filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be
reasonably requested to permit the investors to sell such securities
pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.
9. ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
The rights to have the Company register Registrable Securities pursuant to
this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the Investors to any
transferee of all or any portion of 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 within a reasonable time
after such assignment; (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such
transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and
address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities with respect to
which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; (iii)
immediately following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of
such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the 1933 Act
and applicable state securities laws; (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 with the Company to be bound by all of
the provisions contained herein; (v) such transfer shall have been made in
accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Purchase
Agreement; (vi) such transferee shall be an "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" as that term
is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act; and
(vii) in the event the assignment occurs subsequent to the date of
effectiveness of the Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to
Section 2(a), the transferee agrees to pay all reasonable expenses of amending
or supplementing such Registration Statement to reflect such assignment.
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 the written consent of the Company
and Investors who hold two-thirds of the Registrable Securities.
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 consents, waivers or other communications
required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must
be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered (i) upon receipt,
when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile,
provided a copy is mailed by U.S. certified mail, return receipt
requested; (iii) three (3) days after being sent by U.S. certified mail,
return receipt requested, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a
nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly
addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile
numbers for such communications shall be:
If to the Company: Spatialight, Inc.
0-X Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: Xxxx Xxxx, Esq.
Xxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx & Freidenrich
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number on the Schedule of
Buyers, with copies to such Buyer's counsel as set forth on the Schedule of
Buyers. Each party shall provide five (5) days' prior written notice to the
other party of any change in address or facsimile number.
c. Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under
this Agreement or otherwise, 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 interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the
principles of conflict of laws. If any provision of this Agreement shall
be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the
remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or
enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction.
e. This Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement
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 and the Securities
Purchase 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, this Agreement
shall inure to the benefit and of and be binding upon the permitted
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 identical
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Registration Rights
Agreement to be duly executed as of day and year first above written.
COMPANY: BUYERS:
SPATIALIGHT, INC. ____________________________
By: By:
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Name: ___________________________
Its: Chairman of the Board, Its:
Chief Executive Officer,
and Chief Financial Officer
