Exhibit 10.4
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of November 21,
2006, by and among Catuity, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with headquarters
located at 300 Preston Avenue, Suite 302, Charlottesville, VA 22902 (the
"COMPANY"), and the undersigned buyers (each, a "BUYER", and collectively, the
"BUYERS").
WHEREAS:
A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the
parties hereto of even date herewith (the "SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), the
Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to each Buyer (i)
convertible notes of the Company (the "NOTES") which will, among other things,
be convertible into shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the "COMMON STOCK") (as converted, the "NOTE CONVERSION SHARES") in
accordance with the terms of the Notes, (ii) Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock (the "CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK") which shall be convertible into Common
Stock (the "PREFERRED STOCK CONVERSION SHARES"; together, with the Note
Conversion Shares, the "CONVERSION SHARES") and (iii) warrants (the "WARRANTS")
which will be exercisable to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the terms of the Warrants (as exercised collectively, the
"WARRANT SHARES").
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 each of the Buyers
hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
a. "BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other
day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required
by law to remain closed.
b. "CLOSING DATE" shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities
Purchase Agreement.
c. "EFFECTIVE DATE" means the date that the Registration Statement has been
declared effective by the SEC.
d. "EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE" means the date which is ninety (90) calendar
days after the Closing Date.
e. "FILING DEADLINE" means the date three (3) calendar days after the
stockholder meeting date.
f. "INVESTOR" means a Buyer or any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a
Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by
the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and any transferee
or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee assigns its rights under
this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 9.
g. "PERSON" means an individual, a limited liability company, a
partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated
organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
h. "PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION" means in any registration of common stock as
set forth in Section 2(g), the ability of Holders of common stock to include
certain securities in such registration.
i. "REGISTER," "REGISTERED," and "REGISTRATION" refer to a registration
effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements (as defined
below) in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415 and the
declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by
the SEC.
j. "REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means (i) the Conversion Shares issued or
issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the Convertible Preferred Stock, and
(ii) any capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the
Conversion Shares, the Notes, and/or the Convertible Preferred Stock, as a
result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar
event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on conversions of the
Notes or the Convertible Preferred Stock.
k. "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means a registration statement or registration
statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the Registrable
Securities.
l. "REQUIRED HOLDERS" means the holders of at least a majority of the
Registrable Securities.
m. "REQUIRED REGISTRATION AMOUNT" means the number of Conversion Shares
issued and issuable pursuant to the Notes and the Convertible Preferred Stock as
of the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination,
all subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2(e) (without regard to any
limitations on conversion of the Notes or the Convertible Preferred Stock.
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n. "RULE 415" means Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or any successor rule
providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.
o. "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
2. REGISTRATION.
a. Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than the Filing Deadline, file with the SEC
the Registration Statement on Form SB-2, or any other available form, covering
the resale of all of the Registrable Securities, subject to the provisions of
Section 2(d). The Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto shall register
for resale at least the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required
Registration Amount as of date the Registration Statement is initially filed
with the SEC. The Company shall use its best efforts to have the Registration
Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event
later than the Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 am on the Business Day following
the Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule
424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales
pursuant to such Registration Statement.
b. Allocation of Registrable Securities. The initial number of Registrable
Securities included in any Registration Statement and any increase in the number
of Registrable Securities included therein shall be allocated pro rata among the
Investors based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each Investor at
the time the Registration Statement covering such initial number of Registrable
Securities or increase thereof is declared effective by the SEC. In the event
that an Investor sells or otherwise transfers any of such Investor's Registrable
Securities, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the then
remaining number of Registrable Securities included in such Registration
Statement for such transferor. Any Shares of Common Stock included in a
Registration Statement and which remain allocated to any Person which ceases to
hold any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall be
allocated to the remaining Investors, pro rata based on the number of
Registrable Securities then held by such Investors which are covered by such
Registration Statement. The Investors understand that the Company has
obligations with respect to other registration rights and that the Company may
include in the Registration Statement those securities set forth on Schedule
2(b) hereof with respect to which it has an existing obligation to register such
securities under the 1933 Act as of the date hereof.
c. Legal Counsel. Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Required Holders shall
have the right to select one legal counsel to review and oversee any
registration pursuant to this Section 2 ("LEGAL COUNSEL"), which shall be
Gottbetter & Partners, LLP or such other counsel as thereafter designated by the
Required Holders. The Company and Legal Counsel shall reasonably cooperate with
each other in performing the Company's obligations under this Agreement.
d. Ineligibility for Form SB-2. In the event that Form SB-2 is not
available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities
hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable
Securities on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the
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Required Holders and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on
Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall
maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until
such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable
Securities has been declared effective by the SEC.
e. Sufficient Number of Shares Registered. In the event the number of
shares available under a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a)
is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities required to be
covered by such Registration Statement or an Investor's allocated portion of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(b), the Company shall amend the
applicable Registration Statement, or file a new Registration Statement (on the
shortest form available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as to cover at
least the Required Registration Amount as of the Trading Day immediately
preceding the date of the filing of such amendment or new Registration
Statement, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than
forty-five (45) days after the necessity therefor arises. The Company shall use
its best 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 shares of Common Stock
available for resale under the Registration Statement is less than the product
determined by multiplying (i) the Required Registration Amount as of such time
by (ii) 0.90. The calculation set forth in the foregoing sentence shall be made
without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Notes or the exercise
of the Warrants and such calculation shall assume that the Notes and the
Convertible Preferred Stock, are then convertible into shares of Common Stock at
the then prevailing Conversion Rate (as defined in the Notes, and the
Convertible Preferred Stock respectively) and that the Warrants are then
exercisable for shares of Common Stock at the then prevailing Exercise Price (as
defined in the Warrants) and for the number of Warrant Shares covered thereby.
f. Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of
Registration Statement. If (i) a Registration Statement covering all of the
Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby and required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or
before the respective Filing Deadline (a "FILING FAILURE") or (B) not declared
effective by the SEC on or before the respective Effectiveness Deadline (an
"EFFECTIVENESS FAILURE"); provided, however, that for thirty (30) days following
the Effective Deadline there will be no Effectiveness Failure if the SEC is
reviewing the Registration Statement and the Company is using its best efforts
to have the Registration Statement declared effective or (ii) on any day after
the Effective Date sales of all of the Registrable Securities required to be
included on such Registration Statement cannot be made (other than during an
Allowable Grace Period (as defined in Section 3(r)) pursuant to such
Registration Statement (including, without limitation, because of a failure to
keep such Registration Statement effective, to disclose such information as is
necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement or to
register a sufficient number of Shares of Common Stock) (a "MAINTENANCE
FAILURE") then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any
Filing Failure, Effectiveness Failure or Maintenance Failure (which remedy shall
not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity), the
Company shall immediately reduce the exercise price of each of the Warrants by
ten percent (10%) of the then exercise price and be reduced by an
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additional ten percent (10%) of the then exercise price for each subsequent
thirty (30) day period thereafter (each reduction as adjusted for stock splits,
stock dividends, stock combinations or other similar transactions) up to a
maximum aggregated reduction of thirty percent (30%). Any reductions pursuant to
Section 2(f) hereof shall survive the curing of any Filing Failure,
Effectiveness Failure or Maintenance Failure.
g. Piggyback Registration. If the Company shall determine to register any
of its Common Stock, for its own account or for the account of others (other
than the Holders), other than (i) a registration relating solely to employee
benefit plans or securities issued or issuable to employees or consultants (to
the extent the securities owned or to be owned by such consultants could be
registered on Form S-8) or (ii) a registration relating solely to a Commission
Rule 145 transaction, a registration on Form S-4 in connection with a merger,
acquisition, divestiture, reorganization, or similar event, the Company shall
promptly give to the Holders written notice thereof (and in no event shall such
notice be given less than 20 calendar days prior to the filing of such
registration statement), and shall, subject to Section 3(c), include as a
Piggyback Registration all of the Warrants and any of the Registrable Securities
not previously registered with the SEC, if any (the "Piggyback Securities"),
specified in a written request delivered by the Holder within 10 calendar days
after receipt of such written notice from the Company. However, the Company may,
without the consent of the Holders, withdraw such registration statement prior
to its becoming effective if the Company or such other stockholders have elected
to abandon the proposal to register the securities proposed to be registered
thereby.
h. Underwriting. If a Piggyback Registration is for a registered public
offering involving an underwriting, the Company shall so advise the Holders. In
such event, the right of any Holder to Piggyback Registration shall be
conditioned upon such Holder's participation in such underwriting and the
inclusion of such Holder's Piggyback Securities in the underwriting to the
extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to include the Piggyback
Securities they hold through such underwriting shall (together with the Company
and any other stockholders of the Company selling their securities through such
underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Company or the selling
stockholders, as applicable. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section, if the underwriter or the Company determines that marketing factors
require a limitation of the number of shares of Common Stock or the amount of
other securities to be underwritten, the underwriter may exclude some or all
Piggyback Securities from such registration and underwriting. The Company shall
so advise all Holders (except those Holders who failed to timely elect to
include their Piggyback Securities through such underwriting or have indicated
to the Company their decision not to do so), and indicate to each such Holder
the number of shares of Piggyback Securities that may be included in the
registration and underwriting, if any. The number of shares of Piggyback
Securities to be included in such registration and underwriting shall be
allocated among such Holders as follows:
(i) In the event of a Piggyback Registration that is initiated by
the Company, the number of shares that may be included in the registration
and underwriting shall be allocated first to the Company and then, subject
to obligations and commitments existing as of the date hereof, to all
selling stockholders, including the Holders, who have requested to sell in
the registration on a pro rata basis according to the number of shares
requested to be included; and
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(ii) In the event of a Piggyback Registration that is initiated
by the exercise of demand registration rights by a stockholder or
stockholders of the Company (other than the Holders), then the number of
shares that may be included in the registration and underwriting shall be
allocated first to such selling stockholders who exercised such demand and
then, subject to obligations and commitments existing as of the date
hereof, to all other selling stockholders, including the Holders, who have
requested to sell in the registration, on a pro rata basis according to the
number of shares requested to be included.
No Piggyback Securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the
underwriter's marketing limitation shall be included in such registration. If
any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may
elect to withdraw their Piggyback Securities therefrom by delivery of written
notice to the Company and the underwriter. The Piggyback Securities so withdrawn
from such underwriting shall also be withdrawn from such registration; provided,
however, that, if by the withdrawal of such Piggyback Securities a greater
number of Piggyback Securities held by other Holders may be included in such
registration (up to the maximum of any limitation imposed by the underwriters),
then the Company shall offer to all Holders who have included Piggyback
Securities in the registration the right to include additional Piggyback
Securities pursuant to the terms and limitations set forth herein in the same
proportion used above in determining the underwriter limitation.
3. RELATED OBLIGATIONS.
At such time as the Company is obligated to file a Registration Statement
with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a), 2(d) or 2(e), the Company will use its
best 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, but in no event later than the Filing
Deadline, prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to
the Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such Registration
Statement relating to the Registrable Securities to become effective as soon as
practicable after such filing (but in no event later than the Effectiveness
Deadline). The Company shall keep each Registration Statement 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 covered by such
Registration Statement without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any
successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act or (ii) the date on which the
Investors shall have sold all of the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement (the "REGISTRATION PERIOD"). The Company shall ensure
that each Registration Statement (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 the case of
prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not
misleading. The term "best efforts" shall mean, among other things, that the
Company shall submit to the SEC, within two (2) Business Days after the later of
the date that (i) the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration
Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further
comments on a particular Registration Statement, as the case may be, and (ii)
the approval of Legal Counsel pursuant to Section 3(c) (which approval is
immediately
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sought), a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration
Statement to a time and date not later than 48 hours after the submission of
such request.
b. The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration
Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration
Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated
under the 1933 Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
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 such Registration Statement
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 such Registration Statement. In the case of
amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be
filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by
reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-Q or Form 10-QSB, Form 10-K or
Form 10-KSB or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "1934 ACT"), the Company shall have incorporated such report by
reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such
amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act
report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or
supplement such Registration Statement.
c. The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to review and comment upon
(i) a Registration Statement at least five (5) Business Days prior to its filing
with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to all Registration
Statements (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K or Form 10-KSB, and Reports
on Form 10-Q or Form 10-QSB and any similar or successor reports) within a
reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file
any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which
Legal Counsel reasonably objects. The Company shall not submit a request for
acceleration of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any amendment
or supplement thereto without the prior approval of Legal Counsel, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall furnish to Legal Counsel,
without charge, (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of
the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating to any Registration
Statement, (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one
copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by
reference, if requested by an Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one copy of the prospectus included
in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto. The
Company shall reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel in performing the
Company's obligations pursuant to this Section 3.
d. The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities
are included in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) if the Company
shall not have filed a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424 per Section
2(a), 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 (ii) such other documents, including copies of any
preliminary or
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final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in
order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such
Investor.
e. The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and qualify,
unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by
Investors of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement
under such other securities or "blue sky" laws of all applicable jurisdictions
in the United States, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such
registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the
effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other
actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in
effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other
actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities
for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do
business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify
but for this Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such
jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel and 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.
f. The Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing of
the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of
such event, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain
any material, nonpublic information), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly
prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such
untrue statement or omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or
amendment to Legal Counsel and each Investor (or such other number of copies as
Legal Counsel or such Investor may reasonably request). The Company shall also
promptly notify Legal Counsel and 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 Legal
Counsel and each Investor by facsimile or e-mail 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, and (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 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 Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable
Securities
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being sold 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. At the reasonable request of any Investor, the Company shall furnish to
such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably
request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company's independent certified
public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent
certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering,
addressed to the Investors, 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 Investors.
i. If any Investor may be required under applicable securities law to be
described in the Registration Statement as an underwriter, the Company shall
make available for inspection by (i) any Investor, (ii) Legal Counsel and (iii)
one firm of accountants or other agents retained by the Investors (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, and cause the
Company's officers, directors and employees, counsel and the Company's
independent certified public accountants to supply all information which may be
necessary and any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, that each
Inspector shall agree to 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 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 of which
the Inspector has knowledge. Each Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning
that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body
of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the
Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action
to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records
deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement
between the Company and any Investor) shall be deemed to limit the Investors'
ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which is otherwise consistent
with applicable laws and regulations.
j. 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 Agreement 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
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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.
k. The Company shall use its best efforts either to (i) cause all of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each
securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by
the Company are then listed (which shall include the OTC Bulletin Board), if
any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the
rules of such exchange, or (ii) secure designation and quotation of all of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement on the Nasdaq
National Market, or (iii) if, despite the Company's commercially reasonable best
efforts to satisfy the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) the Company is unsuccessful
in satisfying the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), to secure the inclusion for
quotation on The Nasdaq Capital Market for such Registrable Securities and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to use its commercially
reasonable best efforts 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(k).
l. The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable
Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, 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 Investors may reasonably request and registered in
such names as the Investors may request.
m. If requested by an Investor, the Company shall within ten (10) days of
receipt of notice from such Investor (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement
or post-effective amendment such information as an Investor reasonably requests
to 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 offered or sold, the purchase price being
paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities
to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be
incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and
(iii) supplement or make amendments to any Registration Statement if reasonably
requested by an Investor holding any Registrable Securities.
n. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with the Investors as may be
necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
o. The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as
soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the
period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in
the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) covering
a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's
fiscal quarter next following the effective date of the Registration Statement.
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p. The Company shall otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration
hereunder.
q. Within two (2) Business Days after a Registration Statement which covers
Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall
deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the
transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors
whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement)
confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .
r. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time after
Effective Date, the Company may delay the disclosure of material, non-public
information concerning the Company the disclosure of which at the time is not,
in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company and its
counsel, in the best interest of the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to
the Company, otherwise required (a "GRACE PERIOD"); provided, that the Company
shall promptly (i) notify the Investors in writing of the existence of material,
non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in each
notice the Company will not disclose the content of such material, non-public
information to the Investors) and the date on which the Grace Period will begin,
and (ii) notify the Investors in writing of the date on which the Grace Period
ends; and, provided further, that no Grace Period shall exceed ten (10)
consecutive days and during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period such
Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of thirty (30) days and the first
day of any Grace Period must be at least two (2) Trading Days after the last day
of any prior Grace Period (each, an "ALLOWABLE GRACE PERIOD"). For purposes of
determining the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on
and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i)
and shall end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the
notice referred to in clause (ii) and the date referred to in such notice. The
provisions of Sections 2(f) and 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the
period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the
Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect
to the information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public
information is no longer applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary,
the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of
Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the
Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable
Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for
sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the applicable
Registration Statement (unless an exemption from such prospectus delivery
requirement exists), prior to the Investor's receipt of the notice of a Grace
Period and for which the Investor has not yet settled.
s. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time or from time to time after
the date of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company notifies
the Investor in writing of the existence of an event or circumstance that is not
disclosed in the Registration Statement and that may have a material effect on
the Company of its business (a "POTENTIAL MATERIAL EVENT") which requires the
Company to file a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement, the Investor shall not offer or sell any Registrable Securities, or
engage in any other transaction involving or relating to the Registrable
Securities, from the time of the
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giving of notice with respect to a Potential Material Event until the Company
notifies the Investor that such Potential Material Event either has been added
to the Registration Statement by amendment or supplement or no longer
constitutes a Potential Material Event, including without limitation, a
post-effective amendment to add information contained in the Company's
subsequent Form 10-K or Form 10-KSB filings; provided, that the Company may not
so suspend the right of Investor for more than sixty (60) calendar days in the
aggregate per year.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS.
a. At least ten (10) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing
date of a 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 such 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 and maintain the effectiveness of 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 any Registration
Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of
such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's Registrable
Securities from such Registration Statement.
c. 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 any 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) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is
required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its
transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of
an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in
connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an
Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor's receipt of
a 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) and for which the Investor has not
yet settled.
d. Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with any
applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to or
an exemption therefrom it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
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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 related to registrations shall be paid 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, the directors,
officers, members, managers, partners, employees, stockholders, agents,
representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor 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, reasonable 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
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, (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 or
(iv) any violation of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i)
through (iv) being, collectively, "VIOLATIONS"). Subject to Section 6(c), the
Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, 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 by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which
occurs in
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reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by such Indemnified Person 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(d) and (ii) shall not apply to
amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without
the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. 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 and each Person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, 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(c), such Investor will
reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified
Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided,
however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the
agreement with respect to contribution contained in 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 or delayed; provided, further, however, that the Investor
shall be liable under this Section 6(b) or Section 7 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. 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
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Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party,
if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the
representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any
other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the case of an
Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding
sentence shall be selected by the Investors holding at least 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 reasonably 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 affected without
its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall
not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written 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 materially prejudiced in its ability to
defend such action.
d. 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.
e. 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 Person
involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which
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Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the 1933 Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to
contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who
was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) 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
pursuant to such Registration Statement.
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, if
true, 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 under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by an
Investor to any transferee of all or any portion of such Investor's Registrable
Securities if: (i) such 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; and (v) such
transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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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 the Required
Holders. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10
shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be
effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the
Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person
to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this
Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to
this Agreement.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
a. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever
such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If
the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or
more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall
act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from such record
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 confirmation of
transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the
sending party); or (iii) one Business 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: Catuity, Inc.
300 Preston Ave.
Suite 302
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Telephone: (434) 979-0724
Facsimile: (734) 293-4213
Attention: John Racine, CEO
If to Legal Counsel: Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, P.C.
27777 Franklin Road, Suite 2500
Southfield, MI 48034-8214
Telephone: (248) 727-1463
Facsimile: (248) 351-3082
Attention: David D. Warner, Esq.
If to a Buyer, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of
Buyers attached hereto, with copies to such Buyer's representatives as set forth
on the Schedule of Buyers, or to such other address and/or facsimile number
and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has
specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the
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effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the
recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B)
mechanically or electronically generated by the sender's facsimile machine
containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first
page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier
service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile
or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance
with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
c. Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this
Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy,
shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
d. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the
State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law
provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions)
that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the
State of New York. Each party 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, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit,
action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought
in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such 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.
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. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND
AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE
HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
e. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement) and the instruments referenced herein and therein
constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises,
warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and
therein. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments
referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings
among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
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f. Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to
the benefit 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 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 any other party may
reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
j. All consents and other determinations required to be made by the
Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified
in this Agreement, by the Required Holders.
k. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language
chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict
construction will be applied against any party.
l. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit
of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
m. The obligations of each Buyer hereunder are several and not joint with
the obligations of any other Buyer, and no provision of this Agreement is
intended to confer any obligations on any Buyer vis-a-vis any other Buyer.
Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto,
shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as a partnership, an association, a
joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the
Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such
obligations or the transactions contemplated herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective
signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of
the date first written above.
COMPANY:
CATUITY, INC.
By:
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Name: John Racine
Title: Chief Executive Officer
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective
signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of
the date first written above.
BUYER:
GOTTBETTER CAPITAL MASTER, LTD.
By:
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Name: Adam S. Gottbetter
Title: Director
BRIDGEPOINTE MASTER FUND LTD.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE OF BUYERS
Buyer's Representative's
Buyer Buyer Address and Facsimile Number Address and Facsimile Number
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Gottbetter Capital Master, Ltd. 488 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor Gottbetter & Partners, LLP
New York, NY 10022 488 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor
Facsimile: 212.400.6999 New York, NY 10022
Attention: Adam S. Gottbetter Facsimile: 212.400.6901
Attention: Jason M. Rimland
BridgePointe Master Fund Ltd. 1125 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 275 P. Bradford Hathorn, Esq.
Alpharetta, GA 30004 Roswell Capital Partners, LLC
Facsimile: 770.777.5844 1125 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 275
Attention: Eric Swartz Alpharetta, GA 30004
Facsimile: 770-777-5844
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
[_______________]
Re: Catuity, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
[We are][I am] counsel to Catuity, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Securities Purchase Agreement") entered into
by and among the Company and the buyers named therein (collectively, the
"Holders") pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holders shares of its
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") and subordinated
secured convertible notes (the "Notes") both convertible into the Company's
common stock, $0.001 par value (the "Common Stock"), warrants exercisable for
shares of Common Stock (the "Warrants"). Pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement
with the Holders (the " Registration Rights Agreement ") pursuant to which the
Company agreed, among other things, to register the Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), including the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the Preferred Stock and the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). In connection with the
Company's obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ___, 200_, the
Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-___) (the "
Registration Statement ") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as
a selling stockholder thereunder.
In connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that a member of the
SEC's staff has advised [us][me] by telephone that the SEC has entered an order
declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ ENTER
TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS ] on [ ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS ] and [we][I] have no
knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC's staff, that any
stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings
for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the
Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to
the Registration Statement.
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This letter shall serve as our standing opinion to you that the shares of
Common Stock are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration
Statement. You need not require further letters from us to effect any future
legend-free issuance or reissuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holders as
contemplated by the Power of Attorney (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement) dated November [___], 2006. This letter shall serve as our standing
opinion with regard to this matter.
Very truly yours,
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[ISSUER'S COUNSEL]
CC: [LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS]
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